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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.

#WordGreenYellow
1renal0.351.43
2steal0.401.32
3regal0.321.34
4ideal0.221.42
5feral0.381.25
6trial0.421.20
7petal0.361.23
8metal0.351.23

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  • 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.