7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and L as the 5th letter

7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and L as the 5th letter: 408 matches, from S-ending samples to the 27-point DAZZLED.

408 wordsTop pick SAMPLESHighest score DAZZLED 27

30 of 408 are everyday words (7%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

2nd 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

5th 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 A in 2nd place, I is the most common 5th letter (1,363 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 30 · most-used first

SAMPLES₁₁
FACULTY₁₅
HANDLED₁₂
BATTLES₉
CATALOG₁₀
LABELED₁₀
HANDLES₁₁
VANILLA₁₀
CANDLES₁₀
CAVALRY₁₅
TACKLES₁₃
HANDLER₁₁
CASTLES₉
TANGLED₉
SAMPLED₁₂
LANGLEY₁₁
BAFFLED₁₆
TACKLED₁₄
FATALLY₁₃
PAISLEY₁₂
BATTLED₁₀
PARSLEY₁₂
MATILDA₁₀
WAFFLES₁₆
BACKLOG₁₆
MARBLES₁₁
RATTLED₈
GAMBLER₁₂
GALILEE₈
SAMPLER₁₁

All valid words 408

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

BABALAS₁₁
BABBLED₁₄
BABBLER₁₃
BABBLES₁₃
BACALAO₁₁
BACILLI₁₁
BACKLIT₁₅
BACKLOG₁₆
BACKLOT₁₅
BACULUM₁₃
BAFFLED₁₆
BAFFLER₁₅
BAFFLES₁₅
BAILLIE₉
BAILLIS₉
BANALER₉
BANALLY₁₂
BANGLED₁₁
BANGLES₁₀
BARILLA₉
BAROLOS₉
BASALLY₁₂
BASALTS₉
BASHLIK₁₆
BASHLYK₁₉
BASILAR₉
BASILIC₁₁
BASTLES₉
BATTLED₁₀
BATTLER₉
BATTLES₉
BAUBLES₁₁
BAWBLES₁₄
CABALAS₁₁
CABILDO₁₂
CACKLED₁₆
CACKLER₁₅
CACKLES₁₅
CACOLET₁₁
CADELLE₁₀
CAFILAS₁₂
CAILLES₉
CAJOLED₁₇
CAJOLER₁₆
CAJOLES₁₆
CALALOO₉
CALALUS₉
CAMELIA₁₁
CAMELID₁₂
CAMELOT₁₁
CAMELRY₁₄
CAMPLED₁₄
CAMPLES₁₃
CANALED₁₀
CANDLED₁₁
CANDLER₁₀
CANDLES₁₀
CANELLA₉
CANGLED₁₁
CANGLES₁₀
CANKLES₁₃
CANOLAS₉
CANTLED₁₀
CANTLES₉
CANTLET₉
CANULAE₉
CANULAR₉
CANULAS₉
CAPELAN₁₁
CAPELET₁₁
CAPELIN₁₁
CAROLED₁₀
CAROLER₉
CAROLUS₉
CASELAW₁₂
CASTLED₁₀
CASTLES₉
CATALOG₁₀
CATALOS₉
CATALPA₁₁
CATCLAW₁₄
CATELOG₁₀
CAUDLED₁₁
CAUDLES₁₀
CAVALLA₁₂
CAVALLY₁₅
CAVALRY₁₅
CAVILED₁₃
CAVILER₁₂
DABBLED₁₃
DABBLER₁₂
DABBLES₁₂
DADDLED₁₁
DADDLES₁₀
DAGGLED₁₁
DAGGLES₁₀
DAIDLED₁₀
DAIDLES₉
DANDLED₁₀
DANDLER₉
DANDLES₉
DANELAW₁₁
DANGLED₁₀
DANGLER₉
DANGLES₉
DAPPLED₁₃
DAPPLES₁₂
DARGLES₉
DARKLED₁₃
DARKLES₁₂
DARTLED₉
DARTLES₈
DAWDLED₁₃
DAWDLER₁₂
DAWDLES₁₂
DAYGLOW₁₅
DAZZLED₂₇
DAZZLER₂₆
DAZZLES₂₆
EARFLAP₁₂
EARPLUG₁₀
EASELED₈
EASTLIN₇
FABULAR₁₂
FACULAE₁₂
FACULAR₁₂
FACULTY₁₅
FADDLED₁₃
FADDLES₁₂
FAIBLES₁₂
FAILLES₁₀
FAMILLE₁₂
FAMULUS₁₂
FANGLED₁₂
FANGLES₁₁
FANKLED₁₅
FANKLES₁₄
FARTLEK₁₄
FATALLY₁₃
FAVELAS₁₃
FAVELLA₁₃
GABBLED₁₃
GABBLER₁₂
GABBLES₁₂
GABELLE₁₀
GAGGLED₁₁
GAGGLES₁₀
GALILEE₈
GAMBLED₁₃
GAMBLER₁₂
GAMBLES₁₂
GAMELAN₁₀
GANGLED₁₀
GANGLES₉
GANGLIA₉
GANTLET₈
GARBLED₁₁
GARBLER₁₀
GARBLES₁₀
GARGLED₁₀
GARGLER₉
GARGLES₉
GATELEG₉
GAVELED₁₂
GAZELLE₁₇
HACKLED₁₇
HACKLER₁₆
HACKLES₁₆
HACKLET₁₆
HAFFLIN₁₆
HAGGLED₁₃
HAGGLER₁₂
HAGGLES₁₂
HALALAH₁₃
HALALAS₁₀
HALFLIN₁₃
HAMBLED₁₅
HAMBLES₁₄
HAMULAR₁₂
HAMULUS₁₂
HANDLED₁₂
HANDLER₁₁
HANDLES₁₁
HANTLES₁₀
HARELDS₁₁
HARELIP₁₂
HARSLET₁₀
HASSLED₁₁
HASSLES₁₀
HAWALAS₁₃
HAZELLY₂₂
JABBLED₁₉
JABBLES₁₈
JACALES₁₆
JACKLEG₂₁
JANGLED₁₆
JANGLER₁₅
JANGLES₁₅
JAVELIN₁₇
KABALAS₁₃
KABELES₁₃
KAFILAS₁₄
KAMALAS₁₃
KAMELAS₁₃
KAMILAS₁₃
LABELED₁₀
LABELER₉
LABELLA₉
LAKELET₁₁
LAMELLA₉
LAMPLIT₁₁
LANDLER₈
LANGLEY₁₁
LANOLIN₇
LAPELED₁₀
LAPILLI₉
LATILLA₇
LAVOLTA₁₀
LAVOLTS₁₀
LAZULIS₁₆
MABELAS₁₁
MACKLED₁₆
MACKLES₁₅
MACULAE₁₁
MACULAR₁₁
MACULAS₁₁
MACULED₁₂
MACULES₁₁
MAFFLED₁₆
MAFFLIN₁₅
MAGALOG₁₁
MAGILPS₁₂
MAILLOT₉
MAMELON₁₁
MAMILLA₁₁
MANGLED₁₁
MANGLER₁₀
MANGLES₁₀
MANILAS₉
MANILLA₉
MANILLE₉
MANTLED₁₀
MANTLES₉
MANTLET₉
MARBLED₁₂
MARBLER₁₁
MARBLES₁₁
MARPLOT₁₁
MARTLET₉
MASALAS₉
MASCLED₁₂
MASCLES₁₁
MASHLAM₁₄
MASHLIM₁₄
MASHLIN₁₂
MASHLUM₁₄
MASULAS₉
MATELOT₉
MATILDA₁₀
MAUDLIN₁₀
MAXILLA₁₆
NACELLE₉
NAPALMS₁₁
NASALLY₁₀
NAUPLII₉
NAVALLY₁₃
PABULAR₁₁
PABULUM₁₃
PADDLED₁₂
PADDLER₁₁
PADDLES₁₁
PADELLA₁₀
PAELLAS₉
PAIDLES₁₀
PAIGLES₁₀
PAILLON₉
PAISLEY₁₂
PALOLOS₉
PANELED₁₀
PANTLER₉
PAPALLY₁₄
PAPILIO₁₁
PAPILLA₁₁
PAPULAE₁₁
PAPULAR₁₁
PAPULAS₁₁
PAPULES₁₁
PARELLA₉
PARELLE₉
PAROLED₁₀
PAROLEE₉
PAROLES₉
PARSLEY₁₂
PARTLET₉
PARULIS₉
PASELAS₉
PATELLA₉
PATTLES₉
PATULIN₉
PAYOLAS₁₂
PAYSLIP₁₄
QABALAH₂₁
QABALAS₁₈
RABBLED₁₂
RABBLER₁₁
RABBLES₁₁
RADDLED₁₀
RADDLES₉
RADULAE₈
RADULAR₈
RADULAS₈
RAFALES₁₀
RAFFLED₁₄
RAFFLER₁₃
RAFFLES₁₃
RAGGLED₁₀
RAGGLES₉
RAGULED₉
RAMBLAS₁₁
RAMBLED₁₂
RAMBLER₁₁
RAMBLES₁₁
RAMILIE₉
RAMMLES₁₁
RAMULAR₉
RAMULUS₉
RANKLED₁₂
RANKLES₁₁
RANULAR₇
RANULAS₇
RAOULIA₇
RASSLED₈
RASSLER₇
RASSLES₇
RATTLED₈
RATTLER₇
RATTLES₇
RATTLIN₇
RAUCLER₉
RAVELED₁₁
RAVELER₁₀
RAVELIN₁₀
RAVELLY₁₃
RAZZLES₂₅
SABELLA₉
SACELLA₉
SADDLED₁₀
SADDLER₉
SADDLES₉
SAMPLED₁₂
SAMPLER₁₁
SAMPLES₁₁
SANDLOT₈
SAPELES₉
SAPPLED₁₂
SAPPLES₁₁
SAVELOY₁₃
TABULAE₉
TABULAR₉
TABULIS₉
TACKLED₁₄
TACKLER₁₃
TACKLES₁₃
TAIGLED₉
TAIGLES₈
TAILLES₇
TAILLIE₇
TAMALES₉
TANGLED₉
TANGLER₈
TANGLES₈
TAPALOS₉
TARTLET₇
TATTLED₈
TATTLER₇
TATTLES₇
VAGALLY₁₄
VANILLA₁₀
WABBLED₁₅
WABBLER₁₄
WABBLES₁₄
WADDLED₁₃
WADDLER₁₂
WADDLES₁₂
WAFFLED₁₇
WAFFLER₁₆
WAFFLES₁₆
WAGGLED₁₃
WAGGLER₁₂
WAGGLES₁₂
WAMBLED₁₅
WAMBLES₁₄
WANGLED₁₂
WANGLER₁₁
WANGLES₁₁
WARBLED₁₃
WARBLER₁₂
WARBLES₁₂
WARSLED₁₁
WARSLER₁₀
WARSLES₁₀
WATTLED₁₁
WATTLES₁₀
WAVELET₁₃
YAFFLES₁₆
YAMALKA₁₆
YAMULKA₁₆
ZANELLA₁₆

Letters by positionIn 59% of these words the 6th letter is E.

1st letter

C14%
R10%
M10%

3rd letter

N17%
R10%
M10%

4th letter

E13%
G11%
B10%

6th letter

E59%
A13%
L9%

7th letter

S34%
D20%
R14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; DAZZLED tops the list with 27. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 16 words
8 points: 15 words
99 points: 85 words
10 points: 56 words
1111 points: 68 words
12 points: 55 words
1313 points: 37 words
14 points: 20 words
1515 points: 18 words
16 points: 22 words
1717 points: 5 words
18 points: 2 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 2 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 1 words
26 points: 2 words
2727 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
DAZZLED	27	28	All three
DAZZLES	26	27	All three
DAZZLER	26	27	All three
RAZZLES	25	26	Collins · NWL
HAZELLY	22	22	All three
QABALAH	21	22	Collins · NWL
JACKLEG	21	26	All three
JABBLED	19	24	Collins only
BASHLYK	19	19	All three
JABBLES	18	23	Collins only
QABALAS	18	20	Collins · NWL
JAVELIN	17	22	All three

The fixed positions leave the first and final letters open, creating a varied set: samples, faculty, handled, vanilla and candles all fit. A stays second and L fifth, so those anchors quickly eliminate near-misses. Only 30 matches count as common, which means plenty of the remaining entries are less familiar tournament words.

7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and L as the 5th letter

The pattern has 408 matches across the tournament-dictionary pool.
Only 30 matches meet our common-word cutoff.
S is the most frequent final letter, appearing in 137 words.
C leads the first-letter group with 56 matches.
The average tile score is 11.5 points.

Which first and last letters appear most?

Final S is the standout: 137 matches end in S, compared with 83 ending in D. The next endings fall to R at 59 and A at 26, so test S or D first when the final tile is unknown.

Starts are less concentrated. C leads with 56, while M and R tie at 41; P contributes 35 and B 33. Catalog is a C-start example, while candles and castles show the large S-ending group.

The 408-word pool includes 401 entries in Collins, 313 in NWL2023 and 286 in ENABLE. Those dictionary sets overlap, so their counts are not additive; check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar entry.

Which matches score highest on their tiles?

DAZZLED tops the raw tile scores at 27 points. DAZZLES and DAZZLER each score 26, with RAZZLES at 25. Their repeated Zs push them above familiar matches such as SAMPLES, FACULTY and HANDLED.

Most entries look less dramatic than the top scorers. Samples, faculty, handled, battles, catalog, labeled and handles show ordinary plurals and verb forms alongside less familiar words. The average score is 11.5, so a high-value letter is not typical of every match.

Questions people ask

Are there common words with A second and L fifth?

Yes, 30 matches meet our common-word cutoff. Recognizable examples include samples, faculty, handled, battles, catalog and vanilla. The full set also contains many less familiar tournament entries, so a familiar-looking pattern does not guarantee every match will be common in everyday writing.

Which ending should I try first for this pattern?

Try S first: 137 matches end in S, more than any other final letter. D is the next strongest option, with 83 matches. R follows at 59, while A appears at the end of 26 words, making S and D the strongest initial checks.

Are the Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE counts additive?

No, the dictionary groups overlap. Collins contains 401 matches, NWL2023 has 313 and ENABLE has 286, but adding those figures would count some words more than once. The combined pool contains 408 words that appear in at least one of those tournament dictionaries.

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7-letter words with A as the 2nd letter and L as the 5th letter

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