5-Letter Words Matching _ E L L _

64 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ E L L _, 6 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

6 common words64 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

belly
fella
jelly
cello
belle
hello

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (58)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aella
aello
bella
belli
bello
bells
cella
celle
celli
cells
della
delle
dells
delly
fells
felly
gelly
helle
helli
hells
helly
jelle
jello
jells
kella
kelli
kelly
lello
mella
melli
mello
mells
melly
nella
nelle
nelli
nelly
pella
rella
relly
sella
selle
selli
sello
sells
selly
tella
tello
tells
tellt
telly
uella
vella
wells
welly
yells
zella
zelle

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 64 matches.

Most common letters

e64
l64
a16
s16
y14
o9
i7
b6
c5
h5

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 33 with 1 unique vowel
  • 29 with 2 unique vowels
  • 2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -la · 15 words
  • -ly · 13 words
  • -ls · 11 words
  • -lo · 9 words
  • -le · 8 words

Strategy

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

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