5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words matching __V_L

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Possible answers

ANVIL BEVEL CAVIL CIVIL DEVIL GAVEL HOVEL LEVEL NAVAL NAVEL NOVEL REVEL

1 more possible answer is in the full list below.

Shortlist note

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This pattern has 31 words in the Wordle guess list; 13 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 13 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: ANVIL (August 6, 2024); BEVEL (May 26, 2024); CIVIL (September 29, 2025); DEVIL (February 28, 2024); GAVEL (February 6, 2026); HOVEL (November 26, 2025); LEVEL (August 15, 2025); NAVAL (June 27, 2021); plus 4 more.

Top-ranked splitter DENAR
Average remaining
1.15
Worst branch
2
Information
3.55 bits

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

Hard Mode Use NIVAL instead.

DENAR does not fit this page's clues. NIVAL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.92 (4 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: _EVEL

BEVEL, LEVEL, REVEL differ only in the first position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; DENAR tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits __V_L?

All 31 matching words are shown above. 13 are possible answers.

More about these matches

Useful letters still to test

E 68% A 52% I 32% N 23% R 23% C 10%

Words with five different letters

61% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ANVIL CAVIL DEVIL GAVEL HOVEL

Common letter pairs

VE 15% EL 15% AV 9% EV 7% VA 6%

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 0% · two: 100% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match __V_L?
31 five-letter words match __V_L in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 13 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, RAVEL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.08 bits against the possible answers.
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