7-letter words with L as the 1st letter and I as the 4th letter

Pinning down two letters narrows the search, but this pattern still has a mix of recognizable words and rarer tournament entries. LIMITED, LOGICAL, and LEXICON are easy examples to scan for; LIXIVIA and LALIQUE stand out for scoring. Only 10 entries fall among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect many less familiar options.

The L-I pattern at a glance

• There are 120 matches, with L fixed first and I fixed fourth.
• Nearly half the matches end in S: 59 of the 120 words.
• The next most frequent ending is R, with 11 matches; T follows with 10.
• LIXIVIA leads the scoring examples at 17 points; LEXICON scores 16.
• Collins accepts 117 of the 120, NWL2023 accepts 91 and ENABLE accepts 76.

How many 7-letter words with L first and I fourth are there?

There are 120 seven-letter matches. That is fewer than half the 295 words with S first and I fourth, but slightly more than the 110 with L first and T fourth. The fixed letters leave a useful middle-sized search: narrower than a broad starting-letter list, yet not so tight that you have only a few candidates.

The endings give you a quick way to sort candidates. S is the clear leader at 59 words; R, T, and L follow with 11, 10, and 7. If your clue points to a plural or another S-ending form, start with examples such as LESIONS, LEGIONS, and LININGS.

For a different ending, LENIENT ends in T and LIMITED ends in D.

Which 7-letter words with L first and I fourth score most?

LIXIVIA tops the scoring examples at 17 points. LEXICON, LEXICAL, LAZIEST, LALIQUE, and LAXISMS each score 16, while LIVIDLY and LAXISTS score 14. In a rack, notice the high-value X in LEXICON and LEXICAL; where it lands on a premium square can matter as much as its raw score.

Dictionary coverage is not identical: 76 matches appear in ENABLE, 117 in Collins, and 91 in NWL2023, with overlap between those sets. Many entries are uncommon, and a match here does not guarantee acceptance in every game. Check your game’s word list before banking on a rare option such as LIXIVIA.