5 Letter Words With L and N

618 5 letter words with l and n, sorted by how much each one narrows a board rather than by alphabet.

618 words carry L and N somewhere. ALIEN, ALIGN, ALONE are the strongest of them, and 97 sit on the answer list.

Everyday English accounts for 51 of these 618 words. The rest are worth reading before you need them.

Best First Guesses

With 618 words to get through, the first guess decides most of the round. Each one below is on this list, so it could be the answer outright, and the number beside it is how many words would still be left in the worst case.

ALIEN: takes 618 down to 72 at worst. It is on the answer list.
LOGAN: down to 87.
LANES: down to 88.

What These Words Have in Common

172 of them end in N, about a quarter of the list. The letters that turn up alongside most often are A (302), E (223) and I (216). 51 of these 618 words turn up in ordinary writing. The rest are worth a read, but not worth a guess.

Best 5 Letter Words With L and N

The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.

ALIEN
ALIGN
ALONE
ALONG
ANGEL
ANGLE
ANKLE
ANNUL
ANVIL
BLAND
BLANK
BLEND
BLIND
BLINK
BLOND
BLOWN
BLUNT
CLANG
CLANK
CLEAN
CLING
CLINK
CLONE
CLOWN
CLUNG
COLON
ELFIN
FELON
FINAL
FLANK
FLING
FLINT
FLOWN
FLUNG
FLUNK
GLAND
GLEAN
GLINT
INLAY
INLET
KNEEL
KNELT
KNOLL
LADEN
LANCE
LANKY
LEANT
LEARN
LEMON
LIKEN
LINEN
LINER
LINGO
LOGIN
LUMEN
LUNAR
LUNCH
LUNGE
LYING
LYNCH
MANLY
MELON
NASAL
NATAL
NAVAL
NAVEL
NEWLY
NOBLE
NOBLY
NOVEL
NYLON
OLDEN
PANEL
PENAL
PLAIN
PLANE
PLANK
PLANT
PLUNK
RENAL
SALON
SLAIN
SLANG
SLANT
SLING
SLINK
SLUNG
SLUNK
SNAIL
SNARL
TALON
TONAL
UNCLE
UNLIT
UNTIL
VINYL
ZONAL
ALLAN
ALLEN
COLIN
INTEL
LANDS
LANES
LEONE
LINED
LINES
LINKS
LINUX
LIONS
LOANS
LOGAN
NAILS
PLANS

5 Letter Words With 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 L and N Starting With B

BLAND
BLANK
BLEND
BLIND
BLINK
BLOND
BLOWN
BLUNT
BALAN
BALON
BALUN
BANAL
BELON
BILIN
BINAL
BLAIN
BLANC
BLAWN
BLENK
BLENS
BLENT
BLING
BLINI
BLINS
BLINY
BLONX
BLUNK

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With C

CLANG
CLANK
CLEAN
CLING
CLINK
CLONE
CLOWN
CLUNG
COLON
COLIN
CALIN
CANAL
CANEL
CANLI
CINEL
CLANS
CLINE
CLINT
CLONG
CLONK
CLONS
CLUNK
COLAN
COLEN
CONAL
CONLI

5 Letter Words With 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 L and N Starting With F

FELON
FINAL
FLANK
FLING
FLINT
FLOWN
FLUNG
FLUNK
FALUN
FANAL
FILON
FLAIN
FLANE
FLANG
FLANS
FLAWN
FLONG
FLURN
FLYIN
FONLY
FUNLI

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With G

GLAND
GLEAN
GLINT
GALEN
GENAL
GLANS
GLEEN
GLENE
GLENN
GLENS
GLENT
GLINK
GLUON
GLYNN
GNARL
GONAL

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With I

INLAY
INLET
INTEL
ILEON
ILIAN
ILION
INCEL
INCLE
INDOL
INDYL
INGLE
INGLU
INIAL
INKLE
INLAW
INROL
INSOL
INTIL
INTNL
INULA
ISOLN

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With K

KNEEL
KNELT
KNOLL
KALAN
KALON
KANAL
KILAN
KILNS
KLANG
KLANS
KLING
KLINO
KLONG
KLUNK
KNARL
KNELL
KNULE
KNURL
KULAN
KYLIN

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With L

LADEN
LANCE
LANKY
LEANT
LEARN
LEMON
LIKEN
LINEN
LINER
LINGO
LOGIN
LUMEN
LUNAR
LUNCH
LUNGE
LYING
LYNCH
LANDS
LANES
LEONE
LINED
LINES
LINKS
LINUX
LIONS
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
LEBEN
LEDEN
LEGNO
LEMAN
LEMNA
LENAD
LENCA
LENCH
LENDS
LENDU
LENES
LENGS
LENIN
LENIS
LENNY
LENOS
LENSE
LENTH
LENTI
LENTO
LESSN
LEUNG
LEVEN
LEVIN
LIANA
LIANE
LIANG
LIENS
LIFEN
LIGAN
LIGNE
LIKIN
LIMAN
LIMEN
LIMNS
LINAC
LINCH
LINDA
LINDO
LINDS
LINDY
LINEA
LINET
LINEY
LINGA
LINGE
LINGS
LINGY
LINHA
LINIE
LININ
LINJA
LINJE
LINKY
LINNE
LINNS
LINNY
LINON
LINOS
LINTS
LINTY
LINUM
LINUS
LIPAN
LIPIN
LIVEN
LIWAN
LLANO
LODEN
LOGON
LOHAN
LOINS
LONER
LONGA
LONGE
LONGS
LOONS
LOONY

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With M

MANLY
MELON
MANAL
MANUL
MENIL
MILAN
MONAL
MONEL

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With N

NASAL
NATAL
NAVAL
NAVEL
NEWLY
NOBLE
NOBLY
NOVEL
NYLON
NAILS
NABAL
NABLA
NABLE
NAGEL
NAHAL
NAILY
NALAS
NALED
NALLA
NAPAL
NAWAL
NAWLE
NEALS
NEBEL
NEELA
NEELD
NEELE
NELIA
NELIS
NELLY
NEPAL
NERAL
NEROL
NEVEL
NEWEL
NEXAL
NIALL
NICOL
NIDAL
NIELS
NIFLE
NIGEL
NIHAL
NIHIL
NILAS
NILLS
NILOT
NIRLS
NIRLY
NITAL
NIVAL
NIVEL
NJIRL
NMOLI
NMOLS
NOBEL
NODAL
NOELS
NOGAL
NOILS
NOILY
NOLES
NOLLE
NOLLS
NOLOS
NONLY
NONYL
NOPAL
NOTAL
NOULD
NOULE
NOULS
NOWEL
NOWLS
NOXAL
NPEEL
NUCAL
NUJOL
NULLA
NULLO
NULLS
NULLY
NURLS
NURLY
NYALA
NYMIL

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With O

OLDEN
OLEIN
OLENA
OLENT
OLONA
OLSON
ONDOL
ONELY
ONLAP
ONLAY
ONTAL
ORLON
OSLIN

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With P

PANEL
PENAL
PLAIN
PLANE
PLANK
PLANT
PLUNK
PLANS
PELON
PILIN
PILON
PINAL
PINOL
PINYL
PLANC
PLANG
PLANH
PLEIN
PLENA
PLENE
PLENO
PLENY
PLEON
PLING
PLINK
PLINY
PLONG
PLONK
PLUNG
PYLON

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With S

SALON
SLAIN
SLANG
SLANT
SLING
SLINK
SLUNG
SLUNK
SNAIL
SNARL
SENAL
SHULN
SILEN
SINAL
SLANE
SLANK
SLENT
SLINE
SLOAN
SLONE
SLONK
SNELL
SNIRL
SNOOL
SNOWL
SNURL
SOLAN
SOLEN
SOLON
SONLY
STOLN
SUNIL
SWOLN

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With U

UNCLE
UNLIT
UNTIL
UHLAN
UINAL
ULANS
ULMIN
ULNAD
ULNAE
ULNAR
ULNAS
ULPAN
ULVAN
UNLAP
UNLAW
UNLAX
UNLAY
UNLED
UNLEG
UNLET
UNLID
UNLIE
UNOIL
UNOLD
UNPLY
UNSLY
URNAL

5 Letter Words With L and N Starting With D, H, R and other letters

DALAN
DANLI
DINLO
DONAL
DUNAL
DYLAN
DYNEL
HALON
HELEN
HOLON
RENAL
RANAL
RANLI
TALON
TONAL
TELYN
TENLA
TOLAN
TUNAL
VINYL
VENAL
VINAL
VULNS
WANLE
WANLY
WINLY
XENYL
XYLAN
XYLON
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.
LIMEN: The smallest detectable sensation.
MONAL: Brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia.
INKLE: A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
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.
BLINI: Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream.
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.
NEWEL: The central pillar of a circular staircase.
SOLAN: Very large white gannet with black wing tips.
LAPIN: The fur of a rabbit.
PLUNK: Drop steeply. It is on the answer list.
LENTO: In music.
LAGAN: Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.

FAQs

Can a Wordle answer contain L and N?

Yes. UNTIL, ALONG and FINAL 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 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 is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

UNTIL. 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. XYLON and XENYL 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?

ANNUL, ELFIN and FLUNK. 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.