5-Letter Words Matching _ E _ A L
40 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E _ A L, 12 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.
12 common words40 valid words
Common Words (12)
Words most likely to be the answer.
metal
regal
fecal
penal
medal
renal
decal
pedal
legal
petal
fetal
feral
Other Valid 5-Letter Words (28)
Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.
cecal
cemal
ceral
dedal
demal
deval
dewal
genal
hemal
kemal
ketal
lemal
lepal
mesal
nepal
neral
nexal
reaal
retal
reval
segal
senal
sepal
seral
setal
tepal
velal
venal
What These Words Have in Common
Letter patterns across all 40 matches.
Most common letters
e40
a40
l40
r9
m8
n8
d7
t7
p7
s6
Vowel distribution
- 0 with no vowels
- 0 with 1 unique vowel
- 40 with 2 unique vowels
- 0 with 3+ unique vowels
Most common endings
- -al · 40 words
Strategy
12 answers fit. Look at the most common remaining letters above and choose a guess that probes the unknown positions.
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