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.
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
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
Common words
- PLAYING13
- CLOSING10
- BLOWING13
- PLACING12
- FLOWING14
- BLAMING12
- SLIDING9
- GLOWING12
- SLOWING11
- FLEEING11
- FLEMING13
- BLAZING19
- FLAMING13
- GLARING9
- SLAYING11
- CLONING10
- GLIDING10
- PLATING10
- SLICING10
All valid words 83
- 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
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAZING | 19 | 23 | All three |
| FLEXING | 18 | 21 | All three |
| GLAZING | 18 | 22 | All three |
| FLUXING | 18 | 22 | All three |
| GLOZING | 18 | 22 | All three |
| FLIXING | 18 | 21 | Collins only |
| FLYPING | 16 | 19 | Collins only |
| FLAKING | 15 | 18 | All three |
| FLUKING | 15 | 19 | All three |
| CLYPING | 15 | 19 | Collins only |
| FLOWING | 14 | 17 | All three |
| FLAYING | 14 | 16 | All 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.
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