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

A repeated L narrows the board to a compact set: just one of these words ranks among the commonest English words. LILAC is the familiar choice, while LALDY and LOLOG are less everyday plays. Endings offer another clue: most matches finish with S, so a final-letter hint quickly cuts down the options.

The L-L pattern at a glance

• Exactly 11 tournament-dictionary words begin with L and carry L in the third position.
• Collins includes all 11 matches; NWL2023 has 8, and ENABLE has 7.
• Seven words end in S; two end in Y, while C and G appear once each.
• LALDY is the top Scrabble scorer at 9 points, ahead of LOLLY at 8.
• Only one match is common by word-frequency frequency measure.

Which words fit the repeated-L pattern?

The matches are LILAC, LOLLY, LULLS, LULUS, LOLLS, LILTS, LALDY, LILLS, LILOS, LALLS, and LOLOG. LILAC stands out as the familiar word; several others are unusual enough to be poor guesses without confirming letters.

Seven endings are S, including LULLS, LULUS, LOLLS, LILTS, LILLS, LILOS, and LALLS. LOLLY and LALDY end in Y, while LILAC and LOLOG account for the two single-word endings. Use that distribution when a final tile is known.

How to play the L-L pattern

For Scrabble, LALDY leads at 9 points, with LOLLY at 8 and LILAC at 7. Those are tile scores before board bonuses; a premium square can change the final total. The average score across the matches is 5.9, so the leader is a clear outlier.

For a Wordle-style puzzle, the pattern has 11 allowed guesses but just one answer in the matching answer list. The common-word count is also only one, so don’t assume every dictionary-valid option is a likely solution. This is a narrow pattern list, not a general set of everyday L words; check your game’s word list when acceptance matters.