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

7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and G as the 7th letter total 83, including playing, closing, and blazing.

83 wordsTop pick PLAYINGHighest score BLAZING 19

19 of 83 are everyday words (23%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With L in 2nd place, S is the most common 7th letter (350 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

  • Length
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  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
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  • 13
  • 14
  • 15

Common words 19 · most-used first

All valid words 83

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

  • ALAYING11
  • ALEYING11
  • ALINING8
  • ALLYING11
  • BLADING11
  • BLAHING13
  • BLAMING12
  • BLARING10
  • BLAWING13
  • BLAZING19
  • BLOWING13
  • BLUEING10
  • BLUMING12
  • CLAWING13
  • CLAYING13
  • CLEPING12
  • CLEWING13
  • CLIPING12
  • CLOKING14
  • CLONING10
  • CLOSING10
  • CLOYING13
  • CLUEING10
  • CLYPING15
  • ELATING8
  • ELIDING9
  • ELOPING10
  • ELUDING9
  • ELUTING8
  • FLAKING15
  • FLAMING13
  • FLARING11
  • FLAWING14
  • FLAYING14
  • FLEABAG13
  • FLEEING11
  • FLEMING13
  • FLEXING18
  • FLEYING14
  • FLITING11
  • FLIXING18
  • FLOWING14
  • FLUKING15
  • FLUMING13
  • FLUTING11
  • FLUXING18
  • FLYPING16
  • FLYTING14
  • GLARING9
  • GLAZING18
  • GLEEING9
  • GLEYING12
  • GLIDING10
  • GLIMING11
  • GLOBING11
  • GLOVING12
  • GLOWING12
  • GLOZING18
  • GLUEING9
  • KLUGING13
  • PLACING12
  • PLANING10
  • PLATING10
  • PLAYING13
  • PLEAING10
  • PLOWING13
  • PLOYING13
  • PLUMING12
  • PLUSING10
  • SLADANG9
  • SLAKING12
  • SLATING8
  • SLAVING11
  • SLAYING11
  • SLEWING11
  • SLICING10
  • SLIDING9
  • SLIMING10
  • SLIPING10
  • SLIVING11
  • SLOPING10
  • SLOWING11
  • SLUEING8
Letters by positionIn 99% of these words the 6th letter is N.
1st letter
  1. F23%
  2. S17%
  3. C13%
3rd letter
  1. A31%
  2. O18%
  3. U17%
4th letter
  1. Y13%
  2. W12%
  3. M10%
5th letter
  1. I98%
  2. A1%
  3. B1%
6th letter
  1. N99%
  2. A1%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; BLAZING tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 88 points: 5 words
  2. 9 points: 7 words
  3. 1010 points: 15 words
  4. 11 points: 15 words
  5. 1212 points: 10 words
  6. 13 points: 15 words
  7. 1414 points: 6 words
  8. 15 points: 3 words
  9. 1616 points: 1 words
  10. 17 points: 0 words
  11. 1818 points: 5 words
  12. 19 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
BLAZING1923All three
FLEXING1821All three
GLAZING1822All three
FLUXING1822All three
GLOZING1822All three
FLIXING1821Collins only
FLYPING1619Collins only
FLAKING1518All three
FLUKING1519All three
CLYPING1519Collins only
FLOWING1417All three
FLAYING1416All three

Only 83 tournament-dictionary entries fit this pattern, and their opening letters are unusually concentrated: F leads with 19, followed by S with 14. Familiar forms such as playing, blowing, and glowing make the pattern easy to recognize. Just 19 matches qualify as common words by the site’s frequency measure, so the full set reaches well beyond everyday vocabulary.

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

  • There are 83 matches across ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023.
  • Collins includes 83 matches; NWL2023 has 68, and ENABLE has 66.
  • F is the most common first letter, with 19 words; S follows with 14.
  • Blazing scores 19 points, the top score among these examples.
  • Only 19 matches count as common words by the site’s frequency measure.

Why are there fewer matches with L second?

The 83 matches are a small set beside other second-letter choices with G fixed at the end. A second-position A gives 462 matches, O gives 429, and E gives 374. Even I and U lead to 293 and 263 words, respectively, so L sharply narrows this pattern.

F begins 19 of the matches, while S begins 14 and C and G each begin 11. That spread gives you a practical search order: check F words such as flaming and flowing first, then try familiar S forms like sliding and slowing.

Which matches score most in Scrabble?

Blazing leads at 19 points. Flexing, glazing, fluxing, glozing, and flixing each score 18, putting several less familiar choices close behind. Flaking and fluking score 15 apiece, while playing and closing are recognizable alternatives when your rack favors common letters.

Dictionary coverage changes with the game: Collins has 83 matches, compared with 68 in NWL2023 and 66 in ENABLE. That gap matters most for unusual entries such as glozing or flixing, so check your game’s word list before relying on a rare play. Every match already ends in G; focus your pattern search on the first five letters.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have L second and G last?
There are 83 matches across the tournament dictionaries counted here. The total is 66 in ENABLE, 68 in NWL2023, and 83 in Collins, so the accepted set depends on which word list your game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word in this pattern?
Blazing scores 19 points, the highest score among the examples for this pattern. Flexing and glazing each score 18, alongside fluxing, glozing, and flixing; confirm an unfamiliar word in your game’s dictionary before playing it.
Which first letter appears most often in these words?
F is the most frequent first letter, appearing in 19 matches. S comes next with 14, while C and G each begin 11. Try F first when you know the second letter is L and the final letter is G.

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