7-letter words with L as the 3rd letter and A as the 4th letter

7-letter words with L third and A fourth: 235 matches fit the pattern, from familiar RELATED to high-scoring PALAZZO.

235 wordsTop pick RELATEDHighest score PALAZZO 27

10 of 235 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd letter
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I
J
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L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
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X
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Z

4th letter
A
B
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D
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F
G
H
I
J
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L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
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Z

With L in 3rd place, L is the most common 4th letter (537 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 235 · most-used first

RELATED₈
BALANCE₁₁
ISLANDS₈
DELAYED₁₂
RELAXED₁₅
RELATES₇
MALARIA₉
RELAPSE₉
PALACES₁₁
ENLARGE₈
BELATED₁₀
RELAYED₁₁
GELATIN₈
PALAZZO₂₇
PALADIN₁₀
DILATED₉
RELAXES₁₄
MALACCA₁₃
MALAISE₉
MELANIN₉
UPLANDS₁₀
FALAFEL₁₃
TILAPIA₉
PELAGIC₁₂
SPLAYED₁₃
VALANCE₁₂
PALATAL₉
PALATES₉
ATLASES₇
BILAYER₁₂
SALAMIS₉
MELANGE₁₀
SPLASHY₁₅
ALLAYED₁₁
SOLANUM₉
PALAVER₁₂
CELADON₁₀
GALATEA₈
SALABLE₉
RELAXER₁₄
DILATOR₈
RELAXIN₁₄
ECLAIRS₉
CALAMUS₁₁
VOLANTE₁₀
MELAMED₁₂
DILATES₈
BELABOR₁₁

Showing the top 48 of 235 words. See every valid word

All valid words 235

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

ABLATED₁₀
ABLATES₉
ABLATOR₉
ABLAUTS₉
ADLANDS₉
AILANTO₇
ALLAYED₁₁
ALLAYER₁₀
ANLACES₉
ANLAGEN₈
ANLAGES₈
ANLASES₇
APLANAT₉
APLASIA₉
ASLAKED₁₂
ASLAKES₁₁
ATLASES₇
ATLATLS₇
BALADIN₁₀
BALAFON₁₂
BALANCE₁₁
BALASES₉
BALATAS₉
BELABOR₁₁
BELACED₁₂
BELACES₁₁
BELATED₁₀
BELATES₉
BELAUDS₁₀
BELAYED₁₃
BELAYER₁₂
BILAYER₁₂
BOLASES₉
BYLANES₁₂
CALALOO₉
CALALUS₉
CALAMAR₁₁
CALAMUS₁₁
CALANDO₁₀
CALATHI₁₂
CELADON₁₀
CHLAMYS₁₇
DALAPON₁₀
DALASIS₈
DELAINE₈
DELAPSE₁₀
DELATED₉
DELATES₈
DELATOR₈
DELAYED₁₂
DELAYER₁₁
DILATED₉
DILATER₈
DILATES₈
DILATOR₈
ECLAIRS₉
ELLAGIC₁₀
ENLACED₁₀
ENLACES₉
ENLARDS₈
ENLARGE₈
ERLANGS₈
FALAFEL₁₃
FELAFEL₁₃
FILABEG₁₃
FILACER₁₂
FILAREE₁₀
FILARIA₁₀
FILASSE₁₀
FILAZER₁₉
FOLACIN₁₂
FOLATES₁₀
GALABEA₁₀
GALABIA₁₀
GALAGES₉
GALAGOS₉
GALANGA₉
GALANTY₁₁
GALATEA₈
GALAXES₁₅
GELABLE₁₀
GELADAS₉
GELANDE₉
GELANTS₈
GELATED₉
GELATES₈
GELATIN₈
GELATIS₈
GELATOS₈
HALACHA₁₅
HALAKAH₁₇
HALAKHA₁₇
HALAKIC₁₆
HALALAH₁₃
HALALAS₁₀
HALAVAH₁₆
HOLARDS₁₁
ILLAPSE₉
INLACED₁₀
INLACES₉
INLANDS₈
INLAYER₁₀
ISLANDS₈
JALAPIC₁₈
JALAPIN₁₆
KOLACKY₂₀
LALANGS₈
MALACCA₁₃
MALACIA₁₁
MALAISE₉
MALANGA₁₀
MALARIA₉
MALARKY₁₆
MALATES₉
MALAXED₁₇
MALAXES₁₆
MELAENA₉
MELAMED₁₂
MELANGE₁₀
MELANIC₁₁
MELANIN₉
MELANOS₉
MILADIS₁₀
MILAGES₁₀
MOLASSE₉
MULATTA₉
MULATTO₉
OBLASTI₉
OBLASTS₉
OBLATES₉
OLLAMHS₁₂
OOLAKAN₁₁
OULAKAN₁₁
OXLANDS₁₅
PALABRA₁₁
PALACED₁₂
PALACES₁₁
PALADIN₁₀
PALAGIS₁₀
PALAMAE₁₁
PALAPAS₁₁
PALASES₉
PALATAL₉
PALATED₁₀
PALATES₉
PALAVER₁₂
PALAZZI₂₇
PALAZZO₂₇
PELAGES₁₀
PELAGIC₁₂
PILAFFS₁₅
POLACCA₁₃
POLACRE₁₁
POLARON₉
RELABEL₉
RELACED₁₀
RELACES₉
RELACHE₁₂
RELANDS₈
RELAPSE₉
RELATED₈
RELATER₇
RELATES₇
RELATOR₇
RELATUM₉
RELAXED₁₅
RELAXER₁₄
RELAXES₁₄
RELAXIN₁₄
RELAYED₁₁
RULABLE₉
SALAAMS₉
SALABLE₉
SALABLY₁₂
SALADES₈
SALAMIS₉
SALAMON₉
SCLAFFS₁₅
SCLATED₁₀
SCLATES₉
SCLAVES₁₂
SILAGED₉
SILAGES₈
SILANES₇
SKLATED₁₂
SKLATES₁₁
SOLACED₁₀
SOLACER₉
SOLACES₉
SOLANDS₈
SOLANIN₇
SOLANOS₇
SOLANUM₉
SOLARIA₇
SOLATED₈
SOLATES₇
SOLATIA₇
SPLAKES₁₃
SPLASHY₁₅
SPLATCH₁₄
SPLAYED₁₃
TALANTS₇
TALARIA₇
TALAUNT₇
TALAYOT₁₀
TELAMON₉
TILAPIA₉
TOLANES₇
TOLARJI₁₄
TULADIS₈
ULLAGED₉
ULLAGES₈
UMLAUTS₉
UNLACED₁₀
UNLACES₉
UNLADED₉
UNLADEN₈
UNLADES₈
UNLASTE₇
UNLATCH₁₂
UNLAWED₁₁
UPLANDS₁₀
VALANCE₁₂
VELAMEN₁₂
VELARIA₁₀
VELARIC₁₂
VELATED₁₁
VILAYET₁₃
VOLABLE₁₂
VOLANTE₁₀
VOLATIC₁₂
WELAWAY₁₆
YSLAKED₁₅
ZELANTS₁₆
ZELATOR₁₆

Letters by positionIn 42% of these words the 6th letter is E.

1st letter

S13%
M9%
P9%

2nd letter

A28%
E25%
O11%

5th letter

T20%
N14%
C11%

6th letter

E42%
I13%
O8%

7th letter

S36%
D14%
E9%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; PALAZZO tops the list with 27. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 18 words
8 points: 31 words
99 points: 61 words
10 points: 37 words
1111 points: 23 words
12 points: 25 words
1313 points: 10 words
14 points: 5 words
1515 points: 8 words
16 points: 8 words
1717 points: 4 words
18 points: 1 words
1919 points: 1 words
20 points: 1 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
PALAZZO	27	29	All three
PALAZZI	27	29	All three
KOLACKY	20	21	All three
FILAZER	19	20	Collins only
JALAPIC	18	23	All three
HALAKHA	17	16	All three
CHLAMYS	17	18	All three
HALAKAH	17	16	All three
MALAXED	17	19	Collins only
MALARKY	16	17	All three
HALAVAH	16	16	All three
HALAKIC	16	17	All three

The pattern is _ _ L A _ _ _: two fixed middle letters leave four positions to identify the word. Familiar matches include RELATED, BALANCE, ISLANDS, DELAYED, and RELAXED, while PALAZZO and PALAZZI stand out for tile value. The entries range from everyday forms to less familiar tournament words.

The pattern at a glance

235 entries match the exact seven-letter pattern.
RELATED, BALANCE, and ISLANDS show familiar forms.
84 words end in S; 32 end in D.
Initial S leads with 30 words; M and P each begin 20.
PALAZZO and PALAZZI each score 27 points.

Which 7-letter words have L third and A fourth?

RELATED is an easy anchor: R-E-L-A-T-E-D puts L and A in the required third and fourth slots. BALANCE, DELAYED, RELAXED, RELATES, and RELAPSE make the pattern easier to scan across familiar spelling families. Other entries take a different route: ISLANDS and UPLANDS start with I or U, while MALARIA and MALAISE begin with M.

Endings are strongly lopsided. S closes 84 matches, more than twice D’s 32, while E and A close 22 and 21. If your rack has an S, check the final square before searching less common endings; N and R each finish 19 words.

ISLANDS, PALACES, RELATES, and RELAXES are examples of S-ending matches.

Which starts and scores stand out?

Starting letters also narrow the search. S leads with 30 words; M and P tie at 20, followed by A at 18 and G and R at 17 each. An S-first search therefore covers more matches than a P-first search, but familiarity is another matter: only 10 entries rank among the common words.

Scrabble scores run in a different direction from familiarity. PALAZZO and PALAZZI both reach 27 points, compared with KOLACKY at 20 and FILAZER at 19. The double-Z options can swing a rack, but placement and premium squares change the final board score.

Dictionary coverage differs too: Collins includes 233 matches, NWL2023 has 171, and ENABLE has 161. Those source counts overlap, so check your game's word list when legality matters.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have L third and A fourth?

There are 235 matching words with L in the third position and A in the fourth. The pattern includes familiar words such as RELATED and BALANCE, alongside less common tournament entries. S is the most frequent final letter, appearing in 84 matches.

Which final letter is most common in these words?

S is the most common ending, appearing on 84 of the matching words. D comes next with 32, while E and A finish 22 and 21 entries. ISLANDS and RELAXES are recognizable examples of words that end in S.

What are the highest-scoring words in this pattern?

PALAZZO and PALAZZI tie for the highest score at 27 points each. KOLACKY follows at 20, and FILAZER scores 19. These are tile scores before board premiums, so the square placement can change what you earn in a game.

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