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6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and L as the 3rd letter

6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and L as the 3rd letter have 364 matches, including 46 common entries and top scorers worth 18 points.

364 wordsTop pick CALLEDHighest score JALOPY 18

46 of 364 are everyday words (13%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With A in 2nd place, R is the most common 3rd letter (570 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 46 · most-used first

All valid words 364

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

  • AALIIS6
  • BALATA8
  • BALBOA10
  • BALDED10
  • BALDER9
  • BALDIE9
  • BALDLY12
  • BALEEN8
  • BALERS8
  • BALING9
  • BALKED13
  • BALKER12
  • BALLAD9
  • BALLAN8
  • BALLAT8
  • BALLED9
  • BALLER8
  • BALLET8
  • BALLON8
  • BALLOT8
  • BALLOW11
  • BALLSY11
  • BALLUP10
  • BALMED11
  • BALOOS8
  • BALSAM10
  • BALSAS8
  • BALTIS8
  • BALUNS8
  • CALALU8
  • CALAMI10
  • CALASH11
  • CALCAR10
  • CALCED11
  • CALCES10
  • CALCIC12
  • CALEFY14
  • CALESA8
  • CALICO10
  • CALIFS11
  • CALIGO9
  • CALIMA10
  • CALIPH13
  • CALKED13
  • CALKER12
  • CALKIN12
  • CALLAN8
  • CALLAS8
  • CALLED9
  • CALLEE8
  • CALLER8
  • CALLET8
  • CALLID9
  • CALLOP10
  • CALLOW11
  • CALLUS8
  • CALMED11
  • CALMER10
  • CALMLY13
  • CALORY11
  • CALPAC12
  • CALPAS10
  • CALQUE17
  • CALTHA11
  • CALVED12
  • CALVER11
  • CALVES11
  • CALXES15
  • DALASI7
  • DALEDH11
  • DALEDS8
  • DALETH10
  • DALLES7
  • DALLOP9
  • DALTON7
  • FALCES11
  • FALCON11
  • FALLAL9
  • FALLEN9
  • FALLER9
  • FALLOW12
  • FALSED10
  • FALSER9
  • FALSES9
  • FALSIE9
  • FALTER9
  • GALAGE8
  • GALAGO8
  • GALAHS10
  • GALANT7
  • GALAXY17
  • GALEAE7
  • GALEAS7
  • GALENA7
  • GALERE7
  • GALING8
  • GALIOT7
  • GALLED8
  • GALLET7
  • GALLEY10
  • GALLIC9
  • GALLON7
  • GALLOP9
  • GALLOW10
  • GALLUS7
  • GALOOT7
  • GALOPS9
  • GALORE7
  • GALOSH10
  • GALUTH10
  • GALUTS7
  • GALVOS10
  • GALYAC12
  • GALYAK14
  • HALALA9
  • HALALS9
  • HALERS9
  • HALERU9
  • HALEST9
  • HALFAS12
  • HALFEN12
  • HALIDE10
  • HALIDS10
  • HALIER9
  • HALING10
  • HALITE9
  • HALLAH12
  • HALLAL9
  • HALLAN9
  • HALLEL9
  • HALLOA9
  • HALLOO9
  • HALLOS9
  • HALLOT9
  • HALLOW12
  • HALLUX16
  • HALMAS11
  • HALOED10
  • HALOES9
  • HALOID10
  • HALONS9
  • HALSED10
  • HALSER9
  • HALSES9
  • HALTED10
  • HALTER9
  • HALUTZ18
  • HALVAH15
  • HALVAS12
  • HALVED13
  • HALVER12
  • HALVES12
  • HALWAS12
  • JALAPS15
  • JALOPS15
  • JALOPY18
  • KALAMS12
  • KALIAN10
  • KALIFS13
  • KALIPH15
  • KALIUM12
  • KALMIA12
  • KALONG11
  • KALPAC14
  • KALPAK16
  • KALPAS12
  • KALPIS12
  • LALANG7
  • LALDIE7
  • LALLAN6
  • LALLED7
  • MALADY12
  • MALAMS10
  • MALARS8
  • MALATE8
  • MALEIC10
  • MALFED12
  • MALGRE9
  • MALIBU10
  • MALICE10
  • MALIGN9
  • MALIKS12
  • MALINE8
  • MALISM10
  • MALIST8
  • MALKIN12
  • MALLAM10
  • MALLED9
  • MALLEE8
  • MALLEI8
  • MALLET8
  • MALLOW11
  • MALMAG11
  • MALOTI8
  • MALTED9
  • MALTHA11
  • MALTOL8
  • MALVAS11
  • MALWAS11
  • NALEDS7
  • NALLAH9
  • NALLAS6
  • PALACE10
  • PALAGI9
  • PALAIS8
  • PALAMA10
  • PALAPA10
  • PALATE8
  • PALAYS11
  • PALEAE8
  • PALEAL8
  • PALELY11
  • PALEOS8
  • PALEST8
  • PALETS8
  • PALIER8
  • PALING9
  • PALISH11
  • PALKEE12
  • PALKIS12
  • PALLAE8
  • PALLAH11
  • PALLED9
  • PALLET8
  • PALLIA8
  • PALLID9
  • PALLOR8
  • PALMAR10
  • PALMED11
  • PALMER10
  • PALMIE10
  • PALOLO8
  • PALPAL10
  • PALPED11
  • PALPUS10
  • PALSAS8
  • PALTER8
  • PALTRY11
  • RALLYE9
  • RALPHS11
  • SALAAM8
  • SALADE7
  • SALADS7
  • SALALS6
  • SALAMI8
  • SALARY9
  • SALATS6
  • SALEPS8
  • SALETS6
  • SALEWD10
  • SALIFY12
  • SALINA6
  • SALINE6
  • SALIVA9
  • SALLAD7
  • SALLAL6
  • SALLEE6
  • SALLES6
  • SALLET6
  • SALLOW9
  • SALMIS8
  • SALMON8
  • SALOLS6
  • SALONS6
  • SALOON6
  • SALOOP8
  • SALOPS8
  • SALPAE8
  • SALPAS8
  • SALPID9
  • SALSAS6
  • SALSES6
  • SALTED7
  • SALTER6
  • SALTIE6
  • SALTLY9
  • SALTOS6
  • SALTUS6
  • SALUED7
  • SALUES6
  • SALUKI10
  • SALUME8
  • SALUMI8
  • SALUTE6
  • SALVED10
  • SALVER9
  • SALVES9
  • SALVIA9
  • SALVOR9
  • SALVOS9
  • SALWAR9
  • TALAKS10
  • TALANT6
  • TALAQS15
  • TALARS6
  • TALBOT8
  • TALCED9
  • TALCKY15
  • TALCUM10
  • TALEAE6
  • TALENT6
  • TALERS6
  • TALION6
  • TALKED11
  • TALKER10
  • TALKIE10
  • TALLAT6
  • TALLER6
  • TALLET6
  • TALLIS6
  • TALLIT6
  • TALLOL6
  • TALLOT6
  • TALLOW9
  • TALMAS8
  • TALMUD9
  • TALONS6
  • TALPAE8
  • TALPAS8
  • TALUKA10
  • TALUKS10
  • TALWEG10
  • VALETA9
  • VALETE9
  • VALETS9
  • VALGUS10
  • VALINE9
  • VALISE9
  • VALKYR16
  • VALLAR9
  • VALLEY12
  • VALLUM11
  • VALORS9
  • VALOUR9
  • VALSED10
  • VALSES9
  • VALUED10
  • VALUER9
  • VALUES9
  • VALUTA9
  • VALVAL12
  • VALVAR12
  • VALVED13
  • VALVES12
  • WALDOS10
  • WALERS9
  • WALIER9
  • WALIES9
  • WALING10
  • WALISE9
  • WALKED14
  • WALKER13
  • WALKUP15
  • WALLAH12
  • WALLAS9
  • WALLED10
  • WALLER9
  • WALLET9
  • WALLEY12
  • WALLIE9
  • WALLOP11
  • WALLOW12
  • WALNUT9
  • WALRUS9
Letters by positionIn 26% of these words the 5th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. S14%
  2. C11%
  3. H11%
4th letter
  1. L24%
  2. I11%
  3. A10%
5th letter
  1. E26%
  2. A16%
  3. O11%
6th letter
  1. S26%
  2. D11%
  3. E10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; JALOPY tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 66 points: 37 words
  2. 7 points: 24 words
  3. 88 points: 65 words
  4. 9 points: 84 words
  5. 1010 points: 58 words
  6. 11 points: 33 words
  7. 1212 points: 36 words
  8. 13 points: 8 words
  9. 1414 points: 4 words
  10. 15 points: 8 words
  11. 1616 points: 3 words
  12. 17 points: 2 words
  13. 1818 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
JALOPY1821All three
HALUTZ1819All three
GALAXY1718All three
CALQUE1720All three
HALLUX1618All three
VALKYR1617All three
KALPAK1618All three
WALKUP1518All three
HALVAH1515All three
KALIPH1516All three
CALXES1517All three
JALAPS1519All three

The pattern is _AL___: called, valley, talent, palace, and galaxy all fit. Of the 364 matches, 297 have definitions, but only 46 fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency. That gap matters when you need a familiar answer rather than a tournament-legal entry; many matches are much less common in everyday writing.

At a glance: the _AL___ pattern

  • There are 364 six-letter matches with A second and L third.
  • S is the most common first letter, with 51 words.
  • S is also the most common final letter, ending 94 matches.
  • JALOPY and HALUTZ tie for the top base score at 18 points.

Which letters begin and end these words?

S leads with 51 matches, ahead of C and H at 39 each; P follows with 36. Familiar S-starting examples include salary, salmon, salute, and sadly less common-looking specialist entries. The spread gives you a useful narrowing clue: with the pattern fixed, an S at the front is the likeliest first-letter group.

The final letter is even more lopsided: 94 words end in S, while D accounts for 40, E for 38, and R for 34. Words such as values, valves, and valves’ singular cousin valve show how often this pattern forms plurals or related word forms. If your final tile is S, begin there.

6-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and L as the 3rd letter

JALOPY and HALUTZ score 18 points each before board bonuses; GALAXY and CALQUE follow at 17. GALAXY is the more recognizable high scorer, while the highest raw score is not automatically the best play: a premium square and your rack decide the move. For a familiar option, WALLET, WALKED, and TALENT are easier to spot.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins includes 354 matches, NWL2023 has 273, and ENABLE has 251. Those totals overlap, so they are not separate groups to add together. The 46 common words are only a slice of the pool; check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

Questions people ask

How many common six-letter words have A second and L third?
There are 46 common matches in this pattern. That is a small portion of the 364 tournament-dictionary entries, so familiar words such as called, valley, and talent are only part of the full set.
Which six-letter A-L pattern word scores the most?
JALOPY and HALUTZ tie for the highest base score at 18 points each. GALAXY and CALQUE score 17, making GALAXY a more familiar high-value option for many players.
Do all word games accept the same A-L pattern words?
No. Collins lists 354 matches, NWL2023 lists 273, and ENABLE lists 251, so acceptance depends on the game's dictionary. Those counts overlap; check the word list used by your game before relying on an unfamiliar match.

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