7-letter words with L as the 1st letter and D as the 7th letter

This fixed pattern pairs a familiar opening letter with a less common final one. LIMITED, LOCATED, and LEARNED are recognizable results, while LYMPHAD and LOWVELD are less likely to come to mind during a game. Only 12 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words, so expect a mix of everyday forms and specialist vocabulary.

The L…D pattern at a glance

• There are 94 seven-letter matches beginning with L and ending with D.
• LIMITED, LOCATED, LEARNED, and LAUGHED are familiar examples.
• Only 12 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words.
• Collins accepts 90 matches; NWL2023 accepts 75 and ENABLE accepts 64.
• LYMPHAD tops the scoring examples at 18 Scrabble points.

How many words match the L-first, D-last pattern?

There are 94 seven-letter words with L in the first position and D in the last. Common-looking results include LIMITED, LOCATED, LEARNED, LAUGHED, and LABELED, giving you several familiar starting points when you scan the pattern.

The endings reveal a useful clue: many recognizable matches are past-tense or participle forms. LAUGHED, LOWERED, LATCHED, and LOBBIED all fit, but only 12 entries rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words. For comparison, the same S…D pattern has 587 matches, far more than this L…D set.

Scoring and dictionary differences

LYMPHAD scores 18 points in Scrabble, the highest score among these examples. LYNCHED follows at 16; LUXATED and LYCOPOD each score 15. The more familiar LAKEBED and LOWVELD both score 14, while LATCHED and LURCHED each score 13.

For a rack decision, check whether the word is accepted before planning around its score. Collins includes 90 of these matches, compared with 75 in NWL2023 and 64 in ENABLE. That gap matters most for unusual choices such as LYMPHAD: the full set of 7-letter words with L as the 1st letter and D as the 7th letter is not accepted uniformly across game dictionaries.