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

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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.