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115 verified matches
One square is known and 4 are still open. ACRID places A, C, R, and D around the fixed I, giving you 4 distinct letters to compare with earlier feedback.
115 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words With I as the Fourth Letter
I stays in the fourth position throughout this 115-word set, which begins with AALII and ends with ZORIL. Nothing on this page moves the confirmed tile to make a familiar spelling fit.
Repeated letters
29 answers repeat a letter
AALII, ACMIC, AECIA, and AFFIX are among the repeated-letter choices. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with ACRID, ADMIT, and AEGIS.
Reading order
The list runs from AALII to ZORIL
AALII, ACMIC, ACRID, ADMIT, and AECIA open the list; ZORIL is the final entry alphabetically.
All 115 matches from AALII to ZORIL
115 matches call for filters, not a top-to-bottom guessing queue. Start with excluded letters, use ACRID as a comparison point and let the position and vowel summaries cut the field down.
- AALII
- ACMIC
- ACRID
- ADMIT
- AECIA
- AEGIS
- AFFIX
- AGAIN
- ALCID
- ALOIN
- AMAIN
- AMBIT
- ANVIL
- AROID
- AUDIO
- AULIC
- AURIC
- AVOID
- BASIC
- BEFIT
- BEGIN
- BELIE
- BOVID
- BRAIL
- BRAIN
- BRUIT
- CABIN
- CAVIL
- CERIC
- CHAIN
- CHAIR
- CHOIR
- CILIA
- CIVIC
- CIVIL
- CLAIM
- COMIC
- CRAIC
- CURIO
- CYNIC
- DENIM
- DROIT
- EERIE
- ELOIN
- ETHIC
- EYRIE
- EYRIR
- FETID
- FLAIR
- FLUID
- FRAIL
- FRUIT
- GADID
- GAMIC
- GAMIN
- GLAIR
- GONIF
- GRAIN
- HABIT
- HAFIZ
- HEMIC
- HUMIC
- JAGIR
- KELIM
- KRAIT
- KYLIX
- LIMIT
- LORIS
- LOTIC
- LURID
- LYRIC
- MAGIC
- MALIC
- MELIC
- MERIT
- MIMIC
- MIRIN
- MOVIE
- MUCIC
- MURID
- MUSIC
- NADIR
- NORIA
- OASIS
- OLEIC
- OLEIN
- ORBIT
- ORRIS
- OVOID
- PAVIS
- PERIL
- PLAID
- PLAIN
- POSIT
- PYXIS
- QUOIN
- RADIO
- RELIC
- RIGID
- SABIR
- SERIF
- SOLID
- STOIC
- TACIT
- TEPID
- TRAIL
- TRAIN
- TUNIC
- VAPID
- VARIX
- VISIT
- VIVID
- WUXIA
- XYLIC
- ZORIL
What separates these 115 candidates
A, R, and C appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. ACRID exposes 4 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A, C, R, and D.
Leaders in open positions
- first: A in 18 words
- second: A in 20 words
- third: R in 19 words
- fifth: C in 26 words
Movable letters seen most often
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 55 candidates
- R appears outside the fixed clue in 42 candidates
- C appears outside the fixed clue in 39 candidates
- L appears outside the fixed clue in 35 candidates
- O appears outside the fixed clue in 27 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
84 of the 115 matches use 2 vowels. ACRID is one concrete example of that shape.
1 vowel: 52 vowels: 843 vowels: 224 vowels: 4
The fourth square does not move
Keep the fourth square honest
Do not slide I into another position just to make a familiar word fit. In ACRID, the fixed tile stays fourth while A, C, R, and D occupy the open squares. Compare those letters with the board first; then use the position leaders to break ties among the survivors.
ACRID keeps I fourth, but the other 4 letters still need permission from your board. A single misplaced green or reused gray is enough to rule it out.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 115-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for AALII, ACMIC, and ACRID show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- AALII
- A tropical shrub or small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, especially associated with Hawaii and other warm regions.
- ACMIC
- Relating to an acme, climax, or point of greatest intensity or development.
- ACRID
- Having a sharp, bitter smell or taste.
- ADMIT
- To acknowledge that something is true or to allow someone to enter.
- AECIA
- Plural of aecium: cup-shaped spore-producing structures formed by certain rust fungi.
- AEGIS
- Support or protection from an authority.
- AFFIX
- To attach or fasten something to something else.
- AGAIN
- One more time or another time.
- ALCID
- A seabird of the family Alcidae, which includes auks, puffins, murres, and related birds.
- ALOIN
- A bitter yellowish compound obtained from aloe latex and formerly used as a laxative ingredient.
- AMAIN
- With full force, at full speed, or with great strength; chiefly archaic or literary.
- AMBIT
- The scope, extent, or boundary of something.
- ANVIL
- A heavy iron or steel block used by metalworkers as a striking surface.
- AROID
- A plant of the arum family, Araceae, which includes philodendrons, anthuriums, and calla lilies.
- AUDIO
- Sound that is recorded, transmitted, or reproduced electronically.
- AULIC
- Relating to a royal or imperial court or palace.
- AURIC
- Relating to gold, especially gold in the +3 oxidation state.
- AVOID
- To keep away from or prevent contact with something.
Keep I fourth and alter one other clue
From 5-Letter Words With I as the Fourth Letter, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words With I as the Third Letter, currently with 110 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
110 matches
5-Letter Words With I as the Third Letter
Open list →96 matches
5-Letter Words With I as the Second Letter
Open list →172 matches
5-Letter Words With A as the Third Letter
Open list →161 matches
5-Letter Words With A as the Second Letter
Open list →152 matches
5-Letter Words With E as the Fourth Letter
Open list →149 matches
5-Letter Words With R as the Second Letter
Open list →Test the open squares around I
Place I in the fourth square before comparing anything else. Then check A, C, R, and D from ACRID one by one, preserving confirmed positions and moving any yellow away from its rejected square.