5-letter words with L as the 2nd letter

5-letter words with L as the 2nd letter number 687, including familiar options such as PLACE, BLACK, and ALONG.

687 wordsTop pick PLACEHighest score KLUTZ 18

179 of 687 are everyday words (26%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
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A is the most common 2nd letter in 5-letter words (2,223 words); J is the rarest (11). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 179 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 179 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 687

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

ALAAP₇
ALACK₁₁
ALAMO₇
ALAND₆
ALANE₅
ALANG₆
ALANS₅
ALANT₅
ALAPA₇
ALAPS₇
ALARM₇
ALARY₈
ALATE₅
ALAYS₈
ALBAS₇
ALBEE₇
ALBUM₉
ALCID₈
ALCOS₇
ALDEA₆
ALDER₆
ALDOL₆
ALECK₁₁
ALECS₇
ALEFS₈
ALEFT₈
ALEPH₁₀
ALERT₅
ALEWS₈
ALEYE₈
ALFAS₈
ALGAE₆
ALGAL₆
ALGAS₆
ALGID₇
ALGIN₆
ALGOR₆
ALGUM₈
ALIAS₅
ALIBI₇
ALIEN₅
ALIFS₈
ALIGN₆
ALIKE₉
ALINE₅
ALIST₅
ALIVE₈
ALIYA₈
ALKIE₉
ALKOS₉
ALKYD₁₃
ALKYL₁₂
ALLAY₈
ALLEE₅
ALLEL₅
ALLEY₈
ALLIS₅
ALLOD₆
ALLOT₅
ALLOW₈
ALLOY₈
ALLYL₈
ALMAH₁₀
ALMAS₇
ALMEH₁₀
ALMES₇
ALMUD₈
ALMUG₈
ALODS₆
ALOED₆
ALOES₅
ALOFT₈
ALOHA₈
ALOIN₅
ALONE₅
ALONG₆
ALOOF₈
ALOUD₆
ALOWE₈
ALPHA₁₀
ALTAR₅
ALTER₅
ALTHO₈
ALTOS₅
ALULA₅
ALUMS₇
ALURE₅
ALVAR₈
ALWAY₁₁
BLABS₉
BLACK₁₃
BLADE₈
BLADS₈
BLADY₁₁
BLAER₇
BLAES₇
BLAFF₁₃
BLAGS₈
BLAHS₁₀
BLAIN₇
BLAME₉
BLAMS₉
BLAND₈
BLANK₁₁
BLARE₇
BLART₇
BLASE₇
BLASH₁₀
BLAST₇
BLATE₇
BLATS₇
BLATT₇
BLAUD₈
BLAWN₁₀
BLAWS₁₀
BLAYS₁₀
BLAZE₁₆
BLEAK₁₁
BLEAR₇
BLEAT₇
BLEBS₉
BLECH₁₂
BLEED₈
BLEEP₉
BLEES₇
BLEND₈
BLENT₇
BLERT₇
BLESS₇
BLEST₇
BLETS₇
BLEYS₁₀
BLIMP₁₁
BLIMY₁₂
BLIND₈
BLING₈
BLINI₇
BLINK₁₁
BLINS₇
BLINY₁₀
BLIPS₉
BLISS₇
BLIST₇
BLITE₇
BLITZ₁₆
BLIVE₁₀
BLOAT₇
BLOBS₉
BLOCK₁₃
BLOCS₉
BLOGS₈
BLOKE₁₁
BLOND₈
BLOOD₈
BLOOM₉
BLOOP₉
BLORE₇
BLOTS₇
BLOWN₁₀
BLOWS₁₀
BLOWY₁₃
BLUBS₉
BLUDE₈
BLUDY₁₁
BLUED₈
BLUER₇
BLUES₇
BLUET₇
BLUEY₁₀
BLUFF₁₃
BLUID₈
BLUME₉
BLUNK₁₁
BLUNT₇
BLURB₉
BLURS₇
BLURT₇
BLUSH₁₀
BLYPE₁₂
CLACH₁₂
CLACK₁₃
CLADE₈
CLADS₈
CLAES₇
CLAGS₈
CLAIM₉
CLAME₉
CLAMP₁₁
CLAMS₉
CLANG₈
CLANK₁₁
CLANS₇
CLAPS₉
CLAPT₉
CLARO₇
CLART₇
CLARY₁₀
CLASH₁₀
CLASP₉
CLASS₇
CLAST₇
CLATS₇
CLAUT₇
CLAVE₁₀
CLAVI₁₀
CLAWS₁₀
CLAYS₁₀
CLEAN₇
CLEAR₇
CLEAT₇
CLECK₁₃
CLEEK₁₁
CLEEP₉
CLEFS₁₀
CLEFT₁₀
CLEGS₈
CLEIK₁₁
CLEMS₉
CLEPE₉
CLEPT₉
CLERK₁₁
CLEVE₁₀
CLEWS₁₀
CLICK₁₃
CLIED₈
CLIES₇
CLIFF₁₃
CLIFT₁₀
CLIMB₁₁
CLIME₉
CLINE₇
CLING₈
CLINK₁₁
CLINT₇
CLIPE₉
CLIPS₉
CLIPT₉
CLITS₇
CLOAK₁₁
CLOAM₉
CLOCK₁₃
CLODS₈
CLOFF₁₃
CLOGS₈
CLOKE₁₁
CLOMB₁₁
CLOMP₁₁
CLONE₇
CLONK₁₁
CLONS₇
CLOOP₉
CLOOT₇
CLOPS₉
CLOSE₇
CLOTE₇
CLOTH₁₀
CLOTS₇
CLOUD₈
CLOUR₇
CLOUS₇
CLOUT₇
CLOVE₁₀
CLOWN₁₀
CLOWS₁₀
CLOYE₁₀
CLOYS₁₀
CLOZE₁₆
CLUBS₉
CLUCK₁₃
CLUED₈
CLUES₇
CLUMP₁₁
CLUNG₈
CLUNK₁₁
CLYPE₁₂
ELAIN₅
ELAND₆
ELANS₅
ELATE₅
ELBOW₁₀
ELCHI₁₀
ELDER₆
ELDIN₆
ELECT₇
ELEGY₉
ELEMI₇
ELFED₉
ELFIN₈
ELIAD₆
ELIDE₆
ELINT₅
ELITE₅
ELMEN₇
ELOGE₆
ELOGY₉
ELOIN₅
ELOPE₇
ELOPS₇
ELPEE₇
ELSIN₅
ELUDE₆
ELUTE₅
ELVAN₈
ELVEN₈
ELVER₈
ELVES₈
FLABS₁₀
FLACK₁₄
FLAFF₁₄
FLAGS₉
FLAIL₈
FLAIR₈
FLAKE₁₂
FLAKS₁₂
FLAKY₁₅
FLAME₁₀
FLAMM₁₂
FLAMS₁₀
FLAMY₁₃
FLANK₁₂
FLANS₈
FLAPS₁₀
FLARE₈
FLARY₁₁
FLASH₁₁
FLASK₁₂
FLATS₈
FLAVA₁₁
FLAWN₁₁
FLAWS₁₁
FLAWY₁₄
FLAXY₁₈
FLAYS₁₁
FLEAM₁₀
FLEAS₈
FLECK₁₄
FLEER₈
FLEES₈
FLEET₈
FLEGS₉
FLEME₁₀
FLESH₁₁
FLEWS₁₁
FLEXO₁₅
FLEYS₁₁
FLICK₁₄
FLICS₁₀
FLIED₉
FLIER₈
FLIES₈
FLIMP₁₂
FLIMS₁₀
FLING₉
FLINT₈
FLIPS₁₀
FLIRS₈
FLIRT₈
FLISK₁₂
FLITE₈
FLITS₈
FLITT₈
FLOAT₈
FLOCK₁₄
FLOCS₁₀
FLOES₈
FLOGS₉
FLONG₉
FLOOD₉
FLOOR₈
FLOPS₁₀
FLORA₈
FLORS₈
FLORY₁₁
FLOSH₁₁
FLOSS₈
FLOTA₈
FLOTE₈
FLOUR₈
FLOUT₈
FLOWN₁₁
FLOWS₁₁
FLUBS₁₀
FLUED₉
FLUES₈
FLUEY₁₁
FLUFF₁₄
FLUID₉
FLUKE₁₂
FLUKY₁₅
FLUME₁₀
FLUMP₁₂
FLUNG₉
FLUNK₁₂
FLUOR₈
FLURR₈
FLUSH₁₁
FLUTE₈
FLUTY₁₁
FLUYT₁₁
FLYBY₁₆
FLYER₁₁
FLYPE₁₃
FLYTE₁₁
GLACE₈
GLADE₇
GLADS₇
GLADY₁₀
GLAIK₁₀
GLAIR₆
GLAMP₁₀
GLAMS₈
GLAND₇
GLANS₆
GLARE₆
GLARY₉
GLASS₆
GLAUM₈
GLAUR₆
GLAZE₁₅
GLAZY₁₈
GLEAM₈
GLEAN₆
GLEBA₈
GLEBE₈
GLEBY₁₁
GLEDE₇
GLEDS₇
GLEED₇
GLEEK₁₀
GLEES₆
GLEET₆
GLEIS₆
GLENS₆
GLENT₆
GLEYS₉
GLIAL₆
GLIAS₆
GLIBS₈
GLIDE₇
GLIFF₁₂
GLIFT₉
GLIKE₁₀
GLIME₈
GLIMS₈
GLINT₆
GLISK₁₀
GLITS₆
GLITZ₁₅
GLOAM₈
GLOAT₆
GLOBE₈
GLOBI₈
GLOBS₈
GLOBY₁₁
GLODE₇
GLOGG₈
GLOMS₈
GLOOM₈
GLOOP₈
GLOPS₈
GLORY₉
GLOSS₆
GLOST₆
GLOUT₆
GLOVE₉
GLOWS₉
GLOZE₁₅
GLUED₇
GLUER₆
GLUES₆
GLUEY₉
GLUGS₇
GLUME₈
GLUMS₈
GLUON₆
GLUTE₆
GLUTS₆
GLYPH₁₄
ILEAC₇
ILEAL₅
ILEUM₇
ILEUS₅
ILIAC₇
ILIAD₆
ILIAL₅
ILIUM₇
ILLER₅
ILLTH₈
KLANG₁₀
KLAPS₁₁
KLETT₉
KLICK₁₅
KLIEG₁₀
KLIKS₁₃
KLONG₁₀
KLOOF₁₂
KLUGE₁₀
KLUTZ₁₈
LLAMA₇
LLANO₅
OLDEN₆
OLDER₆
OLDIE₆
OLEIC₇
OLEIN₅
OLENT₅
OLEOS₅
OLEUM₇
OLIOS₅
OLIVE₈
OLLAS₅
OLLAV₈
OLLER₅
OLLIE₅
OLOGY₉
OLPAE₇
OLPES₇
PLAAS₇
PLACE₉
PLACK₁₃
PLAGE₈
PLAID₈
PLAIN₇
PLAIT₇
PLANE₇
PLANK₁₁
PLANS₇
PLANT₇
PLAPS₉
PLASH₁₀
PLASM₉
PLAST₇
PLATE₇
PLATS₇
PLATY₁₀
PLAYA₁₀
PLAYS₁₀
PLAZA₁₆
PLEAD₈
PLEAS₇
PLEAT₇
PLEBE₉
PLEBS₉
PLENA₇
PLEON₇
PLESH₁₀
PLEWS₁₀
PLICA₉
PLIED₈
PLIER₇
PLIES₇
PLIMS₉
PLING₈
PLINK₁₁
PLOAT₇
PLODS₈
PLONG₈
PLONK₁₁
PLOOK₁₁
PLOPS₉
PLOTS₇
PLOTZ₁₆
PLOUK₁₁
PLOWS₁₀
PLOYE₁₀
PLOYS₁₀
PLUCK₁₃
PLUES₇
PLUFF₁₃
PLUGS₈
PLUMB₁₁
PLUME₉
PLUMP₁₁
PLUMS₉
PLUMY₁₂
PLUNK₁₁
PLUOT₇
PLUSH₁₀
PLYER₁₀
SLABS₇
SLACK₁₁
SLADE₆
SLAES₅
SLAGS₆
SLAID₆
SLAIN₅
SLAKE₉
SLAMS₇
SLANE₅
SLANG₆
SLANK₉
SLANT₅
SLAPS₇
SLART₅
SLASH₈
SLATE₅
SLATS₅
SLATY₈
SLAVE₈
SLAWS₈
SLAYS₈
SLEDS₆
SLEEK₉
SLEEP₇
SLEER₅
SLEET₅
SLEPT₇
SLEWS₈
SLEYS₈
SLICE₇
SLICK₁₁
SLIDE₆
SLIER₅
SLILY₈
SLIME₇
SLIMS₇
SLIMY₁₀
SLING₆
SLINK₉
SLIPE₇
SLIPS₇
SLIPT₇
SLISH₈
SLITS₅
SLIVE₈
SLOAN₅
SLOBS₇
SLOES₅
SLOGS₆
SLOID₆
SLOJD₁₃
SLOMO₇
SLOOM₇
SLOOP₇
SLOOT₅
SLOPE₇
SLOPS₇
SLOPY₁₀
SLORM₇
SLOSH₈
SLOTH₈
SLOTS₅
SLOVE₈
SLOWS₈
SLOYD₉
SLUBB₉
SLUBS₇
SLUED₆
SLUES₅
SLUFF₁₁
SLUGS₆
SLUIT₅
SLUMP₉
SLUMS₇
SLUNG₆
SLUNK₉
SLURB₇
SLURP₇
SLURS₅
SLUSE₅
SLUSH₈
SLUTS₅
SLYER₈
SLYLY₁₁
SLYPE₁₀
ULAMA₇
ULANS₅
ULCER₇
ULEMA₇
ULMIN₇
ULNAD₆
ULNAE₅
ULNAR₅
ULNAS₅
ULPAN₇
ULTRA₅
ULVAS₈
ULYIE₈
ULZIE₁₄
VLEIS₈
VLIES₈
VLOGS₉
YLEMS₁₀
YLIKE₁₂
YLKES₁₂
ZLOTE₁₄
ZLOTY₁₇

Letters by positionIn 27% of these words the 5th letter is S.

1st letter

F14%
C14%
B13%

3rd letter

A24%
O20%
I15%

4th letter

E11%
N10%
A8%

5th letter

S27%
E16%
T9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; KLUTZ tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.

55 points: 66 words
6 points: 64 words
77 points: 142 words
8 points: 139 words
99 points: 76 words
10 points: 73 words
1111 points: 59 words
12 points: 21 words
1313 points: 20 words
14 points: 10 words
1515 points: 7 words
16 points: 6 words
1717 points: 1 words
18 points: 3 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
KLUTZ	18	20	All three
GLAZY	18	19	All three
FLAXY	18	18	All three
ZLOTY	17	17	All three
PLAZA	16	18	All three
BLAZE	16	18	All three
BLITZ	16	18	All three
FLYBY	16	16	All three
PLOTZ	16	18	All three
CLOZE	16	18	All three
GLAZE	15	17	All three
FLAKY	15	15	All three

The opening letter changes, but L stays locked in the second position. Among these 687 words, 677 appear in Collins, 538 in NWL2023, and 509 in ENABLE. Dictionary totals overlap, so a word accepted in one game may not appear in another game's dictionary.

The L-second pattern at a glance

The pattern contains 687 five-letter words, with L fixed in position two.
PLACE, BLACK, ALONG, CLOSE, and CLEAR show how the opening letter can change.
There are 201 Wordle answers and 686 allowed guesses matching this pattern.
The common-word group contains 179 entries, so many matches are less familiar.
KLUTZ and GLAZY each score 18 points; ZLOTY follows at 17.

Which 5-letter words with L as the 2nd letter are familiar?

For a familiar-looking fit, try PLACE, BLACK, ALONG, CLOSE, or CLEAR; each keeps L second while offering a different first letter. ALONE, BLOOD, SLEEP, and PLANT give you more recognizable options when the other revealed tiles narrow the pattern.

The final letter can also guide a search. S is the most frequent ending, with 185 matches, while E comes next with 107. PLANS, CLASS, and GLASS illustrate the S ending; PLACE and CLOSE show how E can finish the pattern.

How does the L-second pattern play in Wordle and Scrabble?

For Wordle, 5-letter words with L as the 2nd letter include 201 answers, while 686 are allowed guesses. That gap matters: an accepted guess is not necessarily a possible solution. Use a familiar candidate such as PLACE or CLOSE to test surrounding letters, then narrow the answer pool with your clues.

For Scrabble, the high scorers lean on valuable letters: KLUTZ and GLAZY score 18 points, and ZLOTY scores 17. Those are scoring standouts, not everyday vocabulary, so weigh the board position before chasing a premium-letter play. The average score across the pattern is 8.5.

A limitation: the 179 common entries are only part of the 687-word pool. Less familiar words make up much of the remainder, and dictionary coverage differs across Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE. Check your game's word list before relying on an unusual match.

Questions people ask

Are all 201 L-second words Wordle answers?

No. The pattern has 201 Wordle answers and 686 allowed guesses, so many valid guesses are not answers. PLACE and CLOSE are familiar examples, but the answer set is narrower than the full pool. Treat an allowed guess as a probe, not proof that it can be the solution.

Which L-second word scores highest in Scrabble?

KLUTZ and GLAZY tie for the top score at 18 points each. Both use high-value letters, while ZLOTY is close behind at 17. A strong tile score still depends on the board: a premium square or a longer play can change the result.

How many 5-letter words with L second are common?

The common-word group has 179 entries among the 687 matching words. PLACE, BLACK, and ALONG are recognizable examples, but the full set also includes many less familiar choices. The common count is a useful guide to everyday vocabulary, not a guarantee that a game accepts every entry.

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