5-Letter Words Matching S _ _ L E

30 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ _ L E, 6 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

6 common words30 valid words

Common Words (6)

Words most likely to be the answer.

stale
smile
stole
shale
scale
style

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (24)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sable
sagle
salle
saple
seale
selle
serle
shole
sible
sicle
sidle
siple
soble
socle
soule
sowle
spale
spile
spole
stele
stile
swale
swile
syble

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 30 matches.

Most common letters

s30
l30
e30
a10
i8
o7
p5
t5
b4
c3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 5 with 1 unique vowel
  • 24 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -le · 30 words

Strategy

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

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