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

7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and I as the 5th letter total 239, including familiar picks like PLAYING, CLOSING, and BLOWING.

239 wordsTop pick PLAYINGHighest score GLAZILY 20

26 of 239 are everyday words (11%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

2nd 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

5th 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, I is the most common 5th letter (239 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 26 · most-used first

PLAYING₁₃
CLOSING₁₀
BLOWING₁₃
PLACING₁₂
FLOWING₁₄
CLARITY₁₂
BLAMING₁₂
SLIDING₉
CLARIFY₁₅
CLINICS₁₁
GLOWING₁₂
SLOWING₁₁
FLEEING₁₁
GLACIER₁₀
FLEMING₁₃
BLAZING₁₉
ELUSIVE₁₀
FLAMING₁₃
GLACIAL₁₀
GLARING₉
SLAYING₁₁
CLONING₁₀
GLIDING₁₀
PLATING₁₀
SLICING₁₀
CLERICS₁₁

All valid words 239

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

ALALIAS₇
ALANINE₇
ALANINS₇
ALATION₇
ALAYING₁₁
ALCAICS₁₁
ALCAIDE₁₀
ALDRINS₈
ALEPINE₉
ALERION₇
ALEVINS₁₀
ALEWIFE₁₃
ALEXIAS₁₄
ALEXINE₁₄
ALEXINS₁₄
ALEYING₁₁
ALIBIED₁₀
ALIBIES₉
ALINING₈
ALLYING₁₁
ALMAINS₉
ALODIAL₈
ALODIUM₁₀
ALOGIAS₈
ALTOIST₇
ALUMINA₉
ALUMINE₉
ALUMINS₉
ALUMISH₁₂
ALUMIUM₁₁
ALUNITE₇
BLADING₁₁
BLAHING₁₃
BLAMING₁₂
BLARING₁₀
BLAWING₁₃
BLAZING₁₉
BLEMISH₁₄
BLEWITS₁₂
BLOKIER₁₃
BLOKISH₁₆
BLOWIER₁₂
BLOWIES₁₂
BLOWING₁₃
BLUDIER₁₀
BLUEING₁₀
BLUEISH₁₂
BLUMING₁₂
CLADISM₁₂
CLADIST₁₀
CLARIES₉
CLARIFY₁₅
CLARINI₉
CLARINO₉
CLARION₉
CLARITY₁₂
CLAVIER₁₂
CLAVIES₁₂
CLAWING₁₃
CLAYIER₁₂
CLAYING₁₃
CLAYISH₁₅
CLEPING₁₂
CLERICS₁₁
CLERIDS₁₀
CLERISY₁₂
CLEWING₁₃
CLINICS₁₁
CLIPING₁₂
CLITICS₁₁
CLIVIAS₁₂
CLOKING₁₄
CLONING₁₀
CLONISM₁₁
CLOSING₁₀
CLOYING₁₃
CLUEING₁₀
CLUSIAS₉
CLYPING₁₅
ELAPIDS₁₀
ELAPINE₉
ELATING₈
ELATION₇
ELATIVE₁₀
ELDRICH₁₃
ELEGIAC₁₀
ELEGIES₈
ELEGISE₈
ELEGIST₈
ELEGITS₈
ELEGIZE₁₇
ELFLIKE₁₄
ELICITS₉
ELIDING₉
ELISION₇
ELITISM₉
ELITIST₇
ELIXIRS₁₄
ELOGIES₈
ELOGIST₈
ELOGIUM₁₀
ELOPING₁₀
ELSHINS₁₀
ELUDING₉
ELUSION₇
ELUSIVE₁₀
ELUTING₈
ELUTION₇
ELUVIAL₁₀
ELUVIUM₁₂
ELYSIAN₁₀
FLAKIER₁₄
FLAKIES₁₄
FLAKILY₁₇
FLAKING₁₅
FLAMIER₁₂
FLAMING₁₃
FLARIER₁₀
FLARING₁₁
FLAVINE₁₃
FLAVINS₁₃
FLAWIER₁₃
FLAWING₁₄
FLAXIER₁₇
FLAYING₁₄
FLEEING₁₁
FLEMING₁₃
FLEMISH₁₅
FLEXILE₁₇
FLEXING₁₈
FLEXION₁₇
FLEYING₁₄
FLITING₁₁
FLIXING₁₈
FLORIER₁₀
FLORINS₁₀
FLORIST₁₀
FLOWING₁₄
FLUKIER₁₄
FLUKILY₁₇
FLUKING₁₅
FLUMING₁₃
FLUTIER₁₀
FLUTINA₁₀
FLUTING₁₁
FLUTIST₁₀
FLUVIAL₁₃
FLUXING₁₈
FLUXION₁₇
FLUXIVE₂₀
FLYLINE₁₃
FLYPING₁₆
FLYTIER₁₃
FLYTING₁₄
GLACIAL₁₀
GLACIER₁₀
GLADIER₉
GLADIUS₉
GLARIER₈
GLARING₉
GLAZIER₁₇
GLAZILY₂₀
GLAZING₁₈
GLEEING₉
GLEYING₁₂
GLIDING₁₀
GLIMING₁₁
GLOBING₁₁
GLOBINS₁₀
GLORIAS₈
GLORIED₉
GLORIES₈
GLORIFY₁₄
GLOVING₁₂
GLOWING₁₂
GLOZING₁₈
GLUCINA₁₀
GLUEING₉
GLYCINE₁₃
GLYCINS₁₃
KLAVIER₁₄
KLUGING₁₃
OLDWIFE₁₄
OLEFINE₁₀
OLEFINS₁₀
OLIGIST₈
OLIVINE₁₀
OLOGIES₈
OLOGIST₈
PLACING₁₂
PLACITA₁₁
PLACITS₁₁
PLAGIUM₁₂
PLANING₁₀
PLANISH₁₂
PLATIER₉
PLATIES₉
PLATINA₉
PLATING₁₀
PLAYING₁₃
PLEAING₁₀
PLEBIFY₁₇
PLENIPO₁₁
PLENISH₁₂
PLENISM₁₁
PLENIST₉
PLERION₉
PLOSION₉
PLOSIVE₁₂
PLOWING₁₃
PLOYING₁₃
PLUMIER₁₁
PLUMING₁₂
PLUMIST₁₁
PLUSING₁₀
PLUVIAL₁₂
PLUVIAN₁₂
SLAKING₁₂
SLATIER₇
SLATING₈
SLAVING₁₁
SLAVISH₁₃
SLAYING₁₁
SLEWING₁₁
SLICING₁₀
SLIDING₉
SLIMIER₉
SLIMILY₁₂
SLIMING₁₀
SLIPING₁₀
SLIVING₁₁
SLOPIER₉
SLOPING₁₀
SLOWING₁₁
SLOWISH₁₃
SLUEING₈
SLUMISM₁₁
ULEXITE₁₄
ZLOTIES₁₆

Letters by positionIn 46% of these words the 6th letter is N.

1st letter

F18%
E13%
A13%

3rd letter

A30%
U18%
E17%

4th letter

R10%
T10%
M9%

6th letter

N46%
E15%
S12%

7th letter

G34%
S17%
R10%

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: 13 words
8 points: 20 words
99 points: 31 words
10 points: 44 words
1111 points: 28 words
12 points: 31 words
1313 points: 27 words
14 points: 19 words
1515 points: 6 words
16 points: 3 words
1717 points: 9 words
18 points: 5 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
GLAZILY	20	22	Collins · NWL
FLUXIVE	20	23	Collins only
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
FLEXION	17	19	All three
GLAZIER	17	19	All three
FLEXILE	17	19	All three
FLUXION	17	20	All three

The fixed pattern is _L__I__, with L locked into position two and I into position five. Familiar matches include PLAYING, CLOSING, BLOWING, and PLACING; each gives you a different route through the same letter frame. The 239-word set is broad, but just 26 entries meet the common-word cutoff, so expect plenty of less familiar vocabulary.

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

There are 239 matches across the tournament word lists.
F leads 43 entries, ahead of E with 32 and A and C with 31 each.
G closes 81 words, well ahead of S at 41 and R at 24.
Only 26 matches meet the common-word cutoff.
Collins contains 238 matches, while NWL2023 has 190 and ENABLE has 182.

Which matches are easiest to recognize?

PLAYING, CLOSING, BLOWING, PLACING, FLOWING, and GLOWING all finish in -ING, a clear word family inside this pattern. But that ending is not the whole story: CLARITY, CLARIFY, and GLACIER give the same fixed letters very different sounds. Try the familiar -ING forms first when scanning a rack or solving a clue.

F begins 43 matches, the largest first-letter group; E follows at 32, while A and C each contribute 31. That makes F a useful first-position filter, not a guarantee: the full pattern admits 239 words, and only 26 are common.

Which entries score highest in Scrabble?

GLAZILY and FLUXIVE lead the scoring list at 20 points apiece; BLAZING follows at 19. FLEXING, GLAZING, FLUXING, GLOZING, and FLIXING each score 18, so the biggest returns often come from a Z or X rather than the most familiar word.

Because 7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and I as the 5th letter include only 26 common entries, check your game's dictionary before committing to an unfamiliar option. Collins recognizes 238 matches, compared with 190 in NWL2023 and 182 in ENABLE.

Changing the fifth letter shifts the count: the L-second, T-fifth pattern has 142 matches, while the E-fifth pattern has 115. Keeping I in place gives you a larger pool than either of those nearby patterns.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have L second and I fifth?

There are 239 tournament-dictionary matches with L second and I fifth. The count combines words found in at least one of Collins, NWL2023, or ENABLE, so it is broader than any one dictionary's total.

Which words with this pattern score the most in Scrabble?

GLAZILY and FLUXIVE score 20 points each, the highest scores in this group. BLAZING follows at 19 points, while FLEXING, GLAZING, FLUXING, GLOZING, and FLIXING each score 18.

Which letter appears most often at the end of these words?

G is the most common final letter, ending 81 of the 239 matches. S is next with 41, followed by R with 24, so an -ING ending is a strong clue but not the only possible finish.

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

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