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

The pattern is _L_S__, with L fixed in the second slot and S in the fourth. Just 11 of the 44 words fall among the most common English words, so familiar options sit alongside specialist vocabulary. Endings cluster around Y and S, while the opening letters are unusually balanced: C, F and P each start nine entries.

The pattern at a glance

• There are 44 six-letter matches for _L_S__ across tournament dictionaries.
• C, F and P each begin nine words, more than any other starting letter.
• Y ends 15 matches, while S ends 13; together they account for most endings.
• The average score is 10.3, but FLYSCH reaches 17 points.

Which 6-letter words have L second and S fourth?

CLOSED, CLOSER, CLOSET and CLOSES make the pattern easy to spot: each begins with CL and keeps S in the fourth position. PLASMA and CLASSY show another route, while BLASTS puts the S in both the fourth and sixth slots.

The nine C-starting words include a compact CLOSE- cluster, but F and P match that count with very different-looking entries. FLASKS and FLASHY are recognizable F examples; PLUSES and PLUSHY show how the same fixed letters support varied endings. If you have more known letters, sort by the first or last slot before scanning the full set.

Which matches score well, and what should you check?

FLYSCH leads the Scrabble scores at 17 points, with FLISKY next at 16. FLASHY, FLESHY, FLUSHY and PLISKY each score 15. The unusual consonant-heavy FLYSCH is a strong board play, but its value depends on your game accepting the word and on where you place its letters.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins includes 43 matches, compared with 29 in ENABLE and 30 in NWL2023. That spread matters when you move between word lists. CLOSED and CLOSET are easy to recognize, but obscure entries such as FLYSCH are not guaranteed across every game, so check your game's word list once before relying on them.