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%
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38 of the 120 matches are possible answers.

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Possible answers

26 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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Pattern guide

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.