5-Letter Words Matching _ L O _ _

204 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ L O _ _, 41 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

41 common words204 valid words

Common Words (41)

Words most likely to be the answer.

floss
alone
clock
aloft
bloke
cloth
slosh
gloom
flood
float
blown
gloat
flock
elope
clown
glory
sloth
floor
flout
aloud
flown
blond
glove
bloom
globe
block
clove
bloat
along
slope
flour
flora
clout
cloak
blood
aloof
sloop
gloss
cloud
close
clone

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (163)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

alodi
alody
aloed
aloes
alogi
alogy
aloha
aloid
aloin
alois
aloke
aloma
alope
alosa
alose
alost
alout
alowe
aloys
blobs
bloch
blocs
bloem
blois
bloop
blore
blote
blots
blout
blows
blowy
cloam
clods
cloes
cloff
clogs
clois
cloit
cloke
cloky
clomb
clomp
clong
clonk
clons
cloof
cloop
cloot
clops
closh
clote
clots
clour
clova
cloys
cloze
eloah
eloge
elogy
eloin
elong
elops
elora
fload
flocs
floes
floey
flogs
flois
floit
flong
flook
flops
flore
flori
floro
flory
flosh
flosi
flota
flote
flots
flowe
flowk
flows
floyd
floyt
gloam
globs
globy
gloea
glogg
glome
glomi
glomr
gloms
glood
glops
glore
glori
glost
glout
glows
gloze
iloko
ilona
ilone
klong
kloof
klops
klosh
klotz
lloyd
ology
olona
ploat
ploce
ploch
plock
plods
ploid
plomb
plonk
plook
plops
ploss
plote
plots
plott
plotx
plotz
plouk
plout
plows
ploys
sloan
sloat
slobs
slock
sloes
slogs
sloid
slojd
sloka
sloke
slone
slonk
sloom
sloot
slops
slopy
slorp
slote
slots
slour
slows
sloyd
uloid
ulose
ulous
wloka
zlote
zloty

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 204 matches.

Most common letters

l204
o204
s74
e47
a44
c43
f38
t38
g36
p35

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 99 with 1 unique vowel
  • 83 with 2 unique vowels
  • 22 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ps · 7 words
  • -ut · 6 words
  • -te · 6 words
  • -ng · 5 words
  • -at · 5 words

Strategy

41 answers (of 204 valid guesses) match _ L O _ _. 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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