Know A and L and R belong in the word but not where? ALARM, ALERT, ALTAR and more contain them, and 52 are possible answers, marked green.
The green marks pick out the 52 words here that could still be the solution.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 318 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- LAYER: takes 318 down to 78 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- LARGE: down to 79. It is on the answer list.
- LASER: down to 81.
What These Words Have in Common
106 of them end in L, about a third of the list. The letters that turn up alongside most often are E (99), I (53) and O (49). 29 of the 318 are words you already use. That is a small share, so a guess made of the letters above beats a guess made of rare ones.
Best 5 Letter Words With A, L and R
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- ALARM
- ALERT
- ALTAR
- ALTER
- BALER
- BLARE
- BRAWL
- CAROL
- CLEAR
- CORAL
- CRAWL
- DRAWL
- EARLY
- FERAL
- FLAIR
- FLARE
- FLORA
- FRAIL
- GLARE
- GRAIL
- LABOR
- LAGER
- LARGE
- LARVA
- LATER
- LAYER
- LEARN
- LUNAR
- MOLAR
- MORAL
- MURAL
- PALER
- PEARL
- POLAR
- RALLY
- RALPH
- REALM
- REGAL
- RELAX
- RELAY
- RENAL
- RIVAL
- ROYAL
- RURAL
- SNARL
- SOLAR
- TRAIL
- TRAWL
- TRIAL
- ULTRA
- VALOR
- VIRAL
- LASER
- LAURA
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With A
- ALARM
- ALERT
- ALTAR
- ALTER
- ABLER
- ACRAL
- ACRYL
- AGRAL
- ALARY
- ALCOR
- ALDER
- ALFUR
- ALGOR
- ALLER
- ALURE
- ALURK
- ALVAR
- APRIL
- AREAL
- AREEL
- ARGAL
- ARGEL
- ARGIL
- ARGLE
- ARGOL
- ARIEL
- ARILS
- ARLED
- ARLES
- ARMIL
- ARSLE
- ARSYL
- ARTAL
- ARTEL
- ARTLY
- ARULO
- ARVAL
- ARVEL
- ARYLS
- AURAL
- AURYL
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With B
- BALER
- BLARE
- BRAWL
- BALOR
- BARLY
- BELAR
- BLAER
- BLAIR
- BLART
- BLEAR
- BOLAR
- BORAL
- BRAIL
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With C
- CAROL
- CLEAR
- CORAL
- CRAWL
- CALOR
- CARLE
- CARLI
- CARLO
- CARLS
- CARYL
- CERAL
- CLAIR
- CLARA
- CLARE
- CLARK
- CLARO
- CLART
- CLARY
- CRAAL
- CRYAL
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With F
- FERAL
- FLAIR
- FLARE
- FLORA
- FRAIL
- FARLE
- FARLS
- FILAR
- FLARY
- FLEAR
- FURAL
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With G
- GLARE
- GRAIL
- GARLE
- GLAIR
- GLARY
- GLAUR
- GNARL
- GORAL
- GRAAL
- GULAR
- GYRAL
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With L
- LABOR
- LAGER
- LARGE
- LARVA
- LATER
- LAYER
- LEARN
- LUNAR
- LASER
- LAURA
- LAARF
- LAARI
- LABRA
- LACER
- LADER
- LAERS
- LAGAR
- LAHAR
- LAIRD
- LAIRS
- LAIRY
- LAKER
- LAMER
- LARCH
- LARDS
- LARDY
- LAREE
- LARES
- LARFS
- LARGA
- LARGO
- LARGY
- LARIA
- LARID
- LARIN
- LARIS
- LARIX
- LARKS
- LARKY
- LARNS
- LARNT
- LARON
- LARRY
- LARUM
- LARUS
- LARVE
- LATRO
- LAURE
- LAURY
- LAVER
- LAVRA
- LAWER
- LAXER
- LAZAR
- LEARE
- LEARS
- LEARY
- LEEAR
- LEORA
- LEPRA
- LERWA
- LIARD
- LIARS
- LIART
- LIBRA
- LIDAR
- LIRAS
- LITRA
- LOBAR
- LOHAR
- LORAL
- LORAN
- LUBRA
- LURAL
- LUTRA
- LYARD
- LYART
- LYCRA
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With M
- MOLAR
- MORAL
- MURAL
- MAERL
- MALAR
- MALGR
- MARAL
- MARIL
- MARLA
- MARLE
- MARLI
- MARLS
- MARLY
- MYLAR
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With P
- PALER
- PEARL
- POLAR
- PALAR
- PAREL
- PARLE
- PARLI
- PARLY
- PAROL
- PERLA
- PILAR
- PLAUR
- PORAL
- PRELA
- PRIAL
- PROAL
- PYLAR
- PYRAL
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With R
- RALLY
- RALPH
- REALM
- REGAL
- RELAX
- RELAY
- RENAL
- RIVAL
- ROYAL
- RURAL
- RABAL
- RADLY
- RAHUL
- RAILE
- RAILS
- RALES
- RALLI
- RAMAL
- RANAL
- RANLI
- RATAL
- RATEL
- RAULI
- RAVEL
- RAWLY
- RAYLE
- RAYLS
- REAAL
- READL
- REALO
- REALS
- RECAL
- RELAP
- REPLA
- RETAL
- RHILA
- RIALS
- RIMAL
- RIPAL
- RIYAL
- ROLAG
- ROMAL
- RORAL
- ROSAL
- ROTAL
- RUGAL
- RUMAL
- RYALS
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With S
- SNARL
- SOLAR
- SALAR
- SERAL
- SLARE
- SLART
- SORAL
- SURAL
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With T
- TRAIL
- TRAWL
- TRIAL
- TALAR
- TALER
- TELAR
- TOLAR
- TORAL
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With U
- ULTRA
- ULNAR
- URALI
- UREAL
- URIAL
- URLAR
- URNAL
- URSAL
5 Letter Words With A, L and R Starting With D, E, H and other letters
- DRAWL
- DALAR
- DALER
- DARLS
- DARYL
- DRAIL
- DURAL
- EARLY
- EARLE
- EARLS
- ERGAL
- HALER
- HARLE
- HARLS
- HILAR
- HORAL
- HORLA
- JALOR
- JALUR
- JARLS
- JARUL
- JURAL
- KAREL
- KNARL
- KRAAL
- NERAL
- ORALE
- ORALS
- ORGAL
- ORVAL
- QUARL
- VALOR
- VIRAL
- VELAR
- VOLAR
- WALER
- WARLY
- WHARL
- WRAWL
- YARLY
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.
- HALER: 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia.
- GNARL: Twist into a state of deformity.
- RATEL: Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
- ALARY: Having or resembling wings.
- GORAL: Small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains.
- BRAIL: Take in a sail with a brail.
- LAHAR: An avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
- LOBAR: Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
- RIYAL: The basic unit of money in Qatar.
- VOLAR: Relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
- HILAR: Of or relating to or located near a hilum.
- KRAAL: A pen for livestock in southern Africa.
- MALAR: The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
- DURAL: Of or relating to the dura mater.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer contain A, L and R?
Yes. LATER, EARLY and LARGE 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. RURAL and RALLY are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is ARGIL really a word?
Yes. A white clay (especially a white clay used by potters). It has never been the puzzle, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
LATER. 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. YARLY and WRAWL are among them. Only a smaller set has ever been the answer, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
BALER, BLARE and DRAWL. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.