5-Letter Words Matching _ _ L I _

188 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ L I _, 9 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

9 common words188 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

helix
unlit
valid
solid
tulip
split
belie
folio
relic

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (179)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aalii
ailie
ailin
ailis
allie
allin
allis
allix
amlin
anlia
arlie
arlin
arlis
aulic
aulis
avlis
belia
belis
bilic
bilin
bilio
bolis
calia
calic
calid
calie
calif
calin
calio
calix
celia
celie
celik
celin
celio
cilia
cilix
colic
colin
colis
cylix
dalia
dalis
delia
delim
delis
delit
dilis
dolia
dolin
dulia
eblis
edlin
eglin
eilis
ellie
ellin
ellis
emlin
enlil
eolia
eolic
erlin
eslie
eulis
felic
felid
felis
felix
filia
filii
filip
filix
folia
folic
folie
fslic
galik
gelid
gilia
gilim
gulix
halid
halie
helio
holia
hylic
iblis
iclid
illia
islip
jelib
jolie
julia
julid
julie
julio
julis
kalie
kalif
kalil
kalin
kalis
kelia
kilij
kilim
kolis
kylie
kylin
kylix
lalia
lelia
lilia
lulie
malia
malic
malie
malik
malin
melia
melic
melie
melis
milia
milit
nelia
nelie
nolie
ollie
orlin
oxlip
palis
pilin
pilis
polik
polio
polis
polit
pulik
pulis
pylic
qulin
relig
relit
salic
salim
salix
sclim
selia
selie
selig
selim
silin
solim
solio
solis
sylid
sylis
talia
talie
talio
talis
telia
telic
tilia
tulia
ualis
uglis
ullin
unlid
unlie
uplit
velic
volin
wilie
wylie
xylia
xylic
zelig

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 188 matches.

Most common letters

l188
i188
a74
e71
s47
c36
o34
n31
u23
d21

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -is · 30 words
  • -ia · 30 words
  • -ie · 25 words
  • -in · 23 words
  • -ic · 17 words

Strategy

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

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