Know E and L and N belong in the word but not where? ALIEN, ALONE, ANGEL and more contain them, and 35 are possible answers, marked green.
About 16% of these sit on the Wordle answer list, 35 words in all.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 223 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- ALIEN: takes 223 down to 35 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- LADEN: down to 45. It is on the answer list.
- ALLEN: down to 48.
What These Words Have in Common
The last square lands on N more than any other letter: 61 words, about a quarter of the set. The letters that turn up alongside most often are A (78), I (56) and O (46). Roughly one word in six here is everyday English, 23 of the 223. Build a guess from the common letters rather than the unusual words.
Best 5 Letter Words With E, L and N
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- ALIEN
- ALONE
- ANGEL
- ANGLE
- ANKLE
- BLEND
- CLEAN
- CLONE
- ELFIN
- FELON
- GLEAN
- INLET
- KNEEL
- KNELT
- LADEN
- LANCE
- LEANT
- LEARN
- LEMON
- LIKEN
- LINEN
- LINER
- LUMEN
- LUNGE
- MELON
- NAVEL
- NEWLY
- NOBLE
- NOVEL
- OLDEN
- PANEL
- PENAL
- PLANE
- RENAL
- UNCLE
- ALLEN
- INTEL
- LANES
- LEONE
- LINED
- LINES
5 Letter Words With E, L and N Starting With A
- ALIEN
- ALONE
- ANGEL
- ANGLE
- ANKLE
- ALLEN
- AGNEL
- ALANE
- ALDEN
- ALENU
- ALINE
- ALPEN
- ANCLE
- ANELE
- ANILE
- ANLET
- ANOLE
- ANSEL
5 Letter Words With E, L and N Starting With E
- ELFIN
- ELAIN
- ELAND
- ELANS
- ELDIN
- ELEAN
- ELIAN
- ELINT
- ELLAN
- ELLEN
- ELMEN
- ELOIN
- ELONG
- ELSIN
- ELVAN
- ELVEN
- EMLEN
- ENGLE
- ENLAY
- ENLIT
- ENOIL
- ENOLS
- ENROL
- ENTAL
5 Letter Words With E, L and N Starting With G
- GLEAN
- GALEN
- GENAL
- GLEEN
- GLENE
- GLENN
- GLENS
- GLENT
5 Letter Words With E, L and N Starting With L
- LADEN
- LANCE
- LEANT
- LEARN
- LEMON
- LIKEN
- LINEN
- LINER
- LUMEN
- LUNGE
- LANES
- LEONE
- LINED
- LINES
- LABNE
- LAGEN
- LAINE
- LANDE
- LANED
- LANEY
- LATEN
- LAYNE
- LEANS
- LEANY
- LEBAN
- LEBEN
- LEDEN
- LEGNO
- LEMAN
- LEMNA
- LENAD
- LENCA
- LENCH
- LENDS
- LENDU
- LENES
- LENGS
- LENIN
- LENIS
- LENNY
- LENOS
- LENSE
- LENTH
- LENTI
- LENTO
- LESSN
- LEUNG
- LEVEN
- LEVIN
- LIANE
- LIENS
- LIFEN
- LIGNE
- LIMEN
- LINEA
- LINET
- LINEY
- LINGE
- LINIE
- LINJE
- LINNE
- LIVEN
- LODEN
- LONER
- LONGE
- LOREN
- LOSEN
- LOWEN
- LOWNE
- LOZEN
- LUNEL
- LUNES
- LUNET
- LYKEN
- LYNES
- LYNNE
5 Letter Words With E, L and N Starting With N
- NAVEL
- NEWLY
- NOBLE
- NOVEL
- NABLE
- NAGEL
- NALED
- NAWLE
- NEALS
- NEBEL
- NEELA
- NEELD
- NEELE
- NELIA
- NELIS
- NELLY
- NEPAL
- NERAL
- NEROL
- NEVEL
- NEWEL
- NEXAL
- NIELS
- NIFLE
- NIGEL
- NIVEL
- NOBEL
- NOELS
- NOLES
- NOLLE
- NOULE
- NOWEL
- NPEEL
5 Letter Words With E, L and N Starting With P
- PANEL
- PENAL
- PLANE
- PELON
- PLEIN
- PLENA
- PLENE
- PLENO
- PLENY
- PLEON
5 Letter Words With E, L and N Starting With S
- SENAL
- SILEN
- SLANE
- SLENT
- SLINE
- SLONE
- SNELL
- SOLEN
5 Letter Words With E, L and N Starting With B, C, D and other letters
- BLEND
- BELON
- BLENK
- BLENS
- BLENT
- CLEAN
- CLONE
- CANEL
- CINEL
- CLINE
- COLEN
- DYNEL
- FELON
- FLANE
- HELEN
- INLET
- INTEL
- ILEON
- INCEL
- INCLE
- INGLE
- INKLE
- KNEEL
- KNELT
- KNELL
- KNULE
- MELON
- MENIL
- MONEL
- OLDEN
- OLEIN
- OLENA
- OLENT
- ONELY
- RENAL
- TELYN
- TENLA
- UNCLE
- ULNAE
- UNLED
- UNLEG
- UNLET
- UNLIE
- VENAL
- WANLE
- XENYL
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.
- LIMEN: The smallest detectable sensation.
- INKLE: A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
- 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.
- NEWEL: The central pillar of a circular staircase.
- LENTO: In music.
- ELFIN: Small and delicate. It is on the answer list.
- LENSE: A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
- VENAL: Capable of being corrupted.
- LIGNE: A linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons.
- LIKEN: Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous. It is on the answer list.
- ALINE: Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight.
- KNELL: Ring as in announcing death.
- LIVEN: Make lively.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer contain E, L and N?
Yes. LEARN, ALONE and CLEAN all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. ALLEN and HELEN are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is OLEIN really a word?
Yes. A naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
LEARN. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, 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. XENYL and WANLE are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
ELFIN, LEANT and LIKEN. 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.