6-letter words with G as the 1st letter and L as the 4th letter

The pattern is G??L??: G opens each word, while L sits in the fourth spot. Garlic, guilty, and goblin fit; all have six letters and keep the fixed L in place. The group is small beside the S-starting version of this same pattern, and only seven entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 69 matches, and Collins includes all 69.
• NWL2023 accepts 42; ENABLE accepts 41.
• Only seven matches are common by the top-25,000 word-frequency measure.
• The most frequent final letters are S (16), T (14), and D (12).

Which letters finish these G-and-L words?

S is the leading final letter: 16 of the 69 words end in S. T follows with 14, then D with 12. Those three endings account for most of the group, so checking the last letter can narrow a clue quickly.

The remaining endings are R (8), E (6), N (4), Y (4), and C (2). That uneven spread matters when you have a confirmed final tile: an S, T, or D gives you more candidates than C. Examples include guilds, guilty, and garlic.

How do 6-letter words with G first and L fourth compare?

The same letter positions produce 197 words with S first, nearly three times the 69 G-starting matches. Changing the fixed fourth letter also shifts the count: G with I in position four has 77 matches, while G with M there has 71.

Length changes the pool too: the G-first, L-fourth pattern has 38 five-letter matches and 119 seven-letter matches. For a six-letter clue, keep the fixed pattern intact before testing endings; garlic, goblin, and guilty show how different the middle letters can be. Most entries are not everyday vocabulary, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar candidate.