5-Letter Words Ending in L
Looking for five-letter words that end in L? There are 354 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like EMAIL, HOTEL, LOCAL, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- email7
- hotel8
- local7
- total5
- small7
- level8
- shall8
- still5
- model8
- legal6
- until5
- final8
- trial5
- metal7
- panel7
- civil10
- steel5
- royal8
- label7
- equal14
All 354 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- rural 5
- devel 9
- ideal 6
- wheel 11
- angel 6
- trail 5
- novel 8
- shell 8
- pearl 7
- usual 5
- vinyl 11
- skill 9
- vital 8
- excel 14
- moral 7
- devil 9
- carol 7
- camel 9
- grill 6
- motel 7
- vocal 10
- coral 7
- pixel 14
- spell 7
- canal 7
- drill 6
- naval 8
- medal 8
- fatal 8
- smell 7
- rebel 7
- steal 5
- viral 8
- focal 10
- jewel 15
- awful 11
- towel 8
- loyal 8
- renal 5
- chill 10
- skull 9
- rival 8
- cruel 7
- pupil 9
- avail 8
- spill 7
- pedal 8
- fetal 8
- stool 5
- natal 5
- crawl 10
- hazel 17
- basil 7
- ariel 5
- bowel 10
- nasal 5
- decal 8
- tidal 6
- regal 6
- swell 8
- stall 5
- troll 5
- dwell 9
- basal 7
- modal 8
- bezel 16
- axial 12
- snail 5
- navel 8
- spool 7
- twill 8
- penal 7
- spoil 7
- mural 7
- ethyl 11
- quail 14
- peril 7
- swirl 8
- vigil 9
- grail 6
- lapel 7
- babel 9
- vowel 11
- shawl 11
- knoll 9
- anvil 8
- atoll 5
- feral 8
- petal 7
- enrol 5
- libel 7
- appel 9
- spiel 7
- brill 7
- bagel 8
- easel 5
- quill 14
- butyl 10
- snell 5
- papal 9
- mogul 8
- aural 5
- tonal 5
- frail 8
- alkyl 12
- whirl 11
- bevel 10
- brawl 10
- tubal 7
- octal 7
- trawl 8
- beryl 10
- revel 8
- drool 6
- zonal 14
- cabal 9
- ravel 8
- algal 6
- nodal 6
- broil 7
- expel 14
- growl 9
- nicol 7
- repel 7
- shoal 8
- morel 7
- kneel 9
- riyal 8
- sorel 5
- halal 8
- gavel 9
- prowl 10
- glial 6
- quell 14
- areal 5
- dowel 9
- sisal 5
- banal 7
- ghoul 9
- whorl 11
- shaul 8
- twirl 8
- tical 7
- creel 7
- stull 5
- krill 9
- oriel 5
- droll 6
- sokol 9
- offal 11
- knell 9
- thiol 8
- snarl 5
- octyl 10
- rubel 7
- scull 7
- trill 5
- taxol 12
- shill 8
- dural 6
- afoul 8
- comal 9
- flail 8
- loral 5
- extol 12
- nihil 8
- annul 5
- jebel 14
- ducal 8
- graal 6
- allyl 8
- betel 7
- ghyll 12
- idyll 9
- sigil 6
- scowl 10
- drawl 9
- sibyl 10
- vagal 9
- ileal 5
- frill 8
- kugel 10
- swill 8
- annal 5
- shool 8
- boral 7
- impel 9
- copal 9
- newel 8
- gruel 6
- shiel 8
- sabal 7
- spall 7
- hovel 11
- yodel 9
- botel 7
- nidal 6
- wedel 9
- pupal 9
- sheol 8
- venal 8
- yokel 12
- seral 5
- wheal 11
- parol 7
- speel 7
- kraal 9
- vakil 12
- hexyl 18
- thill 8
- vinal 8
- cecal 9
- skoal 9
- uveal 8
- chiel 10
- phial 10
- trull 5
- salal 5
- schul 10
- nopal 7
- mohel 10
- aldol 6
- sepal 7
- sural 5
- nival 8
- pical 9
- fugal 9
- artel 5
- cavil 10
- appal 9
- hosel 8
- prill 7
- brail 7
- quoll 14
- tamal 7
- indol 6
- goral 6
- babul 9
- churl 10
- jugal 13
- kevil 12
- bedel 8
- tolyl 8
- arval 8
- thurl 8
- ratel 5
- gimel 8
- swail 8
- ouzel 14
- binal 7
- umbel 9
- fusil 8
- nonyl 8
- maill 7
- aboil 7
- ahull 8
- ampul 9
- argal 6
- argil 6
- argol 6
- artal 5
- bezil 16
- bubal 9
- ceorl 7
- cibol 9
- coxal 14
- craal 7
- cupel 9
- cymol 12
- dedal 7
- domal 8
- dotal 6
- drail 6
- dynel 9
- ervil 8
- fusel 8
- fuzil 17
- gayal 9
- gnarl 6
- gyral 9
- hadal 9
- hamal 10
- hemal 10
- horal 8
- ilial 5
- jacal 14
- joual 12
- jural 12
- jurel 12
- ketol 9
- kevel 12
- knurl 9
- kvell 12
- losel 5
- metol 7
- miaul 7
- molal 7
- nerol 5
- notal 5
- osmol 7
- ousel 5
- pibal 9
- picul 9
- pipal 9
- ramal 7
- ratal 5
- refel 8
- reoil 5
- rowel 8
- rugal 6
- salol 5
- scall 7
- setal 5
- sheal 8
- shorl 8
- skell 9
- skirl 9
- snool 5
- sotol 5
- spail 7
- speil 7
- tepal 7
- thirl 8
- triol 5
- typal 10
- ureal 5
- urial 5
- vasal 8
- vexil 15
- woful 11
- xylol 15
- xylyl 18
- zoeal 14
- zoril 14
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there that end in L?
There are 354 five-letter words that end in L in the tournament word lists. The most common are EMAIL, HOTEL, LOCAL.
What are common five-letter words that end in L?
EMAIL, HOTEL, LOCAL, TOTAL, SMALL are the most frequently used. The full list of 354 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.
5-Letter words ending in L, by first letter
- Starting with A
- Starting with B
- Starting with C
- Starting with D
- Starting with E
- Starting with F
- Starting with G
- Starting with H
- Starting with I
- Starting with J
- Starting with K
- Starting with L
- Starting with M
- Starting with N
- Starting with O
- Starting with P
- Starting with Q
- Starting with R
- Starting with S
- Starting with T
- Starting with U
- Starting with V
- Starting with W
- Starting with Z
Ending in L in other lengths
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