Five-letter words matching _EL__

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What the remaining words have in common

156 matching words5 not previously used16 past answers

Position 1B 11%M 10%D 9%H 8%
Position 4L 25%I 12%E 10%O 10%
Position 5S 35%Y 13%A 8%E 8%

21 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, H, J, M, R, W·4th letter: A, C, E, I, L, O, S, T, V·5th letter: A, C, E, H, N, O, W, X, Y

Possible answers

9 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

BELCH used BELIE used BELLE used BELLY used BELOW used CELLO used DELAY used DELTA used DELVE used FELLA possible FELON possible HELIX used HELLO used JELLY used MELEE possible MELON used RELAX used RELAY used RELIC used WELCH possible WELSH possible BELLO guess BELLS guess BELTS guess CELEB guess CELLS guess DELLA guess FELIX guess HELLA guess HELLS guess HELPS guess KELLY guess MELTS guess NELLY guess SELLS guess TELLS guess TELLY guess WELLS guess YELLS guess BELAH guess BELAR guess BELAY guess BELEE guess BELGA guess BELIT guess BELLI guess BELON guess BELVE guess CELLA guess CELLI guess CELLY guess CELOM guess CELTS guess DELED guess DELES guess DELFS guess DELFT guess DELIS guess DELLS guess DELLY guess DELOS guess DELPH guess DELTS guess FELCH guess FELID guess FELLS guess FELLY guess FELTS guess FELTY guess GELDS guess GELEE guess GELID guess GELLY guess GELTS guess HELED guess HELES guess HELIO guess HELLY guess HELMS guess HELOS guess HELOT guess HELVE guess JELAB guess JELLO guess JELLS guess KELEP guess KELIM guess KELLS guess KELPS guess KELPY guess KELTS guess KELTY guess MELAM guess MELAS guess MELBA guess MELCH guess MELDS guess MELES guess MELIC guess MELIK guess MELLS guess MELOE guess MELOS guess MELTY guess NELIA guess NELIS guess PELAS guess PELAU guess PELCH guess PELES guess PELFS guess PELLS guess PELMA guess PELOG guess PELON guess PELSH guess PELTA guess PELTS guess PELUS guess RELET guess RELIE guess RELIT guess RELLO guess RELOS guess SELAH guess SELES guess SELFS guess SELFY guess SELKY guess SELLA guess SELLE guess SELVA guess TELAE guess TELCO guess TELES guess TELEX guess TELIA guess TELIC guess TELOI guess TELOS guess VELAR guess VELDS guess VELDT guess VELES guess VELLS guess VELUM guess WELDS guess WELKE guess WELKS guess WELKT guess WELLY guess WELTS guess YELKS guess YELMS guess YELPS guess YELTS guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _EL__?

All 156 matching words are shown above. 21 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

58% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

EL 156/156 words (100%) LL 39/156 words (25%) LI 20/156 words (13%) LO 20/156 words (13%) LA 19/156 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 42% · two: 50% · three or more: 8%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _EL__?
156 five-letter words match _EL__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 21 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RELIT has the highest feedback entropy at 5.56 bits against the possible answers.