5-Letter Words Matching _ _ E L _

124 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ E L _, 15 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

15 common words124 valid words

Common Words (15)

Words most likely to be the answer.

whelp

smelt

yield

field

spell

spelt

quell

dwelt

shell

smell

shelf

dwell

swell

wield

knelt

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (109)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abele

abell

adela

adele

adell

akela

amelu

anele

arela

atelo

ately

avell

axels

ayelp

beele

biela

bield

bsele

buell

caeli

chela

chelp

clela

coele

diels

dielu

duels

euell

ewell

feels

feely

fjeld

fuels

gaels

guelf

gwelo

gwely

heels

hield

idell

jaela

joela

joell

kaela

keele

keels

keely

kiele

knell

koels

krell

kwela

leela

lyell

maely

neela

neeld

neele

neely

niela

niels

noell

noels

obeli

odele

odell

ohelo

opelt

opelu

orelu

osela

peele

peell

peels

prela

quelt

reels

riels

ruelu

ruely

scelp

seels

seely

shela

sheld

skelf

skell

skelm

skelp

snell

spelk

stela

stele

stell

stelu

suelo

svelt

swelp

swelt

szell

taels

teels

trela

trelu

udela

udele

udell

whelk

whelm

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 124 matches.

Most common letters

e124

l124

s45

a34

d22

u19

t18

k17

o17

p15

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
52 with 1 unique vowel
59 with 2 unique vowels
13 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-ll · 25 words
-la · 19 words
-ls · 17 words
-le · 13 words
-ly · 8 words

Strategy

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

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