5 Letter Words Ending in L
Need five-letter words that end in L? There are 470 valid 5 letter words ending in L, and 116 of them are common everyday words. The most used is still. Use the finder for your Wordle clues, or browse the lists below. To search all words at once, use the five letter word finder.
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Shows every 5 letter word you can make using only these letters. Each letter can be used as many times as you type it.
5 letter words ending in L at a glance
- Valid words
- 470
- Common words
- 116
- Most common
- still
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- hazel 17 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- zizel 23 pts
- Best Wordle guess in this set
- renal
- The 1st letter is S in 16% of common words.
- The 2nd letter is E in 16% of common words.
- The 3rd letter is A in 12% of common words.
- The 4th letter is A in 37% of common words.
Common 5 letter words ending in L (116)
The words with 5 letters ending in L you're most likely to know, most used first.
- still5
- until5
- small7
- local7
- level8
- final8
- total5
- model8
- legal6
- shall8
- hotel8
- civil10
- trial5
- royal8
- metal7
- steel5
- email7
- equal14
- novel8
- usual5
- rural5
- panel7
- wheel11
- smell7
- awful11
- moral7
- angel6
- trail5
- ideal6
- label7
- skill9
- steal5
- medal8
- shell8
- vital8
- spell7
- devil9
- naval8
- canal7
- loyal8
- chill10
- rival8
- vocal10
- pearl7
- cruel7
- fatal8
- drill6
- skull9
- rebel7
- viral8
- carol7
- vinyl11
- towel8
- coral7
- grill6
- spill7
- pupil9
- spoil7
- stall5
- crawl10
- excel14
- troll5
- pixel14
- tidal6
- jewel15
- focal10
- snail5
- basil7
- camel9
- pedal8
- swell8
- motel7
- avail8
- dwell9
- bowel10
- hazel17
- brawl10
- stool5
- mural7
- nasal5
- grail6
- penal7
- renal5
- natal5
- basal7
- fetal8
- papal9
- peril7
- libel7
- regal6
- vowel11
- feral8
- frail8
- expel14
- kneel9
- vigil9
- repel7
- bagel8
- shawl11
- swirl8
- axial12
- halal8
- growl9
- modal8
- quail14
- quill14
- revel8
- tonal5
- mogul8
- brill7
- anvil8
- cabal9
- drool6
- petal7
- decal8
- quell14
How to find a five-letter word that ends in an L
Looking for 5 letter words that end with L to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has L in the last green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is CANAL, and all you know is that it ends in L, which leaves 116 common words. Open with RENAL, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: RENAL N, A and L are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 3 possible answers: final, canal and tonal.
Guess 2: FINAL N, A and L are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 2 possible answers: canal and tonal.
Guess 3: CANAL All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes before the final L?
The most common endings are -AL (37%), -EL (22%) and -LL (16%). If you know the last letter is L, these pairs are the best place to start for the fourth letter.
| Ends in | Number of common words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -AL | 43 | local, final, total, legal |
| -EL | 26 | level, model, hotel, steel |
| -LL | 19 | still, small, shall, smell |
| -IL | 16 | until, civil, email, trail |
| -WL | 4 | crawl, brawl, shawl, growl |
| -OL | 3 | carol, stool, drool |
What the most common ones mean
- still
- adjectivenot in physical motion
- small
- adjectivelimited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- local
- adjectiverelating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
- level
- nouna position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- final
- adjectiveoccurring at or forming an end or termination
- total
- nounthe whole amount
- model
- nouna hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
- legal
- adjectiveestablished by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
- hotel
- nouna building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
- civil
- adjectiveapplying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
- trial
- nounthe act of testing something
- royal
- adjectiveof or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
- metal
- nounany of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
- steel
- nounan alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon
- noun(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words ending in L
-AL and -EL are the most common endings for 5 letter words that end in L: final, total, legal, hotel, model, level. -LL is also common, as in skill, small and still, so if L is green last and nothing else fits, try L in the fourth spot too. -IL (civil, trail) is the third pattern worth testing.
L ranks 9th out of 26 as a last letter for 5 letter words.
Common endings with L
L endings split into four families. -AL words include canal, coral, fatal, local, loyal, medal, metal, moral, naval, rival, royal, usual, vital and vocal. -EL words include angel, cruel, label, novel, panel, rebel and towel. -LL words include chill, drill, grill, shall, shell, skull, smell and spell. -IL words include devil and until. In Wordle, if L is green last, A and E in the fourth spot are the best tests. For L at the start, see 5 letter words starting with L.
Vowels in 5 letter words ending in L
A is the most common vowel here, appearing in 58% of the common words, followed by E (43%) and I (31%). The least common is U (11%).
20% have just one vowel, like still, small, shall and smell. At the other end, email, equal and usual have three or more.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 64 nouns, 33 adjectives and 17 verbs.
Nouns include level, total and model. Adjectives include still, small and local. Verbs include equal, wheel and steal.
Best Wordle guesses that end in L
Top guesses, with the average number of the 116 common words each leaves: RENAL (8.7), TRIAL (9.3), STEAL (9.9), PETAL (10.4) and METAL (10.4).
46% repeat a letter, and 24 have a double letter, like still, small, shall and steel.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words ending in L in Scrabble
Top common words: hazel (17), jewel (15) and equal (14). All valid words: zizel (23), hexyl (18) and xylyl (18). 16 words reach 15 points or more.
All 470 valid 5 letter words ending in L354 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- intel5
- ariel5
- whirl11
- navel8
- ethyl11
- shoal8
- babel9
- beryl10
- sybil10
- knoll9
- ghoul9
- snell5
- banal7
- atoll5
- spool7
- alkyl12
- bezel16
- aural5
- nicol7
- lapel7
- prowl10
- zonal14
- trill5
- ravel8
- algal6
- twirl8
- easel5
- shill8
- enrol5
- gavel9
- spiel7
- twill8
- devel9
- trawl8
- afoul8
- krill9
- morel7
- snarl5
- bevel10
- knell9
- droll6
- tubal7
- whorl11
- flail8
- nodal6
- appel9
- betel7
- offal11
- scowl10
- butyl10
- annul5
- oriel5
- drawl9
- glial6
- sibyl10
- broil7
- gruel6
- idyll9
- areal5
- creel7
- ducal8
- dowel9
- sigil6
- impel9
- jebel14
- skool9
- venal8
- yodel9
- voxel15
- swill8
- frill8
- hovel11
- sorel5
- extol12
- scull7
- borel7
- lysol8
- spall7
- nihil8
- sisal5
- sokol9
- pupal9
- shaul8
- dural6
- octal7
- shiel8
- wheal11
- vagal9
- thiol8
- allyl8
- stell5
- sheol8
- nidal6
- kugel10
- cavil10
- orval8
- grrrl6
- loral5
- rubel7
- kraal9
- phial10
- nahal8
- yokel12
- comal9
- forel8
- stull5
- newel8
- vakil12
- simul7
- graal6
- skoal9
- taxol12
- wedel9
- sepal7
- skell9
- parol7
- trull5
- copal9
- sabal7
- nebel7
- pokal11
- boral7
- umbel9
- aldol6
- riyal8
- uveal8
- nopal7
- fugal9
- ramal7
- jugal13
- annal5
- ileal5
- thill8
- appal9
- mohel10
- tamal7
- myall10
- shool8
- babul9
- nevel8
- salal5
- bedel8
- fusil8
- gazal15
- merel7
- quoll14
- churl10
- hamal10
- cecal9
- octyl10
- steil5
- cetyl10
- thurl8
- cowal10
- neral5
- ouzel14
- hexyl18
- ictal7
- brail7
- genal6
- tical7
- goral6
- artel5
- prill7
- sural5
- meril7
- recal7
- eisel5
- pipal9
- speel7
- rugal6
- fusel8
- gimel8
- indol6
- femal10
- ghyll12
- swail8
- pikul11
- skirl9
- vinal8
- sheel8
- schul10
- sewel8
- tweel8
- kaval12
- monal7
- rowel8
- ratel5
- gnarl6
- hadal9
- knurl9
- seral5
- samel7
- favel11
- nival8
- hemal10
- triol5
- chiel10
- coxal14
- jural12
- kahal12
- lemel7
- argal6
- hosel8
- rumal7
- javel15
- vasal8
- intil5
- jodel13
- rigol6
- arval8
- proll7
- speal7
- argol6
- aboil7
- ahull8
- allel5
- ampul9
- apiol7
- argil6
- armil7
- artal5
- aumil7
- aweel8
- bezil16
- binal7
- bobol9
- botel7
- brool7
- bubal9
- capul9
- cavel10
- ceorl7
- chirl10
- cibol9
- cital7
- craal7
- crool7
- cupel9
- cymol12
- datal6
- debel8
- dedal7
- dholl9
- dital6
- domal8
- dotal6
- drail6
- droil6
- dwaal9
- dynel9
- ervil8
- ethal8
- eusol5
- fanal8
- fural8
- furol8
- fuzil17
- gayal9
- gemel8
- gibel8
- gyral9
- horal8
- ilial5
- jacal14
- jarul12
- jokol16
- joual12
- jurel12
- katal9
- kerel9
- ketol9
- kevel12
- kevil12
- kidel10
- kitul9
- knarl9
- kogal10
- kvell12
- lorel5
- losel5
- maerl7
- maill7
- manul7
- mesal7
- mesel7
- metol7
- miaul7
- molal7
- nerol5
- nonyl8
- notal5
- noxal12
- osmol7
- ousel5
- pibal9
- pical9
- picul9
- pipul9
- podal8
- poral7
- prial7
- proul7
- pugil8
- puzel16
- pygal11
- pyral10
- ratal5
- refel8
- reoil5
- rivel8
- romal7
- roral5
- rotal5
- salol5
- scail7
- scall7
- segol6
- setal5
- sheal8
- shorl8
- sizel14
- skail9
- snool5
- soral5
- sotol5
- spail7
- spaul7
- spawl10
- speil7
- spial7
- spyal10
- swayl11
- sweal8
- sweel8
- tepal7
- tewel8
- thirl8
- thowl11
- tolyl8
- typal10
- ureal5
- urial5
- urnal5
- vexil15
- woful11
- wrawl11
- xylol15
- xylyl18
- yokul12
- zizel23
- zoeal14
- zoril14
- zygal18
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in L are there?
470 valid words; 116 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that ends in an L?
The most common is still. Other everyday examples are until, small and local.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in L?
renal, leaving about 8.7 possible answers on average.
Which 5 letter word ending in L scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, hazel scores 17 points. Among all valid words, zizel scores 23.
What 5 letter words start with S and end in L?
S is the most common first letter for these words (18 of the common words). Examples: still, small, shall and steel.
Do more 5 letter words end with L or start with L?
470 valid 5 letter words end with L, compared with 553 that start with it. See 5 letter words starting with L.
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