5-letter words with L as the 4th letter and A as the 5th letter
5-letter words with L as the 4th letter and A as the 5th letter number 48, and every one ends in the LA pair.
4 of 48 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With L in 4th place, S is the most common 5th letter (242 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- VILLA8
- TESLA5
- VIOLA8
- FELLA8
- KOALA9
- SCALA7
- VOILA8
- WALLA8
- HOLLA8
- CALLA7
- ZILLA14
- CHOLA10
- SELLA5
- DOULA6
- BULLA7
- MULLA7
- TABLA7
- STELA5
- CELLA7
- SHOLA8
- PHYLA13
- NULLA5
- CHELA10
- UVULA8
- QIBLA16
- MOLLA7
- MOOLA7
- AKELA9
- PALLA7
- NALLA5
- NYALA8
- ALULA5
- IDOLA6
- AGILA6
- JHALA15
- INULA5
- NABLA7
- SIGLA6
- REPLA7
- COALA7
- DOBLA8
- KIBLA11
- KWELA12
- ASYLA8
- BOXLA14
- BOYLA10
- GUSLA6
- PEPLA9
All valid words 48
- AGILA6
- AKELA9
- ALULA5
- ASYLA8
- BOXLA14
- BOYLA10
- BULLA7
- CALLA7
- CELLA7
- CHELA10
- CHOLA10
- COALA7
- DOBLA8
- DOULA6
- FELLA8
- GUSLA6
- HOLLA8
- IDOLA6
- INULA5
- JHALA15
- KIBLA11
- KOALA9
- KWELA12
- MOLLA7
- MOOLA7
- MULLA7
- NABLA7
- NALLA5
- NULLA5
- NYALA8
- PALLA7
- PEPLA9
- PHYLA13
- QIBLA16
- REPLA7
- SCALA7
- SELLA5
- SHOLA8
- SIGLA6
- STELA5
- TABLA7
- TESLA5
- UVULA8
- VILLA8
- VIOLA8
- VOILA8
- WALLA8
- ZILLA14
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| QIBLA | 16 | 18 | Collins · NWL |
| JHALA | 15 | 17 | Collins only |
| ZILLA | 14 | 16 | Collins only |
| BOXLA | 14 | 16 | NWL only |
| PHYLA | 13 | 13 | All three |
| KWELA | 12 | 13 | Collins only |
| KIBLA | 11 | 13 | All three |
| CHOLA | 10 | 11 | Collins · NWL |
| CHELA | 10 | 11 | All three |
| BOYLA | 10 | 11 | All three |
| KOALA | 9 | 10 | All three |
| AKELA | 9 | 10 | All three |
The LA ending is the fixed part of this pattern, so all forty-eight words close the same way, from VILLA and VIOLA to UVULA and PHYLA. Many are loanwords: TESLA, KOALA, VOILA, DOULA and QIBLA all travelled in from other languages. Four rank as common English and five sit on Wordle's answer list.
The L-fourth, A-fifth set at a glance
- 48 5-letter words match the pattern, all ending in LA.
- C- and S- open five words each, with A and N on four.
- QIBLA scores 16, the highest in the group.
- Five are Wordle answers: FELLA, KOALA, VILLA, VIOLA and VOILA.
- Forty carry a definition and sixteen exist only in Collins.
Every word shares the LA ending
Because the fourth and fifth letters are fixed as LA, the whole list is a set of LA words. Some are familiar, like VILLA, VIOLA, TESLA and KOALA, while ZILLA, DOULA, UVULA, MULLA, BULLA and PHYLA are rarer. That shared ending makes the pattern simple to spot but hard to split once you know the last two tiles.
QIBLA and a shelf of loanwords
QIBLA is the standout, scoring 16 on its Q. JHALA follows on 15 and ZILLA and BOXLA on 14, so the leaders use Q, J, Z or X. PHYLA, CHELA and CHOLA round out the double-digit scores.
Strip out those four tiles and most of the list drops close to the group average of 8.1 points.
The list is also unusually international. VOILA, DOULA, KOALA, TESLA and QIBLA all came from other languages, and only FELLA, TESLA, VILLA and VIOLA rank as common English.
Playing a LA word
The last two slots never change, so spend your guesses on the first three. K, B and V openings cover nine words and quickly separate VILLA from VIOLA and DOULA from KOALA.
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