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7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and C as the 5th letter

7-letter words with L second and C fifth total 47; BLOTCHY leads at 17 points.

47 wordsTop pick ILLICITHighest score BLOTCHY 17

2 of 47 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With L in 2nd place, I is the most common 5th letter (239 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 47 · most-used first

  • ILLICIT9
  • GLANCED11
  • GLANCES10
  • FLACCID15
  • FLEECED13
  • ALPACAS11
  • GLITCHY16
  • SLOUCHY15
  • BLOTCHY17
  • FLEECES12
  • BLANCOS11
  • SLUICES9
  • PLANCHE14
  • FLATCAR12
  • CLOACAL11
  • ALLICIN9
  • SLUICED10
  • CLOACAE11
  • ILIACUS9
  • ALENCON9
  • CLUTCHY17
  • CLOACAS11
  • BLUECAP13
  • GLANCER10
  • ELENCHI12
  • FLATCAP14
  • ALERCES9
  • ALLICES9
  • ALMUCES11
  • ALNICOS9
  • ALPACCA13
  • CLAUCHT14
  • CLEUCHS14
  • ELANCED10
  • ELANCES9
  • ELENCHS12
  • FLEECER12
  • FLEECIE12
  • FLOCCED15
  • FLOCCUS14
  • OLFACTS12
  • PLACCAT13
  • PLAICES11
  • PLEUCHS14
  • PLUMCOT13
  • SLEECHY15
  • SLUTCHY15
All valid words 47

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

  • ALENCON9
  • ALERCES9
  • ALLICES9
  • ALLICIN9
  • ALMUCES11
  • ALNICOS9
  • ALPACAS11
  • ALPACCA13
  • BLANCOS11
  • BLOTCHY17
  • BLUECAP13
  • CLAUCHT14
  • CLEUCHS14
  • CLOACAE11
  • CLOACAL11
  • CLOACAS11
  • CLUTCHY17
  • ELANCED10
  • ELANCES9
  • ELENCHI12
  • ELENCHS12
  • FLACCID15
  • FLATCAP14
  • FLATCAR12
  • FLEECED13
  • FLEECER12
  • FLEECES12
  • FLEECIE12
  • FLOCCED15
  • FLOCCUS14
  • GLANCED11
  • GLANCER10
  • GLANCES10
  • GLITCHY16
  • ILIACUS9
  • ILLICIT9
  • OLFACTS12
  • PLACCAT13
  • PLAICES11
  • PLANCHE14
  • PLEUCHS14
  • PLUMCOT13
  • SLEECHY15
  • SLOUCHY15
  • SLUICED10
  • SLUICES9
  • SLUTCHY15
Letters by positionIn 38% of these words the 7th letter is S.
1st letter
  1. F19%
  2. A17%
  3. C13%
3rd letter
  1. A28%
  2. E23%
  3. O15%
4th letter
  1. N21%
  2. I15%
  3. A15%
6th letter
  1. E32%
  2. H26%
  3. A17%
7th letter
  1. S38%
  2. D13%
  3. Y13%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; BLOTCHY tops the list with 17. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 99 points: 9 words
  2. 10 points: 4 words
  3. 1111 points: 8 words
  4. 12 points: 7 words
  5. 1313 points: 5 words
  6. 14 points: 6 words
  7. 1515 points: 5 words
  8. 16 points: 1 words
  9. 1717 points: 2 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
BLOTCHY1718All three
CLUTCHY1719All three
GLITCHY1617All three
FLACCID1518All three
SLOUCHY1516All three
SLEECHY1515Collins only
FLOCCED1518All three
SLUTCHY1516Collins only
PLANCHE1417All three
FLATCAP1417All three
CLAUCHT1417All three
CLEUCHS1417Collins only

A fixed second L and fifth C leave five open positions, but the matches do not feel like one tidy word family. ILLICIT and GLANCED are recognizable, while FLACCID and BLOTCHY show how varied the consonant clusters can be. Just two entries meet the frequency cutoff, so familiarity is the exception rather than the rule.

At a glance on this pattern

  • 47 tournament-dictionary matches fit the fixed positions.
  • 2 qualify among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
  • BLOTCHY scores 17 points, the group's top base value.
  • The endings cluster around S, while every example keeps the same middle C.

7-letter words with L second and C fifth

BLOTCHY and CLUTCHY share the lead at 17 points; GLITCHY follows at 16. Each packs a high-value letter into a legal frame, so the pattern can pay off when your rack supplies the remaining tiles. FLACCID reaches 15, while SLOUCHY also scores well; compare the exact rack before spending a premium tile.

S is the most common final letter, appearing on 18 matches. GLANCES and FLEECES are clear examples, but the S ending does not mean every entry is a plural. D and Y each occur six times, making GLANCED and BLOTCHY useful counterexamples when the last square is fixed.

What should you know before playing?

Tip

Anchor the known tiles first, then compare the remaining letters with the exact spelling of the candidate.

Questions people ask

Which word scores highest in the L-and-C pattern?
BLOTCHY and CLUTCHY tie at 17 points, the top score among these matches. GLITCHY follows at 16, then FLACCID at 15. Board bonuses can change the actual play total, but the base values put those three first.
How many matches end in S?
Eighteen of the 47 matches end in S, more than any other final letter. GLANCES and FLEECES show that ending, while GLANCED represents the six-word D group. The S ending is common, though it does not make each word a plural.
Are these words common in everyday English?
Only two of the 47 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency. ILLICIT and GLANCED are recognizable examples, but many alternatives are specialized or uncommon. Collins covers the full set, while NWL2023 includes 31.

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