5-Letter Words Matching _ L _ O _

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

11 common words65 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

allow
gloom
flood
floor
bloom
elbow
blood
aloof
sloop
alloy
allot

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (54)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alcoa
alcon
alcor
alcot
aldol
aldon
aldos
algol
algor
alkol
alloa
allod
alloo
almon
alroi
alroy
alson
alsop
alton
altos
bloop
cleon
cloof
cloop
cloot
elboa
eldon
elgon
eliot
ellon
elrod
elroy
elson
elton
elyot
flook
fluor
glood
gluon
hliod
ileon
ilion
kleon
kloof
oleos
olios
olson
olton
pleon
plion
plook
sloom
sloot
ultor

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 65 matches.

Most common letters

l65
o65
a25
n19
e16
t11
s11
d10
r9
c8

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 18 with 1 unique vowel
  • 43 with 2 unique vowels
  • 4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -on · 19 words
  • -ot · 6 words
  • -od · 6 words
  • -or · 5 words
  • -os · 4 words

Strategy

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

Related Word Lists