5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ _ L

122 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ _ L, 24 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

24 common words122 valid words

Common Words (24)

Words most likely to be the answer.

stool

swirl

skill

swill

spill

shall

shawl

spiel

snarl

spell

spoil

still

snail

shoal

steal

shell

steel

smell

skull

swell

spool

small

scowl

stall

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (98)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sabal

sacul

sakel

salal

salol

samal

samel

samul

saval

savil

sayal

scall

scaul

scawl

schul

scull

segal

segol

semel

senal

seoul

sepal

seqwl

seral

setal

sewel

sharl

shaul

sheal

sheel

sheol

sherl

shiel

shill

shirl

shool

shorl

shull

sibel

sibyl

sicel

sigel

sigil

silyl

simal

simul

sinal

sisal

sisel

sizal

skail

skeel

skell

skerl

skewl

skirl

skoal

smail

snell

snirl

snool

snowl

snurl

sobel

sokil

sokol

sokul

somal

soral

sorel

sotol

sowel

spail

spall

spawl

speal

speel

speil

spial

spurl

staal

stahl

stail

stell

stijl

stoll

stull

sunil

sunol

suppl

sural

swail

sweal

sybil

sybyl

sydel

sympl

szell

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 122 matches.

Most common letters

s122

l122

a50

e43

i37

o25

u18

h18

p16

r15

Vowel distribution

2 with no vowels
68 with 1 unique vowel
51 with 2 unique vowels
1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-al · 25 words
-ll · 23 words
-el · 18 words
-il · 13 words
-rl · 11 words

Strategy

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

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