Five-letter words matching _OL__

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What the remaining words have in common

189 matching words2 not previously used16 past answers

Position 1M 12%S 10%P 9%C 8%
Position 4E 20%L 17%A 10%O 10%
Position 5S 40%Y 13%E 11%D 6%

18 possible answers fit.

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

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

Possible answers

6 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

COLIC used COLON used COLOR possible DOLLY used FOLIO used FOLLY used GOLEM used GOLLY possible HOLLY used JOLLY used MOLAR used MOLDY used POLAR used POLKA used POLYP used SOLAR used SOLID used SOLVE used BOLTS guess COLBY guess COLES guess COLIN guess COLTS guess DOLCE guess DOLLS guess FOLDS guess FOLEY guess FOLKS guess GOLDS guess HOLDS guess HOLED guess HOLES guess JOLIE guess MOLDS guess MOLES guess MOLLY guess POLES guess POLIO guess POLLS guess POLLY guess ROLES guess ROLLS guess SOLES guess SOLOS guess TOLLS guess VOLTS guess BOLAR guess BOLAS guess BOLDO guess BOLDS guess BOLES guess BOLET guess BOLIX guess BOLKS guess BOLLS guess BOLOS guess BOLUS guess COLAS guess COLDS guess COLED guess COLEY guess COLLE guess COLLS guess COLLY guess COLOG guess COLZA guess DOLCI guess DOLED guess DOLEE guess DOLES guess DOLEY guess DOLIA guess DOLIE guess DOLMA guess DOLOR guess DOLOS guess DOLTS guess EOLID guess FOLIA guess FOLIC guess FOLIE guess FOLKY guess GOLDY guess GOLES guess GOLFS guess GOLPE guess GOLPS guess HOLEY guess HOLKS guess HOLLA guess HOLLO guess HOLME guess HOLMS guess HOLON guess HOLOS guess HOLTS guess JOLED guess JOLES guess JOLLO guess JOLLS guess JOLTS guess JOLTY guess KOLAS guess KOLOS guess LOLAS guess LOLED guess LOLLO guess LOLLS guess LOLLY guess LOLOG guess LOLOS guess MOLAL guess MOLAS guess MOLED guess MOLER guess MOLEY guess MOLIE guess MOLLA guess MOLLE guess MOLLO guess MOLLS guess MOLOI guess MOLOS guess MOLTO guess MOLTS guess MOLUE guess MOLVI guess MOLYS guess NOLES guess NOLLE guess NOLLS guess NOLOS guess POLED guess POLER guess POLEY guess POLIS guess POLJE guess POLKS guess POLLO guess POLOS guess POLTS guess POLYS guess ROLAG guess ROLEO guess ROLFS guess ROLLY guess SOLAH guess SOLAN guess SOLAS guess SOLDE guess SOLDI guess SOLDO guess SOLDS guess SOLED guess SOLEI guess SOLER guess SOLON guess SOLUM guess SOLUS guess TOLAN guess TOLAR guess TOLAS guess TOLED guess TOLES guess TOLLY guess TOLTS guess TOLUS guess TOLYL guess VOLAE guess VOLAR guess VOLED guess VOLES guess VOLET guess VOLKE guess VOLKS guess VOLTA guess VOLTE guess VOLTI guess VOLVA guess VOLVE guess WOLDS guess WOLFS guess WOLLY guess WOLVE guess XOLOS guess YOLKS guess YOLKY guess YOLPS guess ZOLLE guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _OL__?

All 189 matching words are shown above. 18 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

61% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

OL 189/189 words (100%) LE 42/189 words (22%) LL 33/189 words (17%) LO 27/189 words (14%) MO 22/189 words (12%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 32% · two: 60% · three or more: 8%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _OL__?
189 five-letter words match _OL__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 18 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SOLER has the highest feedback entropy at 5.6 bits against the possible answers.