7-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and L as the 3rd letter

7-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and L as the 3rd letter total 315, including MILLION, VILLAGE, KILLJOY, and ZILCHES.

315 wordsTop pick MILLIONHighest score KILLJOY 21

27 of 315 are everyday words (9%). 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

3rd 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 I in 2nd place, N is the most common 3rd letter (549 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 27 · most-used first

MILLION₉
KILLING₁₂
WILLIAM₁₂
VILLAGE₁₁
BILLION₉
WILLING₁₁
SILENCE₉
FILLING₁₁
FILMING₁₃
SILICON₉
KILLERS₁₁
GILBERT₁₀
FILTERS₁₀
MILITIA₉
VILLAIN₁₀
DILEMMA₁₂
MILEAGE₁₀
PILLARS₉
BILLING₁₀
PILLOWS₁₂
DILUTED₉
PILGRIM₁₂
MILLING₁₀
WILDEST₁₁
FILINGS₁₁
MILKING₁₄
TILTING₈

All valid words 315

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

AILANTO₇
AILERON₇
AILETTE₇
AILMENT₉
BILAYER₁₂
BILBIES₁₁
BILBOAS₁₁
BILBOES₁₁
BILEVEL₁₂
BILGIER₁₀
BILGING₁₁
BILIANS₉
BILIARY₁₂
BILIMBI₁₃
BILIOUS₉
BILKERS₁₃
BILKING₁₄
BILLBUG₁₂
BILLERS₉
BILLETS₉
BILLIES₉
BILLING₁₀
BILLION₉
BILLMAN₁₁
BILLMEN₁₁
BILLONS₉
BILLOWS₁₂
BILLOWY₁₅
BILLYOH₁₅
BILLYOS₁₂
BILOBAR₁₁
BILOBED₁₂
BILSTED₁₀
BILTONG₁₀
CILIARY₁₂
CILIATE₉
CILICES₁₁
DILATED₉
DILATER₈
DILATES₈
DILATOR₈
DILDOES₉
DILEMMA₁₂
DILLIER₈
DILLIES₈
DILLING₉
DILUENT₈
DILUTED₉
DILUTEE₈
DILUTER₈
DILUTES₈
DILUTOR₈
DILUVIA₁₁
EILDING₉
FILABEG₁₃
FILACER₁₂
FILAREE₁₀
FILARIA₁₀
FILASSE₁₀
FILAZER₁₉
FILBERD₁₃
FILBERT₁₂
FILCHED₁₆
FILCHER₁₅
FILCHES₁₅
FILEMOT₁₂
FILETED₁₁
FILFOTS₁₃
FILIATE₁₀
FILIBEG₁₃
FILINGS₁₁
FILLERS₁₀
FILLETS₁₀
FILLIES₁₀
FILLING₁₁
FILLIPS₁₂
FILMDOM₁₅
FILMERS₁₂
FILMIER₁₂
FILMILY₁₅
FILMING₁₃
FILMISH₁₅
FILMSET₁₂
FILTERS₁₀
GILBERT₁₀
GILCUPS₁₂
GILDERS₉
GILDING₁₀
GILGAIS₉
GILGIES₉
GILLERS₈
GILLETS₈
GILLIED₉
GILLIES₈
GILLING₉
GILLION₈
GILLNET₈
GILPEYS₁₃
GILPIES₁₀
GILTCUP₁₂
HILCHED₁₆
HILCHES₁₅
HILDING₁₂
HILLERS₁₀
HILLIER₁₀
HILLING₁₁
HILLMEN₁₂
HILLOAS₁₀
HILLOCK₁₆
HILLOED₁₁
HILLOES₁₀
HILLTOP₁₂
HILTING₁₁
JILBABS₁₈
JILGIES₁₅
JILLETS₁₄
JILLION₁₄
JILTERS₁₄
JILTING₁₅
KILERGS₁₂
KILLCOW₁₆
KILLDEE₁₂
KILLERS₁₁
KILLICK₁₇
KILLIES₁₁
KILLING₁₂
KILLJOY₂₁
KILLOCK₁₇
KILLUTS₁₁
KILNING₁₂
KILOBAR₁₃
KILOBIT₁₃
KILORAD₁₂
KILOTON₁₁
KILTERS₁₁
KILTIES₁₁
KILTING₁₂
LILLING₈
LILTING₈
MILADIS₁₀
MILAGES₁₀
MILCHIG₁₅
MILCHIK₁₈
MILDENS₁₀
MILDEST₁₀
MILDEWS₁₃
MILDEWY₁₆
MILDING₁₁
MILDISH₁₃
MILEAGE₁₀
MILFOIL₁₂
MILIARY₁₂
MILIEUS₉
MILIEUX₁₆
MILINGS₁₀
MILITAR₉
MILITIA₉
MILKERS₁₃
MILKIER₁₃
MILKILY₁₆
MILKING₁₄
MILKMAN₁₅
MILKMEN₁₅
MILKSOP₁₅
MILLAGE₁₀
MILLDAM₁₂
MILLERS₉
MILLETS₉
MILLIER₉
MILLIES₉
MILLIME₁₁
MILLINE₉
MILLING₁₀
MILLION₉
MILLRUN₉
MILNEBS₁₁
MILORDS₁₀
MILREIS₉
MILSEYS₁₂
MILTERS₉
MILTIER₉
MILTING₁₀
MILTZES₁₈
MILVINE₁₂
NILGAIS₈
NILGAUS₈
NILGHAI₁₁
NILGHAU₁₁
NILLING₈
OILBIRD₁₀
OILCAMP₁₃
OILCANS₉
OILCUPS₁₁
OILHOLE₁₀
OILIEST₇
OILLETS₇
OILNUTS₇
OILSEED₈
OILSKIN₁₁
OILWAYS₁₃
PILAFFS₁₅
PILCHER₁₄
PILCHES₁₄
PILCORN₁₁
PILCROW₁₄
PILEATE₉
PILEOUS₉
PILEUPS₁₁
PILFERS₁₂
PILFERY₁₅
PILGRIM₁₂
PILINGS₁₀
PILLAGE₁₀
PILLARS₉
PILLAUS₉
PILLBOX₁₈
PILLBUG₁₂
PILLIES₉
PILLING₁₀
PILLION₉
PILLOCK₁₅
PILLORY₁₂
PILLOWS₁₂
PILLOWY₁₅
PILOTED₁₀
PILOTIS₉
PILSNER₉
PILULAE₉
PILULAR₉
PILULAS₉
PILULES₉
RILIEST₇
RILIEVI₁₀
RILIEVO₁₀
RILLETS₇
RILLING₈
SILAGED₉
SILAGES₈
SILANES₇
SILENCE₉
SILENES₇
SILENTS₇
SILENUS₇
SILESIA₇
SILEXES₁₄
SILICAS₉
SILICIC₁₁
SILICLE₉
SILICON₉
SILIQUA₁₆
SILIQUE₁₆
SILKENS₁₁
SILKIER₁₁
SILKIES₁₁
SILKILY₁₄
SILKING₁₂
SILLERS₇
SILLIER₇
SILLIES₇
SILLILY₁₀
SILLOCK₁₃
SILOING₈
SILPHIA₁₂
SILTIER₇
SILTING₈
SILURID₈
SILVANS₁₀
SILVERN₁₀
SILVERS₁₀
SILVERY₁₃
SILVICS₁₂
TILAPIA₉
TILBURY₁₂
TILINGS₈
TILLAGE₈
TILLERS₇
TILLIER₇
TILLING₈
TILLITE₇
TILTERS₇
TILTING₈
UILLEAN₇
VILAYET₁₃
VILIACO₁₂
VILIAGO₁₁
VILLAGE₁₁
VILLAIN₁₀
VILLANS₁₀
VILLANY₁₃
VILLEIN₁₀
VILLOSE₁₀
VILLOUS₁₀
WILDCAT₁₃
WILDERS₁₁
WILDEST₁₁
WILDING₁₂
WILDISH₁₄
WILEFUL₁₃
WILIEST₁₀
WILLERS₁₀
WILLEST₁₀
WILLETS₁₀
WILLEYS₁₃
WILLFUL₁₃
WILLIAM₁₂
WILLIED₁₁
WILLIES₁₀
WILLING₁₁
WILLOWS₁₃
WILLOWY₁₆
WILTING₁₁
WILTJAS₁₇
ZILCHES₂₁
ZILLAHS₁₉
ZILLION₁₆

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

1st letter

M14%
S11%
P10%

4th letter

L34%
I10%
A6%

5th letter

I26%
E19%
A9%

6th letter

E24%
N15%
R11%

7th letter

S36%
G12%
R8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; KILLJOY tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 22 words
8 points: 30 words
99 points: 51 words
10 points: 51 words
1111 points: 41 words
12 points: 44 words
1313 points: 25 words
14 points: 11 words
1515 points: 18 words
16 points: 11 words
1717 points: 3 words
18 points: 4 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
KILLJOY	21	24	All three
ZILCHES	21	22	All three
ZILLAHS	19	20	All three
FILAZER	19	20	Collins only
PILLBOX	18	22	All three
JILBABS	18	23	Collins only
MILCHIK	18	20	Collins only
MILTZES	18	20	Collins only
KILLICK	17	20	All three
KILLOCK	17	20	All three
WILTJAS	17	20	Collins only
ZILLION	16	19	All three

With IL fixed in the middle, the words span familiar choices like BILLION and SILENCE as well as less common plays. M is the most frequent starting letter, but S dominates the endings: it closes more than a third of the matches. The counts combine words appearing in at least one tournament dictionary, not words accepted everywhere.

The I-L pattern at a glance

The pattern has 315 seven-letter matches across the tournament dictionaries.
MILLION, KILLING, WILLIAM, VILLAGE, and BILLION are familiar examples.
M begins 45 matches, the largest first-letter group.
S finishes 114 matches, far ahead of any other final letter.
KILLJOY and ZILCHES each score 21 points in the scoring examples.

Which letters begin and end these words?

M leads with 45 matches; S follows with 35, then P with 31. B and F each start 30. When you know only the first tile, try M before less common openings, but keep S, P, B, and F in play.

The endings tell a more lopsided story. S closes 114 words, while G closes 39 and R closes 25. KILLERS and PILLARS show the common plural ending; KILLING and VILLAGE are reminders that the pattern also supports other word forms.

How should you use these seven-letter plays?

For a seven-tile play, look past the crowded S ending. FILMING, FILLING, and PILGRIM give you different final letters, while the familiar MILLION and VILLAGE are easier to spot. The average score is 11 points, so a long word is not automatically a big-scoring turn.

KILLJOY and ZILCHES top the scoring examples at 21 points each; PILLBOX reaches 18. Their valuable letters explain the point totals, but board premiums and tile placement decide what you actually score. Check the word and the square before committing.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins has 312 matches, compared with 242 in NWL2023 and 235 in ENABLE. For 7-letter words with I as the 2nd letter and L as the 3rd letter, treat 315 as the combined pool, not a guarantee that every game accepts every entry.

Questions people ask

How many of these seven-letter words start with M?

M begins 45 of the 315 matches, more than any other first letter. S is next with 35, while P starts 31. MILLION, MILEAGE, and MILLING illustrate how many different words share the same opening and fixed IL positions.

Which word scores the most with I second and L third?

KILLJOY and ZILCHES tie at 21 points in the scoring examples. Both make strong use of high-value letters, while PILLBOX scores 18. Your actual turn total depends on the board, including premium squares and the placement of each tile.

Which dictionary has the most words in this pattern?

Collins has the largest count, with 312 matches. NWL2023 contains 242, and ENABLE contains 235. Those dictionary totals differ, so check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry such as FILAZER or MILCHIK.

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