5-Letter Words Matching _ _ L _ R

84 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ L _ R, 10 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

10 common words84 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

solar
valor
paler
molar
ruler
idler
polar
color
baler
filer

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (74)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

abler
adlar
adler
agler
aller
baldr
balor
belar
bolar
byler
calor
chlor
cyler
dalar
daler
dolor
duler
eeler
euler
filar
galer
gular
haler
hilar
holer
iller
imler
jalor
jalur
kilar
kolar
leler
malar
malgr
melar
miler
milor
moler
mylar
mylor
nalor
ogler
oiler
osler
owler
palar
pilar
piler
poler
puler
pylar
salar
sclar
scler
seler
siler
sklar
soler
talar
taler
telar
tiler
tolar
toler
tyler
uller
ullur
urlar
valer
velar
viler
volar
waler
wyler

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 84 matches.

Most common letters

l84
r84
a47
e47
o26
i15
m10
u9
s9
d8

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 25 with 1 unique vowel
  • 58 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -er · 43 words
  • -ar · 27 words
  • -or · 10 words
  • -ur · 2 words
  • -dr · 1 words

Strategy

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

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