5-Letter Words Matching _ H _ L _

85 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ H _ L _, 14 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

14 common words85 valid words

Common Words (14)

Words most likely to be the answer.

whelp

chill

shall

child

shell

shalt

shelf

while

shyly

chalk

whale

shale

whole

chili

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (71)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

ahola

ahold

aholt

ahull

bhalu

bhili

bhola

chald

chela

chelp

chile

chilo

chilt

chola

chold

choli

cholo

chula

chyle

dhals

dhole

ghole

ghyll

khalk

khalq

khila

khula

ohelo

phila

phile

phill

philo

phyla

phyle

phyll

phylo

rhila

shala

shaly

shela

sheld

shilf

shilh

shill

shily

shola

shole

shull

shuln

shuls

shult

thala

thilk

thill

thole

tholi

thule

thulr

uhllo

whall

whalm

whalp

whaly

whelk

whelm

whilk

whill

whils

wholl

whsle

whulk

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 85 matches.

Most common letters

h85

l85

a32

i25

e24

s23

o21

c16

w16

u12

Vowel distribution

3 with no vowels
50 with 1 unique vowel
32 with 2 unique vowels
0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-la · 14 words
-le · 14 words
-ll · 13 words
-lk · 6 words
-lo · 6 words

Strategy

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

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