5-Letter Words Matching _ _ T _ L

62 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ _ T _ L, 13 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

13 common words62 valid words

Common Words (13)

Words most likely to be the answer.

vital
natal
metal
octal
total
betel
until
extol
hotel
fatal
petal
fetal
motel

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (49)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

antal
aptal
artal
artel
astel
attal
axtel
batel
botel
butyl
catel
cetyl
cital
cotyl
cytol
datil
dital
dotal
ectal
ental
estel
fatil
gitel
hatel
hotol
intel
intil
intnl
ketal
ketol
ketyl
kotal
metel
metol
mitzl
notal
octyl
ontal
ortol
patel
ratal
ratel
retal
rotal
rutyl
setal
sotol
tetel
votal

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 62 matches.

Most common letters

t62
l62
a36
e30
o20
i11
n9
r8
c8
y7

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 24 with 1 unique vowel
  • 38 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 26 words
  • -el · 17 words
  • -ol · 7 words
  • -yl · 6 words
  • -il · 4 words

Strategy

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

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