5-Letter Words Ending in L
344 five-letter words end in L; 115 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 | renal | 0.35 | 1.43 |
| 3 | steal | 0.40 | 1.32 |
| 4 | pearl | 0.43 | 1.24 |
| 5 | regal | 0.32 | 1.34 |
| 6 | ideal | 0.22 | 1.42 |
| 7 | feral | 0.38 | 1.25 |
| 8 | trail | 0.45 | 1.17 |
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345 words ending in L
- stillcommon
- untilcommon
- smallcommon
- localcommon
- levelcommon
- finalcommon
- totalcommon
- modelcommon
- legalcommon
- shallcommon
- hotelcommon
- civilcommon
- trialcommon
- royalcommon
- metalcommon
- steelcommon
- equalcommon
- novelcommon
- usualcommon
- ruralcommon
- panelcommon
- wheelcommon
- smellcommon
- awfulcommon
- moralcommon
- angelcommon
- trailcommon
- idealcommon
- labelcommon
- skillcommon
- stealcommon
- medalcommon
- shellcommon
- vitalcommon
- spellcommon
- devilcommon
- navalcommon
- canalcommon
- loyalcommon
- chillcommon
- rivalcommon
- vocalcommon
- pearlcommon
- cruelcommon
- fatalcommon
- drillcommon
- skullcommon
- rebelcommon
- viralcommon
- carolcommon
- vinylcommon
- towelcommon
- coralcommon
- grillcommon
- spillcommon
- pupilcommon
- spoilcommon
- stallcommon
- crawlcommon
- excelcommon
All 344 five-letter words
Starting with A 27
aboil afoul ahull aldol algal alkyl allyl ampul angel annal annul anvil appal appel areal argal argil argol ariel artal artel arval atoll aural avail awful axial
Starting with B 22
babel babul bagel banal basal basil bedel beryl betel bevel bezel bezil binal boral botel bowel brail brawl brill broil bubal butyl
Starting with C 22
cabal camel canal carol cavil cecal ceorl chiel chill churl cibol civil comal copal coral coxal craal crawl creel cruel cupel cymol
Starting with D 16
decal dedal devel devil domal dotal dowel drail drawl drill droll drool ducal dural dwell dynel
Starting with E 8
easel enrol equal ervil ethyl excel expel extol
Starting with F 12
fatal feral fetal final flail focal frail frill fugal fusel fusil fuzil
Starting with G 14
gavel gayal ghoul ghyll gimel glial gnarl goral graal grail grill growl gruel gyral
Starting with H 9
hadal hamal hazel hemal hexyl horal hosel hotel hovel
Starting with I 6
ideal idyll ileal ilial impel indol
Starting with J 7
jacal jebel jewel joual jugal jural jurel
Starting with K 10
ketol kevel kevil kneel knell knoll knurl kraal krill kugel
Starting with L 9
label lapel legal level libel local loral losel loyal
Starting with M 13
maill medal metal miaul modal model mogul mohel molal moral morel motel mural
Starting with N 15
nasal natal naval navel nerol newel nicol nidal nihil nival nodal nonyl nopal notal novel
Starting with O 7
octal octyl offal oriel osmol ousel ouzel
Starting with P 18
panel papal parol pearl pedal penal peril petal phial pibal pical picul pipal pixel prill prowl pupal pupil
Starting with Q 3
quail quell quill
Starting with R 16
ratal ratel ravel rebel refel regal renal reoil repel revel rival riyal rowel royal rugal rural
Starting with S 56
salal salol scall schul scowl scull sepal seral setal shall shaul shawl sheal shell sheol shiel shill shoal shool shorl sibyl sigil sisal skill skirl skoal skull small smell snail snarl snell snool sokol sorel sotol spail spall speel speil spell spiel spill spoil spool stall steal steel still stool stull sural swail swell swill swirl
Starting with T 23
tamal tepal thill thiol thirl thurl tical tidal tolyl tonal total towel trail trawl trial trill triol troll trull tubal twill twirl typal
Starting with U 6
umbel until ureal urial usual uveal
Starting with V 12
vagal vakil vasal venal vexil vigil vinal vinyl viral vital vocal vowel
Starting with W 6
wedel wheal wheel whirl whorl woful
Starting with X 2
xylol xylyl
Starting with Y 2
yodel yokel
Starting with Z 3
zoeal zonal zoril
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words end in L?
Our list has 344. 115 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 L?
STILL, UNTIL, SMALL, LOCAL, LEVEL — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in L?
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.