5-Letter Words Matching _ _ _ L T

45 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ _ L T, 17 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

17 common words45 valid words

Common Words (17)

Words most likely to be the answer.

moult
exult
smelt
fault
vault
spilt
spelt
built
exalt
dwelt
stilt
shalt
quilt
guilt
knelt
dealt
adult

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (28)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aholt
aillt
atilt
awalt
boult
chilt
dault
doylt
gault
hault
hoult
isolt
opelt
poult
quelt
sault
scalt
scult
shult
smalt
smolt
soult
spalt
svelt
swelt
tellt
twalt
twilt

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 45 matches.

Most common letters

l45
t45
u19
a18
s16
e12
o10
i10
h6
d5

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 21 with 1 unique vowel
  • 24 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -lt · 45 words

Strategy

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

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