Words Containing IE

Q: How many words contain "IE"?

10,270 valid English words contain the sequence IE.

Q: Best Scrabble word containing IE?

QUIZZICALITIES at 43 pts before bonuses.

Q: Longest word containing IE?

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIES — 24 letters.

There are 10,270 English words that contain the sequence IE. Range: ABBACIES to ZYMURGIES. The Scrabble® high-scorer is QUIZZICALITIES at 43 points; the longest is ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIES (24 letters). Perfect for tricky Q- and Z-heavy racks in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Roughly 6% of these words end in E, so an E-hook on the board is worth watching for.

By length — 10,270 words containing IE

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4-letter(34)
5-letter(136)
6-letter(513)
7-letter(1,353)
8-letter(1,737)
9-letter(1,543)
10-letter(1,347)
11-letter(944)
12-letter(738)
13-letter(606)
14-letter(450)
15-letter(303)

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Showing the first 600 of 10,270 words. Use the pattern search to narrow further, or filter with the unscrambler.

Top 10 highest-scoring words

Scored on letters only (no board bonuses). WWF uses different tile values from Scrabble — J, Q and Z are worth 10 points in WWF; X is worth 8.

#	Word	Scrabble	WWF
1	quizzicalities	43	46
2	diethylcarbamazines	41	44
3	psychopharmacologies	40	44
4	diethylcarbamazine	40	43
5	electroencephalographies	39	45
6	microspectrophotometries	39	44
7	hyperexcitabilities	38	40
8	immunocytochemistries	37	42
9	psychophysiologies	37	38
10	immunohistochemistries	36	40

What these words mean

quizzicalities: Valid 14-letter English word — definition not on file.
diethylcarbamazines: Valid 19-letter English word — definition not on file.
psychopharmacologies: Valid 20-letter English word — definition not on file.
diethylcarbamazine: Valid 18-letter English word — definition not on file.
electroencephalographies: Valid 24-letter English word — definition not on file.
microspectrophotometries: Valid 24-letter English word — definition not on file.
hyperexcitabilities: Valid 19-letter English word — definition not on file.
immunocytochemistries: Valid 21-letter English word — definition not on file.
psychophysiologies: Valid 18-letter English word — definition not on file.
immunohistochemistries: Valid 22-letter English word — definition not on file.

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API, cached for repeat visits.

FAQs

How many words contain "IE"?

10,270 valid English words contain IE.

Best Scrabble word containing IE?

QUIZZICALITIES at 43 pts.

Longest word containing IE?

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIES (24 letters).