5-Letter Words Matching _ _ O _ L

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

15 common words47 valid words

Common Words (15)

Words most likely to be the answer.

stool
growl
troll
knoll
atoll
droll
spoil
shoal
afoul
broil
prowl
drool
spool
ghoul
scowl

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (32)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aboil
acool
adorl
anoil
broll
brool
ceorl
choel
choil
crool
crowl
croyl
dhoul
droil
droyl
enoil
frowl
jhool
kroll
proal
raoul
reoil
seoul
shool
shorl
skoal
snool
snowl
stoll
unoil
wholl
whorl

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 47 matches.

Most common letters

o47
l47
r22
s12
a10
h10
i9
c8
w8
d6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 25 with 1 unique vowel
  • 14 with 2 unique vowels
  • 8 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -il · 9 words
  • -ol · 9 words
  • -ll · 8 words
  • -wl · 6 words
  • -ul · 5 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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