Five-letter words with L in the middle (__L__)

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115 of the 973 matches are possible answers.

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Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, W·2nd letter: A, B, C, D, E, G, I, L, N, O, P, S, T, U, Y·4th letter: A, C, D, E, G, I, K, L, M, O, P, S, T, U, V, Y·5th letter: A, C, D, E, H, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W, X, Y, Z

Possible answers

103 more possible answers are in the full list below.

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ABLED possible AGLOW used ALLAY possible ALLEY used ALLOT used ALLOW used ALLOY used ATLAS used BALER used BALMY used BALSA used BELCH used BELIE used BELLE used BELLY used BELOW used BILGE used BILLY possible BULGE used BULKY used BULLY used BYLAW used CELLO used COLIC used COLON used COLOR possible DALLY used DELAY used DELTA used DELVE used DILLY possible DOLLY used DULLY possible ECLAT possible FALSE used FELLA possible FELON possible FILER possible FILET used FILLY used FILMY possible FILTH possible FOLIO used FOLLY used FULLY used GOLEM used GOLLY possible GULCH possible GULLY used HALVE used HELIX used HELLO used HILLY used HOLLY used IDLER used IGLOO used INLAY used INLET used ISLET used JELLY used JOLLY used LILAC used MELEE possible MELON used MILKY possible MOLAR used MOLDY used MULCH used NYLON used PALER possible PALSY possible PILOT used POLAR used POLKA used POLYP used PULPY used PULSE possible RALLY possible RALPH possible RELAX used RELAY used RELIC used RULER used SALAD used SALLY used SALON possible SALSA used SALTY used SALVE possible SALVO possible SILKY possible SILLY used SOLAR used SOLID used SOLVE used SPLAT used SPLIT used SULKY used SULLY used TALLY used TALON used TILDE used TULIP used TULLE possible UNLIT used VALET used VALID used VALOR possible VALUE used VALVE used VILLA used WALTZ used WELCH possible WELSH possible WILLY possible ALLAN guess ALLEN guess BALLS guess BELLO guess BELLS guess BELTS guess BILLS guess BOLTS guess BULBS guess BULLS guess CALIF guess CALLS guess CELEB guess CELLS guess COLBY guess COLES guess COLIN guess COLTS guess CULTS guess DELLA guess DILDO guess DOLCE guess DOLLS guess FALLS guess FELIX guess FILED guess FILES guess FILLS guess FILMS guess FOLDS guess FOLEY guess FOLKS guess GILLS guess GOLDS guess GULLS guess HALAL guess HALLS guess HELLA guess HELLS guess HELPS guess HILLS guess HOLDS guess HOLED guess HOLES guess ISLES guess JOLIE guess JULIA guess KELLY guess KILLS guess KILOS guess KYLIE guess MALES guess MALIK guess MALLS guess MELTS guess MILES guess MILLS guess MILLY guess MOLDS guess MOLES guess MOLLY guess MULES guess NELLY guess OILED guess OLLIE guess PALMS guess PILED guess PILES guess PILLS guess POLES guess POLIO guess POLLS guess POLLY guess PULLS guess RILEY guess ROLES guess ROLLS guess RULED guess RULES guess SALES guess SALLE guess SALTS guess SELLS guess SILVA guess SOLES guess

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Pattern guide

What fits __L__?

973 words match this pattern in the Wordle guess list. 115 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Words with five different letters

61% of the matches have no repeated letters.

Common letter pairs

AL 233/973 words (24%) LE 204/973 words (21%) OL 195/973 words (20%) LL 192/973 words (20%) IL 168/973 words (17%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 35% · two: 58% · three or more: 7%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __L__?
973 five-letter words match __L__ in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 115 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, SALET has the highest feedback entropy at 5.84 bits against the possible answers.