5-Letter Words Matching _ O _ _ L

147 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ O _ _ L, 21 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

21 common words147 valid words

Common Words (21)

Words most likely to be the answer.

focal

model

royal

total

dowel

bowel

vowel

hovel

vocal

local

modal

coral

loyal

mogul

novel

towel

hotel

moral

motel

zonal

tonal

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (126)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bobol

bocal

bohol

boral

borel

boryl

botel

boucl

bozal

cobol

codal

codel

codol

cohol

comal

conal

copal

corel

corol

corpl

coryl

cotyl

covel

cowal

coxal

coyol

dogal

domal

domel

donal

dotal

dougl

fogel

foirl

forel

foyil

godel

gogol

gomel

gonal

goral

horal

horol

hosel

hotol

howel

iodal

iodol

ioyal

jodel

joell

jokul

jonel

joual

jowel

kokil

koral

kosel

kotal

koval

kovil

kowal

lobal

lobel

loeil

loral

lorel

losel

lovel

mobil

mohel

molal

monal

monel

morel

mosel

mosul

nobel

nodal

noell

nogal

nonyl

nopal

norml

notal

nowel

noxal

pocul

podal

pomel

popal

poral

powel

romal

ronal

ronel

roral

rosal

rosel

rosol

rotal

rowel

rozel

sobel

sokil

sokol

sokul

somal

soral

sorel

sotol

sowel

tobol

toefl

tolyl

topsl

toral

vogel

vogul

votal

woful

wogul

yodel

yokel

zoeal

zoril

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 147 matches.

Most common letters

o147

l147

a56

e52

r35

c24

m21

n21

t19

d19

Vowel distribution

0 with no vowels
22 with 1 unique vowel
120 with 2 unique vowels
5 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-al · 56 words
-el · 47 words
-ol · 15 words
-ul · 8 words
-il · 7 words

Strategy

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

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