Five-letter words matching _LI__

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What the remaining words have in common

117 matching words9 not previously used26 past answers

Position 1F 14%S 14%B 13%C 13%
Position 4N 16%M 11%E 10%T 9%
Position 5S 27%E 19%T 10%K 9%
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35 of the 117 matches are possible answers.

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

Possible answers

23 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

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Pattern guide

What fits _LI__?

All 117 matching words are shown above. 35 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

78% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

LI 117/117 words (100%) IN 19/117 words (16%) FL 16/117 words (14%) SL 16/117 words (14%) AL 15/117 words (13%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 52% · two: 32% · three or more: 16%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _LI__?
117 five-letter words match _LI__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 35 are possible answers.