5-Letter Words Matching _ _ L _ A

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

6 common words212 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

delta
fella
villa
salsa
polka
balsa

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (206)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aella
ailsa
alloa
anlia
aulea
balla
balpa
balta
balza
belda
belga
belia
bella
belva
billa
bulla
calia
calla
calva
celia
celka
cella
cilia
cilka
cilla
colla
colza
culla
culpa
dalea
dalia
delia
della
delma
delqa
delua
dolia
dolma
dulia
dulla
ellga
eolia
falda
falla
felda
fhlba
filea
filia
filla
folia
fulda
fulwa
galba
galea
galga
galla
galva
gelya
gilba
gilda
gilia
golda
golva
halda
halfa
halla
halma
haloa
halva
helda
helga
helsa
hilda
hilla
hilsa
holia
holla
holna
hulda
illia
jolda
jolla
julia
kalpa
kelda
kelia
kella
kolea
koloa
kolva
kulda
kulla
lalia
lalla
lelia
lilia
lilla
lulea
malca
malda
malia
malka
malta
malva
malwa
melba
melda
melfa
melia
mella
melva
milda
milha
milia
milka
milla
milpa
molka
molla
mulga
mulla
nalda
nelda
nelia
nella
nilla
oilla
palea
palla
palma
palta
palua
pella
pelta
pilea
pulka
rella
rilda
rolla
salba
salma
salpa
salta
salva
selda
selia
sella
selma
selva
silda
silma
siloa
silva
solea
solfa
sulea
sulfa
sulka
sulla
sylva
talca
talia
talma
talpa
talya
telia
tella
tilda
tilia
tilla
tolna
tulia
tulsa
tulua
uella
uslta
valda
valma
valsa
valva
velda
vella
velma
velva
vilma
volga
volta
volva
vulva
walla
welda
wilda
wilga
willa
wilma
wylma
xylia
yalla
yalta
yulma
zalea
zalma
zelda
zella
zelma
zilla

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 212 matches.

Most common letters

a212
l212
e66
i64
d39
m39
o30
s29
u29
v26

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 51 with 1 unique vowel
  • 134 with 2 unique vowels
  • 27 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -la · 47 words
  • -ia · 30 words
  • -da · 27 words
  • -va · 16 words
  • -ma · 16 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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