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

The pattern is _N__L__. The matches include familiar words such as involve and insulin, alongside less everyday options like INQILAB and INJELLY. Only 10 rank among common English words. Collins includes all 107 matches, while NWL2023 accepts 80 and ENABLE accepts 72.

Quick facts about the pattern

• Collins includes 107 matches; NWL2023 has 80 and ENABLE has 72.
• Just 10 matches count as common by our frequency measure.
• U leads the first-letter count with 32 words; I follows with 29.
• S ends 42 matches, ahead of D at 28.

Which matches score highest in Scrabble?

INQILAB scores 18 points, topping the matches by its base word score. INJELLY follows at 17, and UNBULKY scores 16. Those unusual high scorers contrast with familiar options such as involve, which scores 13.

The final letter narrows the choices further: 42 words end in S, while 28 end in D. Other endings are much less frequent, with R at 11 and E at 7. For a rack-building clue, check the ending before testing less common vocabulary.

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

The second-letter choice makes a sharp difference. With L still fixed in the fifth position, changing the second letter to A gives 408 matches, compared with 107 for N. N is a substantially tighter filter than the leading alternative in this pattern family.

For a length comparison, the same N-and-L positions yield 85 six-letter matches, while the seven-letter pattern has 107. Still, only 10 of the seven-letter answers are common English words, so an obscure tournament entry is not automatically a familiar play. Check your game's word list before relying on a rare match.