5-Letter Words Matching _ _ L _ N

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

6 common words113 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

colon
salon
melon
talon
nylon
felon

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (107)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

ailin
ailyn
allan
allen
allin
allyn
amlin
arlan
arlen
arlin
arlon
arlyn
azlon
balan
balon
balun
belen
bilin
bolan
bolen
bulan
calan
calen
calin
celin
colan
colen
colin
dalan
dalen
dilan
dolan
dolin
dolon
dylan
edlin
edlun
edlyn
eglin
eglon
ellan
ellen
ellin
ellon
ellyn
emlen
emlin
emlyn
erlin
etlan
falun
galan
galen
helen
helyn
hulen
hylan
ihlen
iplan
jolon
jolyn
kalan
kalin
kalon
kalvn
kilan
kulan
kulun
kylen
kylin
malan
malin
melan
melun
milan
milon
mylan
nelan
nolan
ollen
orlan
orlin
orlon
pelon
pilin
pilon
pylon
qulin
rcldn
rolan
silen
silin
solan
solen
solon
telyn
tolan
uhlan
ullin
velon
volin
wilen
wylen
xylan
xylon
yolyn
yulan

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 113 matches.

Most common letters

l113
n113
a56
e42
o40
i33
y21
m12
u12
r11

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 41 with 1 unique vowel
  • 71 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -an · 32 words
  • -in · 23 words
  • -on · 22 words
  • -en · 19 words
  • -yn · 10 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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