7-letter words with R as the 2nd letter and L as the 4th letter

The fixed letters leave five positions open, but the results are not evenly spread across word beginnings and endings; P is the most common first letter, while S is the leading final letter; Familiar examples such as TRILOGY and TROLLEY sit alongside less familiar entries, so a recognizable word is only a small part of the search.

The pattern at a glance

• Exactly 78 entries have R in position two and L in position four.
• Only 6 entries count as common by frequency.
• P starts 21 words, more than any other first letter.
• S ends 23 words, ahead of D and E, which each end 12.

7-letter words with R second and L fourth: what stands out?

P leads the first-letter choices with 21 entries; T follows with 12 and A with 11. At the other end, S closes 23 words, nearly twice the 12 that end in D or E. When your known pattern leaves the first or last square open, test P at the front and S at the back before moving to less frequent options.

GRILLED and DRILLED are easy examples to recognize, while TRILOGY, TROLLEY and PRELUDE show how varied the remaining letters can be. Just 6 of the 78 words are common by frequency, so familiar examples represent only a small slice of the full set.

Which entries fit your game?

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins includes all 78 words, compared with 65 in NWL2023 and 59 in ENABLE. Some entries therefore depend on which word list your game uses. The low common-word count is another practical limit; check your game's dictionary before committing to an unfamiliar option.

BRULZIE is the top scorer at 18 points, well ahead of AR MLOCK at 15. That makes BRULZIE the standout scoring target, but the name is much less familiar than GRILLED. The average score across the set is 9.6, so the highest scorer is an exception rather than a typical result.