5-Letter Words Matching D _ _ L _

73 valid 5-letter words match the pattern D _ _ L _, 12 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

12 common words73 valid words

Common Words (12)

Words most likely to be the answer.

droll
dally
dwelt
dolly
dimly
dilly
dryly
dwell
drill
daily
dealt
dully

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (61)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

dafla
dahle
dahls
daile
dalle
dalli
damle
danli
darla
dault
dayle
deale
deals
declo
deils
dekle
della
delle
dells
delly
dhals
dhole
dials
didle
diels
dielu
dille
dilli
dills
diols
diple
dirls
disli
dobla
doble
dogly
doily
dolli
dolls
doole
dooli
dooly
dowly
doyle
doylt
doyly
drily
duala
duali
duals
duels
dulla
dulls
dunlo
duole
dupla
duple
duply
dwale
dwalm
dyula

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 73 matches.

Most common letters

d73
l73
e30
a28
i24
o20
y19
s15
u15
r6

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 31 with 1 unique vowel
  • 37 with 2 unique vowels
  • 4 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -le · 18 words
  • -ly · 15 words
  • -ls · 14 words
  • -la · 8 words
  • -li · 7 words

Strategy

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

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