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

7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and A as the 3rd letter total 385, including PLAYING, CLASSIC, and PLASTIC.

385 wordsTop pick PLAYINGHighest score GLAZILY 20

62 of 385 are everyday words (16%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd letter
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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 L in 2nd place, A is the most common 3rd letter (385 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 62 · most-used first

PLAYING₁₃
PLAYERS₁₂
CLASSES₉
CLASSIC₁₁
PLANNED₁₀
CLAIMED₁₂
PLASTIC₁₁
GLASSES₈
SLAVERY₁₃
PLACING₁₂
PLAYOFF₁₈
BLANKET₁₃
PLANETS₉
PLANTED₁₀
CLARITY₁₂
BLAMING₁₂
CLARIFY₁₅
FLAVOUR₁₃
SLAPPED₁₂
BLADDER₁₁
SLAMMED₁₂
FLAVORS₁₃
PLATEAU₉
ELASTIC₉
GLACIER₁₀
FLASHES₁₃
CLASHES₁₂
PLANNER₉
PLASTER₉
PLAYFUL₁₅
PLATOON₉
GLAMOUR₁₀
BLASTED₁₀
ALARMED₁₀
BLAZING₁₉
PLACEBO₁₃
BLATANT₉
PLAGUED₁₁
CLAUSES₉
FLAMING₁₃
GLACIAL₁₀
PLAINLY₁₂
FLASHED₁₄
BLAZERS₁₈
SLANDER₈
CLASSED₁₀
FLAGGED₁₃
GLARING₉

Showing the top 48 of 62 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 385

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

ALALIAS₇
ALAMEDA₁₀
ALAMODE₁₀
ALAMORT₉
ALANINE₇
ALANINS₇
ALANNAH₁₀
ALANYLS₁₀
ALARMED₁₀
ALARUMS₉
ALASKAS₁₁
ALASTOR₇
ALATION₇
ALAYING₁₁
BLABBED₁₄
BLABBER₁₃
BLACKED₁₆
BLACKEN₁₅
BLACKER₁₅
BLACKLY₁₈
BLADDED₁₂
BLADDER₁₁
BLADERS₁₀
BLADING₁₁
BLAGGED₁₂
BLAGGER₁₁
BLAGUER₁₀
BLAGUES₁₀
BLAHEST₁₂
BLAHING₁₃
BLAMERS₁₁
BLAMING₁₂
BLAMMED₁₄
BLANCOS₁₁
BLANDER₁₀
BLANDLY₁₃
BLANKED₁₄
BLANKER₁₃
BLANKET₁₃
BLANKIE₁₃
BLANKLY₁₆
BLARING₁₀
BLARNEY₁₂
BLARTED₁₀
BLASHES₁₂
BLASTED₁₀
BLASTER₉
BLASTIE₉
BLATANT₉
BLATEST₉
BLATHER₁₂
BLATTED₁₀
BLATTER₉
BLAUBOK₁₅
BLAUDED₁₁
BLAWING₁₃
BLAWORT₁₂
BLAZERS₁₈
BLAZING₁₉
BLAZONS₁₈
CLABBER₁₃
CLACHAN₁₄
CLACKED₁₆
CLACKER₁₅
CLADDED₁₂
CLADDER₁₁
CLADDIE₁₁
CLADISM₁₂
CLADIST₁₀
CLADODE₁₁
CLAGGED₁₂
CLAIMED₁₂
CLAIMER₁₁
CLAMANT₁₁
CLAMBER₁₃
CLAMMED₁₄
CLAMMER₁₃
CLAMORS₁₁
CLAMOUR₁₁
CLAMPED₁₄
CLAMPER₁₃
CLANGED₁₁
CLANGER₁₀
CLANGOR₁₀
CLANKED₁₄
CLAPNET₁₁
CLAPPED₁₄
CLAPPER₁₃
CLAQUER₁₈
CLAQUES₁₈
CLARAIN₉
CLARETS₉
CLARIES₉
CLARIFY₁₅
CLARINI₉
CLARINO₉
CLARION₉
CLARITY₁₂
CLARKIA₁₃
CLAROES₉
CLARTED₁₀
CLASHED₁₃
CLASHER₁₂
CLASHES₁₂
CLASPED₁₂
CLASPER₁₁
CLASSED₁₀
CLASSER₉
CLASSES₉
CLASSIC₁₁
CLASSIS₉
CLASSON₉
CLASTIC₁₁
CLATTED₁₀
CLATTER₉
CLAUCHT₁₄
CLAUGHT₁₃
CLAUSAL₉
CLAUSES₉
CLAUTED₁₀
CLAVATE₁₂
CLAVERS₁₂
CLAVIER₁₂
CLAVIES₁₂
CLAWERS₁₂
CLAWING₁₃
CLAXONS₁₆
CLAYIER₁₂
CLAYING₁₃
CLAYISH₁₅
CLAYPAN₁₄
ELANCED₁₀
ELANCES₉
ELANETS₇
ELAPIDS₁₀
ELAPINE₉
ELAPSED₁₀
ELAPSES₉
ELASTIC₉
ELASTIN₇
ELATERS₇
ELATING₈
ELATION₇
ELATIVE₁₀
FLACCID₁₅
FLACKED₁₇
FLACKER₁₆
FLACKET₁₆
FLACONS₁₂
FLAFFED₁₇
FLAFFER₁₆
FLAGGED₁₃
FLAGGER₁₂
FLAGMAN₁₃
FLAGMEN₁₃
FLAGONS₁₁
FLAILED₁₁
FLAKERS₁₄
FLAKIER₁₄
FLAKIES₁₄
FLAKILY₁₇
FLAKING₁₅
FLAMBEE₁₄
FLAMBES₁₄
FLAMENS₁₂
FLAMERS₁₂
FLAMFEW₁₈
FLAMIER₁₂
FLAMING₁₃
FLAMMED₁₅
FLANEUR₁₀
FLANGED₁₂
FLANGER₁₁
FLANGES₁₁
FLANKED₁₅
FLANKEN₁₄
FLANKER₁₄
FLANNEL₁₀
FLANNEN₁₀
FLAPPED₁₅
FLAPPER₁₄
FLAREUP₁₂
FLARIER₁₀
FLARING₁₁
FLASERS₁₀
FLASHED₁₄
FLASHER₁₃
FLASHES₁₃
FLASKET₁₄
FLATBED₁₃
FLATCAP₁₄
FLATCAR₁₂
FLATLET₁₀
FLATTED₁₁
FLATTEN₁₀
FLATTER₁₀
FLATTIE₁₀
FLATTOP₁₂
FLAUGHT₁₄
FLAUNCH₁₅
FLAUNES₁₀
FLAUNTS₁₀
FLAUNTY₁₃
FLAUTAS₁₀
FLAVEDO₁₄
FLAVINE₁₃
FLAVINS₁₃
FLAVONE₁₃
FLAVORS₁₃
FLAVORY₁₆
FLAVOUR₁₃
FLAWIER₁₃
FLAWING₁₄
FLAXIER₁₇
FLAYERS₁₃
FLAYING₁₄
GLACEED₁₁
GLACIAL₁₀
GLACIER₁₀
GLADDED₁₁
GLADDEN₁₀
GLADDER₁₀
GLADDIE₁₀
GLADDON₁₀
GLADFUL₁₂
GLADIER₉
GLADIUS₉
GLAIKET₁₂
GLAIKIT₁₂
GLAIRED₉
GLAIRES₈
GLAIRIN₈
GLAIVED₁₂
GLAIVES₁₁
GLAMMED₁₃
GLAMMER₁₂
GLAMORS₁₀
GLAMOUR₁₀
GLAMPED₁₃
GLAMPER₁₂
GLANCED₁₁
GLANCER₁₀
GLANCES₁₀
GLANDES₉
GLAREAL₈
GLARIER₈
GLARING₉
GLASSED₉
GLASSEN₈
GLASSES₈
GLASSIE₈
GLAUMED₁₁
GLAZERS₁₇
GLAZIER₁₇
GLAZILY₂₀
GLAZING₁₈
KLAPPED₁₆
KLATSCH₁₆
KLAVERN₁₄
KLAVIER₁₄
KLAXONS₁₈
LLANERO₇
PLAASES₉
PLACARD₁₂
PLACATE₁₁
PLACCAT₁₃
PLACEBO₁₃
PLACERS₁₁
PLACETS₁₁
PLACING₁₂
PLACITA₁₁
PLACITS₁₁
PLACKET₁₅
PLACOID₁₂
PLAFOND₁₃
PLAGIUM₁₂
PLAGUED₁₁
PLAGUER₁₀
PLAGUES₁₀
PLAGUEY₁₃
PLAICES₁₁
PLAIDED₁₁
PLAINED₁₀
PLAINER₉
PLAINLY₁₂
PLAINTS₉
PLAITED₁₀
PLAITER₉
PLANATE₉
PLANCHE₁₄
PLANERS₉
PLANETS₉
PLANING₁₀
PLANISH₁₂
PLANKED₁₄
PLANNED₁₀
PLANNER₉
PLANTAE₉
PLANTAR₉
PLANTAS₉
PLANTED₁₀
PLANTER₉
PLANULA₉
PLANURY₁₂
PLANXTY₁₉
PLAPPED₁₄
PLAQUES₁₈
PLASHED₁₃
PLASHER₁₂
PLASHES₁₂
PLASHET₁₂
PLASMAS₁₁
PLASMIC₁₃
PLASMID₁₂
PLASMIN₁₁
PLASMON₁₁
PLASTER₉
PLASTIC₁₁
PLASTID₁₀
PLATANE₉
PLATANS₉
PLATEAU₉
PLATENS₉
PLATERS₉
PLATIER₉
PLATIES₉
PLATINA₉
PLATING₁₀
PLATOON₉
PLATTED₁₀
PLATTER₉
PLATYPI₁₄
PLAUDIT₁₀
PLAYACT₁₄
PLAYBOY₁₇
PLAYBUS₁₄
PLAYDAY₁₆
PLAYERS₁₂
PLAYFUL₁₅
PLAYING₁₃
PLAYLET₁₂
PLAYOFF₁₈
PLAYPEN₁₄
PLAYSET₁₂
SLABBED₁₂
SLABBER₁₁
SLACKED₁₄
SLACKEN₁₃
SLACKER₁₃
SLACKLY₁₆
SLADANG₉
SLAGGED₁₀
SLAHALS₁₀
SLAINTE₇
SLAIRGS₈
SLAKERS₁₁
SLAKING₁₂
SLALOMS₉
SLAMMED₁₂
SLAMMER₁₁
SLANDER₈
SLANGED₉
SLANGER₈
SLANTED₈
SLANTER₇
SLANTLY₁₀
SLAPPED₁₂
SLAPPER₁₁
SLARTED₈
SLASHED₁₁
SLASHER₁₀
SLASHES₁₀
SLATERS₇
SLATHER₁₀
SLATIER₇
SLATING₈
SLATTED₈
SLATTER₇
SLAVERS₁₀
SLAVERY₁₃
SLAVEYS₁₃
SLAVING₁₁
SLAVISH₁₃
SLAYERS₁₀
SLAYING₁₁

Letters by positionIn 49% of these words the 6th letter is E.

1st letter

P21%
F19%
C18%

4th letter

N15%
S11%
T11%

5th letter

I18%
E10%
T10%

6th letter

E49%
N12%
R8%

7th letter

S22%
R20%
D19%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; GLAZILY tops the list with 20. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 15 words
8 points: 15 words
99 points: 58 words
10 points: 65 words
1111 points: 50 words
12 points: 55 words
1313 points: 46 words
14 points: 35 words
1515 points: 14 words
16 points: 12 words
1717 points: 7 words
18 points: 10 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
GLAZILY	20	22	Collins · NWL
BLAZING	19	23	All three
PLANXTY	19	21	Collins only
PLAYOFF	18	19	All three
BLAZERS	18	20	All three
PLAQUES	18	21	All three
GLAZING	18	22	All three
KLAXONS	18	20	All three
BLACKLY	18	21	All three
BLAZONS	18	21	All three
CLAQUES	18	21	All three
CLAQUER	18	21	All three

This broad frame covers 385 words, far more than the other patterns here. PLAYING, PLAYERS, CLASSES, CLASSIC, PLANNED, and PLASTIC show why: the same L-A core supports many opening consonants. P leads with 82 entries, followed by F with 72 and C with 71.

Key facts about this pattern

385 words place L second and A third.
P, F, and C begin 82, 72, and 71 entries respectively.
S is the leading ending at 83; R and D follow at 76 and 75.
GLAZILY scores 20 points; BLAZING and PLANXTY score 19.

How the L-A pattern takes shape

The first letter reshapes the family. PLAYING, PLAYERS, and PLAYOFF start with P; CLASSES, CLASSIC, and CLARITY begin with C; FLAVOUR and FLAVORS take F. P contributes 82 words, F 72, and C 71, so those three starts account for most of the obvious entry points.

S is the leading final letter at 83, but R and D are close behind at 76 and 75. GLASSES, PLAYERS, and CLASSES illustrate S endings; CLARITY shows Y. The L-A core does not predict a plural.

Which plays stand out on the board?

Tip

GLAZILY scores 20 before premiums; BLAZING and PLANXTY each reach 19. The high-scoring choices use less obvious letter combinations than PLAYING, so inspect the rack for Z before overlooking the scoring opportunities.

Using the L-A frame

The large total has a broad familiar core: 62 entries meet the common-word cutoff, and 331 have a definition in the named dictionaries. Yet the tournament lists still differ: Collins contains 375, ENABLE 295, and NWL2023 318. Always use the list tied to your game.

For clue solving, fix L and A in the second and third cells, then branch by the first letter: P, F, and C offer the richest groups. If those do not fit, the list also has substantial B and S groups at 46 and 41 words. Finally, use the ending counts to keep S, R, and D in play.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words have L second and A third?

There are 385 matching words. Common examples include PLAYING, PLAYERS, CLASSES, CLASSIC, PLANNED, and PLASTIC, with P, F, and C providing the three largest starting-letter groups.

Which starting letter appears most often?

P is the most frequent first letter, with 82 entries. F follows at 72 and C at 71; B and S contribute 46 and 41. These counts make P, F, and C the strongest first branches when solving.

What is the highest-scoring word with this pattern?

GLAZILY scores 20 points before board bonuses. BLAZING and PLANXTY each score 19, while PLAYOFF and BLAZERS score 18. Premium squares can change the final result, and rarer options should be checked in your game list.

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

Common words 62 · most-used first

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Key facts about this pattern

How the L-A pattern takes shape

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Using the L-A frame

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