5 Letter Words With L in the middle
Found 821 5-letter words with L in the middle. Skim the list below, or stack on more filters to narrow things down further.
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Quick answers
How many 5-letter words with L in the middle are there?
There are 821 5-letter words with L in the middle in our list right now.
What's the highest-scoring 5-letter word with L in the middle?
"kylix" tops the list with L in the middle at 19 points in Scrabble.
What's a common 5-letter word with L in the middle?
"allow" is one you'll recognize — it's among the more frequently used 5-letter words with L in the middle.
Will these words hold up in Scrabble or Words With Friends?
They're drawn from a broad English word list, not a single tournament dictionary. If you're playing competitively, double-check against your game's official list (TWL or SOWPODS) before you commit to a play.
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Want 5-letter words with L in the middle? There are 821 words here, pulled from a broad English word list and run through every filter on this page. Five-letter words carry extra weight thanks to Wordle — one puzzle, six guesses — so this list moonlights as a solver whenever you're stuck. Top of the scoreboard: "kylix", worth 19 points in Scrabble and Words With Friends.
Reach for these first if you want something no scorekeeper will argue with: allow, below, calls, cells, color, delta. Common words like these show up in most game dictionaries, so they're safe, low-risk plays. Want something sneakier — harder to guess, less likely to get challenged — use the filters below to narrow by extra letters.
L, S, E, A, O show up most often in this group — worth remembering when you're deciding which tiles to hang onto. J, Z, Q turn up far less, and they're usually what pushes a word's score higher when they do.