5-Letter Words Matching _ I _ L _

141 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ I _ L _, 17 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

17 common words141 valid words

Common Words (17)

Words most likely to be the answer.

yield
field
rifle
title
dimly
silly
villa
viola
dilly
bible
wield
filly
billy
aisle
hilly
girly
willy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (124)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aillt
aioli
airla
aizle
biali
bialy
bidle
biela
bield
bigly
billa
bille
billi
bills
biola
birle
birls
ciclo
cilla
dials
didle
diels
dielu
dille
dilli
dills
diols
diple
dirls
disli
filla
fille
fillo
fills
finly
fitly
gibli
gigle
gigli
gilli
gills
gilly
girls
gisla
giule
hibla
hield
hilla
hillo
hills
jilli
jills
jilly
kibla
kiele
kills
killy
lilla
lille
lilli
lillo
lilly
limli
lisle
milla
mille
milli
mills
milly
mimly
mirly
misly
niall
niela
niels
nifle
nilla
nills
niolo
niple
nirls
oilla
piala
pigly
pikle
pills
qibla
rials
riels
rille
rills
rilly
rislu
sials
sible
sicle
sidle
sigla
sills
simla
siple
tilla
tilli
tillo
tills
tilly
tiple
tirls
vials
ville
villi
vills
viole
viols
virls
vivle
willa
willi
wills
winly
wisla
yills
zilla
zills

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 141 matches.

Most common letters

i141
l141
s46
e41
a36
y26
b20
d20
r17
o13

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 59 with 1 unique vowel
  • 71 with 2 unique vowels
  • 11 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ls · 32 words
  • -le · 30 words
  • -la · 25 words
  • -ly · 24 words
  • -li · 15 words

Strategy

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

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