5-Letter Words Matching W _ _ L _

54 valid 5-letter words match the pattern W _ _ L _, 10 of which are common words. 2 green letters locked in.

10 common words54 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

whelp
world
wryly
would
while
whale
wield
whole
wooly
willy

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (44)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

waals
wails
waily
walla
walli
walls
wally
wanle
wanly
warly
wauls
wawls
weald
weals
weill
wells
welly
wesla
wesle
wetly
whall
whalm
whalp
whaly
whelk
whelm
whilk
whill
whils
wholl
whsle
whulk
willa
willi
wills
winly
wisla
woald
wolly
woold
woolf
wools
wurly
wyola

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 54 matches.

Most common letters

w54
l54
a24
e17
h16
i15
s14
y14
o11
d6

Vowel distribution

  • 1 with no vowels
  • 35 with 1 unique vowel
  • 18 with 2 unique vowels
  • 0 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common endings

  • -ly · 13 words
  • -ls · 10 words
  • -le · 6 words
  • -ld · 6 words
  • -la · 5 words

Strategy

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

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