5-Letter Words Matching S _ I L _

25 valid 5-letter words match the pattern S _ I L _, 7 of which are common words. 3 green letters locked in.

7 common words25 valid words

Common Words (7)

Words most likely to be the answer.

skill
swill
spill
spilt
smile
still
stilt

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (18)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

sails
saily
shilf
shilh
shill
shily
slily
smils
smily
soils
soily
spile
stila
stilb
stile
stilo
stilu
swile

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 25 matches.

Most common letters

s25
i25
l25
t8
y5
h4
e4
a3
m3
o3

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 14 with 1 unique vowel
  • 11 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ly · 5 words
  • -ll · 5 words
  • -le · 4 words
  • -ls · 3 words
  • -lt · 2 words

Strategy

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

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