6-letter words with L as the 3rd letter and C as the 5th letter

The pattern fixes each word as _ _ L _ C _, leaving the first, second, fourth, and final letters open. Familiar choices include POLICE, POLICY, PALACE, and SELECT, but the set also includes specialist forms such as MELICK and CULTCH. Collins accepts all 36 matches; ENABLE and NWL2023 each accept 27.

6-letter words with L as the 3rd letter and C as the 5th letter

• 36 entries match across at least one tournament dictionary.
• POLICE, POLICY, and PALACE are among the familiar options.
• Nine entries rank among the most common English words.
• 15 matches end in E, while seven end in K.
• SHLOCK tops the listed Scrabble scores at 15 points before board bonuses.

How many match across the dictionaries?

There are 36 matches across the tournament dictionaries: Collins includes all 36, while ENABLE and NWL2023 each include 27. A word that works in Collins is not automatically accepted in a North American game, so check the lexicon your game uses before playing an unfamiliar entry.

POLICE, POLICY, PALACE, and SELECT are easier to recall than less familiar options such as DELICT or CULTCH. The ending narrows the search too: E is the final letter for 15 matches, while K accounts for seven. When the first two letters are still unknown, testing a likely ending can shrink the choices quickly.

Scrabble points, recall, and a dictionary caveat

SHLOCK scores 15 Scrabble points before any board bonuses; MELICK and UPLOCK each score 14. POLICY and MOLOCH are next among the named high scorers at 13. These are useful scoring candidates only when the rack and board cooperate: a premium letter square can matter more than the small difference between their base scores.

The familiar words are a small slice of the 36 matches: only nine meet the common-word cutoff. For pattern solving, start with POLICE, POLICY, or PALACE, then treat rarer forms as dictionary-dependent candidates.