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5-Letter Words Ending in LE

94 five-letter words end in LE; 31 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
1stale0.581.14
2aisle0.441.26
3scale0.551.06
4stole0.541.07
5shale0.610.99
6agile0.421.14
7table0.481.08
8angle0.371.15

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  • whilecommon
  • wholecommon
  • stylecommon
  • titlecommon
  • tablecommon
  • scalecommon
  • applecommon
  • smilecommon
  • cyclecommon
  • biblecommon
  • cablecommon
  • unclecommon
  • anglecommon
  • noblecommon
  • stolecommon
  • riflecommon
  • eaglecommon
  • chilecommon
  • whalecommon
  • anklecommon
  • maplecommon
  • exilecommon
  • bellecommon
  • aislecommon
  • amplecommon
  • shalecommon
  • stalecommon
  • agilecommon
  • fablecommon
  • gablecommon
  • merlecommon
  • sable
  • bugle
  • mille
  • guile
  • ladle
  • lisle
  • ruble
  • tulle
  • hoyle
  • carle
  • joule
  • ingle
  • stile
  • fille
  • stele
  • amble
  • bogle
  • parle
  • swale
  • boule
  • coble
  • sidle
  • voile
  • thole
  • maile
  • toile
  • haole
  • selle
  • prole

All 94 five-letter words

Starting with A 16

abele addle agile aisle amble amole ample anele angle anile ankle anole apple argle axile azole

Starting with B 7

belle bible birle bogle boule bugle butle

Starting with C 6

cable carle chile chyle coble cycle

Starting with D 2

dhole duple

Starting with E 3

eagle edile exile

Starting with F 4

fable farle fille fugle

Starting with G 2

gable guile

Starting with H 2

haole hoyle

Starting with I 4

ingle inkle istle ixtle

Starting with J 1

joule

Starting with L 2

ladle lisle

Starting with M 5

macle maile maple merle mille

Starting with N 1

noble

Starting with O 3

obole odyle ovule

Starting with P 4

padle parle phyle prole

Starting with Q 1

quale

Starting with R 4

rifle rille roble ruble

Starting with S 15

sable scale selle shale sidle smile socle spale spile stale stele stile stole style swale

Starting with T 5

table thole title toile tulle

Starting with U 2

uncle utile

Starting with V 1

voile

Starting with W 3

whale while whole

Starting with Y 1

yodle

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Questions people ask

How many five-letter words end in LE?

Our list has 94. 31 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 LE?

WHILE, WHOLE, STYLE, TITLE, TABLE — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.

What is the best Wordle guess that ends in LE?

STALE. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.58 green and 1.14 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.