5-Letter Words Matching _ _ L _ E

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

15 common words144 valid words

Common Words (15)

Words most likely to be the answer.

tilde

solve

delve

valve

melee

bilge

halve

false

value

tulle

bulge

belie

salve

belle

pulse

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (130)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

adlee

aglee

ailee

ailie

allie

arlee

arlie

atlee

aulae

belee

belue

belve

bilbe

bille

bolme

bolte

bulse

calie

calle

calpe

calve

celie

celle

chloe

dalle

dalpe

delle

dille

dolce

dulce

dulse

ehlke

ellie

enloe

eslie

eulee

fille

folie

fulke

fylde

galbe

galee

galle

gelee

gilse

golee

goloe

golpe

gulae

halbe

halie

halke

halle

halse

halte

halwe

helge

helle

heloe

helse

helve

hilde

holle

hulme

jalee

jelle

jolee

jolie

julee

julie

kalie

kalle

kolbe

kylie

kyloe

lille

lulie

malee

malie

mdlle

melie

meloe

milde

mille

milne

molge

molle

molpe

mulse

nelie

nelle

nelse

nolde

nolie

nolle

nolte

oklee

ollie

pelee

polje

pylle

rilke

rille

rolfe

salle

salse

salue

selie

selle

talie

telae

unlie

valle

valse

velte

ville

volpe

volte

walke

wilde

wilie

wolfe

wolve

wulfe

wylde

wylie

yulee

zelde

zelle

zolle

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 144 matches.

Most common letters

l144

e144

a43

i42

o33

u21

d18

h18

s17

v16

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
25 with 1 unique vowel
99 with 2 unique vowels
20 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-le · 29 words
-ie · 25 words
-ee · 18 words
-se · 10 words
-ve · 9 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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