5-Letter Words Matching _ O _ L _

189 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ O _ L _, 19 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

19 common words189 valid words

Common Words (19)

Words most likely to be the answer.

moult
world
could
lowly
coyly
folly
godly
boule
jolly
dolly
hotly
would
koala
nobly
holly
noble
voila
wooly
golly

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (170)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bodle
bogle
boils
boily
bolls
bolly
boole
booly
boult
bovld
bowla
bowle
bowls
bowly
boyla
boyle
coala
coals
coaly
coble
cocle
coele
cohla
coila
coils
colla
colly
conli
cools
cooly
corly
cowle
cowls
coyle
dobla
doble
dogly
doily
dolli
dolls
doole
dooli
dooly
dowly
doyle
doylt
doyly
foals
foaly
fogle
foils
fonly
fools
forli
foulk
fouls
fowle
fowls
foxly
goala
goals
goole
gools
gould
goyle
hogle
holla
holle
holli
hollo
hooly
horla
hoult
howls
hoyle
joela
joell
jolla
joola
joule
jowls
jowly
koali
koels
kohls
koila
koslo
lolls
lolly
louls
loulu
moble
modla
moile
moils
molla
molle
molli
molls
molly
moola
mools
mopla
morly
mould
moule
mouls
mouly
moyle
noell
noels
noils
noily
nolle
nolly
nonly
nould
oolly
poilu
polls
polly
poole
pooli
pools
pooly
poule
poulp
poult
roald
roble
roils
roily
rolla
rollo
rolls
rotls
soble
socle
soils
soily
solly
somlo
sonly
soule
souls
soult
soulx
souly
soulz
sowle
sozly
toile
toils
tolls
tolly
toole
tools
tould
voile
vouli
woald
wolly
woold
woolf
wools
yodle
yowls
zoila
zolle
zolly

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 189 matches.

Most common letters

o189
l189
y58
s53
e46
i30
a30
d29
u29
b25

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 70 with 1 unique vowel
  • 103 with 2 unique vowels
  • 16 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ly · 48 words
  • -le · 41 words
  • -ls · 39 words
  • -la · 22 words
  • -ld · 11 words

Strategy

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

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