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

Lock in the pattern _L_S___, then use the remaining letters to narrow your options. Familiar matches include CLASSIC, PLASTIC, CLOSING and GLASSES. The set spans several opening letters, but P leads, and the final letter is often S or R. These clues can separate a likely answer from less familiar entries.

At a glance: 7-letter words with L second and S fourth

• The pattern has 126 tournament-dictionary matches.
• Among them, 22 rank as common English words.
• Collins includes 121 matches, NWL2023 has 111, and ENABLE has 102.
• P is the leading first letter with 27 words; C follows with 22 and F with 19.
• S is the most frequent final letter at 33 words, ahead of R at 25.

Which letters start and end these words?

P starts the largest group, with examples such as PLASTIC and PLASTER. CLOSING, CLASSIC and CLOSURE show why C is another strong opening to test. Together, P and C account for 49 of the matches.

S and R are the most common endings: GLASSES and CLASSES finish in S, while PLASTER and CLUSTER end in R. Check the final tile early; it sharply narrows the pattern before you spend guesses on rarer openings.

How can you narrow the pattern and spot high scorers?

Start with the known L and S positions, then test likely openings such as P, C or F against your other clues. This pattern is comparatively selective: the seven-letter set with O second and S fourth has 337 matches, well above this set’s 126.

For Scrabble, FLESHLY tops the scoring examples at 16 points; BLESBOK, FLISKED and PLUSHLY each score 15. Most matches are not common everyday vocabulary, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry. The highest score is a tile-value result, not a guarantee of a playable word in every dictionary.