5-Letter Words Matching _ _ A L _

149 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ A L _, 20 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

20 common words149 valid words

Common Words (20)

Words most likely to be the answer.

shall

stalk

scald

stale

exalt

qualm

realm

shalt

psalm

scalp

koala

chalk

whale

scaly

shale

scale

small

stall

mealy

dealt

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (129)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

acale

adala

adali

adall

akala

akali

alala

amala

amalg

aralu

asale

avale

awald

awalt

ayala

baals

beala

beale

beall

beals

bhalu

biali

bialy

brale

chald

coala

coals

coaly

cralg

deale

deals

dhals

dials

duala

duali

duals

dwale

dwalm

egall

ewald

ewall

feala

foals

foaly

glali

goala

goals

heald

heall

heals

healy

itala

itali

italo

italy

jaala

khalk

khalq

koali

krall

lyall

meals

myall

neala

neale

neall

nealy

ngala

niall

nyala

obala

ocala

opals

orale

orals

ovalo

ovals

peale

peals

pfalz

piala

quale

reals

rials

roald

scala

scalf

scall

scalt

scalx

scalz

seale

seals

sealy

shala

shaly

sials

skald

smalm

smalt

spald

spale

spall

spalt

swale

teals

thala

twale

twalt

ubald

uball

udale

udall

ugali

upali

urali

uvala

veals

vealy

vials

waals

weald

weals

whall

whalm

whalp

whaly

woald

zeals

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 149 matches.

Most common letters

a149

l149

s56

e50

d26

h21

i20

o19

c18

w18

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
54 with 1 unique vowel
86 with 2 unique vowels
9 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-ls · 25 words
-la · 23 words
-le · 20 words
-ll · 18 words
-ly · 12 words

Strategy

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

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