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

This fixed pattern is unusually sparse: just 11 words qualify, and none ranks among the top 25,000 common English words. Eight begin with A, while the other three start with G, P, and Z. That makes the opening letter a quick filter when you already know the second and fifth positions.

7-letter words with L 2nd and Y 5th at a glance

• Exactly 11 tournament-dictionary words match the L-second, Y-fifth pattern.
• Collins lists all 11; ENABLE and NWL2023 each list 10.
• Eight answers start with A; GLYCYLS, PLATYPI, and ZLOTYCH account for the rest.
• Words ending in D and S tie at three each.
• The average tile score is 14.1 points.

Which matches are easiest to recognize?

ALLAYED, ALLOYED, and ALLEYED are the most familiar-looking choices in this compact group. Each starts with A and ends in D, so those three examples share both outer letters while keeping L second and Y fifth.

The remaining entries show why fixed-letter searches often surface specialist vocabulary. ZLOTYCH, ALCHYMY, GLYCYLS, and ALPHYLS are less likely to spring to mind than ALLAYED. Only eight of the 11 matches have definitions in the available reference; check your game's word list before playing an unfamiliar form.

Where do the high scores and nearby patterns stand?

ZLOTYCH leads the scoring list at 24 points, followed by ALCHYMY at 20. Those scores make the rarest-looking entries worth examining when a board offers room for a high-value play; the average across the pattern is 14.1.

The second-letter swap changes the search dramatically: 40 seven-letter words have L second and Y fifth in the five-letter version, while this seven-letter pattern has 11. Keeping L second but changing Y in position five to I yields 239 matches. For the exact query, 7-letter words with L 2nd and Y 5th remain a short, specialized set.