5-Letter Words Matching _ A _ A L

53 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ A _ A L, 9 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

9 common words53 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

naval
banal
natal
canal
fatal
papal
cabal
nasal
basal

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (44)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bakal
bayal
cadal
casal
caval
damal
dayal
faial
fanal
fayal
gamal
gayal
hadal
halal
hamal
jabal
jacal
jamal
kamal
kanal
lasal
laval
mahal
manal
maral
nabal
napal
oadal
oasal
rabal
rahal
ramal
ranal
ratal
sabal
salal
samal
saval
sayal
tagal
tamal
vagal
vasal
yacal

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 53 matches.

Most common letters

a53
l53
n11
s11
m11
b9
c7
y6
v6
r6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 50 with 1 unique vowel
  • 3 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 53 words

Strategy

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

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