5-Letter Words Ending in AL
122 five-letter words end in AL; 42 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.
Best Wordle guesses
Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | renal | 0.35 | 1.43 |
| 2 | steal | 0.40 | 1.32 |
| 3 | regal | 0.32 | 1.34 |
| 4 | ideal | 0.22 | 1.42 |
| 5 | feral | 0.38 | 1.25 |
| 6 | trial | 0.42 | 1.20 |
| 7 | petal | 0.36 | 1.23 |
| 8 | metal | 0.35 | 1.23 |
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123 words ending in AL
- localcommon
- finalcommon
- totalcommon
- legalcommon
- trialcommon
- royalcommon
- metalcommon
- equalcommon
- usualcommon
- ruralcommon
- moralcommon
- idealcommon
- stealcommon
- medalcommon
- vitalcommon
- navalcommon
- canalcommon
- loyalcommon
- rivalcommon
- vocalcommon
- fatalcommon
- viralcommon
- coralcommon
- tidalcommon
- focalcommon
- pedalcommon
- muralcommon
- nasalcommon
- penalcommon
- renalcommon
- natalcommon
- basalcommon
- fetalcommon
- papalcommon
- regalcommon
- feralcommon
- axialcommon
- modalcommon
- tonalcommon
- cabalcommon
- petalcommon
- decalcommon
- fecalcommon
- shoal
- banal
- aural
- zonal
- algal
- tubal
- nodal
- offal
- glial
- areal
- ducal
- venal
- sisal
- pupal
- dural
- octal
- wheal
All 122 five-letter words
Starting with A 9
algal annal appal areal argal artal arval aural axial
Starting with B 5
banal basal binal boral bubal
Starting with C 8
cabal canal cecal comal copal coral coxal craal
Starting with D 6
decal dedal domal dotal ducal dural
Starting with E 1
equal
Starting with F 6
fatal feral fetal final focal fugal
Starting with G 5
gayal glial goral graal gyral
Starting with H 4
hadal hamal hemal horal
Starting with I 3
ideal ileal ilial
Starting with J 4
jacal joual jugal jural
Starting with K 1
kraal
Starting with L 4
legal local loral loyal
Starting with M 6
medal metal modal molal moral mural
Starting with N 8
nasal natal naval nidal nival nodal nopal notal
Starting with O 2
octal offal
Starting with P 9
papal pedal penal petal phial pibal pical pipal pupal
Starting with R 8
ratal regal renal rival riyal royal rugal rural
Starting with S 10
salal sepal seral setal sheal shoal sisal skoal steal sural
Starting with T 9
tamal tepal tical tidal tonal total trial tubal typal
Starting with U 4
ureal urial usual uveal
Starting with V 7
vagal vasal venal vinal viral vital vocal
Starting with W 1
wheal
Starting with Z 2
zoeal zonal
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words end in AL?
Our list has 122. 42 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.
What are the most common five-letter words that end in AL?
LOCAL, FINAL, TOTAL, LEGAL, TRIAL — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in AL?
RENAL. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.35 green and 1.43 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.