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5-letter words with L as the fifth letter

There are 470 five-letter words with L as the fifth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is ZIZEL at 23 points. S is the most common first letter among them (79), and the average score is 8.3 points.

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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green L in the fifth position leaves these 470 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with L in slot 5, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include ZIZEL, HEXYL, XYLYL, ZYGAL and HAZEL. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an L in slot 5 further.

For Wordle, PEARL is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 470 words.

5-letter words with L as the fifth letter in numbers

Words
470
Highest scoring
ZIZEL 23 pts
Average score
8.3 pts
With a definition
245 (52%)
Words by first letter
  1. A32
  2. B25
  3. C29
  4. D22
  5. E12
  6. F18
  7. G19
  8. H10
  9. I9
  10. J11
  11. K19
  12. L12
  13. M22
  14. N20
  15. O8
  16. P30
  17. Q4
  18. R25
  19. S79
  20. T27
  21. U7
  22. V13
  23. W7
  24. X2
  25. Y3
  26. Z5

Highest-scoring 5-letter words with l as the fifth letter

WordScoreLength
zizel235
hexyl185
xylyl185
zygal185
fuzil175
hazel175
bezel165
bezil165
jokol165
puzel165

5-letter words with L as the fifth letter (470)

These 300 of the 470 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.

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Frequently asked questions

How many 5 letter words have L as the fifth letter?

Unscrambly's list has 470 five-letter words with L in the fifth position, 3.7% of all five-letter words.

How do I use this list for Wordle?

If your fifth tile turned green as L, these 470 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as PEARL.

What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with L as the fifth letter?

ZIZEL scores 23 points in Scrabble. Next come HEXYL (18), XYLYL (18) and ZYGAL (18). The average is 8.3 points.

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