5-Letter Words Matching _ L I _ E

32 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ L I _ E, 9 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

9 common words32 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

olive
alike
elite
slide
alive
slime
glide
elide
slice

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (23)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alice
alife
aline
alite
blibe
blite
clide
clime
cline
clite
clive
elise
flipe
flite
glike
glime
iline
ilise
kline
sline
slipe
slite
slive

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 32 matches.

Most common letters

l32
i32
e32
s9
c7
a6
t6
n5
v4
d4

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 25 with 2 unique vowels
  • 7 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -te · 6 words
  • -ne · 5 words
  • -ve · 4 words
  • -de · 4 words
  • -me · 3 words

Strategy

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

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