Five-letter words matching _IL__

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What the remaining words have in common

166 matching words8 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1P 13%F 11%M 11%S 8%
Position 4L 23%E 20%A 10%T 10%
Position 5S 37%Y 14%A 7%R 7%

17 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, D, F, H, L, M, P, S, T, V, W·4th letter: A, D, E, G, K, L, M, O, T·5th letter: A, C, E, H, R, T, Y

Possible answers

5 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

BILGE used BILLY possible DILLY possible FILER possible FILET used FILLY used FILMY possible FILTH possible HILLY used LILAC used MILKY possible PILOT used SILKY possible SILLY used TILDE used VILLA used WILLY possible BILLS guess DILDO guess FILED guess FILES guess FILLS guess FILMS guess GILLS guess HILLS guess KILLS guess KILOS guess MILES guess MILLS guess MILLY guess OILED guess PILED guess PILES guess PILLS guess RILEY guess SILVA guess TILED guess TILES guess VILLE guess WILLS guess AILED guess BILAL guess BILAT guess BILBO guess BILBY guess BILED guess BILES guess BILGY guess BILKS guess CILIA guess CILLS guess DILLI guess DILLS guess EILDS guess FILAR guess FILCH guess FILII guess FILKS guess FILLE guess FILLO guess FILMI guess FILON guess FILOS guess FILUM guess GILAS guess GILDS guess GILET guess GILIA guess GILLY guess GILPY guess GILTS guess HILAR guess HILCH guess HILLO guess HILSA guess HILTS guess HILUM guess HILUS guess JILLS guess JILTS guess KILEY guess KILIG guess KILIM guess KILNS guess KILPS guess KILTS guess KILTY guess LILLS guess LILOS guess LILTS guess LILTY guess MILCH guess MILDS guess MILER guess MILFS guess MILIA guess MILKO guess MILKS guess MILLE guess MILOR guess MILOS guess MILPA guess MILTS guess MILTY guess MILTZ guess NILAS guess NILLS guess OILER guess OILET guess PILAE guess PILAF guess PILAO guess PILAR guess PILAU guess PILAW guess PILCH guess PILEA guess PILEI guess PILER guess PILEY guess PILIN guess PILIS guess PILON guess PILOW guess PILUM guess PILUS guess QILAS guess RILED guess RILES guess RILLE guess RILLS guess RILLY guess SILDS guess SILED guess SILEN guess SILER guess SILES guess SILEX guess SILKS guess SILLS guess SILOS guess SILTS guess SILTY guess TILAK guess TILER guess TILLS guess TILLY guess TILTH guess TILTS guess VILDE guess VILER guess VILLI guess VILLS guess WILCO guess WILDS guess WILED guess WILES guess WILGA guess WILIS guess WILJA guess WILTS guess YILLS guess ZILAS guess ZILCH guess ZILLA guess ZILLS guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _IL__?

All 166 matching words are shown above. 17 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

60% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

IL 166/166 words (100%) LL 39/166 words (23%) LE 38/166 words (23%) PI 21/166 words (13%) LS 20/166 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 41% · two: 51% · three or more: 8%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _IL__?
166 five-letter words match _IL__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 17 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SILER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.6 bits against the possible answers.