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5-letter words with L as the 1st letter and B as the 3rd letter

5-letter words with L as the 1st letter and B as the 3rd letter number 20, including LABOR, LABEL, LOBBY, LIBEL and LOBES.

20 wordsTop pick LABORHighest score LOBBY 12

5 of 20 are everyday words (25%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With L in 1st place, N is the most common 3rd letter (57 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 20 · most-used first

  • LABOR7
  • LABEL7
  • LOBBY12
  • LIBEL7
  • LOBES7
  • LIBRA7
  • LIBER7
  • LOBOS7
  • LABIA7
  • LOBED8
  • LEBEN7
  • LIBRI7
  • LUBED8
  • LUBES7
  • LOBAR7
  • LABRA7
  • LUBRA7
  • LOBUS7
  • LABDA8
  • LABIS7
All valid words 20

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

  • LABDA8
  • LABEL7
  • LABIA7
  • LABIS7
  • LABOR7
  • LABRA7
  • LEBEN7
  • LIBEL7
  • LIBER7
  • LIBRA7
  • LIBRI7
  • LOBAR7
  • LOBBY12
  • LOBED8
  • LOBES7
  • LOBOS7
  • LOBUS7
  • LUBED8
  • LUBES7
  • LUBRA7
Letters by positionIn 40% of these words the 4th letter is E.
2nd letter
  1. A30%
  2. O30%
  3. I20%
4th letter
  1. E40%
  2. R20%
  3. I10%
5th letter
  1. A25%
  2. S25%
  3. R15%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; LOBBY tops the list with 12. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 16 words
  2. 8 points: 3 words
  3. 99 points: 0 words
  4. 10 points: 0 words
  5. 1111 points: 0 words
  6. 12 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
LOBBY1214All three
LOBED810All three
LUBED811Collins · NWL
LABDA810Collins only
LABOR79All three
LABEL710All three
LIBEL710All three
LOBES79All three
LIBRA79All three
LIBER79All three
LOBOS79All three
LABIA79All three

Lock in L at the start and B in the middle, and only 20 five-letter words fit. Familiar options include LABOR and LABEL, while LOBBY is the top scorer. Five entries are common English words, so the pattern mixes recognizable guesses with less familiar vocabulary.

At a glance: the L-B pattern

  • There are 20 matches, all beginning L and placing B in the third position.
  • LABOR, LABEL, LOBBY, LIBEL and LOBES are familiar examples.
  • Five entries are common; 17 have definitions.
  • The endings A and S tie at five words each; R comes next with three.
  • All 20 are allowed guesses in the Wordle set, but only four are answers.

Which endings dominate this pattern?

Five matches end in A, and five end in S. LABIA, LIBRA and LOBAR illustrate A; LOBES is an S-ending example. Check the last tile carefully: LABEL and LIBEL end in L, not S.

R finishes three words, including LABOR and LIBER. D and L each finish two entries, while I, N and Y occur once apiece. That split makes the final letter a strong sorting clue: A and S leave more candidates than any single-occurrence ending.

5-letter words with L as the 1st letter and B as the 3rd letter

The 20 matches do not appear in every tournament list. Collins includes all 20, NWL2023 includes 16, and ENABLE includes 15. A word accepted in one game can fail in another, so check your game's word list before committing to a less familiar entry.

For Wordle, the pattern covers four answers and all 20 allowed guesses. That makes it a useful filter once L and B are confirmed, not a strong opening guess by itself: most of the set is not common vocabulary. The pattern is tighter than five-letter words with L first and N third, which number 57.

Questions people ask

How many five-letter words start with L and have B third?
There are 20 five-letter matches with L in the first spot and B in the third. LABOR, LABEL and LOBBY are recognizable choices; the rest include rarer forms such as LABDA and LOBUS. The set spans several dictionary lists, so acceptance depends on the game.
Which L-B words are common in everyday English?
Five of the 20 matches are classed as common, including LABOR, LABEL, LOBBY, LIBEL and LOBES. The remaining words are less familiar, so start with the common examples when solving a general word puzzle rather than checking a specialist word list.
Can these L-B words be Wordle guesses?
Yes, all 20 matches are allowed Wordle guesses, while four are in the answer set. The answer words are not identified here, so treat the pattern as a filter rather than assuming every accepted guess can be the solution.

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