5-Letter Words Matching C _ _ L _

80 valid 5-letter words match the pattern C _ _ L _, 11 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

11 common words80 valid words

Common Words (11)

Words most likely to be the answer.

chill
could
caulk
coyly
cycle
child
curly
chalk
chili
cello
cable

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (69)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

caeli
cagle
calla
calle
calli
callo
calls
cally
camla
canli
carla
carle
carli
carlo
carls
carly
cauld
cauli
cauls
cayla
ceile
ceils
cella
celle
celli
cells
chald
chela
chelp
chile
chilo
chilt
chola
chold
choli
cholo
chula
chyle
ciclo
cilla
clela
coala
coals
coaly
coble
cocle
coele
cohla
coila
coils
colla
colly
conli
cools
cooly
corly
cowle
cowls
coyle
cralg
crile
crull
cubla
culla
culls
cully
cumly
curls
cyclo

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 80 matches.

Most common letters

c80
l80
a39
o30
e24
i21
h17
y15
u14
r12

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 35 with 1 unique vowel
  • 42 with 2 unique vowels
  • 3 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -la · 16 words
  • -le · 15 words
  • -ls · 11 words
  • -ly · 10 words
  • -li · 9 words

Strategy

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

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