Words Starting With IS
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Counting only the ENABLE word list, 285 entries are words that start with IS. That is about 0.17% of the list. They run from IS at the short end to ISOELECTRONICALLY at the long end. By common tile values the top scorer is ISOCARBOXAZIDS (35 points); board bonuses aren't counted. 34 have no repeated letter at all. Games use their own dictionaries, so a word here isn't automatically playable everywhere.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 285 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.17% |
| Longest | ISOELECTRONICALLY (17 letters) |
| Shortest | IS (2 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | ISOCARBOXAZIDS, 35 |
| No repeated letters | 34 |
Most common next letter after IS
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| O | 218 |
| A | 14 |
| S | 14 |
| L | 13 |
| T | 9 |
Useful observations
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 32 still form a word when the leading
ISis removed, for exampleISALLOBAR,ISALLOBARS,ISBA,ISBASandISCHEMIC→ALLOBAR,ALLOBARS,BA,BASandCHEMIC. - The most common endings here are
-ES(50),-IC(35),-NE(13). - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 4, found in 94 of these words.
- The average length is 8.9 letters.
- After IS, the letter
Ocomes next most often (218 words).
All IS- words
2 letters 1
is
3 letters 1
ism
4 letters 3
isba isle isms
5 letters 7
isbas isled isles islet issei issue istle
6 letters 17
isatin ischia island islets isling isobar isogon isohel isolog isomer isopod isseis issued issuer issues isthmi istles
7 letters 40
isagoge isatine isatins ischial ischium islands isobare isobars isobath isochor isodose isogamy isogeny isogone isogons isogony isogram isogriv isohels isohyet isolate isolead isoline isologs isomers isonomy isopach isopods isospin isotach isotone isotope isotopy isotype isozyme issuant issuers issuing isthmic isthmus
8 letters 66
isagoges isagogic isarithm isatines isatinic ischemia ischemic islanded islander isleless isobares isobaric isobaths isocheim isochime isochore isochors isochron isocline isocracy isogenic isogloss isogonal isogones isogonic isograft isograms isograph isogrivs isohyets isolable isolated isolates isolator isoleads isolines isologue isomeric isometry isomorph isonomic isopachs isophote isopleth isopodan isoprene isospins isospory isostasy isotachs isothere isotherm isotones isotonic isotopes isotopic isotropy isotypes isotypic isozymes isozymic issuable issuably issuance isthmian isthmoid
9 letters 59
isagogics isallobar isarithms ischaemia ischemias isinglass islanders islanding isobutane isocheims isochimes isochores isochrone isochrons isoclines isocyclic isoenzyme isogamete isogamies isogamous isogeneic isogenies isogonals isogonics isogonies isografts isographs isohyetal isolating isolation isolators isologues isomerase isomerism isomerize isometric isomorphs isoniazid isonomies isooctane isophotal isophotes isopleths isopodans isoprenes isopropyl isopycnic isosceles isosmotic isostatic isotactic isotheres isotherms isotopies isotropic issuances issueless isthmians isthmuses
10 letters 38
isallobars ischaemias isentropic isoantigen isobutanes isocaloric isochronal isochrones isocracies isocyanate isoenzymes isoenzymic isogametes isogametic isoglossal isoglosses isoglossic isografted isolatable isolations isoleucine isomerases isomerisms isomerized isomerizes isometrics isometries isomorphic isoniazids isooctanes isopiestic isoplethic isoprenoid isopropyls isospories isostasies isothermal isotropies
11 letters 15
isallobaric isinglasses isoantibody isoantigens isobutylene isochronism isochronous isocyanates isoelectric isografting isoleucines isomerizing isomorphism isomorphous isotonicity
12 letters 13
isoantigenic isobutylenes isochronally isochronisms isodiametric isoenzymatic isolationism isolationist isomorphisms isoprenaline isothermally isotonically isotopically
13 letters 16
isoagglutinin isoalloxazine isoantibodies isocarboxazid isochromosome isochronously isoelectronic isolationisms isolationists isomerization isometrically isoprenalines isoproterenol isosmotically isostatically isotonicities
14 letters 8
isentropically isoagglutinins isoalloxazines isocarboxazids isochromosomes isomerizations isomorphically isoproterenols
17 letters 1
isoelectronically
Using these words
To find words that start with IS using only your letters, open the Word Unscrambler, enter your letters and type IS in Starts with. For a known pattern, the Crossword Solver accepts IS???-style patterns. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.