5-letter words with L as the fourth letter
There are 759 five-letter words with L as the fourth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is JOWLY at 18 points. S is the most common first letter among them (113), 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 fourth position leaves these 759 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with L in slot 4, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include JOWLY, QIBLA, QUALM, FJELD and JELLY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an L in slot 4 further.
For Wordle, AISLE 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 759 words.
5-letter words with L as the fourth letter in numbers
- Words
- 759
- Highest scoring
- JOWLY 18 pts
- Average score
- 8.3 pts
- With a definition
- 398 (52%)
- A46
- B43
- C49
- D52
- E15
- F39
- G40
- H37
- I13
- J14
- K16
- L9
- M45
- N25
- O17
- P37
- Q7
- R28
- S113
- T40
- U7
- V20
- W35
- Y9
- Z3
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with l as the fourth letter
5-letter words with L as the fourth letter (759)
These 300 of the 759 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.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have L as the fourth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 759 five-letter words with L in the fourth position, 6% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fourth tile turned green as L, these 759 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 AISLE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with L as the fourth letter?
JOWLY scores 18 points in Scrabble. Next come FJELD (16), QIBLA (16) and QUALM (16). The average is 8.3 points.