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

537 7-letter words have L as the 3rd letter and L as the 4th letter, putting LL together in the middle.

537 wordsTop pick MILLIONHighest score QULLIQS 25

64 of 537 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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4th letter
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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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Common words 64 · most-used first

MILLION₉
COLLEGE₁₀
CALLING₁₀
TELLING₈
KILLING₁₂
WILLIAM₁₂
VILLAGE₁₁
FOLLOWS₁₃
SELLING₈
DOLLARS₈
BILLION₉
WILLING₁₁
FALLING₁₁
GALLERY₁₁
ROLLING₈
COLLECT₁₁
PULLING₁₀
FILLING₁₁
COLLINS₉
HOLLAND₁₁
YELLING₁₁
BULLETS₉
KILLERS₁₁
BALLOON₉
VILLAIN₁₀
SELLERS₇
POLLING₁₀
FELLOWS₁₃
HALLWAY₁₆
BULLIED₁₀
FALLOUT₁₀
BALLOTS₉
GALLONS₈
RALLIES₇
VALLEYS₁₃
PILLARS₉
BILLING₁₀
PILLOWS₁₂
TALLEST₇
FULLEST₁₀
BULLIES₉
BULLOCK₁₅
BULLDOG₁₁
COLLIER₉
WALLETS₁₀
COLLAGE₁₀
MILLING₁₀
BULLPEN₁₁

Showing the top 48 of 64 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 537

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

BALLADE₁₀
BALLADS₁₀
BALLANS₉
BALLANT₉
BALLAST₉
BALLATS₉
BALLBOY₁₄
BALLERS₉
BALLETS₉
BALLIER₉
BALLIES₉
BALLING₁₀
BALLIUM₁₁
BALLONS₉
BALLOON₉
BALLOTS₉
BALLOWS₁₂
BALLSED₁₀
BALLSES₉
BALLUPS₁₁
BALLUTE₉
BELLBOY₁₄
BELLEEK₁₃
BELLHOP₁₄
BELLIED₁₀
BELLIES₉
BELLING₁₀
BELLMAN₁₁
BELLMEN₁₁
BELLOCK₁₅
BELLOWS₁₂
BILLBUG₁₂
BILLERS₉
BILLETS₉
BILLIES₉
BILLING₁₀
BILLION₉
BILLMAN₁₁
BILLMEN₁₁
BILLONS₉
BILLOWS₁₂
BILLOWY₁₅
BILLYOH₁₅
BILLYOS₁₂
BOLLARD₁₀
BOLLING₁₀
BOLLOCK₁₅
BULLACE₁₁
BULLARY₁₂
BULLATE₉
BULLBAR₁₁
BULLBAT₁₁
BULLDOG₁₁
BULLERS₉
BULLETS₉
BULLEYS₁₂
BULLIED₁₀
BULLIER₉
BULLIES₉
BULLING₁₀
BULLION₉
BULLISH₁₂
BULLOCK₁₅
BULLOSA₉
BULLOUS₉
BULLPEN₁₁
CALLAIS₉
CALLANS₉
CALLANT₉
CALLBOY₁₄
CALLEES₉
CALLERS₉
CALLETS₉
CALLING₁₀
CALLOPS₁₁
CALLOSE₉
CALLOUS₉
CALLOUT₉
CALLOWS₁₂
CALLUNA₉
CELLARS₉
CELLIES₉
CELLING₁₀
CELLIST₉
CELLOSE₉
CELLULE₉
COLLAGE₁₀
COLLARD₁₀
COLLARS₉
COLLATE₉
COLLECT₁₁
COLLEEN₉
COLLEGE₁₀
COLLETS₉
COLLIDE₁₀
COLLIED₁₀
COLLIER₉
COLLIES₉
COLLING₁₀
COLLINS₉
COLLOID₁₀
COLLOPS₁₁
COLLUDE₁₀
CULLAYS₁₂
CULLERS₉
CULLETS₉
CULLIED₁₀
CULLIES₉
CULLING₁₀
CULLION₉
DALLIED₉
DALLIER₈
DALLIES₈
DALLOPS₁₀
DELLIES₈
DILLIER₈
DILLIES₈
DILLING₉
DOLLARS₈
DOLLDOM₁₁
DOLLIED₉
DOLLIER₈
DOLLIES₈
DOLLING₉
DOLLISH₁₁
DOLLOPS₁₀
DULLARD₉
DULLEST₈
DULLIER₈
DULLING₉
DULLISH₁₁
EELLIKE₁₁
FALLACY₁₅
FALLALS₁₀
FALLERS₁₀
FALLING₁₁
FALLOFF₁₆
FALLOUT₁₀
FALLOWS₁₃
FELLAHS₁₃
FELLATE₁₀
FELLERS₁₀
FELLEST₁₀
FELLIES₁₀
FELLING₁₁
FELLOES₁₀
FELLOWS₁₃
FILLERS₁₀
FILLETS₁₀
FILLIES₁₀
FILLING₁₁
FILLIPS₁₂
FOLLIED₁₁
FOLLIES₁₀
FOLLOWS₁₃
FULLAGE₁₁
FULLAMS₁₂
FULLANS₁₀
FULLERS₁₀
FULLERY₁₃
FULLEST₁₀
FULLING₁₁
FULLISH₁₃
GALLANT₈
GALLATE₈
GALLEIN₈
GALLEON₈
GALLERY₁₁
GALLETA₈
GALLETS₈
GALLEYS₁₁
GALLFLY₁₄
GALLICA₁₀
GALLIED₉
GALLIES₈
GALLING₉
GALLIOT₈
GALLISE₈
GALLIUM₁₀
GALLIZE₁₇
GALLNUT₈
GALLOCK₁₄
GALLONS₈
GALLOON₈
GALLOOT₈
GALLOPS₁₀
GALLOUS₈
GALLOWS₁₁
GELLANT₈
GELLIES₈
GELLING₉
GILLERS₈
GILLETS₈
GILLIED₉
GILLIES₈
GILLING₉
GILLION₈
GILLNET₈
GOLLAND₉
GOLLANS₈
GOLLARS₈
GOLLERS₈
GOLLIED₉
GOLLIES₈
GOLLOPS₁₀
GULLERS₈
GULLERY₁₁
GULLETS₈
GULLEYS₁₁
GULLIED₉
GULLIES₈
GULLING₉
GULLISH₁₁
HALLAHS₁₃
HALLALI₁₀
HALLALS₁₀
HALLANS₁₀
HALLELS₁₀
HALLIAN₁₀
HALLING₁₁
HALLION₁₀
HALLOAS₁₀
HALLOED₁₁
HALLOES₁₀
HALLOOS₁₀
HALLOTH₁₃
HALLOWS₁₃
HALLWAY₁₆
HALLYON₁₃
HELLBOX₁₉
HELLCAT₁₂
HELLERI₁₀
HELLERS₁₀
HELLERY₁₃
HELLIER₁₀
HELLING₁₁
HELLION₁₀
HELLISH₁₃
HELLOED₁₁
HELLOES₁₀
HELLOVA₁₃
HELLUVA₁₃
HILLERS₁₀
HILLIER₁₀
HILLING₁₁
HILLMEN₁₂
HILLOAS₁₀
HILLOCK₁₆
HILLOED₁₁
HILLOES₁₀
HILLTOP₁₂
HOLLAED₁₁
HOLLAND₁₁
HOLLERS₁₀
HOLLIES₁₀
HOLLOAS₁₀
HOLLOED₁₁
HOLLOES₁₀
HOLLOOS₁₀
HOLLOWS₁₃
HULLERS₁₀
HULLIER₁₀
HULLING₁₁
HULLOAS₁₀
HULLOED₁₁
HULLOES₁₀
HULLOOS₁₀
JELLABA₁₆
JELLIED₁₅
JELLIES₁₄
JELLIFY₂₀
JELLING₁₅
JILLETS₁₄
JILLION₁₄
JOLLEYS₁₇
JOLLIED₁₅
JOLLIER₁₄
JOLLIES₁₄
JOLLIFY₂₀
JOLLILY₁₇
JOLLING₁₅
JOLLITY₁₇
JOLLOFS₁₇
JOLLOPS₁₆
JOLLYER₁₇
KELLAUT₁₁
KELLIES₁₁
KILLCOW₁₆
KILLDEE₁₂
KILLERS₁₁
KILLICK₁₇
KILLIES₁₁
KILLING₁₂
KILLJOY₂₁
KILLOCK₁₇
KILLUTS₁₁
LALLAND₈
LALLANS₇
LALLING₈
LILLING₈
LOLLERS₇
LOLLIES₇
LOLLING₈
LOLLOPS₉
LOLLOPY₁₂
LULLABY₁₂
LULLERS₇
LULLING₈
MALLAMS₁₁
MALLARD₁₀
MALLEES₉
MALLETS₉
MALLEUS₉
MALLING₁₀
MALLOWS₁₂
MELLAYS₁₂
MELLING₁₀
MELLITE₉
MELLOWS₁₂
MELLOWY₁₅
MILLAGE₁₀
MILLDAM₁₂
MILLERS₉
MILLETS₉
MILLIER₉
MILLIES₉
MILLIME₁₁
MILLINE₉
MILLING₁₀
MILLION₉
MILLRUN₉
MOLLAHS₁₂
MOLLIES₉
MOLLIFY₁₅
MOLLUSC₁₁
MOLLUSK₁₃
MULLAHS₁₂
MULLEIN₉
MULLENS₉
MULLERS₉
MULLETS₉
MULLEYS₁₂
MULLING₁₀
MULLION₉
MULLITE₉
MULLOCK₁₅
NALLAHS₁₀
NELLIES₇
NILLING₈
NULLAHS₁₀
NULLIFY₁₃
NULLING₈
NULLITY₁₀
OILLETS₇
OWLLIKE₁₄
PALLAHS₁₂
PALLETS₉
PALLIAL₉
PALLIER₉
PALLING₁₀
PALLIUM₁₁
PALLONE₉
PALLORS₉
PELLACH₁₄
PELLACK₁₅
PELLETS₉
PELLOCK₁₅
PELLUMS₁₁
PILLAGE₁₀
PILLARS₉
PILLAUS₉
PILLBOX₁₈
PILLBUG₁₂
PILLIES₉
PILLING₁₀
PILLION₉
PILLOCK₁₅
PILLORY₁₂
PILLOWS₁₂
PILLOWY₁₅
POLLACK₁₅
POLLANS₉
POLLARD₁₀
POLLEES₉
POLLENS₉
POLLENT₉
POLLERS₉
POLLICY₁₄
POLLIES₉
POLLING₁₀
POLLIST₉
POLLMAN₁₁
POLLMEN₁₁
POLLOCK₁₅
POLLUTE₉
PULLERS₉
PULLETS₉
PULLEYS₁₂
PULLING₁₀
PULLMAN₁₁
PULLOUT₉
PULLUPS₁₁
QULLIQS₂₅
RALLIED₈
RALLIER₇
RALLIES₇
RALLINE₇
RALLYES₁₀
RELLENO₇
RELLIES₇
RELLISH₁₀
RILLETS₇
RILLING₈
ROLLBAR₉
ROLLERS₇
ROLLICK₁₃
ROLLIES₇
ROLLING₈
ROLLMOP₁₁
ROLLOCK₁₃
ROLLOUT₇
ROLLTOP₉
ROLLUPS₉
ROLLWAY₁₃
RULLION₇
RULLOCK₁₃
SALLADS₈
SALLALS₇
SALLEES₇
SALLETS₇
SALLIED₈
SALLIER₇
SALLIES₇
SALLOWS₁₀
SALLOWY₁₃
SELLERS₇
SELLING₈
SELLOFF₁₃
SELLOUT₇
SILLERS₇
SILLIER₇
SILLIES₇
SILLILY₁₀
SILLOCK₁₃
SOLLARS₇
SOLLERS₇
SULLAGE₈
SULLENS₇
SULLIED₈
SULLIES₇
SYLLABI₁₂
TALLAGE₈
TALLATS₇
TALLBOY₁₂
TALLENT₇
TALLEST₇
TALLETS₇
TALLIED₈
TALLIER₇
TALLIES₇
TALLISH₁₀
TALLITH₁₀
TALLITS₇
TALLOLS₇
TALLOTS₇
TALLOWS₁₀
TALLOWY₁₃
TALLYHO₁₃
TELLARS₇
TELLENS₇
TELLERS₇
TELLIES₇
TELLING₈
TELLINS₇
TILLAGE₈
TILLERS₇
TILLIER₇
TILLING₈
TILLITE₇
TOLLAGE₈
TOLLBAR₉
TOLLERS₇
TOLLIES₇
TOLLING₈
TOLLMAN₉
TOLLMEN₉
TOLLWAY₁₃
UILLEAN₇
VALLARY₁₃
VALLATE₁₀
VALLEYS₁₃
VALLUMS₁₂
VELLETS₁₀
VELLONS₁₀
VELLUMS₁₂
VILLAGE₁₁
VILLAIN₁₀
VILLANS₁₀
VILLANY₁₃
VILLEIN₁₀
VILLOSE₁₀
VILLOUS₁₀
VOLLEYS₁₃
WALLABA₁₂
WALLABY₁₅
WALLAHS₁₃
WALLERS₁₀
WALLETS₁₀
WALLEYE₁₃
WALLEYS₁₃
WALLIER₁₀
WALLIES₁₀
WALLING₁₁
WALLOPS₁₂
WALLOWS₁₃
WELLIES₁₀
WELLING₁₁
WILLERS₁₀
WILLEST₁₀
WILLETS₁₀
WILLEYS₁₃
WILLFUL₁₃
WILLIAM₁₂
WILLIED₁₁
WILLIES₁₀
WILLING₁₁
WILLOWS₁₃
WILLOWY₁₆
WOLLIES₁₀
WULLING₁₁
YELLERS₁₀
YELLING₁₁
YELLOCH₁₅
YELLOWS₁₃
YELLOWY₁₆
ZILLAHS₁₉
ZILLION₁₆

Letters by positionIn 42% of these words the 7th letter is S.

1st letter

B12%
H10%
G9%

2nd letter

A28%
I20%
O20%

5th letter

I35%
E19%
O18%

6th letter

E20%
N16%
R10%

7th letter

S42%
G10%
E7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; QULLIQS tops the list with 25. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 50 words
8 points: 60 words
99 points: 114 words
10 points: 113 words
1111 points: 63 words
12 points: 38 words
1313 points: 40 words
14 points: 14 words
1515 points: 21 words
16 points: 9 words
1717 points: 8 words
18 points: 1 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 2 words
2121 points: 1 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
QULLIQS	25	28	NWL only
KILLJOY	21	24	All three
JELLIFY	20	23	All three
JOLLIFY	20	23	All three
HELLBOX	19	21	All three
ZILLAHS	19	20	All three
PILLBOX	18	22	All three
KILLICK	17	20	All three
JOLLITY	17	20	All three
JOLLILY	17	21	All three
KILLOCK	17	20	All three
GALLIZE	17	20	Collins only

The repeated L is fixed, but the surrounding letters make room for familiar words such as MILLION, COLLEGE, and VILLAGE. The full set has 537 entries across tournament dictionaries, yet only 64 fall within our common-word band. That gap matters in a crossword or word game: this pattern has plenty of matches, but many are less familiar.

How many 7-letter words have LL in positions 3 and 4?

The pattern matches 537 seven-letter entries across the covered tournament dictionaries.
B is the most common starting letter, with 66 matches; H follows with 54.
S leads the final letters by a wide margin: 225 words end in S.
Collins includes 524 matches, compared with 416 in NWL2023 and 388 in ENABLE.
Only 64 matches meet our common-word frequency cutoff.

Which familiar words show the LL pattern?

MILLION, COLLEGE, CALLING, TELLING, and VILLAGE are recognizable entries with LL in the required positions. They show how varied the pattern is: the letters before and after LL can form everyday nouns, verbs, and place-related words.

Many matches are inflected forms, including SELLING, FALLING, and PULLING. The strong showing for final S also points to plural and verb forms: DOLLARS and FOLLOWS are two examples. Don't assume a familiar base word guarantees every related form is accepted.

For a quick narrowing clue, check the first and final letters next. B starts the largest group, while S closes far more matches than any other final letter; those positions can cut down a broad pattern fast.

Which LL words score highest, and do dictionaries agree?

QULLIQS tops the Scrabble scores at 25 points, followed by KILLJOY at 21. JELLIFY and JOLLIFY each score 20, while the more familiar KILLJOY is a strong option when its letters fit your rack. The best score is not necessarily the most playable word.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins has 524 matches, NWL2023 has 416, and ENABLE has 388. Those counts overlap; they are not separate piles to add together. Only 64 entries meet the common-word cutoff, so check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar match.

The pattern also grows with length: the same LL placement matches 142 five-letter words and 292 six-letter words. Compare those lists when your puzzle changes length but keeps the repeated letters.

Questions people ask

What are some common 7-letter words with LL in the middle?

MILLION, COLLEGE, CALLING, TELLING, and VILLAGE are familiar examples. Each has L as its 3rd and 4th letters. The full pattern includes 537 matches, but only 64 meet the common-word frequency cutoff, so expect less familiar entries too.

What is the highest-scoring 7-letter word with LL in these positions?

QULLIQS is the highest scorer at 25 points. KILLJOY follows at 21, while JELLIFY and JOLLIFY each score 20. These are tile scores before board bonuses, and a high-scoring word still has to fit your rack and the open spaces.

Do all dictionaries include the same 7-letter LL words?

No, the dictionary counts differ. Collins has 524 matches, NWL2023 has 416, and ENABLE has 388. The counts overlap, so they do not add up to the 537-word total; check the word list used in your game.

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