5-Letter Words Matching _ L E _ _

169 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ L E _ _, 25 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

25 common words169 valid words

Common Words (25)

Words most likely to be the answer.

flesh

bleed

pleat

glean

fleet

sleep

sleet

clean

bless

elect

bleak

clear

bleat

elegy

alert

cleat

blend

slept

clerk

cleft

gleam

plead

bleep

fleck

sleek

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (144)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aleak

aleck

alecs

aleda

aledo

aleen

alefs

aleft

alejo

alena

alene

alenu

aleph

aleta

aleus

aleut

alexa

alexi

blear

blebs

bleck

blenk

blens

blent

blere

blert

blest

blets

clead

cleam

cleck

cleek

clefs

clein

clela

cleon

clepe

clept

clerc

clere

cleta

clete

cleti

cleuk

cleva

cleve

clews

elean

eleen

eleia

eleme

elemi

elena

elene

eleni

eleph

elery

eleut

eleva

eleve

elevs

elexa

fleak

fleam

flear

fleas

fleay

flect

fleda

fleer

flees

flegm

fleme

fleta

fleur

flews

flexo

fleys

glead

gleba

glebe

gleby

gleda

glede

gleds

gledy

gleed

gleek

gleen

glees

gleet

gleir

gleit

glene

glenn

glens

glent

gleys

ileac

ileal

ilene

ileon

ileum

ileus

klebs

klehm

kleig

klein

klemm

klenk

kleon

kleve

olean

oleic

olein

olema

olena

olent

oleos

olepy

oleta

oleum

pleas

plebe

plebs

pleck

pleis

plena

pleny

pleon

plews

sleck

sleds

sleer

slemp

slent

slete

slews

sleys

uledi

uleki

ulema

ulent

ylems

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 169 matches.

Most common letters

l169

e169

a58

s40

n36

c34

t31

g25

k24

f23

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
82 with 1 unique vowel
65 with 2 unique vowels
22 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-ck · 6 words
-nt · 5 words
-na · 4 words
-ne · 4 words
-ta · 4 words

Strategy

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

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