6-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and E as the 5th letter

6-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and E as the 5th letter: 269 matches, from familiar choices like PLAYED and PLANET to BLAZED.

269 wordsTop pick PLAYEDHighest score BLAZED 18

49 of 269 are everyday words (18%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

5th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

With L in 2nd place, E is the most common 5th letter (269 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 49 · most-used first

PLAYED₁₂
PLAYER₁₁
PLACES₁₀
CLOSED₉
PLACED₁₁
CLOSER₈
PLANET₈
FLOWER₁₂
ALLIES₆
OLIVER₉
PLATES₈
CLEVER₁₁
SLAVES₉
PLANES₈
CLOSET₈
ELEVEN₉
ALLIED₇
GLOVES₁₀
FLAMES₁₁
SLOWER₉
CLOSES₈
BLAMED₁₁
BLADES₉
SLOPES₈
SLIDES₇
FLAWED₁₃
SLOWED₁₀
SLICES₈
ELITES₆
GLUTEN₇
SLICED₉
BLAMES₁₀
ULSTER₆
SLATER₆
PLATED₉
SLAYER₉
SLATED₇
CLONES₈
FLAKES₁₃
CLOVER₁₁
OLIVES₉
GLAZED₁₇
FLOWED₁₃
GLOVER₁₀
FLARES₉
BLAZER₁₇
BLOWER₁₁
SLIDER₇

Showing the top 48 of 49 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 269

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

ALATED₇
ALATES₆
ALAYED₁₀
ALEYED₁₀
ALEYES₉
ALINED₇
ALINER₆
ALINES₆
ALIPED₉
ALKIES₁₀
ALLEES₆
ALLIED₇
ALLIES₆
ALMNER₈
ALPEEN₈
ALTHEA₉
ALUDEL₇
ALURES₆
BLADED₁₀
BLADER₉
BLADES₉
BLAHED₁₂
BLAHER₁₁
BLAMED₁₁
BLAMER₁₀
BLAMES₁₀
BLARED₉
BLARES₈
BLATER₈
BLAWED₁₂
BLAZED₁₈
BLAZER₁₇
BLAZES₁₇
BLIMEY₁₃
BLITES₈
BLOKES₁₂
BLOKEY₁₅
BLOOEY₁₁
BLORES₈
BLOWED₁₂
BLOWER₁₁
BLUDES₉
BLUIER₈
BLUMED₁₁
BLUMES₁₀
BLYPES₁₃
CLADES₉
CLAMES₁₀
CLARET₈
CLAVER₁₁
CLAVES₁₁
CLAWED₁₂
CLAWER₁₁
CLAYED₁₂
CLAYEY₁₄
CLEPED₁₁
CLEPES₁₀
CLEVER₁₁
CLEVES₁₁
CLEWED₁₂
CLIMES₁₀
CLINES₈
CLIPED₁₁
CLIPES₁₀
CLOKED₁₃
CLOKES₁₂
CLONED₉
CLONER₈
CLONES₈
CLOSED₉
CLOSER₈
CLOSES₈
CLOSET₈
CLOTES₈
CLOVEN₁₁
CLOVER₁₁
CLOVES₁₁
CLOYED₁₂
CLOYES₁₁
CLOZES₁₇
CLYPED₁₄
CLYPEI₁₃
CLYPES₁₃
ELANET₆
ELATED₇
ELATER₆
ELATES₆
ELCHEE₁₁
ELEVEN₉
ELIDED₈
ELIDES₇
ELITES₆
ELMIER₈
ELODEA₇
ELOGES₇
ELOPED₉
ELOPER₈
ELOPES₈
ELPEES₈
ELUDED₈
ELUDER₇
ELUDES₇
ELUTED₇
ELUTES₆
FLAKED₁₄
FLAKER₁₃
FLAKES₁₃
FLAKEY₁₆
FLAMED₁₂
FLAMEN₁₁
FLAMER₁₁
FLAMES₁₁
FLANES₉
FLARED₁₀
FLARES₉
FLASER₉
FLAWED₁₃
FLAXEN₁₆
FLAXES₁₆
FLAYED₁₃
FLAYER₁₂
FLEMES₁₁
FLEWED₁₃
FLEXED₁₇
FLEXES₁₆
FLEYED₁₃
FLITED₁₀
FLITES₉
FLIXED₁₇
FLIXES₁₆
FLOOEY₁₂
FLORET₉
FLOTEL₉
FLOTES₉
FLOWED₁₃
FLOWER₁₂
FLUGEL₁₀
FLUIER₉
FLUKED₁₄
FLUKES₁₃
FLUKEY₁₆
FLUMED₁₂
FLUMES₁₁
FLUTED₁₀
FLUTER₉
FLUTES₉
FLUTEY₁₂
FLUXED₁₇
FLUXES₁₆
FLYMEN₁₄
FLYPED₁₅
FLYPES₁₄
FLYTED₁₃
FLYTES₁₂
GLACED₁₀
GLACES₉
GLADES₈
GLARED₈
GLARES₇
GLAZED₁₇
GLAZEN₁₆
GLAZER₁₆
GLAZES₁₆
GLEBES₉
GLEDES₈
GLEYED₁₁
GLIDED₉
GLIDER₈
GLIDES₈
GLIKES₁₁
GLIMED₁₀
GLIMES₉
GLOBED₁₀
GLOBES₉
GLOVED₁₁
GLOVER₁₀
GLOVES₁₀
GLOWED₁₁
GLOWER₁₀
GLOZED₁₇
GLOZES₁₆
GLUIER₇
GLUMES₉
GLUTEI₇
GLUTEN₇
GLUTES₇
ILEXES₁₃
ILICES₈
KLUGED₁₂
KLUGES₁₁
OLDIES₇
OLIVER₉
OLIVES₉
OLIVET₉
OLLIED₇
OLLIES₆
PLACED₁₁
PLACER₁₀
PLACES₁₀
PLACET₁₀
PLAGES₉
PLANED₉
PLANER₈
PLANES₈
PLANET₈
PLATED₉
PLATEN₈
PLATER₈
PLATES₈
PLAYED₁₂
PLAYER₁₁
PLEAED₉
PLEBES₁₀
PLEXES₁₅
PLOVER₁₁
PLOWED₁₂
PLOWER₁₁
PLOYED₁₂
PLOYES₁₁
PLUMED₁₁
PLUMES₁₀
PLUSED₉
PLUSES₈
PLUTEI₈
SLADES₇
SLAKED₁₁
SLAKER₁₀
SLAKES₁₀
SLANES₆
SLATED₇
SLATER₆
SLATES₆
SLATEY₉
SLAVED₁₀
SLAVER₉
SLAVES₉
SLAVEY₁₂
SLAYED₁₀
SLAYER₉
SLEDED₈
SLEWED₁₀
SLICED₉
SLICER₈
SLICES₈
SLIDED₈
SLIDER₇
SLIDES₇
SLIMED₉
SLIMES₈
SLIPED₉
SLIPES₈
SLIVED₁₀
SLIVEN₉
SLIVER₉
SLIVES₉
SLOKEN₁₀
SLOPED₉
SLOPER₈
SLOPES₈
SLOVEN₉
SLOWED₁₀
SLOWER₉
SLUSES₆
SLYPES₁₁
ULEXES₁₃
ULOSES₆
ULSTER₆
ULYIES₉
ULZIES₁₅

Letters by positionIn 38% of these words the 6th letter is S.

1st letter

F19%
S15%
C14%

3rd letter

A32%
O20%
I15%

4th letter

T13%
V9%
M9%

6th letter

S38%
D30%
R18%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; BLAZED tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 18 words
7 points: 22 words
88 points: 43 words
9 points: 50 words
1010 points: 34 words
11 points: 35 words
1212 points: 21 words
13 points: 16 words
1414 points: 6 words
15 points: 4 words
1616 points: 11 words
17 points: 8 words
1818 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
BLAZED	18	20	All three
GLAZED	17	19	All three
BLAZER	17	19	All three
BLAZES	17	19	All three
FLEXED	17	18	All three
FLUXED	17	19	All three
FLIXED	17	18	Collins only
CLOZES	17	19	All three
GLOZED	17	19	All three
GLAZER	16	18	All three
FLUXES	16	18	All three
FLEXES	16	17	All three

The pattern is _L__E_: keep L in the second slot and E in the fifth, then work through the remaining letters. PLAYED, PLAYER, PLACES, and CLOSED are recognizable examples. The list spans multiple tournament dictionaries, but only 49 entries fall among the commonest English words, so many matches are specialist vocabulary rather than everyday guesses.

What stands out in this letter pattern

There are 269 dictionary matches for the _L__E_ pattern.
F is the most common first letter, appearing in 50 matches; S follows with 40.
S is the most common final letter, with 103 words, ahead of D with 80.
Only 49 matches are common by our frequency measure.
BLAZED leads the scoring examples at 18 points.

How do the matches vary at the ends?

The opening letter changes the feel of the pattern: F, S, and C together account for 127 matches. Try familiar forms such as FLOWER, SLOWER, and CLEVER before testing less familiar combinations. The initial F group is the largest, while S leads the ending letters by a wider margin.

S and D endings account for 183 matches. ALLIES, PLANES, and PLACED show the mix of plural and inflected forms.

CLOSER and PLAYER fit an R ending instead. Other final letters appear much less often.

Which 6-letter words with L second and E fifth score highest?

BLAZED is the top scorer at 18 points; GLAZED, BLAZER, and BLAZES each score 17. Those results reward the high-value Z, so preserve it for a premium letter square when the board allows. FLEXED and FLUXED also reach 17, giving you alternatives when B is unavailable.

Collins includes 265 matches, NWL2023 includes 215, and ENABLE includes 204. Some entries will not work in every game, so check your game word list before trying an unfamiliar form. This six-letter pattern is for position clues; its matches serve other word games.

Questions people ask

How many six-letter words have L second and E fifth?

There are 269 matches for the pattern _L__E_. PLAYED, CLOSED, and PLANET are recognizable examples. The list includes words accepted by at least one of the tournament dictionaries represented here, so acceptance can vary between games.

What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?

BLAZED scores 18 points, the highest score among the examples. GLAZED, BLAZER, BLAZES, FLEXED, and FLUXED each score 17. A Z on a premium letter square can change a play's value, so check the board before choosing.

What games can use this six-letter letter pattern?

This pattern can narrow candidates in word games that use six-letter answers and fixed letter positions. Its 269 matches include PLAYED, PLAYER, and CLOSED, alongside rarer forms. Dictionary coverage differs across Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE, so confirm an unfamiliar candidate in your game.

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