7-letter words with L as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter

7-letter words with L as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th letter number 531, including familiar matches such as RELATED and ALLOWED.

531 wordsTop pick RELATEDHighest score ZILCHES 21

31 of 531 are everyday words (6%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

3rd letter
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J
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L
M
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P
Q
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Z

6th letter
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M
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P
Q
R
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With L in 3rd place, E is the most common 6th letter (531 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 31 · most-used first

RELATED₈
ALLOWED₁₁
DELIVER₁₁
SOLDIER₈
COLONEL₉
ALLEGED₉
DELAYED₁₂
VOLUMES₁₂
COLORED₁₀
DELETED₉
BELOVED₁₃
RELAXED₁₅
RELATES₇
OBLIGED₁₁
BULLIED₁₀
CALIBER₁₁
POLYMER₁₄
RALLIES₇
SELFIES₁₀
BULLIES₉
DILUTED₉
COLLIER₉
BULLPEN₁₁
ALLEGES₈
BOLSTER₉
COLLEEN₉
PALACES₁₁
RALLIED₈
DELUDED₁₀
GALILEE₈
ALLUDED₉

All valid words 531

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

ABLATED₁₀
ABLATES₉
ABLUTED₁₀
ALLAYED₁₁
ALLAYER₁₀
ALLEGED₉
ALLEGER₈
ALLEGES₈
ALLELES₇
ALLEYED₁₁
ALLICES₉
ALLISES₇
ALLOVER₁₀
ALLOWED₁₁
ALLOYED₁₁
ALLSEED₈
ALLUDED₉
ALLUDES₈
ALLURED₈
ALLURER₇
ALLURES₇
ANLACES₉
ANLAGEN₈
ANLAGES₈
ANLASES₇
APLITES₉
ASLAKED₁₂
ASLAKES₁₁
ATLASES₇
BALASES₉
BALDIER₁₀
BALDIES₁₀
BALKIER₁₃
BALLIER₉
BALLIES₉
BALLSED₁₀
BALLSES₉
BALMIER₁₁
BALONEY₁₂
BELACED₁₂
BELACES₁₁
BELATED₁₀
BELATES₉
BELAYED₁₃
BELAYER₁₂
BELCHED₁₅
BELCHER₁₄
BELCHES₁₄
BELLEEK₁₃
BELLIED₁₀
BELLIES₉
BELLMEN₁₁
BELOVED₁₃
BELOVES₁₂
BELTMEN₁₁
BILAYER₁₂
BILBIES₁₁
BILBOES₁₁
BILEVEL₁₂
BILGIER₁₀
BILLIES₉
BILLMEN₁₁
BILOBED₁₂
BILSTED₁₀
BOLASES₉
BOLETES₉
BOLIDES₁₀
BOLINES₉
BOLIXED₁₇
BOLIXES₁₆
BOLONEY₁₂
BOLSTER₉
BOLUSES₉
BULBLET₁₁
BULGIER₁₀
BULKIER₁₃
BULLIED₁₀
BULLIER₉
BULLIES₉
BULLPEN₁₁
BYLANES₁₂
BYLINED₁₃
BYLINER₁₂
BYLINES₁₂
CALIBER₁₁
CALICES₁₁
CALIPEE₁₁
CALIPER₁₁
CALIVER₁₂
CALIXES₁₆
CALLEES₉
CALMIER₁₁
CALOMEL₁₁
CALOYER₁₂
CALQUED₁₉
CALQUES₁₈
CALUMET₁₁
CALYCES₁₄
CALYXES₁₉
CELLIES₉
CELOTEX₁₆
CILICES₁₁
COLBIES₁₁
COLDIES₁₀
COLLEEN₉
COLLIED₁₀
COLLIER₉
COLLIES₉
COLONEL₉
COLONES₉
COLORED₁₀
COLORER₉
COLUMEL₁₁
COLURES₉
CULCHES₁₄
CULEXES₁₆
CULICES₁₁
CULLIED₁₀
CULLIES₉
CULTIER₉
CYLICES₁₄
DALLIED₉
DALLIER₈
DALLIES₈
DELATED₉
DELATES₈
DELAYED₁₂
DELAYER₁₁
DELETED₉
DELETES₈
DELICES₁₀
DELIMED₁₁
DELIMES₁₀
DELIVER₁₁
DELLIES₈
DELOPED₁₁
DELOPES₁₀
DELUDED₁₀
DELUDER₉
DELUDES₉
DELUGED₁₀
DELUGES₉
DILATED₉
DILATER₈
DILATES₈
DILDOES₉
DILLIER₈
DILLIES₈
DILUTED₉
DILUTEE₈
DILUTER₈
DILUTES₈
DOLINES₈
DOLLIED₉
DOLLIER₈
DOLLIES₈
DULLIER₈
DULOSES₈
ECLOSED₁₀
ECLOSES₉
ENLACED₁₀
ENLACES₉
ENLIVEN₁₀
FALAFEL₁₃
FALSIES₁₀
FELAFEL₁₃
FELINES₁₀
FELLIES₁₀
FELLOES₁₀
FELTIER₁₀
FILABEG₁₃
FILACER₁₂
FILAREE₁₀
FILAZER₁₉
FILCHED₁₆
FILCHER₁₅
FILCHES₁₅
FILETED₁₁
FILIBEG₁₃
FILLIES₁₀
FILMIER₁₂
FILMSET₁₂
FOLATES₁₀
FOLIOED₁₁
FOLKIER₁₄
FOLKIES₁₄
FOLLIED₁₁
FOLLIES₁₀
GALABEA₁₀
GALAGES₉
GALATEA₈
GALAXES₁₅
GALERES₈
GALILEE₈
GALLIED₉
GALLIES₈
GALOPED₁₁
GALORES₈
GELATED₉
GELATES₈
GELIDER₉
GELLIES₈
GILGIES₉
GILLIED₉
GILLIES₈
GILLNET₈
GILPIES₁₀
GOLDIER₉
GOLLIED₉
GOLLIES₈
GULCHED₁₄
GULCHES₁₃
GULESES₈
GULFIER₁₁
GULLIED₉
GULLIES₈
GULPIER₁₀
HALIDES₁₁
HALITES₁₀
HALLOED₁₁
HALLOES₁₀
HALOGEN₁₁
HELICES₁₂
HELIMEN₁₂
HELIXES₁₇
HELLIER₁₀
HELLOED₁₁
HELLOES₁₀
HILCHED₁₆
HILCHES₁₅
HILLIER₁₀
HILLMEN₁₂
HILLOED₁₁
HILLOES₁₀
HOLEYER₁₃
HOLLAED₁₁
HOLLIES₁₀
HOLLOED₁₁
HOLLOES₁₀
HOLSTER₁₀
HULKIER₁₄
HULLIER₁₀
HULLOED₁₁
HULLOES₁₀
ILLIPES₉
ILLITES₇
ILLUDED₉
ILLUDES₈
ILLUMED₁₀
ILLUMES₉
INLACED₁₀
INLACES₉
INLAYER₁₀
IOLITES₇
ISLEMEN₉
ISLETED₈
JELLIED₁₅
JELLIES₁₄
JILGIES₁₅
JOLLIED₁₅
JOLLIER₁₄
JOLLIES₁₄
JOLLYER₁₇
JOLTIER₁₄
KELLIES₁₁
KELPIES₁₃
KELTIES₁₁
KILLDEE₁₂
KILLIES₁₁
KILTIES₁₁
KYLICES₁₆
KYLIKES₁₈
KYLIXES₂₁
LALDIES₈
LOLLIES₇
MALATES₉
MALAXED₁₇
MALAXES₁₆
MALGRED₁₁
MALGRES₁₀
MALICED₁₂
MALICES₁₁
MALINES₉
MALLEES₉
MALMIER₁₁
MALMSEY₁₄
MALTIER₉
MALTMEN₁₁
MELAMED₁₂
MELTIER₉
MILAGES₁₀
MILKIER₁₃
MILKMEN₁₅
MILLIER₉
MILLIES₉
MILTIER₉
MILTZES₁₈
MOLDIER₁₀
MOLIMEN₁₁
MOLINES₉
MOLINET₉
MOLLIES₉
MULCHED₁₅
MULCHES₁₄
MULCTED₁₂
MULESED₁₀
MULESES₉
MULSHED₁₃
MULSHES₁₂
NELLIES₇
NYLONED₁₁
OBLATES₉
OBLIGED₁₁
OBLIGEE₁₀
OBLIGER₁₀
OBLIGES₁₀
OILSEED₈
ONLINER₇
OOLITES₇
PALACED₁₂
PALACES₁₁
PALASES₉
PALATED₁₀
PALATES₉
PALAVER₁₂
PALFREY₁₅
PALKEES₁₃
PALLIER₉
PALMIER₁₁
PALMIES₁₁
PALMIET₁₁
PALSIED₁₀
PALSIER₉
PALSIES₉
PELAGES₁₀
PELITES₉
PHLOXES₁₉
PILCHER₁₄
PILCHES₁₄
PILLIES₉
PILOTED₁₀
PILSNER₉
PILULES₉
POLICED₁₂
POLICER₁₁
POLICES₁₁
POLITER₉
POLKAED₁₄
POLLEES₉
POLLIES₉
POLLMEN₁₁
POLYMER₁₄
POLYPED₁₅
POLYPES₁₄
PULPIER₁₁
PULQUES₁₈
RALLIED₈
RALLIER₇
RALLIES₇
RALLYES₁₀
RALPHED₁₃
RELABEL₉
RELACED₁₀
RELACES₉
RELATED₈
RELATER₇
RELATES₇
RELAXED₁₅
RELAXER₁₄
RELAXES₁₄
RELAYED₁₁
RELEVES₁₀
RELINED₈
RELINES₇
RELIVED₁₁
RELIVER₁₀
RELIVES₁₀
RELLIES₇
RELUMED₁₀
RELUMES₉
ROLLIES₇
RULERED₈
SALADES₈
SALICES₉
SALICET₉
SALINES₇
SALLEES₇
SALLIED₈
SALLIER₇
SALLIES₇
SALSAED₈
SALTIER₇
SALTIES₇
SALTOED₈
SALUTED₈
SALUTER₇
SALUTES₇
SALVOED₁₁
SALVOES₁₀
SCLATED₁₀
SCLATES₉
SCLAVES₁₂
SCLERES₉
SELFIES₁₀
SELKIES₁₁
SELTZER₁₆
SILAGED₉
SILAGES₈
SILANES₇
SILENES₇
SILEXES₁₄
SILKIER₁₁
SILKIES₁₁
SILLIER₇
SILLIES₇
SILTIER₇
SKLATED₁₂
SKLATES₁₁
SOLACED₁₀
SOLACER₉
SOLACES₉
SOLATED₈
SOLATES₇
SOLDIER₈
SOLERET₇
SOLIDER₈
SOLIPED₁₀
SOLIVES₁₀
SOLUTES₇
SPLAKES₁₃
SPLAYED₁₃
SPLICED₁₂
SPLICER₁₁
SPLICES₁₁
SPLINED₁₀
SPLINES₉
SPLORES₉
SULKIER₁₁
SULKIES₁₁
SULLIED₈
SULLIES₇
TALCIER₉
TALCKED₁₄
TALIPED₁₀
TALIPES₉
TALKIER₁₁
TALKIES₁₁
TALLIED₈
TALLIER₇
TALLIES₇
TALONED₈
TALUSES₇
TELEMEN₉
TELESES₇
TELETEX₁₄
TELEXED₁₅
TELEXES₁₄
TELLIES₇
TELOGEN₈
TELOMES₉
TELOSES₇
TELPHER₁₂
TILLIER₇
TOLANES₇
TOLLIES₇
TOLLMEN₉
TYLOSES₁₀
TYLOTES₁₀
ULLAGED₉
ULLAGES₈
UNLACED₁₀
UNLACES₉
UNLADED₉
UNLADEN₈
UNLADES₈
UNLAWED₁₁
UNLEVEL₁₀
UNLIKED₁₂
UNLIKES₁₁
UNLIMED₁₀
UNLIMES₉
UNLINED₈
UNLINES₇
UNLIVED₁₁
UNLIVES₁₀
UNLOBED₁₀
UNLOVED₁₁
UNLOVES₁₀
VALETED₁₁
VALETES₁₀
VALIDER₁₁
VALINES₁₀
VALISES₁₀
VALONEA₁₀
VELAMEN₁₂
VELATED₁₁
VELIGER₁₁
VELITES₁₀
VELURED₁₁
VELURES₁₀
VILAYET₁₃
VOLUMED₁₃
VOLUMES₁₂
VOLUTED₁₁
VOLUTES₁₀
WALDOES₁₁
WALISES₁₀
WALKIES₁₄
WALLIER₁₀
WALLIES₁₀
WALTIER₁₀
WALTZED₂₀
WALTZER₁₉
WALTZES₁₉
WELCHED₁₆
WELCHER₁₅
WELCHES₁₅
WELLIES₁₀
WELSHED₁₄
WELSHER₁₃
WELSHES₁₃
WILLIED₁₁
WILLIES₁₀
WOLLIES₁₀
XYLENES₁₇
XYLOGEN₁₈
XYLOSES₁₇
YCLEPED₁₅
YOLKIER₁₄
YSLAKED₁₅
ZILCHES₂₁

Letters by positionIn 45% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

S11%
B10%
C7%

2nd letter

A23%
E20%
O16%

4th letter

L21%
A18%
I17%

5th letter

I26%
T11%
C7%

7th letter

S45%
D25%
R19%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; ZILCHES tops the list with 21. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 46 words
8 points: 61 words
99 points: 103 words
10 points: 99 words
1111 points: 86 words
12 points: 36 words
1313 points: 23 words
14 points: 29 words
1515 points: 18 words
16 points: 10 words
1717 points: 6 words
18 points: 5 words
1919 points: 6 words
20 points: 1 words
2121 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZILCHES	21	22	All three
KYLIXES	21	21	NWL only
WALTZED	20	21	All three
WALTZES	19	20	All three
WALTZER	19	20	All three
CALYXES	19	20	All three
CALQUED	19	22	All three
PHLOXES	19	20	All three
FILAZER	19	20	Collins only
CALQUES	18	21	All three
PULQUES	18	22	All three
KYLIKES	18	18	All three

The pattern is __L__E_: the third slot stays L, the sixth stays E, and four other letters remain open. RELATED, ALLOWED, DELIVER, SOLDIER and COLONEL show how varied those open slots can be. The collection is broad, but only 31 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.

At a glance: the leading letters and endings

A total of 531 tournament-dictionary words fit the pattern __L__E_.
S is the most common first letter, with 59 matches; B follows with 55.
C, D and P each start 37 matches.
The most common endings are S with 240 matches, D with 133 and R with 102.
Collins includes 519 matches, NWL2023 includes 409, and ENABLE includes 373.

7-letter words with L as the 3rd letter and E as the 6th

Among recognizable entries, RELATED, ALLOWED, DELAYED, COLORED and DELETED share a familiar shape: many are past-tense forms or modifiers. DELIVER and SOLDIER show that the fixed L and E do not force one word ending or one grammatical form.

Starting letters give you a second filter. S has 59 matches and B has 55, while C, D and P each have 37. When you know the first letter, combine it with the fixed third and sixth positions instead of scanning all 531 possibilities.

Final S, D and R are the leading endings.

How should you use this pattern in a game?

The words average 10.6 points by letter value, but a strong score is not the same as a familiar word. Only 31 entries are among the top 25,000 English words by frequency, so expect many candidates to be less familiar. Check your game's word list once: Collins, NWL2023 and ENABLE do not contain identical sets.

Definitions are available for 447 matches, so an unfamiliar candidate is not automatically a random string. For a clue-solving round, hold the third and sixth letters steady, then test a known first or last letter. RELATED and DELAYED are recognizable checks when their other letters fit.

A common mistake is treating the fixed E as the final letter. It sits in the sixth slot, leaving one more letter after it; the counts bear this out, with S, D and R the most frequent endings.

Questions people ask

How many common words fit this letter pattern?

There are 31 common matches, using the top 25,000 English words by word-frequency ranking as the cutoff. That is a small subset of the 531 tournament-dictionary entries, so a less familiar word may still fit the pattern.

Which starting letter occurs most often?

S starts the most matches, with 59 words; B is next with 55. C, D and P each start 37. If your first letter is unknown, S and B are strong places to begin checking the open slots.

Do the same letters produce more matches at another length?

Yes. The six-letter pattern with L third and E sixth has 183 matches, compared with 531 at seven letters. The extra open position changes the search space, so use the length-specific pattern rather than carrying over candidates.

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