5-Letter Words Matching _ I _ _ L

89 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ I _ _ L, 10 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

10 common words89 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

viral
vital
libel
final
vigil
civil
vinyl
tidal
pixel
rival

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (79)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aimil
airel
bicol
bikol
binal
bizel
cibol
cidal
cinel
cital
didal
diehl
dital
divel
dixil
eifel
fidel
gibel
gibil
gimel
gisel
gitel
hidel
hilel
kiehl
kizil
miaul
mikal
mikel
mikol
mitzl
niall
nicol
nidal
nigel
nihal
nihil
nival
oicel
oidal
pibal
pical
picul
pikel
pinal
pinel
pinyl
pipal
pipil
pirol
ribal
riehl
rigel
rigol
rimal
ripal
rivel
riyal
rizal
sibel
sibyl
sicel
sigel
sigil
silyl
simal
simul
sinal
sisal
sisel
sizal
tical
ticul
tirol
uinal
vidal
vinal
vipul
zizel

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 89 matches.

Most common letters

i89
l89
a36
e29
n17
r14
c13
s13
p13
b12

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 13 with 1 unique vowel
  • 71 with 2 unique vowels
  • 5 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 32 words
  • -el · 26 words
  • -il · 9 words
  • -ol · 8 words
  • -ul · 5 words

Strategy

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

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