7-letter words with A as the 4th letter and L as the 5th letter

7-letter words with A as the 4th letter and L as the 5th letter number 206; FINALLY and EQUALLY are familiar examples.

206 wordsTop pick FINALLYHighest score QABALAH 21

21 of 206 are everyday words (10%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

4th 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 4th place, T is the most common 5th letter (356 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 21 · most-used first

FINALLY₁₃
USUALLY₁₀
TOTALLY₁₀
PENALTY₁₂
EQUALLY₁₉
FEMALES₁₂
LEGALLY₁₁
LOYALTY₁₃
LOCALLY₁₂
CATALOG₁₀
CAVALRY₁₅
RIVALRY₁₃
ROYALTY₁₃
INVALID₁₁
IDEALLY₁₁
RECALLS₉
MORALLY₁₂
STEALTH₁₀
TOTALED₈
FATALLY₁₃
MORALES₉

All valid words 206

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

ALCALDE₁₀
ALFALFA₁₃
ALKALIC₁₃
ALKALIN₁₁
ALKALIS₁₁
APPALLS₁₁
APPALTI₁₁
APPALTO₁₁
AREALLY₁₀
ARGALAS₈
ARGALIS₈
AURALLY₁₀
AXIALLY₁₇
BABALAS₁₁
BACALAO₁₁
BANALER₉
BANALLY₁₂
BASALLY₁₂
BASALTS₉
BECALLS₁₁
BECALMS₁₃
BEFALLS₁₂
BEGALLS₁₀
BIVALVE₁₅
BUBALES₁₁
BUBALIS₁₁
BYTALKS₁₆
CABALAS₁₁
CALALOO₉
CALALUS₉
CANALED₁₀
CATALOG₁₀
CATALOS₉
CATALPA₁₁
CAVALLA₁₂
CAVALLY₁₅
CAVALRY₁₅
CECALLY₁₄
CICALAS₁₁
COBALTS₁₁
COPALMS₁₃
CORALLA₉
COXALGY₂₀
CRAALED₁₀
DECALED₁₁
DECALOG₁₁
DESALTS₈
DEVALLS₁₁
DEVALUE₁₁
DISALLY₁₁
DUCALLY₁₃
EMBALED₁₂
EMBALES₁₁
EMBALLS₁₁
EMBALMS₁₃
EMPALED₁₂
EMPALER₁₁
EMPALES₁₁
ENCALMS₁₁
ENHALOS₁₀
ENWALLS₁₀
EQUALED₁₇
EQUALLY₁₉
ESCALOP₁₁
EXHALED₁₈
EXHALES₁₇
FATALLY₁₃
FEMALES₁₂
FINALES₁₀
FINALIS₁₀
FINALLY₁₃
FOCALLY₁₅
FUGALLY₁₄
GYRALLY₁₄
HALALAH₁₃
HALALAS₁₀
HAWALAS₁₃
HERALDS₁₁
HIDALGA₁₂
HIDALGO₁₂
IDEALLY₁₁
IMBALMS₁₃
IMPALAS₁₁
IMPALED₁₂
IMPALER₁₁
IMPALES₁₁
INFALLS₁₀
INHALED₁₁
INHALER₁₀
INHALES₁₀
INVALID₁₁
INWALLS₁₀
INYALAS₁₀
JACALES₁₆
JURALLY₁₇
KABALAS₁₃
KAMALAS₁₃
KRAALED₁₂
LEGALLY₁₁
LINALOL₇
LOCALES₉
LOCALLY₁₂
LOYALER₁₀
LOYALLY₁₃
LOYALTY₁₃
MAGALOG₁₁
MASALAS₉
MEDALED₁₁
MEDALET₁₀
MESALLY₁₂
METALED₁₀
METALLY₁₂
MISALLY₁₂
MODALLY₁₃
MOHALIM₁₄
MORALES₉
MORALLS₉
MORALLY₁₂
MURALED₁₀
MYGALES₁₃
NAPALMS₁₁
NASALLY₁₀
NAVALLY₁₃
NODALLY₁₁
NOPALES₉
NOVALIA₁₀
ONFALLS₁₀
OORALIS₇
OURALIS₇
OXGALLS₁₅
PAPALLY₁₄
PEDALED₁₁
PEDALER₁₀
PEDALOS₁₀
PENALLY₁₂
PENALTY₁₂
PETALED₁₀
PODALIC₁₂
PTYALIN₁₂
PUNALUA₉
PYRALID₁₃
PYRALIS₁₂
QABALAH₂₁
QABALAS₁₈
RAFALES₁₀
RECALLS₉
REFALLS₁₀
REGALED₉
REGALER₈
REGALES₈
REGALIA₈
REGALLY₁₁
RESALES₇
RETALLY₁₀
REVALUE₁₀
RIBALDS₁₀
RIVALED₁₁
RIVALRY₁₃
ROBALOS₉
ROGALLO₈
ROSALIA₇
ROYALET₁₀
ROYALLY₁₃
ROYALTY₁₃
RURALLY₁₀
RUSALKA₁₁
SEPALED₁₀
SHEALED₁₁
SHMALTZ₂₁
SHOALED₁₁
SHOALER₁₀
SKOALED₁₂
SQUALID₁₇
SQUALLS₁₆
SQUALLY₁₉
SQUALOR₁₆
STEALED₈
STEALER₇
STEALES₇
STEALTH₁₀
SUBALAR₉
SWEALED₁₁
TAMALES₉
TAPALOS₉
THRALLS₁₀
TIDALLY₁₁
TONALLY₁₀
TOTALED₈
TOTALLY₁₀
TRIALED₈
UNBALED₁₀
UNBALES₉
UPTALKS₁₃
UPVALUE₁₂
USUALLY₁₀
VAGALLY₁₄
VEDALIA₁₁
VENALLY₁₃
VIDALIA₁₁
VIRALLY₁₃
VITALLY₁₃
VOCALIC₁₄
VOCALLY₁₅
YAMALKA₁₆
ZOCALOS₁₈
ZONALLY₁₉

Letters by positionIn 36% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

R11%
C8%
S8%

2nd letter

E18%
A17%
O16%

3rd letter

6th letter

L31%
E27%
I10%

7th letter

S36%
Y25%
D14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; QABALAH tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 7 words
8 points: 10 words
99 points: 19 words
10 points: 42 words
1111 points: 47 words
12 points: 23 words
1313 points: 26 words
14 points: 7 words
1515 points: 6 words
16 points: 5 words
1717 points: 5 words
18 points: 3 words
1919 points: 3 words
20 points: 1 words
2121 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
QABALAH	21	22	Collins · NWL
SHMALTZ	21	22	All three
COXALGY	20	22	All three
EQUALLY	19	21	All three
SQUALLY	19	21	All three
ZONALLY	19	21	All three
EXHALED	18	18	All three
QABALAS	18	20	Collins · NWL
ZOCALOS	18	20	Collins · NWL
EQUALED	17	19	All three
SQUALID	17	19	All three
EXHALES	17	17	All three

That fixed pair creates 206 tournament-dictionary matches, but only 21 rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency. FINALLY, USUALLY, TOTALLY, and PENALTY are among the more recognizable options. The pattern is _ _ _ A L _ _, so the first three and final two tiles still need to fit your rack and board.

At a glance: the A-L pattern

The pattern has 206 matches, and 167 have a definition.
Only 21 matches fall among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
S is the most common final letter, with 74 words; Y follows with 51.
R leads as an opening letter with 22 matches, ahead of C with 17.

Which endings appear most often?

S and Y together account for 125 of the 206 matches. The S-ending group includes FEMALES and RECALLS; FINALLY, USUALLY, and EQUALLY show the familiar -ally ending. Those examples make the last two spaces easier to test once A and L are fixed in the middle.

D ranks third with 29 words, including TOTALED and INHALED. The remaining listed endings are less frequent: A has 13 matches, R has 11, E and O have 5 each, and C has 3. Start with the S and Y options when your rack supports either ending, then check the less common tails.

How to play 7-letter words with A fourth and L fifth

For 7-letter words with A as the 4th letter and L as the 5th letter, a strong rack fit matters more than forcing a long play. In Scrabble, using all seven rack tiles earns the bingo bonus, but the fixed A-L pair can make that difficult. Keep an eye on open board lanes before committing your vowels.

QABALAH and SHMALTZ each score 21 points, the highest figures among these matches; EQUALLY scores 19. Those premium scores come from less familiar words, so don’t confuse a strong tile total with a safe play. Only 21 entries are common, and the game’s dictionary determines whether an obscure option is accepted.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have A fourth and L fifth?

There are 206 seven-letter matches with A in position four and L in position five. The pattern leaves the first three and final two letters open, which is why words such as FINALLY, PENALTY, and CAVALRY all fit despite their different beginnings and endings.

Which dictionaries include these A-L words?

The matches appear across several tournament dictionaries, but the totals overlap. Collins includes 203, NWL2023 includes 168, and ENABLE includes 152. A word accepted in one list may not be accepted in another, so check the dictionary used by your game before playing an unfamiliar entry.

What are the highest-scoring words in this pattern?

QABALAH and SHMALTZ tie for the top score at 21 points each. EQUALLY follows at 19, while SQUALLY and ZONALLY also score 19. The top values belong to words that may be less familiar than FINALLY or USUALLY, so confirm acceptance before building a play around one.

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