5-Letter Words Matching _ _ _ I L

110 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ _ I L, 19 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

19 common words110 valid words

Common Words (19)

Words most likely to be the answer.

spoil
vigil
snail
civil
cavil
pupil
until
avail
broil
basil
frail
trail
flail
devil
quail
grail
anvil
email
peril

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (91)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aboil
aimil
angil
anoil
april
arbil
argil
armil
ashil
aumil
auvil
auxil
avril
bazil
benil
bevil
bezil
bphil
brail
caril
cebil
cecil
choil
creil
cybil
cyril
datil
decil
dixil
dphil
drail
droil
enlil
enoil
erbil
ervil
eskil
fadil
fatil
foyil
furil
fusil
fuzil
gibil
hamil
intil
irbil
jamil
jbeil
kalil
karil
kevil
kizil
kokil
kovil
kreil
loeil
maril
meril
mobil
mphil
mugil
musil
nepil
nevil
nihil
nymil
oneil
orvil
phail
pipil
pugil
reoil
savil
sigil
skail
smail
sokil
spail
speil
stail
sunil
swail
sybil
tahil
tamil
tweil
unoil
vakil
vexil
zoril

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 110 matches.

Most common letters

i110
l110
a46
r27
e27
b18
o18
s18
v17
n16

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 17 with 1 unique vowel
  • 81 with 2 unique vowels
  • 12 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -il · 110 words

Strategy

19 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.

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