Five-letter words matching __IL_

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What the remaining words have in common

112 matching words6 not previously used24 past answers

Position 1S 17%T 10%M 8%A 7%
Position 2A 20%O 16%H 10%R 10%
Position 5S 32%E 20%L 15%Y 13%

30 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K, Q, S, U, V, W·2nd letter: A, C, G, H, K, M, O, P, R, T, U, W, X·5th letter: A, D, E, I, L, T, Y

Possible answers

18 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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What fits __IL_?

All 112 matching words are shown above. 30 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

72% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

IL 112/112 words (100%) LS 36/112 words (32%) LE 22/112 words (20%) AI 22/112 words (20%) OI 18/112 words (16%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 26% · two: 55% · three or more: 19%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __IL_?
112 five-letter words match __IL_ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 30 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RAILE has the highest feedback entropy at 5.86 bits against the possible answers.