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Five words place D second and Y third, and most of them run through the same fourth letter.
L takes it in four of the five, leaving only ADYTA outside. IDYLL, IDYLS, ODYLE and ODYLS all share the shape, which makes the fourth box the easiest one to call.
An idyll is a short poem or a scene of peaceful simplicity, and IDYLS is a variant plural of the same word. ODYLE and ODYLS belong to a discarded nineteenth century theory about a natural force, and ADYTA is the plural of adytum, the innermost part of a temple.
Doubling is almost absent in this group, one out of five. The double L closing IDYLL carries it, and it is also what separates IDYLL from IDYLS.
So the last box carries the whole decision between the two entries most likely to be wanted. Everything in front of it is shared.
IDYLL is the more common spelling in modern writing. IDYLS is valid but you would rarely produce it unprompted.
A supposed natural force proposed in the nineteenth century and long since abandoned. The word survives in word lists only.
Commonly as eye dill, though ih dill is also heard. The double L at the end does not change the sound.