5-Letter Words Matching _ _ L O _

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

15 common words116 valid words

Common Words (15)

Words most likely to be the answer.

colon

pilot

allow

valor

salon

aglow

below

igloo

melon

color

talon

nylon

alloy

allot

felon

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (101)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

ablow

aflow

aklog

alloa

allod

alloo

arlon

aslop

auloi

aulos

azlon

balon

baloo

balor

balow

bilos

bilow

bolos

bulow

calor

celom

chloe

chlor

colob

colog

culot

deloo

delos

dhlos

dilog

dilos

dolon

dolor

dolos

eglon

ellon

enloe

eplot

filos

fplot

galop

goloe

haloa

halos

heloe

helot

islot

jalop

jalor

jolon

kalon

kilom

kilos

koloa

kolos

kyloe

lcloc

maloy

meloe

melos

milon

milor

milos

mylor

nalor

nilot

nolos

orlon

orlop

orlos

orlov

palos

pelon

phlox

pilon

pilos

poloi

polos

pylon

pylos

relot

salol

salop

salot

siloa

silos

solod

solon

solos

sylow

talos

teloi

telos

velon

volos

volow

wilow

wolof

xylol

xylon

zelos

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 116 matches.

Most common letters

l116

o116

a38

s35

n26

e23

i22

p17

r16

t14

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
34 with 1 unique vowel
78 with 2 unique vowels
4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-os · 25 words
-on · 22 words
-ow · 11 words
-ot · 10 words
-or · 10 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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