5-Letter Words Matching _ O _ E L

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

9 common words47 valid words

Common Words (9)

Words most likely to be the answer.

model
dowel
bowel
vowel
hovel
novel
towel
hotel
motel

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (38)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

borel
botel
codel
corel
covel
domel
fogel
forel
godel
gomel
hosel
howel
jodel
jonel
jowel
kosel
lobel
lorel
losel
lovel
mohel
monel
morel
mosel
nobel
nowel
pomel
powel
ronel
rosel
rowel
rozel
sobel
sorel
sowel
vogel
yodel
yokel

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 47 matches.

Most common letters

o47
e47
l47
r10
w10
m9
s8
d7
b6
v6

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 0 with 1 unique vowel
  • 47 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -el · 47 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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