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Five-letter words starting with D and ending in L (D___L)

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Showing 26 matching words

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What the remaining words have in common

26 matching words1 not previously used7 past answers

Position 2E 23%R 23%O 15%A 12%

Position 3O 15%T 15%A 12%C 12%

Position 4A 42%E 15%I 15%L 15%

Possible answers

DECAL DEVIL DOWEL DRAWL DRILL DROLL DROOL DWELL

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

DECAL used DEVIL used DOWEL used DRAWL possible DRILL used DROLL used DROOL used DWELL used DATAL guess DATIL guess DAYAL guess DEBEL guess DECYL guess DEDAL guess DEVEL guess DHOLL guess DITAL guess DOGAL guess DOMAL guess DOTAL guess DRAIL guess DROIL guess DUCAL guess DURAL guess DWAAL guess DYNEL guess

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Previously used by Wordle: DECAL (May 5, 2024); DEVIL (February 28, 2024); DOWEL (May 11, 2025); DRILL (October 23, 2025); DROLL (June 28, 2022); DROOL (December 14, 2024); DWELL (September 7, 2023).

Top-ranked splitter AEROS

Average remaining: 1.0
Worst branch: 1
Information: 3.0 bits

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

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AEROS does not fit this page's clues. DROLL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.25 (2 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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31% possible answers

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Opening information

Splits these words most evenly: DRAIL of the 26 words here

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A 54% E 35% O 31% R 27% I 23% W 15%

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

DECAL DEVIL DOWEL DRAWL DATIL

Common letter pairs

AL 11/26 words (42%) DE 6/26 words (23%) DR 6/26 words (23%) IL 5/26 words (19%) EL 5/26 words (19%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 27% · two: 73% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match D___L?: 26 five-letter words match D___L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 8 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, DRAIL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.3 bits against the possible answers.

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