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

Both Ls are fixed: read each candidate from left to right and check positions two and five before weighing its other letters. The two Ls sit three spaces apart, with two tiles between them. Only 15 entries meet that pattern, and none fall in the common-word band.

At a glance: a narrow pattern with a scoring lead

• The pattern has 15 seven-letter matches across the tournament lists.
• All 15 appear in ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023.
• Nine begin with A, while four begin with F; B and P contribute one each.
• C is the most frequent ending, with four words; S, T, and W each end two.
• FLYBLOW and FLYBLEW tie for the top listed Scrabble score at 18 points.

Which words fit both L positions?

ALFALFA, ALLELES, ALCALDE, ALLELIC, FLAILED, ALKALIS, ALLYLIC, PLAYLET, ALKALIC, FLATLET, FLYBLOW, ALKALIN, ALKYLIC, BLELLUM, and FLYBLEW fit. Nine start with A, against four with F; B and P supply one apiece. By comparison, the same seven-letter pattern with A in position two has 408 matches, making this L version especially constrained.

The endings separate the candidates too. Four finish in C, including ALLELIC, ALKALIC, and ALKYLIC; S, T, and W each appear as the final letter twice. A confirmed C at the edge therefore points to a smaller group than any of those three alternatives.

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

These 7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and L as the 5th letter are poor bets when you need an everyday answer: none qualifies as common. All 15 appear in ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023, but shared coverage does not make every entry familiar. Check your game's dictionary before playing a rare-looking form.

Scoring favors the unusual letters. FLYBLOW and FLYBLEW top the list at 18 points each, and ALKYLIC reaches 16; Y and W do much of the work. Confirm both L positions first, then choose by crossing tiles and score rather than familiarity alone.