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72 verified matches
ALBUM keeps AL together and surrounds it with B, U, and M. Those 3 outside letters make the word useful for comparing where the pair can sit and what can accompany it.
72 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Containing AL
AL appears as an unbroken pair in 72 playable 5-letter words. It begins in position 1, position 2, position 3, and position 4, so the pair is known but its location is not; the alphabetical range is AALII through ZONAL.
Repeated letters
27 answers repeat a letter
AALII, ALARM, ALARY, and ALATE are among the repeated-letter choices. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with ALBUM, ALCID, and ALEPH.
Reading order
The list runs from AALII to ZONAL
AALII, ALARM, ALARY, ALATE, and ALBUM open the list; ZONAL is the final entry alphabetically.
All 72 matches from AALII to ZONAL
72 matches call for filters, not a top-to-bottom guessing queue. Start with excluded letters, use ALBUM as a comparison point and let the position and vowel summaries cut the field down.
- AALII
- ALARM
- ALARY
- ALATE
- ALBUM
- ALCID
- ALEPH
- ALERT
- ALIBI
- ALIKE
- ALIST
- ALIVE
- ALKYL
- ALLOW
- ALMUG
- ALOFT
- ALOIN
- ALONE
- ALOOF
- ALULA
- ARVAL
- AURAL
- BALAS
- BANAL
- BINAL
- CABAL
- CANAL
- CECAL
- CHALK
- DALLY
- DOTAL
- DWALE
- EQUAL
- EXALT
- FALSE
- FECAL
- FERAL
- FINAL
- FUGAL
- GYRAL
- HALER
- IDEAL
- JOUAL
- KRAAL
- LOCAL
- LOYAL
- MALIC
- METAL
- MOLAL
- MURAL
- NIVAL
- OCTAL
- PALLA
- PIPAL
- REALM
- SALMI
- SCALE
- SEPAL
- SERAL
- SMALL
- STALE
- STEAL
- SURAL
- TALAR
- TOTAL
- TYPAL
- URIAL
- VAGAL
- VALUE
- WALTZ
- WHEAL
- ZONAL
What separates these 72 candidates
E, A, and I appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. ALBUM exposes 3 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: B, U, and M.
Leaders in open positions
- first: A in 22 words
- second: L in 19 words
- third: L in 13 words
- fourth: A in 37 words
- fifth: L in 37 words
Movable letters seen most often
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 24 candidates
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 15 candidates
- I appears outside the fixed clue in 15 candidates
- R appears outside the fixed clue in 15 candidates
- T appears outside the fixed clue in 14 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
50 of the 72 matches use 2 vowels. ALBUM is one concrete example of that shape.
1 vowel: 72 vowels: 503 vowels: 144 vowels: 1
AL travels as one pair
Move AL as a pair, not as two loose tiles
AL begins in the first, second, third, and fourth position across this list. Check which placements your yellow and green tiles still allow, then compare the outside letters. ALBUM adds B, U, and M around the pair, giving you a concrete arrangement to test against the board.
ALBUM proves that AL can appear together in a playable answer. Your own tiles still decide whether that placement and the surrounding B, U, and M remain possible.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 72-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for AALII, ALARM, and ALARY show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- AALII
- A tropical shrub or small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, especially associated with Hawaii and other warm regions.
- ALARM
- A warning signal or device intended to alert people to danger, time, or another event.
- ALARY
- Relating to, resembling, or having the form of a wing.
- ALATE
- Having wings or wing-like extensions; winged.
- ALBUM
- A collection of songs, photographs, or similar items presented together.
- ALCID
- A seabird of the family Alcidae, which includes auks, puffins, murres, and related birds.
- ALEPH
- The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ALERT
- Awake, watchful, and ready to notice or respond to something.
- ALIBI
- Proof that someone was elsewhere when an event occurred.
- ALIKE
- Similar to one another in appearance, character, or nature.
- ALIST
- Leaning or tilted to one side, especially of a ship.
- ALIVE
- Living; having life.
- ALKYL
- A hydrocarbon group formed by removing one hydrogen atom from an alkane.
- ALLOW
- To give permission for something or make it possible.
- ALMUG
- A valuable wood mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, of uncertain modern botanical identification.
- ALOFT
- High in the air or above the ground.
- ALOIN
- A bitter yellowish compound obtained from aloe latex and formerly used as a laxative ingredient.
- ALONE
- Without anyone or anything else present.
Move the AL pair only where the board allows
From 5-Letter Words Containing AL, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Containing ER, currently with 84 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
Check the full arrangement in ALBUM
Find the AL pair in ALBUM, check whether your board permits it in that location, and then test the outside letters B, U, and M. Do not split the pair to rescue a spelling that belongs on another page.