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7-letter words with R as the 3rd letter and L as the 5th letter

A total of 174 7-letter words have R as the third letter and L as the fifth, such as CIRCLES, SURPLUS, TURTLES and MORALLY.

174 wordsTop pick CIRCLESHighest score PERPLEX 18

15 of 174 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

With R in 3rd place, I is the most common 5th letter (744 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 15 · most-used first

  • CIRCLES11
  • SURPLUS9
  • TURTLES7
  • MORALLY12
  • GORILLA8
  • HURDLES11
  • ACRYLIC14
  • SCROLLS9
  • BURGLAR10
  • MORALES9
  • PARSLEY12
  • MARBLES11
  • CIRCLED12
  • THRILLS10
  • COROLLA9
All valid words 174

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

  • ACRYLIC14
  • ACRYLYL15
  • AIRFLOW13
  • AIRGLOW11
  • AIRPLAY12
  • AURALLY10
  • AURELIA7
  • BARILLA9
  • BAROLOS9
  • BIRSLED10
  • BIRSLES9
  • BURBLED12
  • BURBLER11
  • BURBLES11
  • BURGLAR10
  • BURGLED11
  • BURGLES10
  • CAROLED10
  • CAROLER9
  • CAROLUS9
  • CIRCLED12
  • CIRCLER11
  • CIRCLES11
  • CIRCLET11
  • CIRCLIP13
  • CORALLA9
  • CORELLA9
  • CORMLET11
  • COROLLA9
  • CORSLET9
  • CORULER9
  • CORYLUS12
  • CURDLED11
  • CURDLER10
  • CURDLES10
  • DARGLES9
  • DARKLED13
  • DARKLES12
  • DARTLED9
  • DARTLES8
  • EARFLAP12
  • EARPLUG10
  • ENROLLS7
  • FARTLEK14
  • FERULAE10
  • FERULAS10
  • FERULED11
  • FERULES10
  • FIRELIT10
  • FORELAY13
  • FORELEG11
  • FORELIE10
  • FORSLOE10
  • FORSLOW13
  • FORTLET10
  • FUROLES10
  • GARBLED11
  • GARBLER10
  • GARBLES10
  • GARGLED10
  • GARGLER9
  • GARGLES9
  • GIRDLED10
  • GIRDLER9
  • GIRDLES9
  • GIROLLE8
  • GORILLA8
  • GURGLED10
  • GURGLES9
  • GURGLET9
  • GYRALLY14
  • HARELDS11
  • HARELIP12
  • HARSLET10
  • HERALDS11
  • HERBLET12
  • HIRPLED13
  • HIRPLES12
  • HIRSLED11
  • HIRSLES10
  • HORNLET10
  • HURDLED12
  • HURDLER11
  • HURDLES11
  • HURTLED11
  • HURTLES10
  • JIRBLED17
  • JIRBLES16
  • JURALLY17
  • KIRTLED12
  • KIRTLES11
  • MARBLED12
  • MARBLER11
  • MARBLES11
  • MARPLOT11
  • MARTLET9
  • MERELLS9
  • MORALES9
  • MORALLS9
  • MORALLY12
  • MORELLE9
  • MORELLO9
  • MORULAE9
  • MORULAR9
  • MORULAS9
  • MURALED10
  • MYRTLES12
  • NEROLIS7
  • NURDLED9
  • NURDLES8
  • NURSLED8
  • NURSLES7
  • OORALIS7
  • OURALIS7
  • OWRELAY13
  • PARELLA9
  • PARELLE9
  • PAROLED10
  • PAROLEE9
  • PAROLES9
  • PARSLEY12
  • PARTLET9
  • PARULIS9
  • PERILED10
  • PERILLA9
  • PERPLEX18
  • PURFLED13
  • PURFLER12
  • PURFLES12
  • PURPLED12
  • PURPLER11
  • PURPLES11
  • PYRALID13
  • PYRALIS12
  • PYROLAS12
  • REROLLS7
  • RURALLY10
  • SCROLLS9
  • SERVLET10
  • SHRILLS10
  • SHRILLY13
  • SORELLS7
  • STROLLS7
  • SURPLUS9
  • TARTLET7
  • THRALLS10
  • THRILLS10
  • THRILLY13
  • TORULAE7
  • TORULAS7
  • TORULIN7
  • TORULUS7
  • TURTLED8
  • TURTLER7
  • TURTLES7
  • UNROLLS7
  • UNRULED8
  • UNRULES7
  • UPROLLS9
  • VERGLAS11
  • VIRALLY13
  • VIRELAI10
  • VIRELAY13
  • WARBLED13
  • WARBLER12
  • WARBLES12
  • WARSLED11
  • WARSLER10
  • WARSLES10
  • WIRILDA11
  • WORTLES10
  • ZORILLA16
  • ZORILLE16
  • ZORILLO16
Letters by positionIn 55% of these words the 6th letter is E.
1st letter
  1. P11%
  2. C10%
  3. M9%
2nd letter
  1. A24%
  2. U22%
  3. O19%
4th letter
  1. O10%
  2. E10%
  3. A9%
6th letter
  1. E55%
  2. L20%
  3. A9%
7th letter
  1. S36%
  2. D18%
  3. R10%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; PERPLEX tops the list with 18. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 18 words
  2. 8 points: 7 words
  3. 99 points: 38 words
  4. 10 points: 37 words
  5. 1111 points: 27 words
  6. 12 points: 22 words
  7. 1313 points: 14 words
  8. 14 points: 3 words
  9. 1515 points: 1 words
  10. 16 points: 4 words
  11. 1717 points: 2 words
  12. 18 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
PERPLEX1821All three
JURALLY1721All three
JIRBLED1721Collins only
ZORILLA1618All three
ZORILLE1618All three
ZORILLO1618All three
JIRBLES1620Collins only
ACRYLYL1516Collins only
ACRYLIC1416All three
FARTLEK1415Collins · NWL
GYRALLY1415All three
AIRFLOW1314All three

R then a free letter then L is a very productive shape, because it builds the stem of a long run of verbs. Add -ES or -ED and you get 64 of the 174 words. The remaining 110 are a mixed bag of plurals, adverbs and a few Z-heavy curiosities.

The __R_L__ frame in brief

  • 174 words fit, and 15 of them are common English.
  • 133 have a definition, and the average score is 10.4.
  • A is the second letter in 42 words, U in 38 and O in 33.
  • S ends 62 words, D ends 32 and R ends 17.
  • PERPLEX tops the scores at 18, with JURALLY on 17.

Why do -LES and -LED dominate?

Because the fifth-place L is often the last letter of a stem. Add -ES and you get CIRCLES, TURTLES, HURDLES and MARBLES; add -ED and you get circled, marbled, garbled and paroled. The -LES group has 33 words and -LED has 31.

Next come -LER with 15, such as warbler, and -LLS with 12, such as THRILLS and scrolls. -LET also has 12, and -LLY has 8 with MORALLY among them. The -LLY group has 8 words, and morally is the typical adverb.

What is the ZORIL- trio?

ZORILLA, ZORILLE and ZORILLO are three spellings of the same African animal, and each scores 16 because of the single Z worth 10. They sit just below perplex and jurally.

JIRBLED also reaches 17 with its J, which makes the J and Z words worth knowing if your game accepts Collins. Most players will find perplex, with its X worth 8, far easier to build from an ordinary rack.

Outside the top scorers the frame is plain English: gorilla, corolla, airplay and airflow are all fair play.

Dictionary check

Note

Collins takes 173 of the 174, NWL2023 takes 133 and ENABLE takes 127. Look up ZORILLE and JIRBLED in your game's word list before playing.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words have R third and L fifth?
There are 174, including CIRCLES, SURPLUS, TURTLES, MORALLY and GORILLA. Collins takes 173 of them, NWL2023 takes 133 and ENABLE takes 127, so what you can play depends on your game's dictionary.
What is the highest-scoring word with R third and L fifth?
PERPLEX scores 18 points in Scrabble before bonuses. JURALLY and JIRBLED follow at 17, and ZORILLA, ZORILLE and ZORILLO tie at 16. PERPLEX is also the one most players recognise.
Which letter ends most of these words?
S ends 62 of the 174 words, just over a third. D follows with 32 and R with 17, then T with 14, Y with 13, and A and E with 10 each.

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