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5 Letter Words Ending in L

Need 5 letter words ending in L? Here are all 172. The 54 you are most likely to know come first, starting with STILL, UNTIL and SMALL. A is the letter most often right before the L, in 54 of them.

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Words
172
54 common
Top letters in spots 1 to 4
a54%e40%i28%r28%o26%
Repeated letters
75
44% of words, like STILL
2+ vowels
128
74% of words

Common 5 letter words ending in L

54 everyday words, ranked by how often they appear in English, most common first.

  1. still
  2. until
  3. small
  4. local
  5. level
  6. final
  7. total
  8. model
  9. legal
  10. shall
  11. hotel
  12. civil
  13. trial
  14. royal
  15. metal
  16. steel
  17. equal
  18. novel
  19. usual
  20. rural

More common words, in order (34)

panel wheel smell awful moral angel trail ideal label skill steal shell vital spell devil loyal rival vocal cruel fatal drill skull vinyl spill pupil spoil stall crawl snail pedal libel vowel banal spool

More 5 letter words ending in L

The other 118 words in our dictionary, A to Z. Most are rarer words, plurals and word forms that many word games accept.

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A... 7

afoul annul anvil atoll aural avail axial

B... 8

babel bagel basal basil beryl bowel brawl broil

C... 9

cabal camel canal carol cavil chill churl coral creel

D... 6

dowel drawl droll drool ducal dwell

E... 5

easel email excel expel extol

F... 5

feral flail focal frail frill

G... 7

gavel ghoul gnarl grail grill growl gruel

H... 2

hazel hovel

I... 2

idyll impel

J... 1

jewel

K... 3

kneel knell knoll

L... 1

lapel

M... 5

medal modal mogul motel mural

N... 6

nasal natal naval navel newel nodal

O... 2

octal offal

P... 8

papal pearl penal peril petal phial prowl pupal

Q... 3

quail quell quill

R... 7

ravel rebel regal renal repel revel rowel

S... 13

scowl scull sepal shawl shill shoal sibyl sisal snarl stool swell swill swirl

T... 8

tidal tonal towel trawl trill troll twill twirl

U... 1

umbel

V... 3

venal vigil viral

W... 3

wheal whirl whorl

Y... 2

yodel yokel

Z... 1

zonal

Tips for this pattern

  • Check the letter before -L. A comes right before it in 54 words (31%), as in LOCAL and FINAL. E (41) and L (29) follow.
  • Then the first letter. S starts 28 of these words (16%), like STILL and SMALL, and C starts 12.
  • A strong first guess. If you know the word ends in L, IDEAL is a good opener: it tests I, E and A, three of the seven most common letters in the open spots.

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Questions

How many 5 letter words ending in L are there?

Our dictionary has 172 five letter words ending in L. 54 of them are common everyday words, and the other 118 are rarer words that are still in our dictionary.

What are the most common 5 letter words ending in L?

STILL, UNTIL, SMALL, LOCAL and LEVEL, ranked by how often they appear in everyday English. 75 of all 172 words repeat a letter, and 128 have two or more vowels.

What letter usually comes before L in 5 letter words?

A. It sits right before the L in 54 of the 172 words (31%), for example LOCAL and FINAL. E is next with 41.

Word lists are based on SCOWL. “Most common” order uses data from wordfreq by Robyn Speer, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.