5-Letter Words Matching _ _ I L _

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

29 common words161 valid words

Common Words (29)

Words most likely to be the answer.

guild

chill

skill

swill

spill

gaily

guile

spilt

smile

built

still

exile

child

stilt

quill

utile

build

while

agile

grill

quilt

guilt

chili

icily

voila

drill

krill

frill

daily

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (132)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abilo

adila

akili

anile

anils

apili

arils

atila

atile

atilt

avila

avile

axile

axils

baile

bailo

bails

baily

beild

bhili

boils

boily

brill

ceile

ceils

chile

chilo

chilt

coila

coils

crile

daile

deils

doily

drily

edile

emile

emili

emily

evils

fails

foils

gaile

guily

haile

hails

haily

heild

heils

heily

huila

huile

ifill

jails

kaila

kaile

kails

keily

khila

koila

leila

maile

maill

mails

meile

meill

moile

moils

nails

naily

neila

neile

neill

neils

noils

noily

odilo

otila

ovile

pails

phila

phile

phill

philo

poilu

prill

quila

raila

rails

rhila

roils

roily

sails

saily

shilf

shilh

shill

shily

slily

smils

smily

soils

soily

spile

stila

stilb

stile

stilo

stilu

swile

tails

taily

teilo

thilk

thill

toile

toils

trill

twila

twill

twilt

vails

veils

veily

voile

wails

waily

weill

whilk

whill

whils

zoila

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 161 matches.

Most common letters

i161

l161

a60

s54

e51

h31

o30

t28

y23

r15

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
37 with 1 unique vowel
93 with 2 unique vowels
31 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-le · 32 words
-ls · 32 words
-ly · 23 words
-ll · 23 words
-la · 19 words

Strategy

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

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