5-letter words ending in L
There are 345 five-letter words ending in L in our word list. 78 of them are common everyday words, such as SMALL, STILL, UNTIL and FINAL.
- Words
- 345
- Common words
- 78
- Top score
- HEXYL
- 18 points
L is common in every position and often doubles at the end of short words (BALL, HILL, WELL). The suffix -LY turns adjectives into adverbs.
Five-letter words are the format of the most popular daily word guessing games. A strong first guess uses five different common letters.
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5-letter words (345)
- small
- still
- until
- final
- legal
- level
- local
- model
- shall
- total
- civil
- equal
- hotel
- metal
- novel
- panel
- royal
- rural
- steel
- trial
- usual
- wheel
- angel
- awful
- canal
- carol
- chill
- cruel
- devil
- drill
- fatal
- ideal
- label
- loyal
- medal
- moral
- naval
- pearl
- rebel
- rival
- shell
- skill
- skull
- smell
- spell
- steal
- trail
- vinyl
- viral
- vital
- vocal
- ariel
- avail
- basil
- bowel
- brawl
- camel
- coral
- crawl
- dwell
- excel
- focal
- grill
- hazel
- jewel
- motel
- pedal
- pixel
- pupil
- snail
- spill
- spoil
- stall
- stool
- swell
- tidal
- towel
- troll
- anvil
- axial
- bagel
- basal
- brill
- cabal
- decal
- drool
- expel
- fecal
- feral
- fetal
- frail
- grail
- growl
- kneel
- libel
- modal
- mogul
- mural
- nasal
- natal
- papal
- penal
- peril
- petal
- quail
- quell
- quill
- regal
- renal
- repel
- revel
- shawl
- swirl
- tonal
- vigil
- vowel
- afoul
- algal
- alkyl
- appel
- atoll
- aural
- babel
- banal
- beryl
- betel
- bevel
- bezel
- butyl
- devel
- droll
- easel
- enrol
- ethyl
- flail
- gavel
- ghoul
- knell
- knoll
- krill
- lapel
- morel
- navel
- nicol
- nodal
- offal
- prowl
- ravel
- scowl
- shill
- shoal
- snarl
- snell
- spiel
- spool
- trawl
- trill
- tubal
- twill
- twirl
- whirl
- whorl
- zonal
- allyl
- annul
- areal
- broil
- cavil
- creel
- dowel
- drawl
- ducal
- dural
- extol
- frill
- glial
- gruel
- hovel
- idyll
- impel
- jebel
- kugel
- nidal
- nihil
- octal
- oriel
- pupal
- scull
- shaul
- sheol
- shiel
- sibyl
- sigil
- sisal
- sokol
- sorel
- spall
- swill
- thiol
- vagal
- venal
- wheal
- yodel
- aldol
- annal
- appal
- babul
- bedel
- boral
- cecal
- churl
- comal
- copal
- fugal
- fusil
- graal
- hamal
- ileal
- jugal
- kraal
- loral
- mohel
- newel
- nopal
- octyl
- parol
- phial
- riyal
- salal
- sepal
- shool
- skoal
- stull
- tamal
- thill
- trull
- umbel
- uveal
- vakil
- wedel
- yokel
- argal
- argol
- artel
- arval
- brail
- chiel
- coxal
- fusel
- ghyll
- gimel
- gnarl
- goral
- hadal
- hemal
- hexyl
- hosel
- indol
- jural
- knurl
- nival
- ouzel
- pipal
- prill
- ratel
- rowel
- rugal
- schul
- seral
- skirl
- speel
- sural
- swail
- thurl
- tical
- triol
- vasal
- vinal
- aboil
- ahull
- ampul
- argil
- artal
- bezil
- binal
- botel
- bubal
- ceorl
- cibol
- craal
- cupel
- cymol
- dedal
- domal
- dotal
- drail
- dynel
- ervil
- fuzil
- gayal
- gyral
- horal
- ilial
- jacal
- joual
- jurel
- ketol
- kevel
- kevil
- losel
- maill
- miaul
- molal
- nerol
- nonyl
- notal
- osmol
- ousel
- pibal
- pical
- picul
- ratal
- refel
- reoil
- salol
- scall
- setal
- sheal
- shorl
- snool
- sotol
- spail
- speil
- tepal
- thirl
- tolyl
- typal
- ureal
- urial
- vexil
- woful
- xylol
- xylyl
- zoeal
- zoril
Darker borders mark common everyday words. Rarer words follow in each group.
Good first guesses
These common words use five different letters that appear often in five-letter words, so they rule out the most letters in one guess:
- steal
- ideal
- pearl
- metal
- trail
Questions
How many five-letter words ending in L are there?
Our word list has 345 five-letter words ending in L. 78 of them are common everyday words.
What are some common five-letter words ending in L?
The most common are SMALL, STILL, UNTIL, FINAL, LEGAL and LEVEL.
Which five-letter word ending in L scores the most points?
Using standard letter tile values, HEXYL scores 18 points, the most of any five-letter word ending in L in our list.
What is a good first guess in a five-letter word game?
Words with five different, frequent letters give you the most information. Good choices from this list are STEAL, IDEAL, PEARL and METAL.
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