5-Letter Words Matching _ U _ _ L

73 valid 5-letter words match the pattern _ U _ _ L, 7 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

7 common words73 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

quell
pupil
quill
tubal
mural
quail
rural

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (66)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

aumil
aural
aurel
auryl
auvil
auxil
bubal
buell
burel
butyl
cumal
cumol
cumyl
cupel
ducal
dugal
dunal
dural
duryl
duval
euell
eusol
fugal
fural
furil
furyl
fusel
fusil
fuzil
gugal
guzel
guzul
hugel
jubal
jugal
jural
jurel
kugel
lunel
lural
mugil
mukul
musal
musil
nucal
ousel
ouzel
pubal
pugil
pupal
quarl
queal
querl
quirl
rubel
rugal
rumal
rusel
rutyl
sunil
sunol
suppl
sural
tudel
tunal
xurel

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 73 matches.

Most common letters

u73
l73
a34
r24
e21
i14
g11
s11
m10
b8

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 8 with 1 unique vowel
  • 56 with 2 unique vowels
  • 9 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 27 words
  • -el · 15 words
  • -il · 12 words
  • -yl · 6 words
  • -ll · 4 words

Strategy

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

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