5-Letter Words Matching _ _ R L _

78 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ R L _, 6 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

6 common words78 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

world
curly
burly
early
surly
girly

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (72)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

airla
barly
birle
birls
burls
byrle
byrls
carla
carle
carli
carlo
carls
carly
corly
curls
darla
dirls
earla
earle
earls
farle
farls
farly
ferly
forli
furls
garle
girls
gurle
gurly
harle
harli
harls
herls
horla
hurls
hurly
jarls
karla
karli
karly
marla
marli
marlo
marls
marly
merla
merle
merls
mirly
morly
murly
myrle
nirls
nurls
nurly
parle
parli
parly
perla
perle
purls
serle
terle
tirls
verla
virls
warly
wurly
yarly
zarla
zerla

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 78 matches.

Most common letters

r78
l78
a40
y25
e24
s23
i16
u15
m12
c9

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -ly · 22 words
  • -ls · 21 words
  • -le · 14 words
  • -la · 12 words
  • -li · 6 words

Strategy

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

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