5-Letter Words Matching _ R _ _ L

92 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ R _ _ L, 20 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

20 common words92 valid words

Common Words (20)

Words most likely to be the answer.

trawl
growl
troll
droll
gruel
drawl
broil
prowl
drool
grill
trial
cruel
crawl
drill
krill
frill
frail
brawl
trail
grail

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (72)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

arbil
ardel
areal
areel
argal
argel
argil
argol
ariel
armil
arnel
arsyl
artal
artel
arval
arvel
arvol
brail
brill
broll
brool
craal
creel
creil
crool
crowl
croyl
crull
cryal
drail
droil
droyl
erbil
ergal
ernul
errol
ervil
friml
frowl
graal
irbil
kraal
krall
kraul
kreil
krell
kroll
lrecl
orgal
orgel
orial
oriel
orsel
ortol
orvil
oryol
pregl
prill
proal
trill
trinl
triol
tripl
trull
ureal
urgel
urial
uriel
urnal
ursal
ursel
wrawl

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 92 matches.

Most common letters

r92
l92
a42
i33
e28
o28
g14
u13
t12
c11

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 46 with 1 unique vowel
  • 40 with 2 unique vowels
  • 6 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 17 words
  • -il · 16 words
  • -el · 16 words
  • -ll · 15 words
  • -ol · 9 words

Strategy

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

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