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

The fixed GL pair leaves little room: five matches begin with U, four with A, two with O, and one with I. None falls in the common-word group, so this pattern is more likely to solve a narrow board clue than supply everyday vocabulary. UGLIER, OGLING, IGLOOS, and AGLETS show how different the words become around the same middle letters.

At a glance: the G-L pattern

• 12 six-letter entries match the G-L middle pattern across tournament dictionaries.
• UGLIFY leads at 13 points; UGLILY follows at 10.
• Five matches end in S, while Y is next with two.
• Collins recognizes 12; NWL2023 has 11 and ENABLE has 10.
• 11 of the 12 matches have definitions.

Which G-L words score highest?

UGLIFY leads the scoring at 13 points, ahead of UGLILY at 10 and AGLEAM at 9. OGLING and UGLIED each score 8, while UGLIER, UGLIES, IGLOOS, AGLETS, and OGLERS each score 7. That gives you a score ladder when several matches fit your rack.

The surprising choice is UGLIFY: it is the highest scorer even though the U-starting family can look like a run of variants. UGLIER and UGLIES are lower at 7, and the closely related UGLILY still reaches 10. Compare points before spending a premium square; a familiar-looking form is not automatically the best scoring play.

Starting letters narrow the hunt further. UGLIER, UGLIES, UGLILY, UGLIED, and UGLIFY give U five entries; AGLETS, AGLEAM, AGLOOS, and AGLARE give A four. OGLING and OGLERS supply two O choices, while IGLOOS is the lone I-start.

How do 6-letter words with G second and L third end?

Five of the 12 6-letter words with G as the 2nd letter and L as the 3rd letter end in S, including UGLIES, IGLOOS, and AGLETS. Two end in Y: UGLILY and UGLIFY. The other endings—D, E, G, M, and R—occur once apiece, so a final S is the strongest extra clue.

These matches are tournament-dictionary entries, not a bank of familiar vocabulary: none belongs to the common-word group. Collins has all 12, while ENABLE has 10 and NWL2023 has 11. A dictionary gap is small but real, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar form.