5-Letter Words Matching _ L _ _ N

112 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ L _ _ N, 11 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

11 common words112 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

blown
alien
glean
clown
clean
flown
align
slain
olden
plain
elfin

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (101)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alain
alban
alben
albin
albyn
alcon
aldan
alden
aldin
aldon
aleen
alfin
algin
alkin
allan
allen
allin
allyn
alman
almon
aloin
alpen
alsen
alson
alten
altin
alton
altun
aluin
alvan
alvin
alwin
alwyn
blain
blawn
blinn
blynn
clein
cleon
elain
elden
eldin
eldon
elean
eleen
elgan
elgin
elgon
elian
elkin
ellan
ellen
ellin
ellon
ellyn
elman
eloin
elsan
elsin
elson
elton
elvan
elvin
elvyn
elwin
elwyn
flain
flann
flawn
flinn
flurn
flynn
gleen
glenn
gluon
glynn
ileon
ilian
ilion
ilmen
klein
kleon
olean
olein
ollen
olsen
olson
olton
olvan
olwen
pleon
plion
plzen
sloan
ullin
ulman
ulmin
ulpan
ultan
ultun
ulvan

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 112 matches.

Most common letters

l112
n112
a60
e54
i41
o32
u11
g10
w10
b9

Vowel distribution

  • 3 with no vowels
  • 29 with 1 unique vowel
  • 71 with 2 unique vowels
  • 9 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -in · 31 words
  • -an · 22 words
  • -on · 19 words
  • -en · 18 words
  • -nn · 7 words

Strategy

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

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