5-Letter Words Matching _ _ N _ L

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

10 common words51 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

panel
banal
final
annul
vinyl
penal
renal
canal
zonal
tonal

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (41)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

agnel
annal
arnel
benil
binal
canel
cinel
conal
donal
dunal
dynel
ernul
fanal
genal
gonal
janel
jonel
kanal
lencl
lunel
manal
manul
monal
monel
nonyl
pinal
pinel
pinyl
ranal
ronal
ronel
senal
sinal
sunil
sunol
tunal
uinal
urnal
venal
vinal
xenyl

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 51 matches.

Most common letters

n51
l51
a35
e21
i12
o12
u10
r7
c5
y5

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 13 with 1 unique vowel
  • 37 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 28 words
  • -el · 12 words
  • -yl · 4 words
  • -ul · 3 words
  • -il · 2 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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