5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I _ L

65 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ I _ L, 16 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

16 common words65 valid words

Common Words (16)

Words most likely to be the answer.

swirl
chill
skill
swill
spill
spiel
still
twirl
quill
grill
trial
drill
krill
frill
axial
whirl

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (49)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

adiel
agiel
amiel
apiol
ariel
baiel
brill
chiel
chirl
faial
feigl
foirl
friml
glial
heigl
ifill
ilial
inial
maill
meill
neill
orial
oriel
phial
phill
prill
quirl
shiel
shill
shirl
skirl
snirl
spial
stijl
thill
thiol
thirl
trill
trinl
triol
tripl
twill
urial
uriel
uviol
uzial
uziel
weill
whill

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 65 matches.

Most common letters

i65
l65
r27
a18
e16
h14
s13
t12
p8
o7

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ll · 23 words
  • -el · 11 words
  • -al · 11 words
  • -rl · 10 words
  • -ol · 4 words

Strategy

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

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