5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching _R_L_

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Possible answers

DRILL DROLL DRYLY FRILL GRILL KRILL TROLL TRULY WRYLY

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This pattern has 28 words in the Wordle guess list; 9 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 9 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: DRILL (October 23, 2025); DROLL (June 28, 2022); FRILL (July 31, 2025); KRILL (April 4, 2025); TROLL (December 30, 2021); TRULY (November 6, 2024).

Top-ranked splitter GUIDO
Average remaining
1.22
Worst branch
2
Information
2.95 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use DRILL instead.

GUIDO does not fit this page's clues. DRILL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.89 (3 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Trap warning: _RILL

DRILL, FRILL, GRILL, KRILL differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; GUIDO tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits _R_L_?

All 28 matching words are shown above. 9 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

I 43% Y 25% D 21% O 21% T 21% A 21%

Words with five different letters

46% of the matches have no repeated letters.

TRULY ARGLE ARILS ARTLY ARYLS

Common letter pairs

RI 10% IL 10% LL 10% LY 5% DR 4%

Vowels

No vowels: 14% · one: 61% · two: 21% · three or more: 4%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match _R_L_?
28 five-letter words match _R_L_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 9 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ARGLE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.47 bits against the possible answers.
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