5-Letter Words Matching _ O _ A L

56 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ O _ A L, 11 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

11 common words56 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

focal
royal
total
vocal
local
modal
coral
loyal
moral
zonal
tonal

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (45)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bocal
boral
bozal
codal
comal
conal
copal
cowal
coxal
dogal
domal
donal
dotal
gonal
goral
horal
iodal
ioyal
joual
koral
kotal
koval
kowal
lobal
loral
molal
monal
nodal
nogal
nopal
notal
noxal
podal
popal
poral
romal
ronal
roral
rosal
rotal
somal
soral
toral
votal
zoeal

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 56 matches.

Most common letters

o56
a56
l56
r16
n12
c11
d9
m8
t8
p5

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 52 with 2 unique vowels
  • 4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 56 words

Strategy

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

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