5-Letter Words With E and L
Looking for five-letter words with E and L in them? There are 915 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like EMAIL, HOTEL, WHILE, 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
- while11
- place9
- level8
- title5
- reply10
- value8
- learn5
- sales5
- large6
- table7
- model8
- below10
- legal6
- field9
- files8
- least5
- close7
- style8
All 915 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- early 8
- miles 7
- rules 5
- deals 6
- clear 7
- whole 11
- later 5
- lines 5
- lower 8
- leave 8
- cable 9
- metal 7
- panel 7
- apple 9
- steel 5
- scale 7
- clean 7
- bible 9
- older 6
- cells 7
- lives 8
- label 7
- alone 5
- equal 14
- laser 5
- false 8
- hello 8
- alert 5
- filed 9
- kelly 12
- leads 6
- wales 8
- helps 10
- cycle 12
- sleep 7
- devel 9
- delta 6
- layer 8
- ideal 6
- wheel 11
- angel 6
- plate 7
- blues 7
- lewis 8
- slide 6
- delay 9
- novel 8
- lodge 7
- newly 11
- shell 8
- loved 9
- pulse 7
- pearl 7
- lived 9
- plane 7
- lease 5
- angle 6
- eagle 6
- alive 8
- tells 5
- yield 9
- lakes 9
- globe 8
- chile 10
- excel 14
- wells 8
- smile 7
- solve 8
- roles 5
- devil 9
- elite 5
- noble 7
- loves 8
- loose 5
- feels 8
- liver 8
- clerk 11
- holes 8
- blade 8
- meals 7
- valve 11
- shelf 11
- liked 10
- tales 5
- camel 9
- slave 8
- latex 12
- alien 5
- fleet 8
- likes 9
- maple 9
- blend 8
- olive 8
- clone 7
- relay 8
- lover 8
- motel 7
- lemon 7
- relax 12
- sells 5
- pixel 14
- males 7
- flame 10
- spell 7
- blame 9
- uncle 7
- alter 5
- medal 8
- welsh 11
- belly 10
- elder 6
- flesh 11
- smell 7
- rebel 7
- slope 7
- leone 5
- steal 5
- alike 9
- dealt 6
- realm 7
- laden 6
- whale 11
- belle 7
- lined 6
- elect 7
- flyer 11
- belts 7
- jewel 15
- ruled 6
- lance 7
- lanes 5
- bless 7
- tiles 5
- rifle 8
- linen 5
- seals 5
- heels 8
- towel 8
- flies 8
- bells 7
- glove 9
- nelly 8
- fuels 8
- slice 7
- lemma 9
- celeb 9
- alley 8
- renal 5
- liner 5
- riley 8
- cruel 7
- ankle 9
- flute 8
- poles 7
- loses 5
- slate 5
- pedal 8
- jelly 15
- lever 8
- elbow 10
- isles 5
- inlet 5
- ample 9
- fetal 8
- welch 13
- clues 7
- helix 15
- hazel 17
- stole 5
- exile 12
- liter 5
- sleek 9
- ariel 5
- bowel 10
- ruler 5
- lesbo 7
- loser 5
- blaze 16
- reels 5
- slept 7
- cello 7
- foley 11
- decal 8
- dolce 8
- regal 6
- leaks 9
- swell 8
- levin 8
- litre 5
- flare 8
- algae 6
- valet 8
- dwell 9
- bleed 8
- liens 5
- aisle 5
- agile 6
- glide 7
- piles 7
- bezel 16
- fable 10
- glare 6
- leafs 8
- lacey 10
- leach 10
- navel 8
- sable 7
- penal 7
- lapse 7
- glaze 15
- elves 8
- melon 7
- ethyl 11
- ulcer 7
- leash 8
- plume 9
- peril 7
- louie 5
- fluke 12
- glade 7
- lures 5
- ledge 7
- pleas 7
- tesla 5
- plead 8
- lapel 7
- telco 7
- bleak 11
- lathe 8
- leaps 7
- lends 6
- stale 5
- cline 7
- lexis 12
- lager 6
- babel 9
- coles 7
- melee 7
- vowel 11
- guile 6
- evils 8
- merle 7
- lefty 11
- glued 7
- alder 6
- relic 7
- telex 12
- mules 7
- feral 8
- petal 7
- bulge 8
- enrol 5
- slime 7
- libel 7
- tiled 6
- flied 9
- flake 12
- delft 9
- piled 8
- appel 9
- spiel 7
- helms 10
- bagel 8
- easel 5
- gable 8
- laced 8
- cleft 10
- latte 5
- oiled 6
- reals 5
- shale 8
- snell 5
- bloke 11
- levee 8
- soles 5
- hoyle 11
- levis 8
- melts 7
- mille 7
- bales 7
- lumen 7
- leafy 11
- filer 8
- clove 10
- leech 10
- aleph 10
- jello 12
- dales 6
- leary 8
- fleas 8
- heals 8
- livre 8
- legit 6
- veils 8
- leaky 12
- earls 5
- axles 12
- lisle 5
- delve 9
- fella 8
- moles 7
- lowes 8
- laces 7
- liege 6
- bugle 8
- bevel 10
- dells 6
- filet 8
- beryl 10
- revel 8
- flier 8
- leans 5
- lubes 7
- ravel 8
- dwelt 9
- leger 6
- fleer 8
- telly 8
- arles 5
- lobes 7
- glens 6
- islet 5
- hells 8
- toile 5
- expel 14
- lated 6
- lured 6
- fleck 14
- peels 7
- golem 8
- flite 8
- repel 7
- celts 7
- leben 7
- spelt 7
- knelt 9
- glues 6
- lopes 7
- salve 8
- blume 9
- wield 9
- morel 7
- kneel 9
- lense 5
- bilge 8
- leapt 7
- yells 8
- carle 7
- liber 7
- bleep 9
- felon 8
- selva 8
- gales 6
- sorel 5
- plage 8
- ladle 6
- cleat 7
- glebe 8
- hales 8
- welds 9
- idler 6
- gleam 8
- stile 5
- gavel 9
- glace 8
- wiles 8
- tilde 6
- tulle 5
- olden 6
- lyase 8
- sleds 6
- selle 5
- sleet 5
- fille 8
- smelt 7
- belay 10
- elegy 9
- quell 14
- silex 12
- areal 5
- lemur 7
- utile 5
- dowel 9
- clave 10
- ingle 6
- boles 7
- aline 5
- pleat 7
- ruble 7
- plier 7
- loner 5
- clade 8
- holed 9
- lotte 5
- limes 7
- fells 8
- ables 7
- helio 8
- leeks 9
- maile 7
- flees 8
- joule 12
- plied 8
- voile 8
- layed 9
- halve 11
- telia 5
- glean 6
- bogle 8
- laver 8
- creel 7
- delis 6
- luger 6
- telos 5
- parle 7
- elude 6
- liven 8
- selah 8
- duels 6
- miler 7
- oriel 5
- gules 6
- allee 5
- plies 7
- leper 7
- oldie 6
- lunge 6
- swale 8
- knell 9
- exalt 12
- laker 9
- coble 9
- pales 7
- felts 8
- leggy 10
- oleic 7
- louse 5
- ileum 7
- rubel 7
- flume 10
- seely 8
- lowed 9
- leery 8
- elfin 8
- loupe 7
- lunes 5
- weald 9
- blest 7
- loess 5
- liane 5
- eland 6
- lurex 12
- baler 7
- xylem 17
- valse 8
- paler 7
- oiler 5
- cella 7
- exult 12
- extol 12
- lamer 7
- leman 7
- bleat 7
- jebel 14
- amble 9
- lobed 8
- lithe 8
- pelts 7
- liken 9
- kluge 10
- belga 8
- betel 7
- clued 8
- lifer 8
- voles 8
- eclat 7
- abled 8
- riled 6
- mealy 10
- boule 7
- belch 12
- limey 10
- liger 6
- clefs 10
- quale 14
- welly 11
- chela 10
- volte 8
- belie 7
- lutes 5
- lysed 9
- soled 6
- ileal 5
- lader 6
- leant 5
- culex 14
- lieve 8
- felly 11
- kugel 10
- lutea 5
- julep 14
- blued 8
- lucre 7
- longe 6
- cloze 16
- impel 9
- holey 11
- loper 7
- thole 8
- vales 8
- newel 8
- galea 6
- ceili 7
- gruel 6
- shiel 8
- bluer 7
- blase 7
- riles 5
- flues 8
- keels 9
- baled 8
- doled 7
- plena 7
- peals 7
- lento 5
- paled 8
- idled 7
- doles 6
- hovel 11
- melds 8
- stele 5
- lubed 8
- bluey 10
- welts 8
- elope 7
- yodel 9
- loden 6
- botel 7
- wedel 9
- telic 7
- clews 10
- whelp 13
- prole 7
- lefts 8
- sheol 8
- aloes 5
- celli 7
- lares 5
- oleum 7
- leges 6
- laten 5
- venal 8
- clime 9
- abele 7
- anele 5
- calve 10
- tiler 5
- ulema 7
- glume 8
- yokel 12
- biles 7
- seral 5
- ileus 5
- wheal 11
- slake 9
- sidle 6
- velar 8
- teles 5
- stela 5
- lethe 8
- luces 7
- speel 7
- idles 6
- iller 5
- blare 7
- roble 7
- leavy 11
- flyte 11
- hexyl 18
- floes 8
- palet 7
- ovule 8
- lamed 8
- almes 7
- cecal 9
- owlet 8
- taler 5
- lores 5
- toles 5
- limed 8
- azole 14
- delts 6
- pleon 7
- yelps 10
- anole 5
- elute 5
- veldt 9
- bluet 7
- uveal 8
- chiel 10
- plews 10
- lyres 8
- poled 8
- whelk 15
- poler 7
- alane 5
- laded 7
- haole 8
- plebs 9
- noels 5
- axels 12
- selfs 8
- lacer 7
- mohel 10
- melty 10
- dulse 6
- sepal 7
- palea 7
- lycee 10
- gelee 6
- plebe 9
- artel 5
- abler 7
- liker 9
- duple 8
- rales 5
- akela 9
- joles 12
- cleek 11
- laree 5
- ludes 6
- kales 9
- liers 5
- leets 5
- hosel 8
- plyer 10
- laxer 12
- lames 7
- elide 6
- letch 10
- riels 5
- wetly 11
- lenes 5
- lehua 8
- latke 9
- leers 5
- loped 8
- tules 5
- velum 10
- aglet 6
- elint 5
- ogled 7
- ailed 6
- glute 6
- blebs 9
- delly 9
- loges 6
- gleed 7
- fjeld 16
- kevil 12
- muley 10
- salep 7
- culet 7
- bedel 8
- elain 5
- wyles 11
- lodes 6
- helos 8
- socle 7
- solei 5
- ratel 5
- gimel 8
- elate 5
- haled 9
- relet 5
- peles 7
- addle 7
- ouzel 14
- lades 6
- anile 5
- lears 5
- umbel 9
- lazed 15
- slews 8
- olein 5
- lepta 7
- gluey 9
- pelon 7
- obole 7
- lezzy 26
- kelts 9
- aglee 6
- agley 9
- alate 5
- alecs 7
- alefs 8
- alkie 9
- almeh 10
- amole 7
- argle 6
- axile 12
- axled 13
- belon 7
- bezil 16
- bield 8
- birle 7
- blate 7
- blear 7
- blent 7
- blets 7
- blite 7
- blype 12
- butle 7
- ceils 7
- celom 9
- ceorl 7
- chyle 13
- clepe 9
- clept 9
- coled 8
- cupel 9
- dedal 7
- deils 6
- deled 7
- deles 6
- delfs 9
- dhole 9
- dynel 9
- edile 6
- elans 5
- elemi 7
- eloin 5
- elver 8
- enols 5
- ervil 8
- farle 8
- felid 9
- ferly 11
- feyly 14
- fleam 10
- flews 11
- fleys 11
- flued 9
- fugle 9
- fusel 8
- gelds 7
- gelid 7
- gelts 6
- gleba 8
- glede 7
- gleds 7
- gleek 10
- glees 6
- gleet 6
- gleys 9
- glime 8
- gloze 15
- gluer 6
- haler 8
- heils 8
- helot 8
- helve 11
- hemal 10
- herls 8
- ileac 7
- inkle 9
- isled 6
- istle 5
- ixtle 12
- jells 12
- jurel 12
- kelep 11
- kelim 11
- kelps 11
- kelpy 14
- ketol 9
- kevel 12
- koels 9
- kvell 12
- laevo 8
- laked 10
- lased 6
- lases 5
- laved 9
- laves 8
- lawed 9
- laxes 12
- lazes 14
- leady 9
- ledgy 10
- lehrs 8
- lenis 5
- lenos 5
- leses 5
- letup 7
- leuds 6
- lexes 12
- lieus 5
- limen 7
- liney 8
- looed 6
- looey 8
- looie 5
- losel 5
- lowse 8
- loxed 13
- loxes 12
- luged 7
- luges 6
- lunet 5
- lurer 5
- luted 6
- luxes 12
- lweis 8
- lycea 10
- lyses 8
- macle 9
- melic 9
- mells 7
- merls 7
- metol 7
- mewls 10
- muled 8
- naled 6
- nerol 5
- obeli 7
- odyle 9
- ogler 6
- ogles 6
- oleos 5
- orles 5
- ousel 5
- padle 8
- pelfs 10
- pepla 9
- phyle 13
- pilea 7
- pilei 7
- puled 8
- puler 7
- pules 7
- redly 9
- refel 8
- refly 11
- relit 5
- reoil 5
- rille 5
- rowel 8
- seels 5
- setal 5
- sheal 8
- shlep 10
- skell 9
- skelm 11
- skelp 11
- slier 5
- slipe 7
- sloes 5
- slued 6
- slues 5
- slyer 8
- slype 10
- spale 7
- speil 7
- spile 7
- taels 5
- teals 5
- teels 5
- telae 5
- teloi 5
- tepal 7
- toled 6
- ulnae 5
- unled 6
- unlet 5
- ureal 5
- veals 8
- vealy 11
- velds 9
- vexil 15
- viler 8
- voled 9
- waled 9
- waler 8
- weals 8
- whelm 13
- wiled 9
- wyled 12
- yelks 12
- ylems 10
- yodle 9
- yules 8
- zeals 14
- zlote 14
- zoeal 14
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with E and L in them?
There are 915 five-letter words with E and L in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are EMAIL, HOTEL, WHILE.
What are common five-letter words with E and L in them?
EMAIL, HOTEL, WHILE, PLACE, LEVEL are the most frequently used. The full list of 915 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Are these valid Wordle words?
Nearly all of them. Wordle draws its answers from a curated list of common five-letter words, but it accepts almost any dictionary word as a guess, including the words on this page.