6 Letter Words That Start With IR

All 18 six-letter words beginning with IR, scored for Scrabble and Words With Friends.

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Correct letter, correct place

Right spot
Correct letter, correct place — a green Wordle tile
Type a letter into the slot you already know it sits in. Only words with that exact letter in that exact slot come back.

Wrong spot

In the word, wrong place

Wrong spot
In the word, wrong place — a yellow Wordle tile
For letters you know are in the answer but cannot place yet. Every word that comes back contains all of them, wherever they land.

Not in the word

Letters to rule out

Not in the word
Letters to rule out — a grey Wordle tile
Your dead letters. Any word holding one of these gets dropped from the results.
If a letter here also appears in Right spot or Wrong spot above, only the spare copies are dropped — the ones you placed still count.

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Letter run takes _ as a one-letter gap, so E_O finds lemon. Dictionary keeps only the words your game accepts.

Games

All words · 18

irades7

irater6

ireful9

irenic8

irides7

iridic9

irised7

irises6

iritic8

iritis6

irking11

irokos10

ironed7

ironer6

irones6

ironic8

irreal6

irrupt8

6 letter words beginning IR

There are 18 6 letter words beginning with IR in our dictionary — about 6% of the 294 6 letter words that start with I.

Not every game takes every word. Of these 18:18 are valid in Scrabble US, 18 are valid in Scrabble UK and 18 are valid in Words With Friends. Use the Dictionary filter under More filters to keep only the ones your game accepts.

Highest scoring

The best Scrabble play on this list is irking at 11 points. The top of the table:

irking · 11 pts
irokos · 10 pts
ireful · 9 pts
iridic · 9 pts
irrupt · 8 pts
irenic · 8 pts

How the rest of the word behaves

6 of them end with S, 4 of them end with C and 2 of them end with R.14of them repeat a letter, which matters when you are working out whether a yellow tile can appear twice.

Using this list

Type the letters you already know into the solver at the top of the page. Put confirmed letters in Right spot in the slot they occupy, letters you know are present but misplaced in Wrong spot, and dead letters in Not in the word. The list narrows as you go, and the answer is never revealed for you.

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