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

The pattern is _L_R___, but the small total is the story: only 70 tournament-dictionary entries fit. CLARITY, CLARIFY, ALARMED, and BLURRED are readable starting points; many other matches are inflections or less familiar terms. Eight entries rank among common English words, so expect a substantial long tail rather than a rack full of everyday vocabulary.

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

• Exactly 70 tournament-dictionary words match the fixed letter slots.
• CLARITY and CLARIFY are among the more familiar examples.
• Eight matches are classed as common English words.
• CLERKLY leads the scoring table at 16 points.
• S and D are the leading final letters, with 17 and 15 matches.

Which starting and ending letters dominate?

C leads as the first letter with 17 matches, followed by F with 15; A supplies 9 and G supplies 8. CLARITY, CLARIFY, CLERICS, and CLARION give you recognizable C examples. The C/F skew stands out in a set of just 70 words.

At the other end, S closes 17 words and D closes 15. Seven end in R, and seven in Y; GLARING and BLARING show the -ing route, while ALARMED and ALERTED finish with D. Start and finish clues narrow this pattern in different ways.

Which matches score best, and how broad is acceptance?

CLERKLY scores 16, the highest result here; CLARIFY reaches 15, while GLORIFY and CLERKED each score 14. CLERKLY’s unusual ending gives it the lead over the more familiar CLARITY, which scores 12. The average score is 10, so the top result sits well above a typical entry.

Several matches cluster around recognizable stems: CLARIFY and CLARITY share CLARI-, while BLARING and FLARING differ at the opening. Use those families to test a rack, but do not assume every spelling change remains in the set.

Seven-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and R as the 4th letter form a tournament-dictionary set, not a guarantee of acceptance in every game. Collins includes 69 matches, NWL2023 50, and ENABLE 45; those totals overlap rather than divide the 70 into separate groups. Only 55 entries have definitions, so some valid matches will feel obscure.

Check your game's word list before banking on a less familiar term.