5-Letter Words Matching _ A _ _ L

152 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A _ _ L, 21 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

21 common words152 valid words

Common Words (21)

Words most likely to be the answer.

naval

panel

lapel

banal

natal

label

hazel

cavil

gavel

carol

easel

canal

navel

bagel

fatal

basil

camel

papal

cabal

nasal

basal

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (131)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

babel

babol

babul

baerl

baiel

bakal

basel

basyl

batel

bayal

bazil

cadal

cadel

canel

capel

carel

caril

caryl

casal

casel

catel

caval

cavel

damal

daryl

datil

dayal

fadil

faial

fanal

fatil

favel

fayal

gabel

gamal

gayal

gayel

gazel

hadal

halal

hamal

hamel

hamil

hatel

havel

jabal

jabul

jacal

jahel

jamal

jamel

jamil

jamul

janel

javel

kabel

kabul

kalil

kamal

kamel

kanal

karel

karil

karol

karyl

lamel

lasal

laval

mabel

madel

magel

mahal

maill

manal

manul

mapel

maral

maril

maryl

mazel

nabal

nagel

napal

oadal

oasal

parel

parol

pasol

pasul

patel

paull

pavel

rabal

rahal

rahel

rahul

rakel

ramal

ranal

raoul

ratal

ratel

ravel

sabal

sacul

sakel

salal

salol

samal

samel

samul

saval

savil

sayal

tabel

tagal

tagel

tahil

tamal

tamil

tamul

tapul

tavel

vagal

vakil

valyl

vasal

wamel

wasel

yacal

yamel

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 152 matches.

Most common letters

a152

l152

e57

m34

b27

r26

s25

c20

i19

t19

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
56 with 1 unique vowel
94 with 2 unique vowels
2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-el · 56 words
-al · 53 words
-il · 16 words
-ul · 12 words
-ol · 6 words

Strategy

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

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