5-Letter Words Matching _ A _ E L

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

9 common words56 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

panel
lapel
label
hazel
gavel
easel
navel
bagel
camel

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (47)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

babel
baiel
basel
batel
cadel
canel
capel
carel
casel
catel
cavel
favel
gabel
gayel
gazel
hamel
hatel
havel
jahel
jamel
janel
javel
kabel
kamel
karel
lamel
mabel
madel
magel
mapel
mazel
nagel
parel
patel
pavel
rahel
rakel
ratel
ravel
sakel
samel
tabel
tagel
tavel
wamel
wasel
yamel

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 56 matches.

Most common letters

a56
e56
l56
m13
b10
v9
g8
t8
c8
p7

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -el · 56 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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