5-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and P as the 4th letter

The pattern sits on an L plus P spine, so most words read as a blend with a vowel: FLIP, FLAP, FLOP, SLIP, SLAP, SLOP and CLIP. Nine of the thirty-four end in PE, and those PE spellings own the highest scores, with FLYPE on 13 and BLYPE and CLYPE on 12. Only eight count as common English, so the list leans on tournament vocabulary.

The L-second, P-fourth list at a glance

• 34 5-letter words match the pattern.
• C- and S- open nine words each, and F- opens four.
• S closes sixteen words and E closes nine.
• GLYPH scores 14, the highest in the group.
• Four are Wordle answers: SLEPT, ELOPE, SLOPE and GLYPH.

Nine words end in PE and they score best

The PE subgroup punches above its weight. FLYPE reaches 13, BLYPE and CLYPE 12, and ELOPE, SLOPE, CLEPE, CLIPE, SLIPE and SLYPE fill the rest of the family. Most of those are obscure, but SLOPE and ELOPE are common words and both double as Wordle answers.

Four Wordle answers and a heavy Collins split

Only four of the thirty-four are Wordle answers, and they make an odd set: SLEPT, ELOPE, SLOPE and GLYPH. All thirty-four are accepted guesses, so the rest of the list stays playable. The group average of 9 is modest, since GLYPH is the only one of them holding a genuinely rare tile.

Collins lists every one of the thirty-four while ENABLE and NWL2023 drop nine between them. That removes roughly a quarter of the list from a shorter tournament word list, and the missing spellings are mostly the LYPE and LIPE rarities.

Splitting similar L-P words