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7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and L as the 7th letter

75 7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and L as the 7th letter fit this pattern, from CHANNEL and COASTAL to ZEALFUL.

75 wordsTop pick CHANNELHighest score ZEALFUL 19

10 of 75 are everyday words (13%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With A in 3rd place, S is the most common 7th letter (741 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 75 · most-used first

  • CHANNEL12
  • COASTAL9
  • SCANDAL10
  • SPATIAL9
  • GRADUAL9
  • FEARFUL13
  • PLAYFUL15
  • GLACIAL10
  • QUARREL16
  • FLANNEL10
  • SEAGULL8
  • CRANIAL9
  • TEARFUL10
  • FRACTAL12
  • SPANIEL9
  • COAXIAL16
  • SCALPEL11
  • CHANCEL14
  • CHATTEL12
  • TRAVAIL10
  • SEAWALL10
  • CHAEBOL14
  • SPACIAL11
  • CHARNEL12
  • EVANGEL11
  • TRAMMEL11
  • BIAXIAL16
  • PEAFOWL15
  • CLAUSAL9
  • ABAXIAL16
  • ADAXIAL15
  • QUANTAL16
  • CHAPPAL16
  • GRAPNEL10
  • STANIEL7
  • TRAMELL9
  • GRAUPEL10
  • GHARIAL11
  • STADIAL8
  • HEADFUL14
  • BOATFUL12
  • TRAYFUL13
  • STAMMEL11
  • KNAIDEL12
  • GLADFUL12
  • SEAFOWL13
  • DIALLEL8
  • ACAUDAL10

Showing the top 48 of 75 words. See every valid word

All valid words 75

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

  • ABAXIAL16
  • ACAUDAL10
  • ADAGIAL9
  • ADAXIAL15
  • ANAXIAL14
  • BIAXIAL16
  • BOATFUL12
  • BRADAWL13
  • CHAEBOL14
  • CHAETAL12
  • CHANCEL14
  • CHANNEL12
  • CHAPPAL16
  • CHARNEL12
  • CHASMAL14
  • CHATTEL12
  • CLAUSAL9
  • COAEVAL12
  • COASTAL9
  • COAXIAL16
  • CRANIAL9
  • DEASIUL8
  • DEASOIL8
  • DIALLEL8
  • DIARIAL8
  • EPAXIAL16
  • EVANGEL11
  • FEARFUL13
  • FLANNEL10
  • FRACTAL12
  • FRAMPAL14
  • GHARIAL11
  • GLACIAL10
  • GLADFUL12
  • GLAREAL8
  • GNATHAL11
  • GRADUAL9
  • GRAPNEL10
  • GRAUPEL10
  • HEADFUL14
  • KNAIDEL12
  • MIASMAL11
  • MOANFUL12
  • OVARIAL10
  • PEAFOWL15
  • PHASEAL12
  • PLAYFUL15
  • QUANTAL16
  • QUARREL16
  • REAVAIL10
  • SCALPEL11
  • SCANDAL10
  • SEAFOWL13
  • SEAGULL8
  • SEAWALL10
  • SPACIAL11
  • SPANCEL11
  • SPANIEL9
  • SPATHAL12
  • SPATIAL9
  • STADIAL8
  • STAMMEL11
  • STANIEL7
  • STANNEL7
  • STANYEL10
  • SWAYFUL16
  • TEABOWL12
  • TEARFUL10
  • TRAMELL9
  • TRAMMEL11
  • TRAVAIL10
  • TRAYFUL13
  • VIALFUL13
  • ZEALFUL19
  • ZOARIAL16
Letters by positionIn 44% of these words the 6th letter is A.
1st letter
  1. S21%
  2. C17%
  3. G11%
2nd letter
  1. E16%
  2. R15%
  3. H13%
4th letter
  1. N17%
  2. R12%
  3. X8%
5th letter
  1. I25%
  2. F15%
  3. T7%
6th letter
  1. A44%
  2. E25%
  3. U16%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 12 in Scrabble; ZEALFUL tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 2 words
  2. 8 points: 7 words
  3. 99 points: 8 words
  4. 10 points: 12 words
  5. 1111 points: 9 words
  6. 12 points: 13 words
  7. 1313 points: 5 words
  8. 14 points: 6 words
  9. 1515 points: 3 words
  10. 16 points: 9 words
  11. 1717 points: 0 words
  12. 18 points: 0 words
  13. 1919 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
ZEALFUL1922Collins only
QUARREL1618All three
COAXIAL1618All three
BIAXIAL1618All three
ABAXIAL1618All three
QUANTAL1619All three
CHAPPAL1619Collins · NWL
SWAYFUL1617All three
ZOARIAL1617All three
EPAXIAL1618Collins only
PLAYFUL1518All three
PEAFOWL1517All three

The fixed pattern is __A___L: the third tile is A, and the final tile is L. CHANNEL, COASTAL, SCANDAL, and SPATIAL show how differently the middle letters can work. Collins includes all 75 matches, while NWL2023 includes 61 and ENABLE includes 57.

Quick facts about the pattern

  • 75 words match; only 10 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
  • CHANNEL, COASTAL, and SCANDAL are familiar examples that fit the fixed positions.
  • All 75 appear in Collins; 61 are in NWL2023 and 57 are in ENABLE.
  • ZEALFUL leads the score list at 19 points, ahead of QUARREL and COAXIAL at 16.

How many words have A third and L last?

There are 75 tournament-dictionary matches, but only 10 are common by our frequency cutoff. That makes this pattern broader than its everyday vocabulary: familiar CHANNEL and COASTAL sit alongside technical terms such as COAXIAL and BIAXIAL. The contrast matters when you need a playable answer quickly rather than simply a word that fits the slots.

Dictionary coverage also changes the size of your pool. Collins has 75 matches, compared with 61 in NWL2023 and 57 in ENABLE. Those totals do not mean every game accepts every entry, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar match.

A total of 62 words have definitions, but some entries still take more than a glance to recognize.

7-letter words with A as the 3rd letter and L as the 7th letter

Tip

Keep ZEALFUL in mind for its 19-point score, the highest on this list.

Questions people ask

What are some 7-letter words with A third and L last?
CHANNEL, COASTAL, SCANDAL, SPATIAL, and GRADUAL all have A in the third position and L at the end. COAXIAL and QUARREL fit too, though they are less everyday choices. The full pattern contains 75 tournament-dictionary words.
How many common words fit this pattern?
10 of the 75 matches count as common under our frequency measure, which uses the top 25,000 English words. CHANNEL and COASTAL are recognizable examples; many other matches are technical or less familiar, so frequency and dictionary validity are different checks.
Which matching word has the highest score?
ZEALFUL leads the scores at 19 points. QUARREL, COAXIAL, BIAXIAL, and ABAXIAL each score 16. Those four share a score but not a shape: QUARREL has a double R, while the other three are built on AXIAL.

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