Five-letter words matching _L__E

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What the remaining words have in common

117 matching words4 not previously used36 past answers

Position 1C 14%G 13%A 12%S 12%
Position 3A 26%O 22%I 19%U 13%
Position 4T 15%D 10%M 9%V 9%
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Possible answers

28 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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Pattern guide

What fits _L__E?

All 117 matching words are shown above. 40 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

80% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

LA 30/117 words (26%) LO 26/117 words (22%) LI 23/117 words (20%) TE 17/117 words (15%) CL 16/117 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 4% · two: 70% · three or more: 26%

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How many five-letter words match _L__E?
117 five-letter words match _L__E in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 40 are possible answers.