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5-letter words with I as the 1st letter and L as the 2nd letter

5-letter words with I as 1st and L as 2nd letter: 10 matches, one Wordle answer, and a top Scrabble score of 8 for ILLTH.

10 wordsTop pick ILIADHighest score ILLTH 8
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With I in 1st place, N is the most common 2nd letter (55 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 10 · most-used first

  • ILIAD6
  • ILIAC7
  • ILIUM7
  • ILEUM7
  • ILEAL5
  • ILLER5
  • ILEUS5
  • ILEAC7
  • ILIAL5
  • ILLTH8
All valid words 10

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

  • ILEAC7
  • ILEAL5
  • ILEUM7
  • ILEUS5
  • ILIAC7
  • ILIAD6
  • ILIAL5
  • ILIUM7
  • ILLER5
  • ILLTH8

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ILLTH89Collins only
ILIAC79All three
ILIUM710All three
ILEUM710All three
ILEAC79All three
ILIAD67All three
ILEAL57All three
ILLER57All three
ILEUS57All three
ILIAL57All three

Only 10 tournament-dictionary entries fit the fixed IL opening, and none ranks among common English words. Nearby patterns offer a much larger search space: I-N has 55 five-letter matches, while I-M has 24. Expect specialist vocabulary rather than everyday guesses, even though every entry is valid in at least one tournament list.

5-letter words with I as 1st and L as 2nd letter

  • Collins accepts all 10 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each accept 9.
  • The pattern has one Wordle answer and 10 allowed guesses.
  • ILLTH leads the score list at 8; ILIAC, ILIUM, ILEUM, and ILEAC each score 7.
  • C, L, and M each finish two entries; D, H, R, and S each finish one.

Can you use IL words in Wordle?

Yes: the pattern has one listed Wordle answer and 10 allowed guesses. That makes the answer set much narrower than the playable-guess set, so a matching guess does not automatically identify the solution.

Every entry begins with IL, but the final letters spread across C, L, M, D, H, R, and S. No ending appears more than twice, so an ending alone gives little leverage for narrowing these candidates.

ILIAD, ILIAC, ILIUM, ILEUM, and ILEAL show five different third-letter choices. They make a useful comparison set when clues rule out one branch, but the shared opening means testing another ending may reveal more.

What should you know about IL word scores and validity?

ILLTH is the top scorer among 5-letter words with I as 1st and L as 2nd letter, at 8 points. ILIAC, ILIUM, ILEUM, and ILEAC follow at 7, making ILLTH the clear score leader in this compact set.

The average score is 6.2, and the lowest scores are 5. ILEAL, ILLER, ILEUS, and ILIAL all reach that mark, so the difference between the top and bottom is only 3 points before board premiums.

Dictionary coverage has one small catch: Collins includes all 10 words, while ENABLE and NWL2023 include 9 apiece. All entries appear in at least one tournament list, but a word missing from your game's list will not play; check that list before committing.

Questions people ask

How many five-letter words start with IL?
There are 10 five-letter words with I first and L second in the tournament-dictionary set. Collins includes all 10, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 9. None is classified as common English vocabulary, so expect several unfamiliar options.
Is ILLTH a valid Scrabble word?
ILLTH appears among the tournament-dictionary entries and scores 8 points, the highest score in this group. Its score edges the four 7-point options: ILIAC, ILIUM, ILEUM, and ILEAC.
Which letters end five-letter IL words?
The words end in C, L, M, D, H, R, or S. C, L, and M each occur twice; the other four endings appear once apiece, giving you seven possible final letters across the 10 matches.

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