5-Letter Words Matching _ _ C _ L

29 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ C _ L, 6 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

6 common words29 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

focal
vocal
excel
fecal
local
decal

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (23)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

accel
ancel
bicol
bocal
cecal
cecil
decil
decyl
ducal
jacal
mycol
nicol
nucal
oicel
oscrl
pical
picul
pocul
sacul
sicel
tical
ticul
yacal

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 29 matches.

Most common letters

c29
l29
a16
e11
i10
o10
u6
d4
n3
y3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 6 with 1 unique vowel
  • 22 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 13 words
  • -el · 5 words
  • -ul · 4 words
  • -ol · 3 words
  • -il · 2 words

Strategy

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

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