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

This pattern fixes two letters but leaves four positions open: L sits second, and R sits fourth. Among the 48 matches, endings are especially lopsided: 22 words finish with S, while F is the most common starting letter, with 12. Just 12 matches fall among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect a mix of everyday and less familiar entries.

What stands out in this letter pattern?

• Exactly 48 six-letter words put L second and R fourth.
• FLORAL, CLERGY, and PLURAL show three recognizable forms.
• F starts 12 matches; B and C each start 8.
• Twenty-two matches end in S, compared with 8 ending in Y.
• CLERGY, CLERKS, FLURRY, and FLIRTY tie for the top score at 12.

How many 6-letter words have L second and R fourth?

There are 48 six-letter words with L in the second position and R in the fourth. FLORAL makes the pattern easy to see: F-L-O-R-A-L. Other recognizable matches include ALERTS, FLARES, BLURRY, and FLIRTS, with the fixed letters surrounded by very different combinations.

The dictionary totals overlap: Collins includes 46 matches, NWL2023 has 36, and ENABLE has 34. The combined set contains 48 words, and 43 have definitions. A match in one word list is not automatically accepted in another, so use the dictionary your game follows.

Which matches score well, and what should you watch for?

CLERGY, CLERKS, FLURRY, and FLIRTY each score 12, the highest value among the examples here. BLURRY, SLURPY, CLARTY, and PLURRY score 11. The average score is 8.8, so the four top scorers stand above a generally modest-scoring group.

For 6-letter words with L second and R fourth, the crowded S ending creates a useful branch when your rack or board points that way: 22 candidates finish with S. The limitation is familiarity: only 12 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Several entries are uncommon, so confirm the game’s accepted dictionary before playing them.