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5-Letter Words Ending in EL

74 five-letter words end in EL; 27 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
1ariel0.511.31
2panel0.501.04
3angel0.351.18
4hotel0.451.07
5camel0.480.99
6cruel0.490.99
7steel0.500.98
8motel0.471.00

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  • levelcommon
  • modelcommon
  • hotelcommon
  • steelcommon
  • novelcommon
  • panelcommon
  • wheelcommon
  • angelcommon
  • labelcommon
  • cruelcommon
  • rebelcommon
  • towelcommon
  • excelcommon
  • pixelcommon
  • jewelcommon
  • camelcommon
  • motelcommon
  • bowelcommon
  • arielcommon
  • hazelcommon
  • libelcommon
  • vowelcommon
  • expelcommon
  • kneelcommon
  • repelcommon
  • bagelcommon
  • revelcommon
  • navel
  • babel
  • bezel
  • lapel
  • ravel
  • easel
  • gavel
  • spiel
  • devel
  • morel
  • bevel
  • appel
  • betel
  • oriel
  • gruel
  • creel
  • dowel
  • impel
  • jebel
  • yodel
  • hovel
  • sorel
  • shiel
  • kugel
  • yokel
  • newel
  • wedel
  • umbel
  • mohel
  • bedel
  • ouzel
  • artel
  • speel

All 74 five-letter words

Starting with A 4

angel appel ariel artel

Starting with B 8

babel bagel bedel betel bevel bezel botel bowel

Starting with C 5

camel chiel creel cruel cupel

Starting with D 3

devel dowel dynel

Starting with E 3

easel excel expel

Starting with F 1

fusel

Starting with G 3

gavel gimel gruel

Starting with H 4

hazel hosel hotel hovel

Starting with I 1

impel

Starting with J 3

jebel jewel jurel

Starting with K 3

kevel kneel kugel

Starting with L 5

label lapel level libel losel

Starting with M 4

model mohel morel motel

Starting with N 3

navel newel novel

Starting with O 3

oriel ousel ouzel

Starting with P 2

panel pixel

Starting with R 7

ratel ravel rebel refel repel revel rowel

Starting with S 5

shiel sorel speel spiel steel

Starting with T 1

towel

Starting with U 1

umbel

Starting with V 1

vowel

Starting with W 2

wedel wheel

Starting with Y 2

yodel yokel

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Questions people ask

How many five-letter words end in EL?

Our list has 74. 27 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 EL?

LEVEL, MODEL, HOTEL, STEEL, NOVEL — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.

What is the best Wordle guess that ends in EL?

ARIEL. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.51 green and 1.31 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.