Best words to try
Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: ROWEL, SOREL, BOWEL, BOTEL, MOREL and RAVEL. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 45 of the 74 words have none.
Highest-scoring words
- HAZEL17 points
- BEZEL16 points
- JEWEL15 points
- EXCEL14 points
- EXPEL14 points
Patterns in this list
The most common third-to-last letter is V (10 words), followed by W (7).
More 5 letter words ending with L
EL at other lengths
Questions
How many 5 letter words end in EL?
There are 74 5 letter words that end in EL in our word list.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word that end in EL?
HAZEL, worth 17 points with standard Scrabble letter values.
What is a good Wordle guess that ends in EL?
MOREL, ROWEL and SOREL use 5 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.