5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _I__L

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What the remaining words have in common

48 matching words1 not previously used9 past answers

Position 1P 19%N 13%S 10%V 10%
Position 3B 10%N 10%T 10%V 10%
Position 4A 42%E 23%U 13%I 8%

10 possible answers fit.

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

Top-ranked next guess VITAL

Still undecided: 1st letter: C, F, L, P, R, T, V·3rd letter: B, D, G, N, R, T, V, X·4th letter: A, E, I, Y

Possible answers

CIVIL FINAL LIBEL PIXEL RIVAL TIDAL VIGIL VINYL VIRAL VITAL

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Pattern guide

What fits _I__L?

All 48 matching words are shown above. 10 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

A 44% N 23% E 23% V 21% P 19% C 15%

Words with five different letters

75% of the matches have no repeated letters.

FINAL PIXEL RIVAL TIDAL VINYL

Common letter pairs

AL 20/48 words (42%) EL 11/48 words (23%) PI 9/48 words (19%) VI 6/48 words (12%) UL 6/48 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 6% · two: 90% · three or more: 4%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _I__L?
48 five-letter words match _I__L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 10 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, CITAL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.18 bits against the possible answers.