Five-Letter Words Ending With L
There are 451 five-letter words ending with L in our word list, 3.9% of all five-letter words. The -AL ending (ROYAL, METAL) is the biggest group by far, followed by -EL, -LL and -IL. Doubled L endings such as SKILL and SPELL are common too.
Quick facts
- Most common endings:
- -AL (159), -EL (107), -IL (47), -LL (47)
- Most common other letters:
- a, e, i, o, r
- Words with a repeated letter:
- 182 (40%)
Common five-letter words ending with L
The 136 everyday words from the full list below. Start here if you’re solving a daily puzzle, since those answers are usually familiar words.
- angel
- annul
- anvil
- aural
- avail
- awful
- bagel
- banal
- basil
- bowel
- brawl
- broil
- camel
- canal
- carol
- chill
- civil
- coral
- crawl
- cruel
- devil
- drawl
- drill
- droll
- drool
- dwell
- easel
- equal
- excel
- expel
- extol
- fatal
- final
- flail
- focal
- frail
- frill
- gavel
- ghoul
- gnarl
- grill
- growl
- gruel
- hazel
- hotel
- hovel
- ideal
- impel
- jewel
- kneel
- knoll
- label
- lapel
- legal
- level
- libel
- local
- loyal
- medal
- metal
- modal
- model
- moral
- motel
- mural
- nasal
- naval
- navel
- novel
- octal
- panel
- papal
- pearl
- pedal
- penal
- peril
- petal
- prowl
- pupil
- quail
- quell
- quill
- ravel
- rebel
- regal
- repel
- revel
- rival
- royal
- rural
- scowl
- shall
- shawl
- shell
- shoal
- skill
- skull
- small
- smell
- snail
- snarl
- spell
- spill
- spoil
- spool
- stall
- steal
- steel
- still
- stool
- swell
- swill
- swirl
- tidal
- tonal
- total
- towel
- trail
- trawl
- trial
- trill
- troll
- twirl
- until
- usual
- vigil
- vinyl
- viral
- vital
- vocal
- vowel
- wheel
- whirl
- yodel
- yokel
All five-letter words ending with L
Grouped by the first letter. The list includes plurals and less common words, so check a game’s own rules before playing an unfamiliar one.
A___L (32 words)
- aboil
- afoul
- ahull
- aldol
- algal
- alkyl
- allel
- allyl
- ampul
- angel
- annal
- annul
- anvil
- apiol
- appal
- appel
- areal
- argal
- argil
- argol
- ariel
- armil
- artal
- artel
- arval
- atoll
- aumil
- aural
- avail
- aweel
- awful
- axial
B___L (25 words)
- babel
- babul
- bagel
- banal
- basal
- basil
- bedel
- bejel
- beryl
- betel
- bevel
- bezel
- bezil
- binal
- boral
- borel
- botel
- bowel
- brail
- brawl
- brill
- broil
- brool
- bubal
- butyl
C___L (27 words)
- cabal
- camel
- canal
- capul
- carol
- cavel
- cavil
- cecal
- ceorl
- cetyl
- chiel
- chill
- churl
- cibol
- cital
- civil
- comal
- copal
- coral
- cowal
- coxal
- craal
- crawl
- creel
- cruel
- cupel
- cymol
D___L (20 words)
- datal
- debel
- decal
- dedal
- devel
- devil
- dholl
- dital
- domal
- dotal
- dowel
- drail
- drawl
- drill
- droll
- drool
- ducal
- dural
- dwell
- dynel
E___L (12 words)
- easel
- eisel
- enrol
- equal
- ervil
- ethal
- ethyl
- eusol
- excel
- expel
- extol
F___L (18 words)
- fanal
- fatal
- favel
- fecal
- feral
- fetal
- final
- flail
- focal
- forel
- frail
- frill
- fugal
- fural
- furol
- fusel
- fusil
- fuzil
G___L (20 words)
- gavel
- gayal
- gazal
- gazel
- gebel
- gemel
- genal
- ghoul
- ghyll
- gibel
- gimel
- glial
- gnarl
- goral
- graal
- grail
- grill
- growl
- gruel
- gyral
H___L (10 words)
- hadal
- halal
- hamal
- hazel
- hemal
- hexyl
- horal
- hosel
- hotel
- hovel
I___L (9 words)
- ictal
- ideal
- idyll
- ileal
- ilial
- impel
- indol
- intel
- intil
J___L (11 words)
- jacal
- jarul
- javel
- jebel
- jewel
- jodel
- jooal
- joual
- jugal
- jural
- jurel
K___L (14 words)
- kahal
- ketol
- kevel
- kevil
- kidel
- knarl
- kneel
- knell
- knoll
- knurl
- kraal
- krill
- kugel
- kvell
L___L (12 words)
- label
- lapel
- legal
- lemel
- level
- libel
- local
- loral
- lorel
- losel
- loyal
- lysol
M___L (21 words)
- maill
- manul
- medal
- merel
- meril
- mesal
- mesel
- metal
- metol
- miaul
- modal
- model
- mogul
- mohel
- molal
- monal
- moral
- morel
- motel
- mural
- myall
N___L (21 words)
- nahal
- nasal
- natal
- naval
- navel
- nebel
- neral
- nerol
- nevel
- newel
- nicol
- nidal
- nihil
- nival
- nodal
- nonyl
- nopal
- notal
- novel
- nowel
- noxal
O___L (7 words)
- octal
- octyl
- offal
- oriel
- osmol
- ousel
- ouzel
P___L (27 words)
- panel
- papal
- parol
- pearl
- pedal
- penal
- peril
- petal
- phial
- pibal
- pical
- picul
- pikul
- pipal
- pipul
- pixel
- podal
- pokal
- poral
- prial
- prill
- prowl
- pugil
- pupal
- pupil
- pygal
- pyral
Q___L (4 words)
- quail
- quell
- quill
- quoll
R___L (24 words)
- ramal
- ratal
- ratel
- ravel
- rebel
- refel
- regal
- renal
- reoil
- repel
- revel
- rigol
- rival
- rivel
- riyal
- romal
- roral
- rotal
- rowel
- royal
- rubel
- rugal
- rumal
- rural
S___L (74 words)
- sabal
- salal
- salol
- samel
- scail
- scall
- schul
- scowl
- scull
- segol
- sepal
- seral
- setal
- shall
- shaul
- shawl
- sheal
- sheel
- shell
- sheol
- shiel
- shill
- shoal
- shool
- shorl
- sibyl
- sigil
- simul
- sisal
- sisel
- sizel
- skail
- skell
- skill
- skirl
- skoal
- skull
- small
- smell
- snail
- snarl
- snell
- snool
- sokol
- soral
- sorel
- sotol
- spail
- spall
- spawl
- speal
- speel
- speil
- spell
- spial
- spiel
- spill
- spoil
- spool
- stall
- steal
- steel
- steil
- stell
- still
- stool
- stull
- sural
- swail
- sweal
- swell
- swill
- swirl
- sybil
T___L (27 words)
- tamal
- taxol
- tepal
- tewel
- thill
- thiol
- thirl
- thowl
- thurl
- tical
- tidal
- tolyl
- tonal
- total
- towel
- trail
- trawl
- trial
- trill
- triol
- troll
- trull
- tubal
- tweel
- twill
- twirl
- typal
U___L (7 words)
- umbel
- until
- ureal
- urial
- urnal
- usual
- uveal
V___L (12 words)
- vagal
- vakil
- vasal
- venal
- vexil
- vigil
- vinal
- vinyl
- viral
- vital
- vocal
- vowel
W___L (8 words)
- wakil
- wedel
- wheal
- wheel
- whirl
- whorl
- woful
- wrawl
X___L (2 words)
- xylol
- xylyl
Y___L (2 words)
- yodel
- yokel
Z___L (5 words)
- zizel
- zoeal
- zonal
- zoril
- zygal