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For EMAIL, the pattern _M__L fixes positions 2 and 5. It matches 7 of 14757 words in our independent five-letter dictionary: AMPUL, EMAIL, IMPEL, OMMEL, SMALL, SMELL, UMBEL.
No other word in this dictionary differs from this answer at just one position.
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EMAIL comes after EMACS: the first different letter is at position 4, where EMAIL has I and EMACS has C. Earlier positions match.
EMAIL comes before EMBAR: the first different letter is at position 3, where EMAIL has A and EMBAR has B. Earlier positions match.
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