6-letter words with B as the 3rd letter and L as the 5th letter

The pattern is _ _ B _ L _, so the third and fifth tiles are fixed while the other four remain open. Familiar choices include mobile, bubble, subtle and pebble; less common entries include jabble and qabala. Only 11 words in the group rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect many unfamiliar possibilities.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 94 tournament-dictionary words matching the six-letter pattern.
• The most familiar examples include mobile, bubble, subtle, labels and pebble.
• Only 11 entries fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• The average score is 10.8 points.
• Jabble and qabala tie for the highest score, at 17 points each.
• B is the most common opening letter, starting 12 of the 94 entries.

Which 6-letter words with B third and L fifth score most?

Jabble and qabala lead at 17 points apiece, while wobbly, hubbly and wabbly each score 16. Those high scorers are less everyday than mobile or bubble, but they show why fixed letter positions can make an odd-looking answer worth checking.

For a more familiar play, try pebble, subtle or labels from the matching set. Words ending in E are especially common here: 40 entries finish with that letter, compared with 19 ending in S and 13 ending in Y. That makes the final tile a useful clue when several candidates fit.

The pattern also has a clear dictionary split: 93 entries appear in Collins, 71 in NWL2023 and 65 in ENABLE. These totals overlap, so they are not separate piles to add together. A word accepted in one game's list may not be accepted in another.

How to narrow the candidates