5-Letter Words Matching _ L _ _ E

175 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ L _ _ E, 39 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

39 common words175 valid words

Common Words (39)

Words most likely to be the answer.

flume
alone
bloke
olive
elope
alike
plume
elite
slide
elude
place
glove
slate
globe
alive
slime
algae
plane
clove
glide
fluke
plate
glare
slope
elide
blaze
flute
glade
elate
blare
slice
flame
flake
flare
blade
close
clone
glaze
blame

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (136)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alage
alake
alane
alate
albee
albie
alcae
aldie
alene
alfie
algie
alice
alife
aline
alite
allie
aloke
alope
alose
alowe
alure
alvie
alyce
alyse
blake
blane
blase
blate
bldge
blere
blibe
blite
blore
blote
blume
blype
clade
clake
clame
clape
clare
clase
clave
claye
clepe
clere
clete
cleve
clide
clime
cline
clite
clive
cloke
clote
cloze
clune
clute
clyde
clype
clyte
clyve
elane
elbie
elche
eleme
elene
eleve
elfie
elise
ellie
eloge
elsie
elute
elvie
elwee
elyse
flane
flche
fleme
flipe
flite
flore
flote
flowe
flrie
flype
flyte
glace
glave
glebe
glede
glene
glike
glime
glome
glore
gloze
glume
ilene
iline
ilise
ilone
ilyse
kleve
kline
kluge
klute
oldie
ollie
olnee
olpae
plage
plebe
ploce
plote
slade
slake
slane
slape
slare
slave
slete
sline
slipe
slite
slive
sloke
slone
slote
slyke
slype
ulane
ulnae
ulose
zlote

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 175 matches.

Most common letters

l175
e175
a69
i49
c38
o38
s32
t25
g24
n23

Vowel distribution

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

Most common endings

  • -te · 25 words
  • -ne · 21 words
  • -ie · 14 words
  • -ke · 13 words
  • -ve · 13 words

Strategy

39 answers (of 175 valid guesses) match _ L _ _ E. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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