5-Letter Words Matching _L__N

There are 20 5-letter words that match _L__N. 11 are common words, such as ALIEN and ALIGN. A rarer one is ULPAN. In this set, A is the most frequent open letter (12 words). 0 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 20

alienalignblowncleanclownelfinflowngleanoldenplainslainalginaloinblaingluonoleinblawnelaineloinulpan

About this list

Words
20 (11 common words)
Common example
alien
Rare example
ulpan
Doubled letters
0
Ending in S
0
Most frequent letter
A (12)

Questions

How many 5-letter words matching _l__n are there?

20. 11 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALIEN is among the common words in this set.