5-Letter Words Matching _ _ A _ L
65 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ A _ L, 18 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
18 common words65 valid words
Common Words (18)
Words most likely to be the answer.
trawl
shall
shawl
snarl
snail
drawl
pearl
avail
crawl
small
frail
brawl
stall
trail
flail
quail
grail
email
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (47)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
adall
asael
beall
brail
chawl
craal
drail
egall
elayl
ewall
gnarl
graal
gwawl
heall
knarl
kraal
krall
kraul
lyall
meaul
miaul
myall
neall
niall
phail
quarl
reaal
readl
scall
scaul
scawl
sharl
shaul
skail
smail
spail
spall
spawl
staal
stahl
stail
swail
uball
udall
whall
wharl
wrawl
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 65 matches.
Most common letters
a65
l65
r24
s21
i18
w14
e12
h10
u9
c6
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 30 with 1 unique vowel
- 31 with 2 unique vowels
- 4 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ll · 18 words
- -il · 16 words
- -wl · 10 words
- -rl · 7 words
- -al · 5 words
Strategy
18 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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