5-Letter Words Matching _ L I _ _

172 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ L I _ _, 35 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

35 common words172 valid words

Common Words (35)

Words most likely to be the answer.

flick
fling
click
olive
alien
cling
alike
slick
elite
slide
plier
blink
clink
flier
cliff
flint
alive
bliss
slime
glint
slimy
align
glide
iliac
flirt
blimp
elide
plied
blitz
blind
slice
climb
sling
slink
alibi

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (137)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alias
alica
alice
alick
alida
alids
alief
aliet
alife
alifs
alika
alima
alina
aline
alisa
alish
aliso
alisp
alist
alita
alite
ality
alius
aliya
aliza
blibe
blick
blida
blier
bligh
blimy
blini
blinn
bliny
blips
blirt
blist
blite
blitt
blizz
clich
clide
clift
clima
clime
cline
clint
clips
clipt
clite
clive
dlitt
elian
elias
elida
eliga
elihu
elint
eliot
elisa
elise
elish
elita
eliza
flics
flied
flies
flimp
flinn
flipe
flips
flisk
flita
flite
flits
glial
glias
glick
gliff
glike
glime
glimp
glims
glink
glisk
gliss
glist
glitz
hliod
iliad
ilial
ilian
iliau
iliff
ilima
iline
ilion
ilisa
ilise
ility
ilium
klick
klieg
klimt
klina
kline
kling
klino
klips
mlitt
olios
oliva
pliam
plica
plies
plink
pliny
plion
pliss
slich
slier
sligo
slily
slims
sline
slipe
slips
slipt
slirt
slish
slite
slits
slive
sliwa
ulick
ulita
wlity

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 172 matches.

Most common letters

l172
i172
a55
s55
e55
t36
n33
c30
k25
g24

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 70 with 1 unique vowel
  • 78 with 2 unique vowels
  • 24 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ck · 8 words
  • -te · 6 words
  • -ne · 5 words
  • -nk · 5 words
  • -ps · 5 words

Strategy

35 answers (of 172 valid guesses) match _ L I _ _. 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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