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

This pattern is narrow and unusually score-rich: none of its 18 words meets the common-word frequency cutoff, yet the average score is 18.6. You’ll see familiar-looking clusters such as BLITZ, plus less obvious forms like ALTEZZA and FLOOZIE. The fixed L and Z give you a strong filter, but the remaining letters often point to inflections rather than everyday vocabulary.

At a glance: the L-and-Z pattern

• The pattern has 18 seven-letter matches across the tournament dictionaries.
• Sixteen matches appear in Collins, 15 in NWL2023, and 11 in ENABLE.
• Eight words end in S; five end in D, making S the leading final letter.
• Five words start with B, while four start with A.
• ALTEZZA leads the scores at 25 points; none of the matches is classed as common.

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

The strongest visible cluster is BLITZ: BLITZER, BLITZED, and BLITZES all fit. Their shared opening narrows the search quickly, but their endings matter: the list has many more S-final words than any other ending.

Other useful examples include ALC AZAR, ALBIZIA, ALTEZZA, and FLOOZIE. The count by first letter puts B ahead with five, followed by A with four and S with three. That spread means a B opening is a sensible first branch when your puzzle gives no opening letter.

The pattern stays scarce beside nearby choices. With L still second, changing the fifth letter to I yields 239 matches, while keeping Z fifth and changing the second letter to R yields 35. A fixed Z is the tighter constraint here.

Which matching word scores highest?

ALTEZZA is the top scorer at 25 points, ahead of BLOWZED at 22 and BLOWZES at 21. KLUTZES follows at 20. Those choices reward the Z-heavy pattern, so keep them in mind when a board gives you room to place a high-value letter.

Fourteen of the matches have a definition, and the list is not a bank of familiar everyday terms: the common-word count is zero. Some forms are inflections, including BLITZED and SLEAZES; others, such as ALTEZZA, are less likely to come to mind. Dictionary coverage also varies, so check your game’s word list before relying on a particular entry.