What is the highest-scoring 5-letter word ending with I?

LAZZI scores 23 points, the highest of the 253 valid 5-letter words ending with I in the SOWPODS dictionary.

How many 5-letter words ending with I are there in Scrabble?

There are 253 valid 5-letter words ending with I in the SOWPODS (international) dictionary.

How many points is the letter I worth in Scrabble?

I is worth 1 point on a standard Scrabble tile.

5 Letter Words Ending with I

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July 30, 2026 7 min read Word Finder

5-letter words ending with I: 253 valid plays. I is one of the common 1-point tiles. The top scorer is LAZZI (23 points). For context, the typical letter in this position gives you around 542 words, so I comes in below that.

Why I at the End Matters

💡 Tile Value

I won't win you points on its own, but a 5-letter word is a full rack commitment either way — the win here is having 253 options ready rather than hunting mid-game.

Because I lands last, 5-letter words ending with I are naturally suited to hooking: adding I onto a shorter word already on the board to build a new one on your turn.

Notable Words

Highest scorer: LAZZI is worth 23 points — I's 1 points plus the rest of the tiles in the word. It's the play to look for if you're building toward a big turn.

Worth memorising first: PUNJI (14 points) is one of the lower scorers here, which usually means it's a more familiar word — a safer one to keep in your working vocabulary than the obscure high scorers.

How many options: 253 valid 5-letter words ending with I exist in SOWPODS — fewer than the ~542 typical for this slot, so it's realistic to learn most of the useful ones.

Try This on the Board

🧩 Worked Example

LAZZI works as a hook too: if LAZZ is already on the board, adding the final I to reach LAZZI lets you play across an existing word rather than starting fresh.