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

The fixed pattern is _L__G_: L sits in position two, and G sits in position five. PLEDGE, CLERGY, PLUNGE and SLUDGE are familiar matches; KLUDGY and FLAGGY show the less everyday end of the group. Only five matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect many entries to be specialist or unfamiliar.

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

• The pattern has 54 tournament-dictionary matches.
• P and S lead as first letters, with nine words each; C follows with eight.
• E is the most common final letter, appearing in 17 matches; S ends 15 and Y ends 12.
• KLUDGY leads the listed tile scores at 15 points, ahead of FLAGGY and FLEDGY at 14.
• The list contains five common words, so many valid matches are rare in everyday writing.

Which matches are easiest to recognize?

PLEDGE, ALLEGE and SLEDGE are familiar choices ending in E. For an S ending, try CLINGS, SLINGS or FLINGS; CLINGY and SLANGY show how the final Y changes the feel of the word.

The endings are unusually concentrated: E, S and Y account for most of the matches. If your final letter is known, start with that group rather than scanning every possible first letter. P and S tie at nine starters apiece, while C contributes eight.

How do dictionary coverage and scores differ?

Collins includes 52 of the matches, compared with 38 in NWL2023 and 32 in ENABLE. Those counts overlap, so they are not separate piles to add together. Check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry such as CLOUGH or KLUDGE.

For tile points, KLUDGY scores 15, while FLAGGY and FLEDGY score 14 each. CLERGY, PLOUGH and CLINGY each reach 12. These scores give the rare-looking words a practical edge, but board bonuses can change a play's total.

The 5-letter version of this pattern has 19 matches; the 7-letter version has 104. Keep the fixed letters in place when comparing lengths, since the longer pattern opens up many more candidates.