5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with I and ending in L (I___L)

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Possible answers

IDEAL IDYLL IMPEL

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This pattern has 10 words in the Wordle guess list; 3 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 3 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: IDEAL (October 19, 2025); IMPEL (December 28, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter AAHED
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
1.59 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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AAHED does not fit this page's clues. IDEAL 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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Pattern guide

What fits I___L?

All 10 matching words are shown above. 3 are possible answers.

Letters that fit the blanks

  • 2nd letter C, D, L, M, N
  • 3rd letter C, D, E, I, P, T, Y
  • 4th letter A, E, I, L, O
Meanings and answer history

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IDEAL

Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Past Wordle answer: October 19, 2025.

IDYLL

Any poem or short written piece composed in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

IMPEL

To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.

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 28, 2022.

INTEL

Intelligence (secret information).

“Intel is important in espionage.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

ICTAL

Of or pertaining to a sudden physiologic attack such as a seizure, stroke or headache.

“The patient was in an ictal state.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

ILEAL

Of or pertaining to the ileum.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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ILIAL

Archaic form of iliac (“Pertaining to the ilium”).

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

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INCEL

A member of an online subculture of people (mostly men) who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

INDOL

Alternative form of indole used for derivatives starting with a vowel

Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

INTIL

Not listed among past Wordle answers.

Common questions
How many five-letter words match I___L?
10 five-letter words match I___L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 3 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, INTEL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.25 bits against the possible answers.
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