5-Letter Words Matching _ E L _ _

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

21 common words268 valid words

Common Words (21)

Words most likely to be the answer.

helix

belly

delta

belch

fella

delve

melee

relax

delay

relay

jelly

below

welsh

melon

belie

cello

belle

welch

relic

felon

hello

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (247)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aella

aello

belah

belak

belam

belap

belar

belat

belay

belda

belee

belem

belen

belga

belia

belis

bella

belli

bello

bells

belts

beltu

belue

belus

belva

belve

celeb

celia

celie

celik

celin

celio

celka

cella

celle

celli

cells

celom

celss

celts

delaw

delco

deled

deles

delfs

delft

delhi

delia

delim

delis

delit

della

delle

dells

delly

delma

delni

deloo

delos

delph

delqa

delua

deluc

eeler

felch

felda

feldt

felic

felid

felis

felix

fells

felly

felts

felty

felup

gelds

gelee

gelid

gelly

gelts

gelya

helas

helco

helda

helen

helga

helge

helio

helle

helli

hells

helly

helms

heloe

helot

helps

helsa

helse

helve

helyn

jelab

jelib

jelks

jelle

jello

jells

kelby

kelci

kelcy

kelda

keleh

kelek

kelep

kelia

kella

kelli

kelly

kelps

kelpy

kelsi

kelso

kelsy

kelts

kelty

lelah

leler

lelia

lello

melam

melan

melar

melas

melba

melch

melda

melds

meles

melfa

melia

melic

melie

melis

mella

melli

mello

mells

melly

meloe

melos

melts

melun

melva

nelan

nelda

nelia

nelie

nella

nelle

nelli

nelly

nelse

oelet

pelag

pelee

peles

pelew

pelfs

pella

pelon

pelta

pelts

peltz

relap

reles

relet

relig

relit

rella

relly

relot

selah

selby

selda

seler

selfs

selia

selie

selig

selim

sella

selle

selli

sello

sells

selly

selma

selry

selva

telae

telar

teleg

telei

teles

telex

telia

telic

tella

tello

tells

tellt

telly

teloi

telos

telyn

uella

velal

velar

velda

velds

veldt

velic

vella

velma

velon

velte

velum

velva

welby

welcy

welda

welds

wells

welly

welts

welty

yelek

yelks

yells

yelps

zelda

zelde

zelig

zella

zelle

zelma

zelos

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 268 matches.

Most common letters

e268

l268

a80

s72

i52

d45

t42

m37

b36

y34

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
111 with 1 unique vowel
142 with 2 unique vowels
15 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-la · 15 words
-ly · 13 words
-ls · 11 words
-da · 10 words
-lo · 9 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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