6-letter words with M as the 1st letter and L as the 4th letter

The pattern is M _ _ L _ _: the first and fourth positions are fixed, while the other letters vary. Familiar matches include MILLER, MAILED, MELLOW, MEDLEY, and MALLET; the pattern also turns up forms such as MAJLIS and MUKLUK. Counts differ among Collins, ENABLE, and NWL2023, so your game’s dictionary matters.

6-letter words with M first and L fourth: key clues

• 94 six-letter matches fit M _ _ L _ _ across at least one tournament dictionary.
• Collins contains 94; ENABLE has 62 and NWL2023 has 64.
• Just 8 matches are common by the site’s frequency measure.
• Final S leads with 21 matches, followed by D with 18.

Which M-and-L words are familiar or score well?

Start with MILLER, MAILED, MELLOW, MEDLEY, MISLED, and MALLET when scanning for recognizable forms. The final letter can narrow the options: MILLER ends in R, while MAILED and MISLED end in D. S is the strongest ending clue, appearing on 21 matches; D follows at 18.

MUKLUK leads the scoring standouts at 16 points. MAJLIS and MEJLIS each score 15, with MAMLUK at 14; MEDLEY, MOULDY, MAGLEV, MEWLED, MUCLUC, and MOYLED each score 12. Those high scorers are less familiar than MILLER, so check your game’s word list before building a play around them.

How does this pattern compare with nearby searches?

The first-letter choice changes the size of the pattern sharply: 197 six-letter words start with S and have L fourth, more than twice the 94 M-and-L matches. Keeping M but changing the fourth letter to I gives 167 matches, making that a much broader search too.

Only 8 matches here count as common, although 80 have definitions available. Treat uncommon forms such as MUKLUK and MAJLIS as dictionary-dependent; the count spans tournament lists rather than guaranteeing acceptance in every game. For a broader clue, compare the neighboring patterns or switch to a different word length.