302 words hold A and L and N, wherever they fall. ALIEN, ALIGN, ALONE lead, and 46 can be the answer.
About 15% of these sit on the Wordle answer list, 46 words in all.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 302 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- CLEAN: takes 302 down to 56 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- LOGAN: down to 69.
- ALIEN: down to 72. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
93 of them end in N, about a third of the list. If you need a second letter to test, E (78), I (77) and O (47) appear here more than any others. 26 of these 302 words turn up in ordinary writing. The rest are worth a read, but not worth a guess.
Best 5 Letter Words With A, L and N
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- ALIEN
- ALIGN
- ALONE
- ALONG
- ANGEL
- ANGLE
- ANKLE
- ANNUL
- ANVIL
- BLAND
- BLANK
- CLANG
- CLANK
- CLEAN
- FINAL
- FLANK
- GLAND
- GLEAN
- INLAY
- LADEN
- LANCE
- LANKY
- LEANT
- LEARN
- LUNAR
- MANLY
- NASAL
- NATAL
- NAVAL
- NAVEL
- PANEL
- PENAL
- PLAIN
- PLANE
- PLANK
- PLANT
- RENAL
- SALON
- SLAIN
- SLANG
- SLANT
- SNAIL
- SNARL
- TALON
- TONAL
- ZONAL
- ALLAN
- ALLEN
- LANDS
- LANES
- LOANS
- LOGAN
- NAILS
- PLANS
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With A
- ALIEN
- ALIGN
- ALONE
- ALONG
- ANGEL
- ANGLE
- ANKLE
- ANNUL
- ANVIL
- ALLAN
- ALLEN
- ADDNL
- AGNEL
- ALAIN
- ALAND
- ALANE
- ALANG
- ALANI
- ALANS
- ALANT
- ALBAN
- ALBIN
- ALBYN
- ALDEN
- ALENU
- ALFIN
- ALGIN
- ALINE
- ALKIN
- ALLIN
- ALMAN
- ALMON
- ALNUS
- ALOIN
- ALPEN
- ALTIN
- ALTUN
- ALVAN
- ALVIN
- ANCLE
- ANELE
- ANGLO
- ANILE
- ANILS
- ANLAS
- ANLET
- ANLIA
- ANNAL
- ANOIL
- ANOLE
- ANOLI
- ANSEL
- ANTAL
- AZLON
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With B
- BLAND
- BLANK
- BALAN
- BALON
- BALUN
- BANAL
- BINAL
- BLAIN
- BLANC
- BLAWN
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With C
- CLANG
- CLANK
- CLEAN
- CALIN
- CANAL
- CANEL
- CANLI
- CLANS
- COLAN
- CONAL
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With E
- ELAIN
- ELAND
- ELANS
- ELEAN
- ELIAN
- ELLAN
- ELVAN
- ENLAY
- ENTAL
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With F
- FINAL
- FLANK
- FALUN
- FANAL
- FLAIN
- FLANE
- FLANG
- FLANS
- FLAWN
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With K
- KALAN
- KALON
- KANAL
- KILAN
- KLANG
- KLANS
- KNARL
- KULAN
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With L
- LADEN
- LANCE
- LANKY
- LEANT
- LEARN
- LUNAR
- LANDS
- LANES
- LOANS
- LOGAN
- LAANG
- LABAN
- LABNE
- LADIN
- LAGAN
- LAGEN
- LAGNA
- LAINE
- LAKIN
- LAMIN
- LAMNA
- LANAI
- LANAO
- LANAS
- LANAZ
- LANCH
- LANDE
- LANED
- LANEY
- LANGI
- LANGO
- LANKS
- LANNY
- LANSA
- LANTS
- LANUM
- LAPIN
- LAPON
- LARIN
- LARNS
- LARNT
- LARON
- LATEN
- LATIN
- LATON
- LAUAN
- LAUND
- LAWIN
- LAWNS
- LAWNY
- LAYIN
- LAYNE
- LEANS
- LEANY
- LEBAN
- LEMAN
- LEMNA
- LENAD
- LENCA
- LIANA
- LIANE
- LIANG
- LIGAN
- LIMAN
- LINAC
- LINDA
- LINEA
- LINGA
- LINHA
- LINJA
- LIPAN
- LIWAN
- LLANO
- LOHAN
- LONGA
- LORAN
- LOTAN
- LOWAN
- LUCAN
- LUIAN
- LUKAN
- LUNAS
- LUNDA
- LUNKA
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With N
- NASAL
- NATAL
- NAVAL
- NAVEL
- NAILS
- NABAL
- NABLA
- NABLE
- NAGEL
- NAHAL
- NAILY
- NALAS
- NALED
- NALLA
- NAPAL
- NAWAL
- NAWLE
- NEALS
- NEELA
- NELIA
- NEPAL
- NERAL
- NEXAL
- NIALL
- NIDAL
- NIHAL
- NILAS
- NITAL
- NIVAL
- NODAL
- NOGAL
- NOPAL
- NOTAL
- NOXAL
- NUCAL
- NULLA
- NYALA
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With P
- PANEL
- PENAL
- PLAIN
- PLANE
- PLANK
- PLANT
- PLANS
- PINAL
- PLANC
- PLANG
- PLANH
- PLENA
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With S
- SALON
- SLAIN
- SLANG
- SLANT
- SNAIL
- SNARL
- SENAL
- SINAL
- SLANE
- SLANK
- SLOAN
- SOLAN
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With U
- UHLAN
- UINAL
- ULANS
- ULNAD
- ULNAE
- ULNAR
- ULNAS
- ULPAN
- ULVAN
- UNLAP
- UNLAW
- UNLAX
- UNLAY
- URNAL
5 Letter Words With A, L and N Starting With D, G, H and other letters
- DALAN
- DANLI
- DONAL
- DUNAL
- DYLAN
- GLAND
- GLEAN
- GALEN
- GENAL
- GLANS
- GNARL
- GONAL
- HALON
- INLAY
- ILIAN
- INIAL
- INLAW
- INULA
- MANLY
- MANAL
- MANUL
- MILAN
- MONAL
- OLENA
- OLONA
- ONLAP
- ONLAY
- ONTAL
- RENAL
- RANAL
- RANLI
- TALON
- TONAL
- TENLA
- TOLAN
- TUNAL
- VENAL
- VINAL
- WANLE
- WANLY
- XYLAN
- YULAN
- ZONAL
Less Familiar Words Here
This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.
- GNARL: Twist into a state of deformity.
- MONAL: Brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia.
- WANLY: In a weak or pale or languid manner.
- LOWAN: Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.
- ANELE: Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
- ANOLE: Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
- NYALA: Spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck.
- NOPAL: Cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits.
- LINAC: Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
- SOLAN: Very large white gannet with black wing tips.
- LAPIN: The fur of a rabbit.
- LAGAN: Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
- LIMAN: A long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river.
- LLANO: An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer contain A, L and N?
Yes. ALONG, FINAL and LEARN have all been answers, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. ALLEN and NAVAL are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is ALGIN really a word?
Yes. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier. It has never been the puzzle, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
ALONG. It is the most ordinary word on this list that has already been the puzzle, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. WANLE and URNAL are among them. Only a smaller set has ever been the answer, and those are the ones marked in green.