5-Letter Words Matching _ _ L A _

204 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ L A _, 14 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

14 common words204 valid words

Common Words (14)

Words most likely to be the answer.

salad
solar
lilac
eclat
inlay
splat
molar
relax
delay
relay
bylaw
polar
allay
atlas

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (190)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

adlai
adlar
adlay
aflat
allah
allan
anlas
arlan
aslam
aulae
aulas
balac
balai
balak
balan
balao
balas
balat
balau
belah
belak
belam
belap
belar
belat
belay
bilac
bolag
bolan
bolar
bolas
bulak
bulan
bylas
calah
calan
calas
colan
colas
colat
dalai
dalan
dalar
dalat
delaw
dilan
dolan
dulac
dulat
dylan
eilat
ellan
ellas
enlay
etlan
eulau
filao
filar
fulah
fulas
galah
galan
galas
galax
gulae
gulag
gular
gulas
halaf
halal
halas
helas
hilar
hulas
hylan
hylas
iglau
ihlat
imlay
inlaw
iplan
islam
islay
jalap
jelab
kalam
kalan
kalat
kilah
kilan
kilar
kolar
kolas
kulah
kulak
kulan
kylah
lelah
lilah
lilas
lulab
lulav
malam
malan
malar
malax
malay
melam
melan
melar
melas
milam
milan
molal
molas
mylan
mylar
nelan
nolan
nvlap
oblat
ollas
ollav
omlah
onlap
onlay
oolak
orlan
oslav
oulap
palar
palas
palau
palay
pelag
pflag
pilaf
pilar
pilau
pilaw
polab
polad
polak
pulas
pylar
pylas
relap
rolan
salal
salar
salas
salat
salay
sclar
sclat
sclav
sclaw
selah
silas
sklar
solan
solay
splad
splay
sylas
talak
talao
talar
talas
telae
telar
tflap
tilak
tolan
tolar
tolas
uhlan
unlap
unlaw
unlax
unlay
uplay
urlar
velal
velar
vilas
volar
xylan
yclad
yulan

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 204 matches.

Most common letters

a204
l204
s51
n43
o39
e35
r33
u33
i32
y31

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 73 with 1 unique vowel
  • 123 with 2 unique vowels
  • 8 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -an · 32 words
  • -as · 30 words
  • -ar · 27 words
  • -ay · 17 words
  • -at · 14 words

Strategy

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

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