476 five letter words end in L. A big, dependable group, and a strong one for Wordle too.
476 words end in L. AL- and EL- alone cover more than half of them, CAMEL, EQUAL, HAZEL, PETAL, MODAL.
No plural issue here either. An L ending can't be a simple plural, so nothing gets filtered out.
That combination, big list plus no plural drag, makes L one of the better endings to bet on.
Out of 2,315 real Wordle answers, 156 end in L, 6.7%.
Of the 476 words ending in L, 156 are real answers, a 32.8% hit rate. Well above average, and well above S.
CAMEL, EQUAL, HAZEL, PETAL, SHELL and SWILL are the kind of words padding this number out.
AFOUL. CAMEL. EQUAL. HAZEL. MODAL. PETAL. SHELL. SWILL.
All common, all real Wordle answers, and no plural trap dragging any of them out of the pool.
ZIZEL tops the list at 23 points, another name for a European ground squirrel. HEXYL and XYLYL tie at 18.
Genuinely obscure chemistry and zoology terms, all valid, all the kind of thing a scrabble word finder is built to catch.
AL- leads by a wide margin at 168 words. EL- follows at 108, then IL- and LL- roughly tied around 48-49 each.
AL- and EL- together cover well over half the entire group.
Big list, no plural drag, strong hit rate. L is a genuinely good letter to land.
All 476 words sit below. Real Wordle answers are marked.
Use the word finder above if you know another letter too, or scroll the full 5 letter words list.
All 476 words sit below. Real Wordle answers are marked. Use the word finder above if you know another letter too, or scroll the full 5 letter words list.
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Data computed from a 12,974-word open-source dictionary and the 2,315-word Wordle answer list. Last updated August 26, 2026.