6-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and E as the 4th letter

Use the fixed pattern _L_E__ to narrow a six-tile rack or solve a crossing-letter clue. The collection has 16 common entries, but its strongest Scrabble option is not a familiar everyday word: SLEEZY scores 18 points before board bonuses. Endings are especially lopsided, so checking the final square can shrink the choices quickly.

6-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and E as the 4th letter

• 72 entries match _L_E__; counts include words found in at least one tournament dictionary.
• Collins contains 71 matches, compared with 54 in NWL2023 and 52 in ENABLE.
• Sixteen entries fall among the commonest English vocabulary; many are less familiar.
• A is the leading first letter with 19 words; S follows with 13.
• S is the most frequent ending: 34 entries finish with it.

Which letters make the strongest starting and ending clues?

The opening letter gives a quick first cut: A-words account for 19 entries, while S has 13 and F has 10. Familiar examples include ALBEIT, ALIENS, ALTERS, and ALLEYS; the repeated AL- makes several candidates easy to scan once the second letter is fixed.

Endings narrow the field further. S closes 34 words, more than twice T’s 15; Y is next at 9. CLIENT and OLDEST show why the pattern is not just a plural list: both end in T, while SLEEVE ends in E.

Only 72 fit this L-and-E position pair, while 328 fit the comparison pattern with A in the second slot and E still fourth. That gap makes the L clue unusually restrictive among these same-length patterns; try a different crossing letter before spending turns on obscure possibilities.

Which matching words score the most?

Scoring adds a second filter. SLEEZY leads at 18 points, followed by ALTEZA at 15; FLEECY and FLEECH each score 14. Those are base tile totals, so a premium square can change the order during play.

Dictionary coverage is broad but not identical: Collins has 71 matches, against 54 in NWL2023. Check your game's word list before building a play around a low-frequency entry; 16 words here count as common, so the full set reaches well beyond everyday vocabulary. The 6-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and E as the 4th letter are a clue list, not a promise every game accepts every entry.

For a familiar option, FLEECE scores 11 and appears among the examples.