5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with P and ending in L (P___L)

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Possible answers

PANEL PAPAL PEARL PEDAL PENAL PERIL PETAL PIXEL PROWL PUPAL PUPIL

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 36 words in the Wordle guess list; 11 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 11 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: PANEL (August 24, 2021); PAPAL (May 29, 2024); PEARL (November 22, 2024); PEDAL (February 5, 2025); PERIL (November 7, 2025); PETAL (August 31, 2025); PIXEL (November 22, 2023); PROWL (April 30, 2024); plus 1 more.

Top-ranked splitter DATER
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
3.46 bits

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

Hard Mode Use PEDAL instead.

DATER does not fit this page's clues. PEDAL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.55 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: PE_AL

PEDAL, PENAL, PETAL differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; DATER tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits P___L?

All 36 matching words are shown above. 11 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 58% I 42% R 31% E 28% O 28% U 25%

Words with five different letters

78% of the matches have no repeated letters.

PANEL PEARL PEDAL PENAL PERIL

Common letter pairs

AL 11% PI 7% PA 6% PR 4% EL 3%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 14% · two: 86% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match P___L?
36 five-letter words match P___L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, PEARL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.52 bits against the possible answers.
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