5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ L _

160 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ L _, 37 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

37 common words160 valid words

Common Words (37)

Words most likely to be the answer.

skill

swill

spill

smelt

shall

stalk

scald

stale

spell

sadly

spilt

spelt

smile

still

stilt

silly

shell

smell

skulk

shalt

shelf

stole

shyly

scalp

skull

swell

sally

scaly

scold

shale

scale

surly

small

stall

slyly

style

sully

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (123)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sable

sably

sagle

sails

saily

salle

salli

saple

sauld

sauls

sault

scala

scalf

scall

scalt

scalx

scalz

scelp

scolb

sculk

scull

sculp

scult

scyld

seale

seals

sealy

seels

seely

sella

selle

selli

sello

sells

selly

serle

sexly

shala

shaly

shela

sheld

shilf

shilh

shill

shily

shola

shole

shull

shuln

shuls

shult

sials

sible

sicle

sidle

sigla

sills

simla

siple

skald

skelf

skell

skelm

skelp

skuld

skulp

skyla

slily

smalm

smalt

smils

smily

smolt

snell

soble

socle

soils

soily

solly

somlo

sonly

soule

souls

soult

soulx

souly

soulz

sowle

sozly

spald

spale

spall

spalt

spelk

spile

spole

stela

stele

stell

stelu

stila

stilb

stile

stilo

stilu

stola

stold

stoll

stull

stulm

styli

stylo

suelo

sulla

svelt

swale

swelp

swelt

swile

swoln

syble

szell

szold

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 160 matches.

Most common letters

s160

l160

e64

a54

i37

t37

o31

y29

u29

c20

Vowel distribution

3 with no vowels
101 with 1 unique vowel
54 with 2 unique vowels
2 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

-le · 30 words
-ly · 23 words
-ll · 23 words
-lt · 15 words
-la · 12 words

Strategy

37 answers (of 160 valid guesses) match S _ _ L _. Use a high-information guess that tests common letters in the empty positions, even if it's not in the candidate list.

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