Five-letter words starting with L and ending in R (L___R)

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What the remaining words have in common

42 matching words1 not previously used13 past answers

Position 2A 36%I 24%O 14%U 14%
Position 3G 12%V 12%B 10%N 7%
Position 4E 74%A 17%O 7%U 2%
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14 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, LABOR produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, E, I, O, U·3rd letter: B, G, M, N, P, S, T, V, W, Y·4th letter: A, E, O, U

Possible answers

2 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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

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Can you finish L___R?

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Pattern guide

What fits L___R?

All 42 matching words are shown above. 14 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

81% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

ER 31/42 words (74%) LA 15/42 words (36%) LI 10/42 words (24%) AR 7/42 words (17%) LO 6/42 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 98% · three or more: 2%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match L___R?
42 five-letter words match L___R in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 14 are possible answers.