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.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ariel | 0.51 | 1.31 |
| 2 | panel | 0.50 | 1.04 |
| 3 | angel | 0.35 | 1.18 |
| 4 | hotel | 0.45 | 1.07 |
| 5 | camel | 0.48 | 0.99 |
| 6 | cruel | 0.49 | 0.99 |
| 7 | steel | 0.50 | 0.98 |
| 8 | motel | 0.47 | 1.00 |
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74 words ending in EL
- 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.