5-Letter Words Matching C _ _ _ L

73 valid 5-letter words match the pattern C _ _ _ L, 10 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

10 common words73 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

chill
civil
cavil
coral
carol
cruel
canal
crawl
camel
cabal

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (63)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

cadal
cadel
canel
capel
carel
caril
caryl
casal
casel
catel
caval
cavel
cebil
cecal
cecil
cemal
ceorl
ceral
ceryl
cetyl
chawl
chiel
chirl
choel
choil
churl
cibol
cidal
cinel
cital
cobol
codal
codel
codol
cohol
comal
conal
copal
corel
corol
corpl
coryl
cotyl
covel
cowal
coxal
coyol
craal
creel
creil
crool
crowl
croyl
crull
cryal
cumal
cumol
cumyl
cupel
cybil
cymol
cyril
cytol

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 73 matches.

Most common letters

c73
l73
a34
o29
e26
r25
i16
y13
h8
m7

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 34 with 1 unique vowel
  • 39 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -al · 20 words
  • -el · 17 words
  • -ol · 11 words
  • -il · 9 words
  • -yl · 7 words

Strategy

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

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