Five-letter words matching __I_L

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16 possible answers fit.

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

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, C, D, F, G, K, Q, S, T, W·2nd letter: H, K, P, R, T, U, W, X·4th letter: A, E, L, R

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4 more possible answers are in the full list below.

Pattern guide

What fits __I_L?

All 43 matching words are shown above. 16 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

53% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

IL 10% LL 10% RI 8% HI 6% IR 5%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 53% · two: 33% · three or more: 14%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __I_L?
43 five-letter words match __I_L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 16 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, ARIEL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.77 bits against the possible answers.
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