Words containing ai (660)
Found 660 words containing ai. Search pattern: *ai?. Use ? for unknown letters and * for wildcards.
Scrabble Scores — Average: 11 pts
Highest: quatorzain 28, chymopapain 25, chambermaid 23, overexplain 23, dziggetais 22
4 Letter Words (75)
- bail 6
- bait 6
- caid 7
- cain 6
- dais 5
- faik 11
- fail 7
- fain 7
- fair 7
- faix 14
- gaid 6
- gain 5
- gair 5
- gait 5
- haik 11
- hail 7
- hain 7
- hair 7
- jail 11
- kaid 9
- kaie 8
- kaif 11
- kail 8
- kaim 10
- kain 8
- kais 8
- laic 6
- laid 5
- laik 8
- lain 4
- lair 4
- maid 7
- maik 10
- mail 6
- maim 8
- main 6
- mair 6
- naif 7
- naik 8
- nail 4
- nain 4
- paid 7
- paik 10
- pail 6
- pain 6
- pair 6
- pais 6
- qaid 14
- raia 4
- raid 5
- raik 8
- rail 4
- rain 4
- rais 4
- rait 4
- saic 6
- said 5
- sail 4
- saim 6
- sain 4
- sair 4
- sais 4
- tail 4
- tain 4
- tais 4
- tait 4
- vail 7
- vain 7
- vair 7
- waid 8
- waif 10
- wail 7
- wain 7
- wair 7
- wait 7
5 Letter Words (59)
- again 6
- amain 7
- apaid 8
- avail 8
- await 8
- blain 7
- braid 8
- brail 7
- brain 7
- chain 10
- chair 10
- chais 10
- claim 9
- craig 8
- deair 6
- drail 6
- drain 6
- elain 5
- email 7
- flail 8
- flair 8
- frail 8
- fraim 10
- glaik 10
- glair 6
- grail 6
- grain 6
- graip 8
- krait 9
- ngaio 6
- plaid 8
- plain 7
- plait 7
- quail 14
- quair 14
- quais 14
- scail 7
- skail 9
- slaid 6
- slain 5
- smaik 11
- snail 5
- spail 7
- spain 7
- spait 7
- staid 6
- staig 6
- stain 5
- stair 5
- swail 8
- swain 8
- thaim 10
- traik 9
- trail 5
- train 5
- trait 5
- twain 8
- unais 5
- vraic 10
6 Letter Words (86)
- abraid 9
- affair 12
- afraid 10
- agnail 7
- alcaic 10
- almain 8
- appaid 11
- appair 10
- assail 6
- assais 6
- attain 6
- atwain 9
- aumail 8
- bewail 11
- camail 10
- cocain 10
- demain 9
- derail 7
- detail 7
- detain 7
- dizain 16
- domain 9
- eclair 8
- embail 10
- entail 6
- eucain 8
- fusain 9
- impair 10
- inlaid 7
- jezail 22
- karait 10
- lanais 6
- limail 8
- matais 8
- mesail 8
- mezail 17
- midair 9
- misaim 10
- mohair 11
- mosaic 10
- navaid 10
- obtain 8
- onlaid 7
- ordain 7
- oxtail 13
- palais 8
- papain 10
- perais 8
- pirais 8
- rebait 8
- regain 7
- relaid 7
- remail 8
- remain 8
- renail 6
- repaid 9
- repair 8
- rerail 6
- resaid 7
- resail 6
- retail 6
- retain 6
- sakais 10
- serail 6
- serais 6
- sixain 13
- sodaic 9
- sodain 7
- spraid 9
- sprain 8
- squail 15
- straik 10
- strain 6
- strait 6
- tenail 6
- terais 6
- unfair 9
- ungain 7
- unhair 9
- unlaid 7
- unnail 6
- unpaid 9
- unsaid 7
- unvail 9
- uplaid 9
- wabain 11
7 Letter Words (128)
- abigail 10
- abstain 9
- acclaim 13
- airmail 9
- antiair 7
- archaic 14
- bandaid 11
- banzais 18
- bargain 10
- barmaid 12
- bedrail 10
- bestain 9
- bobtail 11
- bonsais 9
- callais 9
- captain 11
- cattail 9
- certain 9
- clarain 9
- cochair 14
- contain 9
- corsair 9
- curtail 9
- curtain 9
- darrain 8
- declaim 12
- deltaic 10
- despair 10
- destain 8
- detrain 8
- disdain 9
- distain 8
- embraid 12
- enchain 12
- engrail 8
- engrain 8
- entrail 7
- entrain 7
- exclaim 18
- explain 16
- extrait 14
- fantail 10
- forfair 13
- forsaid 11
- foxtail 17
- funfair 13
- furfair 13
- germain 10
- gilgais 9
- hobnail 12
- huitain 10
- ingrain 8
- jeofail 17
- kaikais 15
- kowhais 17
- laogais 8
- lugsail 8
- machair 14
- mauvais 12
- mermaid 12
- mislaid 10
- mislain 9
- missaid 10
- mondain 10
- murlain 9
- murrain 9
- naysaid 11
- nilgais 8
- nonpaid 10
- ouabain 9
- outgain 8
- outlaid 8
- outlain 7
- outsaid 8
- outsail 7
- outwait 10
- parfait 12
- pedrail 10
- pertain 9
- petsais 9
- pigtail 10
- pintail 9
- prepaid 12
- prevail 12
- prosaic 11
- ptomain 11
- rattail 7
- reavail 10
- reclaim 11
- redbait 10
- redtail 8
- refrain 10
- retrain 7
- retrait 7
- sancais 9
- seamaid 10
- simpais 11
- skysail 14
- sustain 7
- taxpaid 17
- terrain 7
- toenail 7
- topsail 9
- travail 10
- trenail 7
- trysail 10
- unbraid 10
- unchain 12
- unchair 12
- unplait 9
- unslain 7
- unstaid 8
- upbraid 12
- upstair 9
- uptrain 9
- vassail 10
- ventail 10
- vervain 13
- vessail 10
- villain 10
- vitrail 10
- vitrain 10
- voltaic 12
- wagtail 11
- wassail 10
- waylaid 14
- zaikais 20
- zebraic 20
8 Letter Words (126)
- armchair 15
- assagais 9
- assegais 9
- aventail 11
- bangtail 11
- bedchair 16
- boattail 10
- bondmaid 14
- brantail 10
- bucktail 16
- cantraip 12
- chaplain 15
- charpais 15
- cinquain 19
- coattail 10
- complain 14
- contrail 10
- contrair 10
- cookmaid 17
- cordwain 14
- coxswain 20
- debonair 11
- didakais 14
- disclaim 13
- distrail 9
- distrain 9
- distrait 9
- doornail 9
- dovetail 12
- ducktail 15
- endbrain 11
- faradaic 14
- fishtail 14
- footrail 11
- forelaid 12
- forelain 11
- foresaid 12
- foresail 11
- forktail 15
- fountain 11
- gaffsail 15
- gainsaid 10
- ghilgais 13
- graymail 14
- greymail 14
- handmaid 15
- handrail 12
- hangnail 12
- headrail 12
- headsail 12
- hightail 15
- horntail 11
- jailbait 17
- kahawais 18
- landrail 9
- longhair 12
- madbrain 13
- mainsail 10
- maintain 10
- marocain 12
- medicaid 14
- mesaraic 12
- meticais 12
- midbrain 13
- milkmaid 17
- milltail 10
- misclaim 14
- mistrain 10
- monorail 10
- moonsail 10
- mortmain 12
- motorail 10
- mountain 10
- nilghais 12
- nylghais 15
- overhair 14
- overlaid 12
- overlain 11
- overpaid 14
- oversail 11
- parasail 10
- paravail 13
- pearmain 12
- plantain 10
- ponytail 13
- portrait 10
- postpaid 13
- pretrain 10
- prochain 15
- proclaim 14
- purslain 10
- purtraid 11
- quatrain 17
- quillaia 17
- quillais 17
- quintain 17
- reassail 8
- reattain 8
- remblais 12
- reobtain 10
- reordain 9
- restrain 8
- ringtail 9
- riverain 11
- samurais 10
- sapucaia 12
- seatrain 8
- silktail 12
- sliprail 10
- spondaic 13
- stanzaic 19
- staysail 11
- stravaig 12
- stunsail 8
- subclaim 14
- suzerain 17
- taffrail 14
- treenail 8
- trochaic 15
- unafraid 12
- unrepaid 11
- unrepair 10
- virelais 11
- whiptail 16
- windsail 12
- wirehair 14
9 Letter Words (98)
- aerotrain 9
- aforesaid 13
- algebraic 14
- appertain 13
- ascertain 11
- assegaais 10
- backstair 17
- baisemain 13
- birdbrain 14
- blackmail 19
- blacktail 17
- boatswain 14
- bridemaid 15
- broadtail 12
- bromelain 13
- camelhair 16
- chamfrain 19
- chatelain 14
- checkrail 20
- chieftain 17
- chigetais 15
- chilblain 16
- choleraic 16
- cocaptain 15
- constrain 11
- cornbraid 14
- creamlaid 14
- crosshair 14
- dairymaid 16
- deckchair 21
- disentail 10
- disrepair 12
- downstair 13
- encurtain 11
- entertain 9
- eyestrain 12
- filigrain 13
- forebrain 14
- forestair 12
- formulaic 16
- franglais 13
- greenmail 12
- grosgrain 11
- guardrail 11
- headchair 18
- highchair 21
- hindbrain 15
- horsehair 15
- horsetail 12
- housemaid 15
- incertain 11
- interlaid 10
- lamebrain 13
- lunchpail 16
- mousetail 11
- nannygais 13
- nennigais 10
- niramiais 11
- nursemaid 12
- outstrain 9
- overclaim 16
- overgrain 13
- overplaid 15
- overstain 12
- overtrain 12
- peneplain 13
- pharisaic 16
- porcelain 13
- premosaic 15
- preordain 12
- pushchair 19
- quitclaim 22
- reexplain 18
- ricegrain 12
- shanghais 16
- shavetail 15
- shirttail 12
- shorthair 15
- soothsaid 13
- southsaid 13
- spoonbait 13
- sprigtail 12
- spritsail 11
- stenopaic 13
- superlain 11
- swordtail 13
- tearstain 9
- thumbnail 16
- turnagain 10
- uncertain 11
- uncurtain 11
- underlaid 11
- underlain 10
- underpaid 13
- undersaid 11
- whitebait 17
- whitetail 15
- woodgrain 14
10 Letter Words (47)
- apotropaic 16
- bloodstain 13
- breastrail 12
- bridesmaid 16
- chevrotain 18
- cottontail 12
- crackbrain 20
- crossclaim 16
- disenchain 16
- disentrail 11
- disentrain 11
- dispondaic 16
- drivetrain 14
- dziggetais 22
- fingernail 14
- floodplain 16
- foreordain 14
- groundbait 14
- housetrain 13
- hovertrain 16
- interbrain 12
- interchain 15
- lamaserais 12
- maidenhair 16
- multichain 17
- multigrain 13
- nannyghais 17
- outbargain 13
- outvillain 13
- overstrain 13
- pantrymaid 18
- paradisaic 15
- parlormaid 15
- powertrain 15
- quatorzain 28
- schoolmaid 18
- silvertail 13
- souterrain 10
- springtail 13
- subterrain 12
- superbrain 14
- tripletail 12
- underdrain 12
- ungainsaid 12
- wheelchair 21
- wholegrain 17
- yellowtail 16
11 Letter Words (19)
- beetlebrain 15
- bristletail 13
- chamberlain 20
- chambermaid 23
- chymopapain 25
- counterraid 14
- countervail 16
- flickertail 20
- foretopsail 16
- interstrain 11
- legerdemain 15
- maintopsail 15
- multidomain 16
- nurserymaid 17
- overexplain 23
- photomosaic 20
- rattlebrain 13
- scissortail 13
- swallowtail 17
12 Letter Words (9)
- betweenbrain 19
- catamountain 16
- counterclaim 18
- counterstain 14
- featherbrain 20
- forestaysail 18
- photovoltaic 22
- scatterbrain 16
- studdingsail 15
13 Letter Words (5)
About This Pattern
The search pattern *ai? looks for words of any length with any number of letters, the letter A in the second position, the letter I in the third position, an unknown letter in the fourth position.
Where This Helps
- Scrabble & Words With Friends — find valid words that match your available tiles and board constraints.
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FAQ
How many words match the pattern *ai??
There are 660 English words matching this pattern.
What are the shortest and longest matching words?
The shortest matching words have 3 letters and the longest have 13 letters.
Which word length is most common for this pattern?
7-letter words are the most common, with 128 matches out of 660 total.
What are some example words matching *ai??
Some matching words include: aia, aid, ail, aim, ain.
How does the pattern *ai? work?
Each ? stands for exactly one unknown letter, while * matches zero or more letters. Known letters must appear in their exact positions.
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