7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and I as the 4th letter

Fix L in the second position and I in the fourth, and 71 tournament-dictionary entries fit. CLAIMED, ALRIGHT, and PLAINLY are among the recognizable options; ALBIZIA and GLAIKIT are less familiar. Frequency is a sharp filter here: just 4 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words, so the pattern is richer in playable candidates than everyday vocabulary.

The pattern and its strongest clues

• The L-second, I-fourth pattern has 71 tournament-dictionary matches.
• Only 4 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• ALBIZIA tops the base-score list at 18 points.
• Collins lists 69 matches, compared with 55 in NWL2023 and 52 in ENABLE.
• S closes 31 matches, making it the leading final letter by a wide margin.

Which first and last letters occur most often?

A is the most common opening, with 18 words; G and P each start 9. S begins 7 matches, while E, F, and I each begin 6. If the first tile is still unknown, A is the strongest opening to test against your other clues.

The ending distribution is even more lopsided: 31 words finish in S, while D appears at the end of 10 and T at the end of 9. ALBINOS, SLEIGHS, and SLUICES show how often a plural or inflected form supplies that final S. Keep D and T in reserve when the board rules them out.

7-letter words with L as 2nd and I as 4th letter

ALBIZIA is the scoring standout at 18 points before board bonuses. FLUIDLY and FLYINGS each earn 14, while CLAIMED and PLAINLY each score 12. The familiar choices do not lead the raw score table: the unusual ALBIZIA beats them by 6 points over CLAIMED.

Dictionary coverage changes the practical pool: Collins has 69 matches, but NWL2023 has 55 and ENABLE has 52. Only 4 entries meet the common-word frequency cutoff, so an obscure high scorer is not automatically accepted in your game. Check its word list before building a play around it; ALRIGHT and CLAIMED are more familiar examples from the pattern.