5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with B and ending in L (B___L)

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Possible answers

BAGEL BANAL BASAL BASIL BETEL BEVEL BEZEL BOWEL BRAWL BROIL

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 27 words in the Wordle guess list; 10 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 10 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: BAGEL (May 25, 2023); BANAL (January 6, 2022); BASIL (March 22, 2026); BEVEL (May 26, 2024); BROIL (June 15, 2026).

Top-ranked splitter ZETAS
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.32 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use BORAL instead.

ZETAS does not fit this page's clues. BORAL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 2.0 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: BE_EL

BETEL, BEVEL, BEZEL differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ZETAS tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits B___L?

All 27 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 48% E 41% R 30% I 26% O 26% T 11%

Words with five different letters

48% of the matches have no repeated letters.

BAGEL BASIL BOWEL BRAWL BROIL

Common letter pairs

EL 8% BA 7% AL 6% BE 6% IL 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 19% · two: 81% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match B___L?
27 five-letter words match B___L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, BOREL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.24 bits against the possible answers.
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