- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.59 bits
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Five-letter words with I, L and Q
Our Wordle guess list has 7 five-letter words containing I, L and Q, wherever those letters fall. Use the list when you have yellow tiles but not their positions.
7 matching words
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This list has 7 Wordle guesses; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: QUAIL (June 15, 2025); QUILL (September 22, 2025); QUILT (December 21, 2025).
AARTI does not fit this page's clues. QUAIL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
You know these letters are in the word (yellow tiles) but not where. Across the 7 matching words, here's where each one tends to sit, which can help place your next guess.
- I most often the 3rd letter (57% of these words), also 2nd (29%), 4th (14%).
- L most often the 4th letter (57% of these words), also 5th (43%), 3rd (14%).
- Q most often the 1st letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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QUAIL
To waste away; to fade, to wither.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: June 15, 2025.
QUILL
The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: September 22, 2025.
QUILT
A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.
“My grandmother is going to sew a quilt.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: December 21, 2025.
QIBLA
The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
QILAS
plural of qila
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
QUILA
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
QUIRL
To curl or twirl, or twist or coil (up).
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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