5-Letter Words Matching _ _ N A L

28 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ N A L, 7 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

7 common words28 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

banal
final
penal
renal
canal
zonal
tonal

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (21)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

annal
binal
conal
donal
dunal
fanal
genal
gonal
kanal
manal
monal
pinal
ranal
ronal
senal
sinal
tunal
uinal
urnal
venal
vinal

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 28 matches.

Most common letters

a28
n28
l28
o7
i6
e5
u4
r4
b2
c2

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 7 with 1 unique vowel
  • 20 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 28 words

Strategy

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

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