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9-letter words with L as the 2nd letter

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when L is fixed in the 2nd slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: alabaster, alarmisms, alarmists.

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1116 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
alabaster94
alarmisms93
alarmists93
alaruming94
albacores94
albatross93
albicores94
albinisms93
albinotic94
albizzias93
albumoses94
alburnums93
alcahests93
alchemies93
alchemist93
alchemize93
alchymies93
alcoholic94
aldehydes94
aldehydic94
aldolases94
aleatoric94
alehouses94
alertness93
aleurones94
alexander94
alfaquins93
alfilaria94
algaecide93
algarobas94
algarroba94
algebraic93
algerines94
algicidal94
algicides94
alginates94
algorisms93
algorithm93
alicyclic94
alienable93
alienages94
alienated94
alienates94
alienator94
alienisms93
alienists93
alienness93
alighting93
alignment93
alikeness94
alimented94
alimonies94
alinement94
aliphatic94
aliteracy95
aliterate94
aliveness94
alizarins94
alkahests93
alkalised94
alkalises94
alkalized94
alkalizes94
alkaloids93
alkaloses94
alkalosis94
alkalotic94
alkoxides94
alkylated94
alkylates94
allanites94
allantoic93
allantoin93
allantois93
allegedly94
allegiant93
allelisms93
alleluias93
allemande93
allergens93
allergies93
allergins93
allergist93
allethrin93
alleviate93
alleyways93
alliances93
alligator94
allocable93
allocated94
allocates94
allocator94
allogenic94
allograft93
allograph93
allometry94
allomorph93
allopaths93
allopatry94
allophane93
allophone93
allostery94
allotment93
allotrope93
allotropy94
allottees93
allotters93
allotting93
allotypes94
allotypic94
allowable93
allowably94
allowance93
allowedly94
allspices93
allusions93
alluvials93
alluvions93
alluviums93
almagests93
almandine93
almandite93
almonries93
almsgiver93
almshouse92
aloneness94
alongside93
aloofness93
alopecias94
alpenglow93
alpenhorn93
alphabets93
alpinisms93
alpinists93
alterable93
alterably94
alterants93
altercate93
alternate93
altimeter94
altimetry94
altiplano94
altitudes94
altricial93
altruisms92
altruists92
aluminate94
aluminium94
aluminize94
aluminous94
aluminums94
alumroots93
alveolars93
alveolate93
blabbered93
blackball92
blackbird92
blackbody93
blackboys92
blackcaps92
blackcock92
blackened93
blackener93
blackface92
blackfins92
blackfish92
blackgums92
blackhead92
blackings92
blackjack92
blackland92
blacklead92
blacklegs92
blacklist92
blackmail92
blackness92
blackouts92
blackpoll92
blacktail92
blacktops92
blackwood92
bladelike93
blaeberry93
blameless93
blanchers92
blanching92
blandness92
blanketed93
blankness92
blarneyed92
blaspheme92
blasphemy93
blastemal93
blastemas93
blastiest92
blastings92
blastment92
blastoffs92
blastomas93
blastulae92
blastulas93
blatantly93
blathered93
blatherer93
blattered93
blazingly93
blazoners93
blazoning93
bleachers92
bleaching92
bleakness92
bleariest92
bleedings92
blemished93
blemishes93
blenchers92
blenching92
blesbucks92
blesseder93
blessedly93
blessings92
blethered93
blighters92
blighties92
blighting92
blindages93
blindfish92
blindfold92
blindness92
blindside92
blindworm92
blinkards92
blinkered93
blistered93
blithered93
blizzards92
blizzardy93
blockaded93
blockader93
blockades93
blockages93
blockhead92
blockiest92
bloodbath92
bloodfins92
bloodiest92
bloodings92
bloodless92
bloodline92
bloodroot92
bloodshed92
bloodshot92
bloodworm92
bloodying92
bloomiest92
blossomed93
blotchier92
blotchily93
blotching92
blottiest92
blousiest92
bloviated93
bloviates93
blowbacks92
blowballs92
blowdowns92
blowflies92
blowhards92
blowholes93
blowpipes93
blowsiest92
blowtorch92
blowtubes93
blowziest92
blubbered93
bludgeons92
blueballs92
bluebeard92
bluebells92
blueberry93
bluebills92
bluebirds92
bluebooks92
bluecoats92
bluegills92
bluegrass92
blueheads92
bluejacks92
bluejeans92
bluelines93
bluenoses93
bluepoint92
blueprint92
blueshift92
bluesiest92
bluestems92
bluestone92
blueticks92
blueweeds92
bluewoods92
bluffness92
blundered93
blunderer93
bluntness92
blurriest92
blustered93
blusterer93
clabbered93
claddings92
cladistic93
cladodial93
cladogram93
claimable92
claimants92
clamantly93
clambakes93
clambered93
clamberer93
clammiest92
clamorers93
clamoring93
clamorous93
clamoured93
clampdown92
clamshell92
clamworms92
clangored93
clangours92
clapboard92
claptraps92
claqueurs92
clarences93
clarified93
clarifier93
clarifies93
clarinets93
clarioned93
clarities93
classical93
classiest92
classisms92
classists92
classless92
classmate92
classroom92
clathrate92
clattered93
clatterer93
claughted92
claustral92
claustrum92
clavering93
clavicles93
claybanks92
claymores93
claywares93
cleanable92
cleanlier92
cleanness92
cleansers92
cleansing92
clearable92
clearance92
clearings92
clearness92
clearwing92
cleavable92
cleavages93
clemently93
clenchers92
clenching92
clepsydra93
clergyman93
clergymen93
clericals93
clerihews93
clerisies93
clerkdoms92
clerklier92
clerkship92
cleveites93
cleverest93
cleverish93
clientage92
clientele92
cliffiest92
climactic93
climaxing93
climbable92
clinchers92
clinching92
clingiest92
clinician93
clinkered93
clinquant92
clintonia93
clipboard92
clippings92
clipsheet92
cliquiest92
clitellum93
cloakroom92
clobbered93
clochards92
clocklike92
clockwise92
clockwork92
cloddiest92
clodpates93
clodpoles93
clodpolls92
cloggiest92
cloisonne92
cloisters92
cloistral92
clonicity94
clonidine93
closeable92
closedown93
closeness93
closeouts92
closetful93
closeting93
closuring93
clothiers92
clothings92
cloturing93
cloudiest92
cloudland92
cloudless92
cloudlets92
cloyingly92
clubbable92
clubbiest92
clubhands92
clubhauls92
clubhouse92
clubrooms92
clubroots92
clumpiest92
clumsiest92
clunkiest92
clupeoids92
clustered93
clutching92
cluttered93
elaborate94
elastases94
elastomer94
elaterids94
elaterins94
elaterite94
elbowroom93
elderlies93
eldership93
eldresses93
electable93
elections93
electives94
electoral94
electress93
electrets93
electrics93
electrify94
electrode93
electroed93
electrons93
electrums93
electuary94
eledoisin94
elegances94
elegantly94
elegiacal94
elegising94
elegizing94
elemental94
elephants93
elevateds94
elevating94
elevation94
elevators94
elevenses94
elevenths93
eliciting94
elicitors94
eligibles94
eliminate94
elkhounds92
ellipsoid93
elocution94
eloigners93
eloigning93
elongated94
elongates94
elopement94
eloquence93
elsewhere93
elucidate94
elusively95
elutriate93
eluviated94
eluviates94
flabbiest92
flabellum93
flaccidly93
flagellar93
flagellin93
flagellum93
flageolet93
flaggiest92
flaggings92
flagpoles93
flagrance92
flagrancy93
flagships92
flagstaff92
flagstick92
flagstone92
flakiness93
flambeaus92
flambeaux92
flambeing92
flamencos93
flameouts92
flamingly93
flamingos93
flammable92
flancards92
flaneries93
flanneled93
flannelly93
flapjacks92
flappable92
flappiest92
flaringly93
flashback92
flashbulb92
flashcard92
flashcube92
flashguns92
flashiest92
flashings92
flashlamp92
flashover93
flashtube92
flatboats92
flatfoots92
flatheads92
flatirons93
flatlands92
flatlings92
flatmates93
flattened93
flattener93
flattered93
flatterer93
flatulent93
flatwares93
flatworks92
flatworms92
flaunters92
flauntier92
flaunting92
flautists92
flavanols93
flavanone93
flavonoid93
flavonols93
flavorers93
flavorful93
flavoring93
flavorist93
flavoured93
flaxseeds92
fleabanes93
fleabites93
fleaworts92
flechette92
flections92
fledgiest92
fledgling92
fleeching92
fleeciest92
fleetness92
flemished93
flemishes93
flenching92
fleshiest92
fleshings92
fleshlier92
fleshment92
fleshpots92
fletchers92
fletching92
flexagons93
flexitime93
flextimes93
flichters92
flickered93
flightier92
flightily93
flighting92
flimflams92
flimsiest92
flinchers92
flinching92
flinkites93
flintiest92
flintlike92
flintlock92
flippancy93
flirtiest92
flitching92
flittered93
floatages93
floatiest92
floccules93
flocculus93
flockiest92
flockings92
floggings92
floodgate92
floodways92
floorages93
floorings92
flophouse92
flopovers93
floppiest92
florences93
floriated93
floridity94
florigens93
floristic93
floristry93
flossiest92
flotation93
flotillas93
flouncier92
flouncing92
flounders92
flourless92
flowchart92
flowerage93
flowerers93
flowerets93
flowerful93
flowerier93
flowerily94
flowering93
flowerpot93
flowingly93
flowmeter93
flowstone92
fluctuant92
fluctuate92
fluencies92
fluffiest92
fluidally93
fluidised93
fluidises93
fluidized93
fluidizer93
fluidizes93
fluidness92
fluidrams92
flummoxed93
flummoxes93
fluorenes93
fluoresce92
fluorides93
fluorines93
fluorites93
fluoroses93
fluorosis93
fluorotic93
fluorspar92
flurrying92
flushable92
flushness92
flustered93
flutelike93
fluttered93
flutterer93
fluxgates93
fluxional93
flybridge92
flyleaves93
flypapers93
flyspecks92
flyweight92
flywheels92
glabellae92
glabellar93
glacially93
glaciated93
glaciates93
gladdened93
gladiator93
gladiolas93
gladiolus93
gladliest92
gladsomer93
gladstone92
glairiest92
glamorise93
glamorize93
glamorous93
glamoured93
glandered93
glandless92
glandular93
glandules93
glaringly93
glasnosts92
glassfuls92
glassiest92
glassines93
glassless92
glassware92
glasswork92
glasswort92
glaucomas93
gleamiest92
gleanable92
gleanings92
gleefully93
gleetiest92
glengarry93
gliadines93
glimmered93
glimpsers92
glimpsing92
glissaded93
glissader93
glissades93
glissandi93
glissando93
glistened93
glistered93
glittered93
glitziest92
gloamings92
globalise93
globalism93
globalist93
globalize93
globbiest92
globefish93
globulins93
glochidia93
glomerule93
glomeruli94
gloomiest92
gloomings92
glorified93
glorifier93
glorifies93
glorioles93
glossator93
glossemes93
glossiest92
glossinas93
glossitis93
glottides93
glottises93
glowering93
glowflies92
glowingly93
glowworms92
gloxinias93
glucagons93
glucinums93
gluconate93
glucoside93
glumpiest92
glunching92
glutamate93
glutamine93
glutelins93
glutenous93
glutinous93
glyceride93
glycerine93
glycerins93
glycerols93
glyceryls93
glycogens93
glyconics93
glycoside93
glycosyls93
ileitides94
illations93
illatives94
illegally94
illegible93
illegibly94
illiberal94
illicitly94
illiniums93
illnesses93
illogical94
illumined94
illumines94
illusions93
illuviums93
ilmenites94
klatsches92
klezmorim93
klutziest92
klystrons92
oldnesses93
oldsquaws92
oldstyles93
oleanders93
oleasters93
olecranon94
oleograph93
oleoresin94
olfaction93
olfactory94
olibanums94
oligarchs93
oligarchy94
oligomers94
oligopoly95
oligurias94
olivenite94
ololiuqui94
olympiads93
placarded93
placaters93
placating93
placation93
placative93
placatory94
placeable92
placeboes93
placekick93
placeless93
placement93
placentae92
placental93
placentas93
placidity94
plainness92
plainsman92
plainsmen92
plainsong92
plaintext92
plaintful92
plaintiff92
plaintive92
plaisters92
plaitings92
planarian93
planarias93
planarity94
planation93
planchets92
planeload93
planetary94
planetoid93
planforms92
plangency93
planished93
planisher93
planishes93
plankings92
plankters92
planktons92
plannings92
planosols93
plantable92
plantains92
plantings92
plantlets92
plantlike92
plantsman92
plantsmen92
plashiest92
plasmagel93
plasmasol93
plasmatic93
plasmodia93
plasmoids92
plastered93
plasterer93
plasticky93
plastisol93
plastrons92
plastrums92
plateaued92
platefuls93
platelets93
platelike93
platesful93
platforms92
platinize93
platinums93
platitude93
platooned93
platyfish93
plausible92
plausibly93
playacted92
playbacks92
playbills92
playbooks92
playdates93
playdowns92
playfield92
playfully93
playgirls92
playgoers92
playhouse92
playlands92
playlists92
playmaker93
playmates93
playrooms92
playsuits92
plaything92
playtimes93
pleaching92
pleadable92
pleadings92
pleasance92
pleasured93
pleasures93
pleatless92
plebeians92
plectrons92
plectrums92
pledgeors92
plenished93
plenishes93
plenitude93
plenteous92
plentiful93
pleonasms92
plethoras93
plethoric93
pleuritic93
pleustons92
plexiform93
pliancies92
plication93
plighters92
plighting92
plimsoles93
plimsolls92
pliotrons92
plotlines93
plottages93
plottiest92
ploughers92
ploughing92
plowbacks92
plowheads92
plowlands92
plowshare92
pluckiest92
plumbagos93
plumbings92
plumbisms92
plumelets93
plumerias93
plumipeds93
plummeted93
plummiest92
plumpened93
plumpness92
plundered93
plunderer93
pluralism93
pluralist93
plurality94
pluralize93
plushiest92
plushness92
plussages93
plutocrat93
plutonian93
plutonium93
slabbered93
slackened93
slackness92
slaggiest92
slaloming93
slandered93
slanderer93
slangiest92
slanguage92
slantways92
slantwise92
slaphappy93
slapjacks92
slapstick92
slashings92
slatelike93
slathered93
slatterns92
slattings92
slaughter92
slaverers93
slaveries93
slavering93
slavishly93
sleazebag93
sleaziest92
sleddings92
sleekened93
sleekiest92
sleekness92
sleepiest92
sleepings92
sleepless92
sleeplike92
sleepover93
sleepwalk92
sleepwear92
sleetiest92
sleevelet93
sleighers92
sleighing92
slenderer93
slenderly93
sleuthing92
sliceable92
slickness92
slickrock92
slideways93
slightest92
slighting92
slimeball93
sliminess93
slimpsier92
slimsiest92
slingshot92
slinkiest92
slipcased93
slipcases93
slipcover93
slipforms92
slipknots92
slipovers93
slippages93
slippered93
slippiest92
slipslops92
slipsoles93
slipwares93
slithered93
sliverers93
slivering93
slivovitz93
slobbered93
slobberer93
slobbiest92
sloganeer93
sloganize93
sloppiest92
slopworks92
sloshiest92
slotbacks92
slouchers92
slouchier92
slouchily93
slouching92
sloughier92
sloughing92
slowdowns92
slowpokes93
slowworms92
slubbered93
slubbings92
sludgiest92
slugabeds93
slugfests92
sluggards92
sluiceway93
slumbered93
slumberer93
slumbrous92
slumlords92
slummiest92
slungshot92
slurrying92
slushiest92
slynesses93
ulcerated94
ulcerates94
ultimated94
ultimates94
ultimatum94
ultrachic93
ultracold93
ultracool93
ultrafast93
ultrafine93
ultraheat93
ultrahigh93
ultraisms92
ultraists92
ultraleft93
ultrapure93
ultrarare93
ultrareds93
ultrarich93
ultrasafe93
ultraslow93
ultrasoft93
ultrathin93
ultrawide93
ululating94
ululation94

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed L in the 2nd slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping L locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
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