Five-letter position pattern
5 Letter Words with O as 2nd and L as 5th Letter
Two fixed letters make this pattern easy to work with: O in the second box and L in the fifth. O in the second box is one of the most common placements and follows many consonants. A final L often follows a vowel, as in the AL, EL and IL endings, or doubles to LL.
107matching five-letter words
5 Letter Words with O as 2nd and L as 5th Letter
- bobol
- bocal
- boral
- borel
- boryl
- botel
- boucl
- bowel
- bozal
- codal
- codol
- cohol
- comal
- copal
- coral
- corpl
- coryl
- cowal
- coxal
- coyol
- dogal
- domal
- dotal
- dougl
- dowel
- focal
- forel
- gonal
- goral
- horal
- hosel
- hotel
- hovel
- howel
- iodal
- iodol
- jodel
- jokol
- jokul
- joual
- jowel
- kogal
- kokil
- kotal
- kovil
- lobal
- local
- loeil
- loral
- lorel
- losel
- loyal
- mobil
- modal
- model
- mogul
- mohel
- molal
- monal
- monel
- moral
- morel
- mosel
- motel
- nodal
- nonyl
- nopal
- notal
- novel
- nowel
- noxal
- pocul
- podal
- pokal
- pomel
- popal
- poral
- romal
- roral
- rosal
- rotal
- rowel
- royal
- sokol
- somal
- soral
- sorel
- sotol
- sowel
- tolyl
- tonal
- topsl
- toral
- total
- towel
- vocal
- votal
- vowel
- voxel
- woful
- wogul
- yodel
- yokel
- yokul
- zoeal
- zonal
- zoril
What the Common Words Have in Common
Openers to expect include M as in MODEL, T as in TOTAL and L as in LOCAL. Between the fixed letters, look for C in LOCAL, T in TOTAL and W in TOWEL. The fourth box is most often A in LOCAL and E in MODEL.
Useful five-letter words
LOCAL, TOTAL, MODEL, HOTEL and ROYAL are the entries you are most likely to meet. NOVEL, MORAL and LOYAL are worth keeping in reserve.
- LOCAL
- TOTAL
- MODEL
- HOTEL
- ROYAL
Quick Strategy for This Pattern
Begin with M, T and L in the first box, because they open the largest groups. If the opener comes back grey, test C in the third box, since it is the single most common middle letter here. The fixed O and L do a lot of the work, so use your guesses on the three open boxes rather than on those two letters.
Playing This Pattern in Word Games
In Scrabble, O is worth one point and L is worth one point. Knowing words such as LOCAL, TOTAL and MODEL helps you use both tiles quickly when they land on your rack.
Frequently asked questions
Is O second and L fifth a common pattern in Wordle
It is a large group, so it gives you plenty of choices. Pairing the two fixed letters with the openers above is the quickest way to find the answer.
Which letters usually start words with O second and L fifth
M, T and L are the usual openers, as in MODEL, TOTAL and LOCAL. Testing one of them in the first box is the quickest way to narrow the list.
What does a final L tell me about the word
A final L often follows a vowel, as in the AL, EL and IL endings, or doubles to LL. LOCAL and TOTAL show the pattern.