5-Letter Words Matching _ E _ _ L

136 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E _ _ L, 23 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

23 common words136 valid words

Common Words (23)

Words most likely to be the answer.

metal

betel

regal

level

pearl

fecal

penal

medal

rebel

bevel

renal

decal

pedal

jewel

legal

petal

fetal

revel

devil

bezel

repel

peril

feral

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (113)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aerol

beall

bebel

bedel

bejel

bemol

benil

beryl

bevil

bezil

cebil

cecal

cecil

cemal

ceorl

ceral

ceryl

cetyl

debel

decil

decyl

dedal

demal

depel

deryl

desyl

deval

devel

devol

dewal

feigl

gemel

gemul

genal

heall

hebel

hegel

heigl

hemal

hemol

herzl

hewel

hexyl

jebel

jehol

jerol

kemal

kerel

ketal

ketol

ketyl

kevel

kevil

ledol

lemal

lemel

lencl

lepal

meaul

mehul

meill

memel

merel

meril

meryl

mesal

mesel

metel

metol

neall

nebel

neill

nepal

nepil

neral

nerol

nevel

nevil

newel

nexal

oesel

peell

peuhl

reaal

readl

refel

regel

reoil

retal

reuel

reval

segal

segol

semel

senal

seoul

sepal

seqwl

seral

setal

sewel

tepal

teryl

tetel

tewel

tezel

velal

venal

verel

vexil

wedel

weill

xenyl

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 136 matches.

Most common letters

e136

l136

a47

r33

m24

d20

n19

i19

b18

t17

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
53 with 1 unique vowel
79 with 2 unique vowels
4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-el · 40 words
-al · 40 words
-il · 14 words
-ol · 11 words
-yl · 11 words

Strategy

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

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