5-letter words with E as the 2nd letter and L as the 5th letter

With E fixed in slot two and L locked at the end, the middle letters still produce a varied set: LEVEL and REBEL double a letter, while METAL and PEARL take different routes to the same ending. Yet only 17 of the 66 matches count as common English words. The pattern is tight; the vocabulary is not.

At a glance: E second and L last

• All 66 matches put E in position two and L at the end.
• Collins includes 66 matches; NWL2023 has 48 and ENABLE has 47.
• Just 17 are common words, including LEVEL, LEGAL, METAL, and PEARL.
• Twenty-three matches are both Wordle answers and tournament-dictionary entries.

Which of these words appear as Wordle answers?

Twenty-three matches are in the Wordle answer list and tournament dictionaries. That gives you a real answer pool, not just legal guesses. Familiar examples include LEVEL, METAL, PEARL, DEVIL, and REBEL; pattern fit alone does not make every candidate likely.

All 66 matches are allowed guesses, but only 23 are answers. The answer count tracks the solution list; the larger guess set also includes dictionary-valid words that are not solutions. Treat obscure matches as guesses, not likely answers.

Dictionary coverage varies: Collins has 66 matches, compared with 48 in NWL2023 and 47 in ENABLE. Check your game's word list for tournament play, since not every game accepts every entry.

5-letter words with E second and L fifth: scores and patterns

BEZEL scores 16 in Scrabble, and JEWEL scores 15. Those strong scores come from their high-value letters, but a premium-square opportunity matters more than memorizing a word in isolation. More familiar choices such as LEVEL and METAL are easier to recognize during a word puzzle.

R begins the most matches, with eight; M starts seven, and B starts six. The O-second, L-fifth pattern is close, with 69 words. Switch the final letter to S, however, and the E-second pattern jumps to 539 matches.