5-Letter Words Matching _ _ R _ L

89 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ R _ L, 8 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

8 common words89 valid words

Common Words (8)

Words most likely to be the answer.

viral
coral
carol
mural
moral
peril
feral
rural

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (81)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

acryl
aerol
agral
airel
april
aural
aurel
auryl
avril
azral
beryl
boral
borel
boryl
burel
carel
caril
caryl
ceral
ceryl
corel
corol
corpl
coryl
cyril
daryl
deryl
dural
duryl
enrol
errol
forel
fural
furil
furyl
goral
gyral
herzl
horal
horol
idryl
inrol
jerol
jural
jurel
karel
karil
karol
karyl
kerel
koral
loral
lorel
lural
maral
maril
maryl
merel
meril
meryl
morel
neral
nerol
norml
parel
parol
pirol
poral
pyral
roral
seral
soral
sorel
sural
teryl
tirol
toral
tyrol
verel
xurel
zoril

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 89 matches.

Most common letters

r89
l89
a49
o36
e34
y20
i16
u16
c13
m10

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 30 with 1 unique vowel
  • 56 with 2 unique vowels
  • 3 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 29 words
  • -el · 17 words
  • -yl · 16 words
  • -ol · 14 words
  • -il · 10 words

Strategy

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

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