5-Letter Words With L as the Third Letter
Our word finder knows 607 five-letter words with L as the third letter. Common picks such as VALUE, SALES, BELOW lead the list, which makes it faster to spot the word your puzzle is hiding.
Words are ordered by usage frequency in a trillion-word English corpus, which is the closest thing to "most likely answer first" that a word list can offer.
Most common
- value8
- sales5
- below10
- files8
- color7
- miles7
- rules5
- allow8
- valid9
- fully11
- cells7
- calls7
- solid6
- films10
- false8
- falls8
- hello8
- filed9
- kelly12
- wales8
All 607 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- helps 10
- delta 6
- hills 8
- dolls 6
- delay 9
- pilot 7
- polls 7
- solar 5
- split 7
- holds 9
- pulse 7
- bills 7
- villa 8
- tells 5
- talks 9
- walls 8
- wells 8
- pills 7
- folks 12
- balls 7
- billy 10
- solve 8
- roles 5
- atlas 5
- ralph 10
- mills 7
- holes 8
- valve 11
- tales 5
- nylon 8
- salon 5
- relay 8
- rolls 5
- rally 8
- salad 6
- relax 12
- sells 5
- colin 7
- males 7
- walks 12
- polar 7
- welsh 11
- belly 10
- holly 11
- silly 8
- kills 9
- sally 8
- belle 7
- belts 7
- ruled 6
- colon 7
- alloy 8
- tiles 5
- bulbs 9
- bells 7
- nelly 8
- halls 8
- celeb 9
- alley 8
- riley 8
- wills 8
- malls 7
- molly 10
- salsa 5
- poles 7
- pulls 7
- jelly 15
- bolts 7
- bulls 7
- isles 5
- inlet 5
- silva 8
- palms 9
- welch 13
- helix 15
- fills 8
- ruler 5
- jolly 15
- volts 8
- tulip 7
- cello 7
- foley 11
- dolce 8
- folds 9
- willy 11
- dolly 9
- salts 5
- colts 7
- filth 11
- valet 8
- folio 8
- tally 8
- silky 12
- lilac 7
- waltz 17
- piles 7
- molds 8
- walla 8
- bully 10
- milky 14
- wally 11
- palsy 10
- colby 12
- folly 11
- melon 7
- polio 7
- polka 11
- solos 5
- salty 8
- valor 8
- bulky 14
- colds 8
- telco 7
- bylaw 13
- folic 10
- coles 7
- melee 7
- tolls 5
- inlay 8
- volta 8
- relic 7
- telex 12
- mules 7
- bally 10
- bulge 8
- tiled 6
- talon 5
- mulch 12
- delft 9
- piled 8
- helms 10
- gully 9
- cults 7
- oiled 6
- calif 10
- soles 5
- polos 7
- melts 7
- mille 7
- bales 7
- dolor 6
- filer 8
- mylar 10
- jello 12
- dales 6
- wilco 10
- filmy 13
- molar 7
- gulch 11
- axles 12
- delve 9
- fella 8
- moles 7
- calla 7
- holla 8
- dells 6
- filet 8
- hallo 8
- tolar 5
- solon 5
- hilly 11
- filly 11
- telly 8
- arles 5
- molto 7
- islet 5
- gulls 6
- balsa 7
- silos 5
- hells 8
- colic 9
- sully 8
- salvo 8
- golem 8
- celts 7
- halts 8
- salve 8
- hulls 8
- silks 9
- bilge 8
- yells 8
- gills 6
- sills 5
- igloo 6
- allot 5
- felon 8
- selva 8
- gales 6
- kilns 9
- kilts 9
- halal 8
- hales 8
- welds 9
- idler 6
- halos 8
- kilos 9
- pilar 7
- splat 7
- wiles 8
- tilde 6
- tulle 5
- wilds 9
- golds 7
- golly 9
- yolks 12
- kylix 19
- milos 7
- selle 5
- polis 7
- fille 8
- belay 10
- galls 6
- silty 8
- silex 12
- pylon 10
- culpa 9
- bolus 7
- boles 7
- wilts 8
- gulag 7
- baldy 11
- lolly 8
- holed 9
- balms 9
- bilbo 9
- fells 8
- ables 7
- calyx 17
- helio 8
- tilts 5
- calms 9
- kilim 11
- halve 11
- telia 5
- delis 6
- mulls 7
- telos 5
- phlox 17
- selah 8
- kalam 11
- miler 7
- balmy 12
- moldy 11
- gules 6
- allee 5
- allay 8
- polyp 12
- pales 7
- felts 8
- solus 5
- halon 8
- nulls 5
- malts 7
- galax 13
- gilly 9
- folia 8
- dilly 9
- folky 15
- milks 11
- cilia 7
- sulky 12
- sylva 11
- talus 5
- baler 7
- xylem 17
- valse 8
- paler 7
- oiler 5
- cella 7
- galas 6
- pilaf 10
- gilts 6
- colas 7
- dally 9
- pelts 7
- malic 9
- allyl 8
- pulps 9
- belga 8
- splay 10
- voles 8
- eclat 7
- abled 8
- cully 10
- riled 6
- bulla 7
- zilch 19
- belch 12
- aglow 9
- welly 11
- volte 8
- jolts 12
- belie 7
- soled 6
- dolci 8
- tilak 9
- tills 5
- culex 14
- felly 11
- polys 10
- unlit 5
- julep 14
- soldi 6
- pally 10
- wolfs 11
- solum 7
- holey 11
- vales 8
- galea 6
- villi 8
- wolds 9
- sulfa 8
- milch 12
- riles 5
- malty 10
- hullo 8
- baled 8
- doled 7
- holts 8
- paled 8
- idled 7
- doles 6
- melds 8
- welts 8
- telic 7
- filmi 10
- tolan 5
- mulla 7
- balas 7
- dully 9
- celli 7
- balks 11
- calve 10
- calix 14
- culls 7
- tiler 5
- lulls 5
- biles 7
- solan 5
- bilby 12
- rolfs 8
- gulps 8
- taluk 9
- velar 8
- gulfs 9
- salmi 7
- teles 5
- hilts 8
- bulks 11
- pilus 7
- idles 6
- talky 12
- iller 5
- malar 7
- volar 8
- tilth 8
- dills 6
- milia 7
- silts 5
- hilar 8
- colly 10
- palet 7
- hulks 12
- gally 9
- sylph 13
- talls 5
- bolas 7
- talas 5
- owlet 8
- taler 5
- bolls 7
- culms 9
- toles 5
- pulpy 12
- galop 8
- delts 6
- jills 12
- yelps 10
- halma 10
- veldt 9
- xylan 15
- golfs 9
- filch 13
- molas 7
- dulls 6
- poled 8
- gular 6
- hylas 11
- poler 7
- salal 5
- kulak 13
- talar 5
- selfs 8
- holms 10
- kalpa 11
- melty 10
- dulse 6
- palea 7
- halva 11
- gelee 6
- bolos 7
- abler 7
- rales 5
- dolts 6
- milty 10
- joles 12
- palmy 12
- rills 5
- culti 7
- kilty 12
- kales 9
- balky 14
- onlay 8
- sulks 9
- fulls 8
- hollo 8
- tules 5
- velum 10
- dolma 8
- aglet 6
- sulci 7
- ogled 7
- molts 7
- ailed 6
- yulan 8
- delly 9
- hilum 10
- bolar 7
- muley 10
- salep 7
- culet 7
- galah 9
- bolds 8
- wyles 11
- helos 8
- tolyl 8
- palps 9
- pilau 7
- sulfo 8
- soldo 6
- solei 5
- kolos 9
- haled 9
- relet 5
- peles 7
- gilds 7
- molls 7
- pulis 7
- colza 16
- pelon 7
- kelts 9
- aalii 5
- aglee 6
- agley 9
- allod 6
- anlas 5
- aulic 7
- axled 13
- azlon 14
- balds 8
- belon 7
- bilgy 11
- bilks 11
- bulgy 11
- calfs 10
- calks 11
- calos 7
- celom 9
- coled 8
- colog 8
- culch 12
- cylix 17
- deled 7
- deles 6
- delfs 9
- dulia 6
- felid 9
- filar 8
- fillo 8
- filos 8
- filum 10
- gelds 7
- gelid 7
- gelts 6
- gulfy 12
- gulpy 11
- haler 8
- halid 9
- halms 10
- helot 8
- helve 11
- hillo 8
- hilus 8
- holks 12
- hulas 8
- hulky 15
- iglus 6
- isled 6
- jalap 14
- jalop 14
- jells 12
- jilts 12
- jolty 15
- kalif 12
- kelep 11
- kelim 11
- kelps 11
- kelpy 14
- kolas 9
- lalls 5
- lilos 5
- lilts 5
- lolls 5
- lulus 5
- malms 9
- malmy 12
- melic 9
- mells 7
- milds 8
- milpa 9
- milts 7
- molal 7
- mulct 9
- muled 8
- nalas 5
- naled 6
- nills 5
- nolos 5
- ogler 6
- ogles 6
- ollas 5
- orles 5
- orlon 5
- orlop 7
- oxlip 14
- palls 7
- palpi 9
- pelfs 10
- pilaw 10
- pilea 7
- pilei 7
- pilis 7
- puled 8
- puler 7
- pules 7
- pulik 11
- relit 5
- rille 5
- salic 7
- salol 5
- salpa 7
- salps 7
- shlep 10
- shlub 10
- silds 6
- sulus 5
- sylis 8
- talcs 7
- telae 5
- teloi 5
- tolas 5
- toled 6
- tolus 5
- uhlan 8
- unlay 8
- unled 6
- unlet 5
- uplit 7
- velds 9
- viler 8
- vills 8
- voled 9
- volti 8
- volva 11
- vulgo 9
- waled 9
- waler 8
- wiled 9
- wyled 12
- xylol 15
- xylyl 18
- yclad 11
- yelks 12
- yills 8
- yolky 15
- yules 8
- zills 14
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with L as the third letter?
There are 607 five-letter words with L as the third letter in the tournament word lists. The most common are VALUE, SALES, BELOW.
What are common five-letter words with L as the third letter?
VALUE, SALES, BELOW, FILES, COLOR are the most frequently used. The full list of 607 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.