Five-letter words matching _O_L_

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What the remaining words have in common

160 matching words5 not previously used14 past answers

Position 1M 13%D 9%C 8%B 7%
Position 3L 21%U 15%O 14%I 11%
Position 5S 34%Y 24%E 21%A 7%

19 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, V, W·3rd letter: A, B, D, I, L, O, R, T, U, W, Y·5th letter: A, D, E, T, Y

Possible answers

7 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

BOULE possible COULD used COYLY used DOLLY used FOLLY used GODLY possible GOLLY possible HOLLY used HOTLY possible JOLLY used KOALA used LOWLY used MOULT used NOBLE used NOBLY used VOILA used WOOLY possible WORLD used WOULD used BOILS guess BOWLS guess COILS guess COOLS guess DOLLS guess FOOLS guess FOULS guess GOALS guess MOLLY guess MOULD guess POLLS guess POLLY guess POOLS guess ROLLS guess SOILS guess SOULS guess TOLLS guess TOOLS guess BODLE guess BOGLE guess BOLLS guess BOOLS guess BOULT guess BOXLA guess BOYLA guess BOYLY guess COALA guess COALS guess COALY guess COBLE guess COLLE guess COLLS guess COLLY guess COOLY guess COWLS guess DOBLA guess DOBLE guess DOGLY guess DOILT guess DOILY guess DOOLE guess DOOLS guess DOOLY guess DOULA guess DOWLE guess DOWLS guess DOWLY guess DOYLY guess EORLS guess FOALS guess FOGLE guess FOILS guess FONLY guess FOULE guess FOWLS guess FOYLE guess GOELS guess GOOLD guess GOOLS guess GOOLY guess GOWLS guess GOYLE guess HOLLA guess HOLLO guess HOOLY guess HOWLS guess HOYLE guess JOLLO guess JOLLS guess JOULE guess JOWLS guess JOWLY guess KOELS guess KOHLS guess LOLLO guess LOLLS guess LOLLY guess MOALS guess MOBLE guess MOILE guess MOILS guess MOLLA guess MOLLE guess MOLLO guess MOLLS guess MOOLA guess MOOLI guess MOOLS guess MOOLY guess MOULE guess MOULS guess MOULY guess MOYLE guess MOYLS guess NOELS guess NOILS guess NOILY guess NOLLE guess NOLLS guess NOULD guess NOULE guess NOULS guess NOWLS guess OOZLE guess POALO guess POILU guess POLLO guess POOLY guess POULE guess POULP guess POULT guess POWLT guess ROBLE guess ROILS guess ROILY guess ROLLY guess ROTLS guess ROULE guess ROULS guess SOCLE guess SOILY guess SONLY guess SOOLE guess SOOLS guess SOULY guess SOWLE guess SOWLS guess SOYLE guess TOILE guess TOILS guess TOLLY guess VOBLA guess VOILE guess VOULU guess WOALD guess WOLLY guess WOOLD guess WOOLS guess YODLE guess YOWLS guess ZOLLE guess

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Pattern guide

What fits _O_L_?

All 160 matching words are shown above. 19 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

57% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

OL 56/160 words (35%) LS 54/160 words (34%) LY 38/160 words (24%) LE 34/160 words (21%) LL 33/160 words (21%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 31% · two: 55% · three or more: 14%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _O_L_?
160 five-letter words match _O_L_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 19 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, TOILE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.69 bits against the possible answers.