5-Letter Words Matching _ _ E _ L
72 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ E _ L, 11 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.
11 common words72 valid words
Common Words (11)
Words most likely to be the answer.
spell
kneel
quell
ideal
steal
shell
steel
smell
wheel
dwell
swell
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (61)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
abell
adell
areal
areel
avell
aweel
baerl
buell
creel
creil
diehl
euell
ewell
idell
ileal
jbeil
jheel
joell
kiehl
knell
kreil
krell
loeil
lrecl
lyell
noell
npeel
odell
oneal
oneil
peell
pheal
pregl
queal
querl
riehl
sheal
sheel
sheol
sherl
skeel
skell
skerl
skewl
snell
speal
speel
speil
stell
sweal
szell
theol
toefl
tweel
tweil
udell
ureal
uveal
wheal
whewl
zoeal
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 72 matches.
Most common letters
e72
l72
s21
a20
r14
h14
i13
w11
o10
k9
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 30 with 1 unique vowel
- 33 with 2 unique vowels
- 9 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -ll · 25 words
- -al · 14 words
- -el · 12 words
- -il · 7 words
- -rl · 4 words
Strategy
11 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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