7-letter words with C as the 3rd letter and L as the 5th letter

The fixed letters do not force one familiar shape. Faculty and locally read naturally, while tackles, pickles, recalls, and buckled show the range of endings around the same C–L positions. Only 9 matches fall in the common-word group, and the lists differ by tournament dictionary: Collins has 133, NWL2023 has 104, and ENABLE has 98, though the 134 total counts each word only once.

The pattern at a glance

• This C-third, L-fifth pattern produces 134 seven-letter matches.
• M begins the largest starting-letter group, with 17 words.
• S closes 46 matches, more than any other final letter.
• R and D follow S as final letters, with 24 and 22 matches.
• Only 9 matches are in the common-word group.
• Jackleg tops the scoring examples at 21 points.

7-letter words with C as the 3rd letter and L as the 5th letter

Among the 134 matches, final S is the clear standout: 46 words end that way. R comes next with 24, then D with 22. Tackles, pickles, and recalls are familiar examples of the S-ending cluster.

The first letter is less concentrated. M leads with 17 words; B has 13, C has 11, and H has 10. Changing the fifth position while keeping C third makes a much larger set: I gives 279 matches, and E gives 198.

Which matches score highest?

Jackleg scores 21 points, putting it above keckled and zocalos at 18 apiece. Heckled, fickled, hackled, keckles, and hockled each score 17. These less familiar plays make the pattern more interesting for tile games than its everyday vocabulary might suggest.

Treat those scores as a prompt to check your rack, not a promise that the word will be accepted everywhere. Collins has 133 matches, but NWL2023 has 104 and ENABLE has 98. With just 9 common matches overall, many options here are uncommon; check your game's word list before playing one.