7-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and L as the 6th letter

308 7-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and L as the 6th letter fit this pattern, from DETAILS and VEHICLE to less familiar entries.

308 wordsTop pick DETAILSHighest score JEEZELY 26

23 of 308 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

6th 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 E in 2nd place, E is the most common 6th letter (1,238 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Common words 23 · most-used first

DETAILS₈
HERSELF₁₃
VEHICLE₁₅
HEAVILY₁₆
REVEALS₁₀
DEFAULT₁₁
LEGALLY₁₁
VESSELS₁₀
READILY₁₁
REBUILD₁₀
TEXTILE₁₄
RECALLS₉
FERTILE₁₀
REBUILT₉
TEQUILA₁₆
DENSELY₁₁
RENTALS₇
PENCILS₁₁
RECYCLE₁₄
SEQUELS₁₆
REPTILE₉
DEBACLE₁₂
CEREALS₉

All valid words 308

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

AEFAULD₁₁
AERIALS₇
BEADILY₁₃
BEAMILY₁₄
BEASTLY₁₂
BECALLS₁₁
BECHALK₁₈
BECURLS₁₁
BEDELLS₁₀
BEDRALS₁₀
BEDROLL₁₀
BEEFALO₁₂
BEEFILY₁₅
BEERILY₁₂
BEETFLY₁₅
BEFALLS₁₂
BEFOOLS₁₂
BEFOULS₁₂
BEGALLS₁₀
BEGUILE₁₀
BEHOWLS₁₅
BEIGELS₁₀
BEMAULS₁₁
BEMOILS₁₁
BENZALS₁₈
BENZILS₁₈
BENZOLE₁₈
BENZOLS₁₈
BENZYLS₂₁
BERGYLT₁₃
BESMILE₁₁
BESTILL₉
BETHELS₁₂
BETITLE₉
BETOILS₉
BEWAILS₁₂
CECALLY₁₄
CEDILLA₁₀
CELLULE₉
CEMBALI₁₃
CEMBALO₁₃
CENACLE₁₁
CENTALS₉
CENTILE₉
CEREALS₉
DEARNLY₁₁
DEASILS₈
DEATHLY₁₄
DEBACLE₁₂
DECKELS₁₄
DECUPLE₁₂
DEEDILY₁₂
DEERFLY₁₄
DEFAULT₁₁
DEFOULS₁₁
DEFUELS₁₁
DELEBLE₁₀
DELIBLE₁₀
DENIALS₈
DENSELY₁₁
DENTALS₈
DENTELS₈
DENTILS₈
DERAILS₈
DESCALE₁₀
DESKILL₁₂
DETAILS₈
DEVALLS₁₁
DEVVELS₁₄
DEWFALL₁₄
DEWFULL₁₄
DEWOOLS₁₁
FEBRILE₁₂
FECIALS₁₂
FENAGLE₁₁
FENNELS₁₀
FERRELS₁₀
FERRULE₁₀
FERTILE₁₀
FESTALS₁₀
FETIALS₁₀
FETIDLY₁₄
GELABLE₁₀
GELIDLY₁₂
GEMMILY₁₅
GEMMULE₁₂
GENNELS₈
GENTILE₈
GERBILS₁₀
GESTALT₈
GETABLE₁₀
HEADILY₁₄
HEARTLY₁₃
HEAVILY₁₆
HEFTILY₁₆
HEMIOLA₁₂
HERBALS₁₂
HERSALL₁₀
HERSELF₁₃
HEWABLE₁₅
HEXAPLA₁₉
JEEZELY₂₆
JERBILS₁₆
JERKILY₂₁
JEZAILS₂₃
KEFFELS₁₇
KENNELS₁₁
KERNELS₁₁
KEYHOLE₁₇
KEYPALS₁₆
LEAKILY₁₄
LEERILY₁₀
LEGALLY₁₁
LEGHOLD₁₂
LEGIBLE₁₀
LEGIBLY₁₃
LENTILS₇
LETHALS₁₀
LEVELLY₁₃
MEATILY₁₂
MEAZELS₁₈
MEDIALS₁₀
MEDULLA₁₀
MEGILLA₁₀
MENFOLK₁₆
MENIALS₉
MERELLS₉
MERFOLK₁₆
MERRILY₁₂
MESAILS₉
MESALLY₁₂
MESCALS₁₁
MESSILY₁₂
METALLY₁₂
METHYLS₁₅
MEZAILS₁₈
MEZCALS₂₀
NEEDILY₁₁
NERVILY₁₃
NERVULE₁₀
NETBALL₉
NETFULS₁₀
NEURULA₇
NEWELLS₁₀
PEARTLY₁₂
PEDICLE₁₂
PEEPALS₁₁
PEEPULS₁₁
PENALLY₁₂
PENCELS₁₁
PENCILS₁₁
PENDULE₁₀
PENFOLD₁₃
PENFULS₁₂
PENNALS₉
PENNILL₉
PENSELS₉
PENSILE₉
PENSILS₉
PENTELS₉
PENTYLS₁₂
PEPPILY₁₆
PEPTALK₁₅
PERCALE₁₁
PERGOLA₁₀
PERILLA₉
PERKILY₁₆
PERSALT₉
PESKILY₁₆
PETIOLE₉
PETRALE₉
PETRELS₉
PETROLS₉
PETTILY₁₂
PEYOTLS₁₂
READILY₁₁
REAPPLY₁₄
REBILLS₉
REBOILS₉
REBUILD₁₀
REBUILT₉
RECALLS₉
RECOALS₉
RECOILS₉
RECOYLE₁₂
RECUILE₉
RECYCLE₁₄
REDEALS₈
REDEALT₈
REDIALS₈
REDPOLL₁₀
REDRILL₈
REEDILY₁₁
REFALLS₁₀
REFEELS₁₀
REFILLS₁₀
REFUELS₁₀
REGALLY₁₁
REHEELS₁₀
REMAILS₉
REMOULD₁₀
RENAILS₇
RENTALS₇
REPEALS₉
REPOLLS₉
REPTILE₉
RERAILS₇
REROLLS₇
RESAILS₇
RESCALE₉
RESEALS₇
RESELLS₇
RESKILL₁₁
RESMELT₉
RESPELL₉
RESPELT₉
RESTYLE₁₀
RETABLE₉
RETABLO₉
RETAILS₇
RETALLY₁₀
RETELLS₇
RETICLE₉
RETITLE₇
RETOOLS₇
REVEALS₁₀
SEAFOLK₁₄
SEAGULL₈
SEAKALE₁₁
SEAWALL₁₀
SECKELS₁₃
SECTILE₉
SEEABLE₉
SEEDILY₁₁
SEGHOLS₁₁
SEIDELS₈
SENDALS₈
SENSILE₇
SEQUELA₁₆
SEQUELS₁₆
SERAILS₇
SERIALS₇
SERKALI₁₁
SERPULA₉
SERVALS₁₀
SERVILE₁₀
SESSILE₇
SETUALE₇
SETWALL₁₀
SEWABLE₁₂
SEXTILE₁₄
TEARILY₁₀
TEASELS₇
TEAZELS₁₆
TECHILY₁₅
TECKELS₁₃
TENABLE₉
TENABLY₁₂
TENAILS₇
TENFOLD₁₁
TENSELY₁₀
TENSILE₇
TENTHLY₁₃
TEPIDLY₁₃
TEQUILA₁₆
TERCELS₉
TERSELY₁₀
TESTILY₁₀
TETRYLS₁₀
TEUGHLY₁₄
TEXTILE₁₄
VEHICLE₁₅
VEINULE₁₀
VENALLY₁₃
VENNELS₁₀
VENTILS₁₀
VERBALS₁₂
VERBILE₁₂
VERMELL₁₂
VERMILS₁₂
VERMILY₁₅
VERRELS₁₀
VERSALS₁₀
VERVELS₁₃
VESICLE₁₂
VESSELS₁₀
VESTALS₁₀
VEXEDLY₂₁
VEXILLA₁₇
WEANELS₁₀
WEARILY₁₃
WEASELS₁₀
WEASELY₁₃
WEEDILY₁₄
WEEPILY₁₅
WEEVILS₁₃
WEEVILY₁₆
WEIGELA₁₁
WEIRDLY₁₄
WERGELD₁₂
WERGELT₁₁
WERGILD₁₂
WERWOLF₁₆
ZEBRULA₁₈
ZEBRULE₁₈
ZEPPOLE₂₀
ZEPPOLI₂₀
ZESTILY₁₉

Letters by positionIn 41% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

R17%
B11%
P10%

3rd letter

N16%
R15%
T9%

4th letter

A14%
T10%
I9%

5th letter

I28%
A17%
E15%

7th letter

S41%
Y21%
E19%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; JEEZELY tops the list with 26. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 22 words
8 points: 17 words
99 points: 46 words
10 points: 60 words
1111 points: 36 words
12 points: 41 words
1313 points: 19 words
14 points: 19 words
1515 points: 11 words
16 points: 15 words
1717 points: 3 words
18 points: 9 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 3 words
2121 points: 3 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 1 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
JEEZELY	26	28	NWL only
JEZAILS	23	26	All three
JERKILY	21	23	All three
BENZYLS	21	23	All three
VEXEDLY	21	22	All three
ZEPPOLE	20	23	Collins · NWL
ZEPPOLI	20	23	Collins · NWL
MEZCALS	20	23	All three
HEXAPLA	19	20	All three
ZESTILY	19	19	Collins · NWL
MEAZELS	18	20	Collins only
ZEBRULA	18	21	Collins only

Both clue letters are fixed, so the pattern looks like _E___L_: four slots remain open around E and L. DETAILS, VEHICLE, HEAVILY, and REBUILT show how different the words can look while keeping those positions. The count includes words found in at least one tournament dictionary, not entries with no dictionary source.

The pattern at a glance

The pattern _E___L_ matches 308 seven-letter entries across the covered tournament dictionaries.
DETAILS, VEHICLE, and HEAVILY are familiar examples that fit the fixed E and L positions.
R is the most common first letter, with 51 matches; B follows with 34.
A final S is the leading ending: 127 words end in S, compared with 64 ending in Y.
Only 23 matches are in the common-word group, so many answers will feel less familiar.

How do the dictionary counts compare?

The 308 total is a combined count, not the count for every game. Collins includes 304 of these words, NWL2023 includes 239, and ENABLE includes 218. A word accepted in one list may not be playable in another, so check your game's word list before using an unfamiliar entry.

The strongest first-letter cluster is distinctive: R starts 51 matches, while B starts 34 and P starts 31. On the other end, S appears 127 times, nearly twice as often as Y, which appears 64 times. When the final tile is uncertain, S deserves an early check.

Which 7-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and L as the 6th letter score most?

JEEZELY leads the listed high scorers at 26 points; its J and two Es make it a striking fit for the pattern.
JEZAILS scores 23, while JERKILY, BENZYLS, and VEXEDLY each score 21.
For a more familiar rack, DETAILS, VEHICLE, and PENCILS are recognizable examples, though they do not lead the score ranking.
Treat the high-score names as specialist plays, not everyday vocabulary; dictionary acceptance differs across Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have E second and L sixth?

There are 308 matching words across the covered tournament dictionaries. The pattern is _E___L_, with E fixed in the second slot and L fixed in the sixth. The total combines entries accepted by at least one covered dictionary, so individual game lists can have different counts.

What are common examples of this E-and-L pattern?

DETAILS, VEHICLE, HEAVILY, and REBUILT are recognizable examples. Each has seven letters, E in position two, and L in position six. The full group is much broader than these familiar words, with only 23 entries classified as common.

Which matching word has the highest score?

JEEZELY is the highest listed scorer at 26 points. JEZAILS follows at 23, and JERKILY, BENZYLS, and VEXEDLY score 21 apiece. These are less familiar options, so confirm that your game accepts a word before relying on its score.

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