Five-letter words matching S__L_

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What the remaining words have in common

120 matching words9 not previously used29 past answers

Position 2T 14%H 12%P 10%C 9%
Position 3A 22%E 18%I 16%U 13%
Position 5E 19%L 18%Y 15%S 13%

38 of the 120 matches are possible answers.

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Still undecided: 2nd letter: A, C, H, I, K, L, M, P, T, U, W·3rd letter: A, D, E, I, L, O, R, U, Y·5th letter: D, E, F, K, L, P, T, Y

Possible answers

26 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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What fits S__L_?

All 120 matching words are shown above. 38 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

53% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

LL 30/120 words (25%) AL 28/120 words (23%) EL 25/120 words (21%) LE 23/120 words (19%) IL 21/120 words (18%)

Vowels

No vowels: 2% · one: 62% · two: 34% · three or more: 2%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match S__L_?
120 five-letter words match S__L_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 38 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, STALE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.74 bits against the possible answers.