6-letter words with L as the 3rd letter and G as the 6th letter
A six-letter word with L third and G sixth belongs to a 46-word set, from BELONG to the 14-point scorer JOLING.
4 of 46 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
With L in 3rd place, S is the most common 6th letter (361 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Best words to play first
- BELONG9
- RULING7
- FILING10
- PILING9
- AILING7
- OBLONG9
- TILING7
- IDLING8
- OOLONG7
- DOLING8
- OILING7
- OGLING8
- ERLANG7
- HOLING10
- BALING9
- PALING9
- POLING9
- RILING7
- WILING10
- GALING8
- MULING9
- WALING10
- LALANG7
- PULING9
- SOLING7
- HALING10
- ARLING7
- EELING7
- SILING7
- KALONG11
- MILING9
- BILING9
- JOLING14
- OWLING10
- ISLING7
- TOLING7
- ULLING7
- HELING10
- ABLING9
- KILERG11
- MALMAG11
- OULONG7
- TALWEG10
- VOLING10
- WYLING13
All valid words 46
- ABLING9
- AILING7
- ARLING7
- BALING9
- BELONG9
- BILING9
- DOLING8
- EELING7
- ERLANG7
- FILING10
- GALING8
- HALING10
- HELING10
- HOLING10
- IDLING8
- ISLING7
- JOLING14
- KALONG11
- KILERG11
- LALANG7
- MALMAG11
- MILING9
- MULING9
- OBLONG9
- OGLING8
- OILING7
- OOLONG7
- OULONG7
- OWLING10
- PALING9
- PILING9
- POLING9
- PULING9
- RILING7
- RULING7
- SHLONG10
- SILING7
- SOLING7
- TALWEG10
- TILING7
- TOLING7
- ULLING7
- VOLING10
- WALING10
- WILING10
- WYLING13
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOLING | 14 | 19 | Collins only |
| WYLING | 13 | 15 | All three |
| KALONG | 11 | 14 | All three |
| KILERG | 11 | 13 | Collins only |
| MALMAG | 11 | 15 | Collins only |
| FILING | 10 | 13 | All three |
| HOLING | 10 | 12 | All three |
| WILING | 10 | 13 | All three |
| WALING | 10 | 13 | All three |
| HALING | 10 | 12 | All three |
| OWLING | 10 | 13 | Collins only |
| HELING | 10 | 12 | Collins only |
L sits in the middle and G seals the end in this 46-word group. BELONG, OOLONG, and OBLONG are easy to picture; AILING, FILING, PILING, and RULING use the common -ING ending. Frequency narrows the everyday choices to just 4.
What stands out in the L-third, G-last group?
- Exactly 46 tournament-dictionary words fit the L-third, G-last pattern.
- Just 4 matches meet the common-word frequency cutoff.
- BELONG and OOLONG are recognizable examples; JOLING leads the score ranking at 14.
- O is the most common first letter, with 6 matching words.
- All 46 entries end in G, while their first two letters vary.
6-letter words with L as the 3rd letter and G as the 6th letter
BELONG is a familiar anchor, but the frame also takes OOLONG and OBLONG, plus AILING, FILING, PILING, and RULING. The -ING words form a recognizable cluster; the two O words show why the final G alone cannot identify that family.
Opening choices are uneven: O heads 6 matches, P starts 4, and A, B, H, M, S, and T start 3 apiece. An O crossing gives you the broadest branch; the other listed initials split the next tier.
The fixed final G narrows the overall search to 46, but first-letter counts still vary: O leads with 6 and P follows at 4. Use both positions together when a clue supplies an opening tile.
Which matches score highest, and are they common?
JOLING carries the top tile value at 14 points. WYLING follows at 13, while KALONG, KILERG, and MALMAG are tied at 11. BELONG is easier to recognize, but it does not lead this score comparison.
Every entry ends in G, yet only 4 of 46 meet the common-word cutoff. Collins counts 42, NWL2023 counts 32, and ENABLE counts 28; these word sets overlap. Check the dictionary used in your game before committing to a rare match.
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