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

Lock in L for the second position and S for the fifth, then use the remaining letters to narrow your rack or puzzle pattern. The 73 matches span several starting letters, but the endings bunch up: S and D account for the largest groups. Just 9 entries are common by English frequency.

At a glance: the L–S pattern

• The pattern has 73 seven-letter matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• B and G tie as the most frequent first letters, with 13 words apiece; F follows with 11.
• A total of 29 words end in S; D is next with 14, then R with 7.
• Only 9 matches rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• KLATSCH leads the score list at 16 points, ahead of BLIKSEM at 15.

Which entries stand out for scoring?

KLATSCH is the top scorer at 16 points, and BLIKSEM follows at 15. Both are less familiar than CLASSIC, so check your game’s word list before building a play around either one.

PLAYSET, FLOTSAM, ALYSSUM, and BLOWSES each score 12 points. CLASSIC and BLOSSOM score 11 apiece, while the group averages 9.4. A useful rack check: the fixed L and S do not guarantee an easy play when the remaining letters are unusual.

How can you narrow the pattern?

Start with the final letter if your board or clue gives you one. S is the clear leader at 29 matches, while D has 14; endings R, E, L, M, and N each have fewer than 10. For a first-letter clue, test B and G first, tied at 13 apiece.

The 7-letter words with L as the 2nd letter and S as the 5th letter are not all everyday vocabulary: 57 have definitions, but only 9 are common by frequency. Collins includes 68 matches, compared with 57 in NWL2023 and 48 in ENABLE, so the playable set depends on your game’s dictionary.