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5 words fit both edges
3 tiles remain unsettled. GABEL fills them with A, B, and E, so it is a useful word to compare with the exact letters your board has kept or rejected.
5 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Starting With G and Ending In L
G at the front and L at the end leave 5 complete answers, running alphabetically from GABEL to GYRAL. Only the 3 interior tiles can change from one result to the next.
Repeated letters
1 answer repeats a letter
GHYLL uses one letter more than once. For a guess with no duplicated tile, compare it with GABEL, GAVEL, and GIMEL.
Reading order
GABEL to GYRAL: the whole shortlist
GABEL, GAVEL, GHYLL, GIMEL, and GYRAL make up the entire result set, so there is no hidden second page of answers.
All 5 matches from GABEL to GYRAL
5 choices are few enough to verify one by one. Compare GABEL, GHYLL and GYRAL with the same care, then cross out anything that contradicts the board.
- GABEL
- GAVEL
- GHYLL
- GIMEL
- GYRAL
What separates these 5 candidates
A, E, and Y appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. GABEL exposes 3 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A, B, and E.
Leaders in open positions
- second: A in 2 words
- third: B in 1 word
- fourth: E in 3 words
Movable letters seen most often
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 3 candidates
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 3 candidates
- Y appears outside the fixed clue in 2 candidates
- B appears outside the fixed clue in 1 candidate
- H appears outside the fixed clue in 1 candidate
Vowel count across the matches
3 of the 5 matches use 2 vowels. GABEL is one concrete example of that shape.
0 vowels: 11 vowel: 12 vowels: 3
G and L lock the outside
Compare the inside of GABEL
Ignore the already-proven G and L while measuring new information. The middle of GABEL contributes A, B, and E. Compare those interior letters with the same positions in the other answers; one yellow or gray clue there can settle a 5-word shortlist quickly.
GABEL fits both edges, but that only settles two squares. Its interior A, B, and E must still match the exact positions and letter quantities shown in your round.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 5-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for GABEL, GAVEL, and GHYLL show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- GABEL
- A tax, duty, tribute, or similar levy, especially in historical European usage.
- GAVEL
- A small hammer used by a judge or chairperson to call for order.
- GHYLL
- A narrow ravine or stream-filled valley, especially in northern England.
- GIMEL
- The third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- GYRAL
- Relating to a gyrus or one of the folds of the cerebral cortex.
Keep G and L at the edges, then revise the middle
From 5-Letter Words Starting With G and Ending In L, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Starting With G and Ending In E, currently with 19 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
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5-Letter Words Starting With G and Ending In E
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5-Letter Words Starting With S and Ending In L
Open list →9 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With B and Ending In L
Open list →9 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending In L
Open list →7 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With A and Ending In L
Open list →Inspect the middle of GABEL
Anchor G first and L last, then read only the interior of GABEL. If A, B, and E conflict with a fixed, yellow or excluded tile, cross it out and move to the next candidate.