Verified pattern list

5 Letter Words With IL

This verified list contains 148 CORE words with IL, plus 43 entries in the broader extended tier.

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Static CORE list

All 148 matching CORE words

Alphabetical, with base Scrabble points

agile6
ailed6
anvil8
atilt5
avail8
bails7
basil7
bilge8
bilks11
bills7
billy10
boils7
brill7
broil7
build8
built7
cavil10
child11
chili10
chill10
cilia7
civil10
coils7
daily9
devil9
dildo7
dills6
dilly9
doily9
drill6
email7
evils8
exile12
fails8
filch13
filed9
filer8
files8
filet8
fills8
filly11
films10
filmy13
filth11
flail8
foils8
frail8
frill8
gaily9
gilds7
gills6
gilts6
grail6
grill6
guild7
guile6
guilt6
hails8
hills8
hilly11
hilts8
icily10
ileum7
ilium7
jails12
jilts12
kills9
kilns9
kilos9
kilts9
krill9
lilac7
lilos5
lilts5
mails7
milch12
miler7
miles7
milfs10
milks11
milky14
mills7
milts7
moils7
nails5
oiled6
pails7
peril7
pilaf10
piled8
piles7
pills7
pilot7
pupil9
quail14
quill14
quilt14
rails5
riled6
riles5
rills5
roils5
sails5
shill8
silks9
silky12
sills5
silly8
silos5
silts5
silty8
skill9
smile7
snail5
soils5
spill7
spoil7
stile5
still5
stilt5
swill8
tails5
tilde6
tiled6
tiler5
tiles5
tills5
tilts5
toils5
trail5
trill5
twill8
until5
veils8
vigil9
viler8
villa8
villi8
voile8
wails8
while11
wilds9
wiled9
wiles8
wills8
willy11
wilts8
zilch19

148CORE words

43extended words

191verified matches

7.9average CORE score

Useful CORE examples

Useful words

12 deterministic CORE selections

anvil8
bails7
basil7
boils7
broil7
build8
built7
coils7
daily9
devil9
doily9
evils8

Base tile values

Highest-scoring words

CORE words, highest first

zilch19
milky14
quail14
quill14
quilt14
filch13
filmy13
exile12
jails12
jilts12
silky12
milch12

Letter intelligence

What the IL list contains

Where IL appears

Position 10 words
Position 20 words
Position 30 words
Position 40 words
Position 50 words

Vowels per word

1 vowel58 words
2 vowels78 words
3 vowels12 words

Repeated letters

38%

56 of 148 CORE words repeat at least one letter.

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Popular letter patterns

5 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns

5 Letter Words Starting With CH69 CORE · 21 extendedchafe, chain, chair, chaos 5 Letter Words Starting With CO94 CORE · 37 extendedcoals, coast, coats, cobra 5 Letter Words Starting With SH76 CORE · 15 extendedshade, shake, shame, shape 5 Letter Words Starting With ST96 CORE · 19 extendedstage, staid, stain, stair 5 Letter Words Ending In CH74 CORE · 11 extendedbeach, epoch, leach, peach 5 Letter Words Ending In ED297 CORE · 26 extendedached, acted, arced, armed 5 Letter Words Ending In ER240 CORE · 64 extendedabler, after, alter, amber 5 Letter Words Ending In LY68 CORE · 14 extendeddaily, doily, early, gaily

Pattern guide

How to use 5-letter words with IL

The CORE list contains 148 5-letter words with IL in at least one position. Unlike a fixed tile, this preset does not assume where the letter appears.

Contains keeps required letters anywhere in the word. Sequence pattern is stricter: AR requires adjacent letters, A_R allows one intervening letter, and A__R allows two. The broader tier adds 43 extended entries.

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Questions about this word list

How many 5-letter words contain IL?

This verified set contains 148 CORE words and 43 extended words, for 191 total matches.

What is the average Scrabble score for this IL group?

The 148 CORE words average 7.9 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.

Do these IL words often repeat letters?