Five-letter words ending in L
345 five-letter words end with the letter L. Here is the full list, grouped by first letter — handy when a crossword gives you the last square and nothing else.
Most common five-letter words ending in L
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- hotel
- local
- total
- small
- level
- shall
- still
- model
- legal
- until
- final
- trial
- metal
- panel
- civil
- steel
- royal
- label
- equal
- rural
- devel
- ideal
- wheel
- angel
Highest-scoring five-letter words ending in L
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- hexyl 18
- xylyl 18
- fuzil 17
- hazel 17
- bezel 16
- bezil 16
- jewel 15
- vexil 15
- xylol 15
- coxal 14
- equal 14
- excel 14
- expel 14
- jacal 14
- jebel 14
- ouzel 14
- pixel 14
- quail 14
- quell 14
- quill 14
- zoeal 14
- zonal 14
- zoril 14
- jugal 13
All 345 five-letter words ending in L
A 27
- aboil
- afoul
- ahull
- aldol
- algal
- alkyl
- allyl
- ampul
- angel
- annal
- annul
- anvil
- appal
- appel
- areal
- argal
- argil
- argol
- ariel
- artal
- artel
- arval
- atoll
- aural
- avail
- awful
- axial
B 22
- babel
- babul
- bagel
- banal
- basal
- basil
- bedel
- beryl
- betel
- bevel
- bezel
- bezil
- binal
- boral
- botel
- bowel
- brail
- brawl
- brill
- broil
- bubal
- butyl
C 22
- cabal
- camel
- canal
- carol
- cavil
- cecal
- ceorl
- chiel
- chill
- churl
- cibol
- civil
- comal
- copal
- coral
- coxal
- craal
- crawl
- creel
- cruel
- cupel
- cymol
D 16
- decal
- dedal
- devel
- devil
- domal
- dotal
- dowel
- drail
- drawl
- drill
- droll
- drool
- ducal
- dural
- dwell
- dynel
E 8
- easel
- enrol
- equal
- ervil
- ethyl
- excel
- expel
- extol
F 13
- fatal
- fecal
- feral
- fetal
- final
- flail
- focal
- frail
- frill
- fugal
- fusel
- fusil
- fuzil
G 14
- gavel
- gayal
- ghoul
- ghyll
- gimel
- glial
- gnarl
- goral
- graal
- grail
- grill
- growl
- gruel
- gyral
H 9
- hadal
- hamal
- hazel
- hemal
- hexyl
- horal
- hosel
- hotel
- hovel
I 6
- ideal
- idyll
- ileal
- ilial
- impel
- indol
J 7
- jacal
- jebel
- jewel
- joual
- jugal
- jural
- jurel
K 10
- ketol
- kevel
- kevil
- kneel
- knell
- knoll
- knurl
- kraal
- krill
- kugel
L 9
- label
- lapel
- legal
- level
- libel
- local
- loral
- losel
- loyal
M 13
- maill
- medal
- metal
- miaul
- modal
- model
- mogul
- mohel
- molal
- moral
- morel
- motel
- mural
N 15
- nasal
- natal
- naval
- navel
- nerol
- newel
- nicol
- nidal
- nihil
- nival
- nodal
- nonyl
- nopal
- notal
- novel
O 7
- octal
- octyl
- offal
- oriel
- osmol
- ousel
- ouzel
P 18
- panel
- papal
- parol
- pearl
- pedal
- penal
- peril
- petal
- phial
- pibal
- pical
- picul
- pipal
- pixel
- prill
- prowl
- pupal
- pupil
Q 3
- quail
- quell
- quill
R 16
- ratal
- ratel
- ravel
- rebel
- refel
- regal
- renal
- reoil
- repel
- revel
- rival
- riyal
- rowel
- royal
- rugal
- rural
S 56
- salal
- salol
- scall
- schul
- scowl
- scull
- sepal
- seral
- setal
- shall
- shaul
- shawl
- sheal
- shell
- sheol
- shiel
- shill
- shoal
- shool
- shorl
- sibyl
- sigil
- sisal
- skill
- skirl
- skoal
- skull
- small
- smell
- snail
- snarl
- snell
- snool
- sokol
- sorel
- sotol
- spail
- spall
- speel
- speil
- spell
- spiel
- spill
- spoil
- spool
- stall
- steal
- steel
- still
- stool
- stull
- sural
- swail
- swell
- swill
- swirl
T 23
- tamal
- tepal
- thill
- thiol
- thirl
- thurl
- tical
- tidal
- tolyl
- tonal
- total
- towel
- trail
- trawl
- trial
- trill
- triol
- troll
- trull
- tubal
- twill
- twirl
- typal
U 6
- umbel
- until
- ureal
- urial
- usual
- uveal
V 12
- vagal
- vakil
- vasal
- venal
- vexil
- vigil
- vinal
- vinyl
- viral
- vital
- vocal
- vowel
W 6
- wedel
- wheal
- wheel
- whirl
- whorl
- woful
X 2
- xylol
- xylyl
Y 2
- yodel
- yokel
Z 3
- zoeal
- zonal
- zoril
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Common questions
How many five-letter words end in L?
There are 345 five-letter words ending in L, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common five-letter words ending in L?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: hotel, local, total, small, level, shall, still, model. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring five-letter word ending in L in Scrabble?
hexyl scores 18 points on plain tiles, before any double- or triple-word squares. Premium squares and the 50-point bingo bonus can change the ranking completely.
Can I use these words for Wordle?
Yes — every Wordle answer is a five-letter word, and this list covers all of them. To narrow it down with the clues you already have, use the Wordle solver: enter your greens, yellows and grays and it filters this same dictionary.
Are proper nouns and abbreviations included?
No. The list only contains words from the ENABLE lexicon, which excludes proper nouns, abbreviations and hyphenated forms — the same rule tournament Scrabble and most word games follow. Read more on the methodology page.
Counted from a 172,749-word public-domain lexicon, last reviewed 2026-08-01. How this list was built.