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

6-letter words with L as the 3rd letter and S as the 6th letter number 361, from familiar UNLESS and ALLOWS to high-scoring XYLYLS.

361 wordsTop pick UNLESSHighest score XYLYLS 19

29 of 361 are everyday words (8%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

6th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

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.

Length
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 29 · most-used first

UNLESS₆
ALLOWS₉
VALUES₉
COLORS₈
ALLIES₆
PILOTS₈
HOLMES₁₁
WOLVES₁₂
DELAYS₁₀
RELIES₆
RULERS₆
VALVES₁₂
FELLAS₉
SPLITS₈
HALVES₁₂
RELICS₈
VILLAS₉
SELVES₉
PULSES₈
SOLIDS₇
CALVES₁₁
OILERS₆
SALADS₇
SOLVES₉
PELVIS₁₁
ALLOYS₉
RELAYS₉
LILIES₆
CELEBS₁₀

All valid words 361

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

AALIIS₆
ABLETS₈
ABLINS₈
AGLETS₇
AGLOOS₇
ALLAYS₉
ALLEES₆
ALLELS₆
ALLEYS₉
ALLIES₆
ALLODS₇
ALLONS₆
ALLOTS₆
ALLOWS₉
ALLOYS₉
ALLYLS₉
AWLESS₉
AZLONS₁₅
BALERS₈
BALOOS₈
BALSAS₈
BALTIS₈
BALUNS₈
BELAHS₁₁
BELARS₈
BELAYS₁₁
BELEES₈
BELGAS₉
BELIES₈
BELLES₈
BELONS₈
BELOWS₁₁
BILBOS₁₀
BILGES₉
BULGES₉
BULSES₈
BYLAWS₁₄
CALCES₁₀
CALIFS₁₁
CALLAS₈
CALLUS₈
CALPAS₁₀
CALVES₁₁
CALXES₁₅
CELEBS₁₀
CELLOS₈
CELOMS₁₀
COLBYS₁₃
COLEUS₈
COLEYS₁₁
COLICS₁₀
COLIES₈
COLINS₈
COLOGS₉
COLONS₈
COLORS₈
COLZAS₁₇
CULETS₈
CULLIS₈
CULTUS₈
DALEDS₈
DALLES₇
DELAYS₁₀
DELFTS₁₀
DELPHS₁₂
DELTAS₇
DELVES₁₀
DILDOS₈
DILLIS₇
DOLCES₉
DOLMAS₉
DOLORS₇
DULCES₉
DULIAS₇
DULSES₇
ECLATS₈
ELLOPS₈
EMLETS₈
FALCES₁₁
FALSES₉
FELIDS₁₀
FELLAS₉
FELONS₉
FILERS₉
FILETS₉
FILLES₉
FILLOS₉
FILMIS₁₁
FILTHS₁₂
FOLEYS₁₂
FOLIES₉
FOLIOS₉
FOLLES₉
FOLLIS₉
GALAHS₁₀
GALEAS₇
GALLUS₇
GALOPS₉
GALUTS₇
GALVOS₁₀
GELEES₇
GILETS₇
GOLEMS₉
GOLIAS₇
GOLPES₉
GULAGS₈
GULARS₇
GULPHS₁₂
HALALS₉
HALERS₉
HALFAS₁₂
HALIDS₁₀
HALLOS₉
HALMAS₁₁
HALOES₉
HALONS₉
HALSES₉
HALVAS₁₂
HALVES₁₂
HALWAS₁₂
HELIOS₉
HELLOS₉
HELOTS₉
HELVES₁₂
HILLOS₉
HOLIES₉
HOLLAS₉
HOLLOS₉
HOLMES₁₁
HOLONS₉
HULLOS₉
HYLEGS₁₃
IDLERS₇
IGLOOS₇
ILLTHS₉
INLAYS₉
INLETS₆
ISLETS₆
JALAPS₁₅
JALOPS₁₅
JELABS₁₅
JELLOS₁₃
JULEPS₁₅
KALAMS₁₂
KALIFS₁₃
KALPAS₁₂
KALPIS₁₂
KELEPS₁₂
KELIMS₁₂
KILEYS₁₃
KILIMS₁₂
KILLAS₁₀
KULAKS₁₄
KULANS₁₀
KULFIS₁₃
KYLIES₁₃
KYLINS₁₃
KYLOES₁₃
LILACS₈
LILIES₆
LOLOGS₇
MALAMS₁₀
MALARS₈
MALIKS₁₂
MALVAS₁₁
MALWAS₁₁
MELEES₈
MELICS₁₀
MELIKS₁₂
MELONS₈
MILERS₈
MILKOS₁₂
MILLES₈
MILORS₈
MILPAS₁₀
MOLARS₈
MOLIES₈
MOLLAS₈
MULCTS₁₀
MULEYS₁₁
MULGAS₉
MULIES₈
MULLAS₈
MULSES₈
MYLARS₁₁
NALEDS₇
NALLAS₆
NELIES₆
NULLAS₆
NYLONS₉
OFLAGS₁₀
OGLERS₇
OILERS₆
OILGAS₇
OLLAVS₉
OLLERS₆
OLLIES₆
OMLAHS₁₁
ONLAYS₉
ORLONS₆
ORLOPS₈
OWLERS₉
OWLETS₉
OXLIPS₁₅
PALAIS₈
PALAYS₁₁
PALEOS₈
PALETS₈
PALKIS₁₂
PALPUS₁₀
PALSAS₈
PELAUS₈
PELMAS₁₀
PELTAS₈
PELVES₁₁
PELVIS₁₁
PILAFS₁₁
PILAOS₈
PILAUS₈
PILAWS₁₁
PILEAS₈
PILERS₈
PILEUS₈
PILOTS₈
PILOUS₈
PILOWS₁₁
POLARS₈
POLEIS₈
POLERS₈
POLEYS₁₁
POLIES₈
POLIOS₈
POLJES₁₅
POLKAS₁₂
POLYPS₁₃
PULAOS₈
PULERS₈
PULKAS₁₂
PULLUS₈
PULSES₈
PYLONS₁₁
RALPHS₁₁
RELAYS₉
RELETS₆
RELICS₈
RELIES₆
RILLES₆
ROLAGS₇
RULERS₆
SALADS₇
SALALS₆
SALATS₆
SALEPS₈
SALETS₆
SALLES₆
SALMIS₈
SALOLS₆
SALONS₆
SALOPS₈
SALPAS₈
SALSAS₆
SALSES₆
SALTOS₆
SALTUS₆
SALUES₆
SALVES₉
SALVOS₉
SCLIMS₁₀
SELAHS₉
SELLAS₆
SELLES₆
SELVAS₉
SELVES₉
SHLEPS₁₁
SHLUBS₁₁
SILENS₆
SILERS₆
SILOES₆
SILVAS₉
SKLIMS₁₂
SOLAHS₉
SOLANS₆
SOLARS₆
SOLDES₇
SOLERS₆
SOLEUS₆
SOLIDS₇
SOLOES₆
SOLONS₆
SOLUMS₈
SOLVES₉
SPLATS₈
SPLAYS₁₁
SPLITS₈
SULCUS₈
SULFAS₉
SYLPHS₁₄
SYLVAS₁₂
TALAKS₁₀
TALAQS₁₅
TALARS₆
TALERS₆
TALLIS₆
TALMAS₈
TALONS₆
TALPAS₈
TALUKS₁₀
TELCOS₈
TELLUS₆
TELLYS₉
TILAKS₁₀
TILDES₇
TILERS₆
TILTHS₉
TOLANS₆
TOLARS₆
TOLYLS₉
TULIPS₈
TULLES₆
TULPAS₈
TULSIS₆
TYLERS₉
UGLIES₇
UHLANS₉
UNLAWS₉
UNLAYS₉
UNLESS₆
UNLIDS₇
UPLAYS₁₁
VALETS₉
VALGUS₁₀
VALORS₉
VALSES₉
VALUES₉
VALVES₁₂
VELARS₉
VELDTS₁₀
VILLAS₉
VILLUS₉
VOLENS₉
VOLETS₉
VOLTES₉
VOLVAS₁₂
VOLVES₁₂
VULGUS₁₀
VULVAS₁₂
WALDOS₁₀
WALERS₉
WALIES₉
WALLAS₉
WALRUS₉
WELKES₁₃
WILGAS₁₀
WILJAS₁₆
WOLVES₁₂
XYLANS₁₆
XYLEMS₁₈
XYLOLS₁₆
XYLYLS₁₉
YULANS₉
ZILLAS₁₅

Letters by positionIn 26% of these words the 2nd letter is A.

1st letter

S14%
P10%
H7%

2nd letter

A26%
O17%
E15%

4th letter

E18%
A16%
O12%

5th letter

E19%
A14%
R9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; XYLYLS tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 53 words
7 points: 29 words
88 points: 80 words
9 points: 82 words
1010 points: 31 words
11 points: 28 words
1212 points: 28 words
13 points: 11 words
1414 points: 3 words
15 points: 10 words
1616 points: 3 words
17 points: 1 words
1818 points: 1 words
19 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
XYLYLS	19	19	All three
XYLEMS	18	19	All three
COLZAS	17	19	All three
XYLANS	16	17	All three
XYLOLS	16	17	All three
WILJAS	16	19	Collins only
JULEPS	15	20	All three
OXLIPS	15	17	All three
ZILLAS	15	17	Collins only
AZLONS	15	17	All three
CALXES	15	17	All three
JALAPS	15	19	All three

The pattern is _ _ L _ _ S: keep L fixed in the third slot and S in the last, then test the four open positions. Familiar matches include UNLESS, ALLOWS, VALUES, COLORS, and ALLIES. Everyday vocabulary is a small slice; only 29 matches are classed as common, so recognizable examples make a good first filter.

L third and S last at a glance

There are 361 six-letter matches for L in position three and S in position six.
The most frequent first letter is S, with 49 matches; P follows with 37.
Collins includes 349 matches, while NWL2023 includes 258 and ENABLE includes 224.
The average tile score is 9.1, and XYLYLS leads the scoring examples at 19.
The list contains 315 defined entries, but only 29 are classed as common.

How many 6-letter words have L third and S last?

There are 361 words with this exact pattern across the tournament dictionaries. All end in S by design, so the first letter is the clearest way to split the results: S starts 49 matches, P starts 37, and H, M, and T each start 24.

Start with familiar options such as UNLESS, ALLOWS, VALUES, and COLORS when you are solving a clue. PILOTS, DELAYS, RELIES, and RULERS offer other recognizable shapes. The scarcity of common entries matters: a long result list does not mean every answer will feel familiar.

Which matching words score the most?

XYLYLS scores 19, ahead of XYLEMS at 18 and COLZAS at 17. Those are specialist plays rather than everyday vocabulary; JULEPS and ZILLAS also reach 15. The average score is 9.1, so the top end is far above a typical match.

Dictionary coverage changes the usable pool: Collins has 349 matches, NWL2023 has 258, and ENABLE has 224. A word accepted in one list may not work in another, so check your game's dictionary before playing an unfamiliar entry.

Questions people ask

What are some common six-letter words with L third and S last?

UNLESS, ALLOWS, VALUES, COLORS, and ALLIES are recognizable examples. The full pattern has 361 matches, but only 29 are classed as common, so familiar words are a relatively small part of the results.

What is the highest-scoring word with L third and S last?

XYLYLS is the highest-scoring example, at 19 points. XYLEMS follows at 18, then COLZAS at 17. These uncommon entries can be strong scoring plays, but verify that your game's dictionary accepts them.

Do all 361 words appear in every word-game dictionary?

No. Collins contains 349 matches, NWL2023 contains 258, and ENABLE contains 224. The total counts words found in at least one of those tournament dictionaries, so an entry's acceptance depends on the list your game uses.

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