263 words end in AL. AXIAL, BASAL, CABAL lead them, and 47 can still be the answer.
21 of the 263 are common enough to guess without hesitation.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 263 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- MORAL: takes 263 down to 133 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- TRIAL: down to 133. It is on the answer list.
- CORAL: down to 134. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
The letters that turn up alongside most often are R (65), O (64) and E (56). Only 21 of the 263 are everyday words. The rest belong to crosswords more than to conversation, so lean on the letters above rather than on the tail of the list.
Best 5 Letter Words Ending in AL
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- AXIAL
- BASAL
- CABAL
- CORAL
- DECAL
- EQUAL
- FATAL
- FERAL
- FETAL
- FINAL
- FOCAL
- IDEAL
- LEGAL
- LOCAL
- LOYAL
- MEDAL
- METAL
- MODAL
- MORAL
- MURAL
- NASAL
- NATAL
- NAVAL
- OCTAL
- OFFAL
- PAPAL
- PEDAL
- PENAL
- PETAL
- PUPAL
- REGAL
- RENAL
- RIVAL
- ROYAL
- RURAL
- SHOAL
- STEAL
- TIDAL
- TONAL
- TOTAL
- TRIAL
- TUBAL
- USUAL
- VIRAL
- VITAL
- VOCAL
- ZONAL
5 Letter Words Ending in AL by Starting Letter
5 Letter Words Starting with A and Ending in AL
- AXIAL
- ABDAL
- ACRAL
- AGRAL
- AHWAL
- ALGAL
- ANNAL
- ANTAL
- APPAL
- APTAL
- AREAL
- ARGAL
- ARTAL
- ARVAL
- ATTAL
- AURAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with A
5 Letter Words Starting with B and Ending in AL
- BASAL
- BAKAL
- BANAL
- BAYAL
- BILAL
- BINAL
- BOCAL
- BORAL
- BOZAL
- BUBAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with B
5 Letter Words Starting with C and Ending in AL
- CABAL
- CORAL
- CANAL
- CASAL
- CAVAL
- CECAL
- CERAL
- CITAL
- CODAL
- COMAL
- CONAL
- COPAL
- COWAL
- COXAL
- CRAAL
- CRYAL
- CUMAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with C
5 Letter Words Starting with D and Ending in AL
- DECAL
- DATAL
- DAYAL
- DEDAL
- DEMAL
- DEVAL
- DEWAL
- DHYAL
- DIDAL
- DITAL
- DOGAL
- DOMAL
- DONAL
- DOTAL
- DUCAL
- DUGAL
- DUNAL
- DURAL
- DWAAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with D
5 Letter Words Starting with F and Ending in AL
- FATAL
- FERAL
- FETAL
- FINAL
- FOCAL
- FANAL
- FAYAL
- FECAL
- FEMAL
- FUGAL
- FURAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with F
5 Letter Words Starting with G and Ending in AL
- GAYAL
- GAZAL
- GENAL
- GLIAL
- GONAL
- GORAL
- GRAAL
- GUGAL
- GYRAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with G
5 Letter Words Starting with K and Ending in AL
- KAHAL
- KAJAL
- KANAL
- KATAL
- KAVAL
- KEMAL
- KETAL
- KHYAL
- KOGAL
- KOTAL
- KRAAL
5 Letter Words Starting with L and Ending in AL
- LEGAL
- LOCAL
- LOYAL
- LAHAL
- LAVAL
- LEPAL
- LOBAL
- LORAL
- LURAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with L
5 Letter Words Starting with M and Ending in AL
- MEDAL
- METAL
- MODAL
- MORAL
- MURAL
- MADAL
- MAHAL
- MANAL
- MARAL
- MESAL
- MISAL
- MOLAL
- MONAL
- MUSAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with M
5 Letter Words Starting with N and Ending in AL
- NASAL
- NATAL
- NAVAL
- NABAL
- NAHAL
- NAPAL
- NAWAL
- NEPAL
- NERAL
- NEXAL
- NIDAL
- NIHAL
- NITAL
- NIVAL
- NODAL
- NOGAL
- NOPAL
- NOTAL
- NOXAL
- NUCAL
5 Letter Words Starting with O and Ending in AL
- OCTAL
- OFFAL
- OADAL
- OASAL
- ONTAL
- ORGAL
- ORVAL
- OSSAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with O
5 Letter Words Starting with P and Ending in AL
- PAPAL
- PEDAL
- PENAL
- PETAL
- PUPAL
- PHEAL
- PHIAL
- PIBAL
- PICAL
- PINAL
- PIPAL
- PODAL
- POKAL
- POPAL
- PORAL
- PRIAL
- PROAL
- PUBAL
- PYGAL
- PYRAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with P
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in AL
- REGAL
- RENAL
- RIVAL
- ROYAL
- RURAL
- RABAL
- RAMAL
- RANAL
- RATAL
- REAAL
- RECAL
- RETAL
- RIMAL
- RIPAL
- RIYAL
- ROMAL
- RORAL
- ROSAL
- ROTAL
- RUGAL
- RUMAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with R
5 Letter Words Starting with S and Ending in AL
- SHOAL
- STEAL
- SABAL
- SALAL
- SAMAL
- SAYAL
- SENAL
- SEPAL
- SERAL
- SETAL
- SHEAL
- SIMAL
- SINAL
- SISAL
- SIZAL
- SKOAL
- SOMAL
- SORAL
- SPEAL
- SPIAL
- SPYAL
- SURAL
- SWEAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S
5 Letter Words Starting with T and Ending in AL
- TIDAL
- TONAL
- TOTAL
- TRIAL
- TUBAL
- TAGAL
- TAMAL
- TEPAL
- TICAL
- TORAL
- TUNAL
- TYPAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with T
5 Letter Words Starting with V and Ending in AL
- VIRAL
- VITAL
- VOCAL
- VAGAL
- VASAL
- VELAL
- VENAL
- VINAL
- VOTAL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with V
5 Letter Words Starting with E, H, I and other letters and Ending in AL
- EQUAL
- ECTAL
- ENTAL
- ERGAL
- ETHAL
- HADAL
- HALAL
- HAMAL
- HEMAL
- HORAL
- IDEAL
- ICTAL
- ILEAL
- ILIAL
- INIAL
- IODAL
- ISMAL
- JACAL
- JOUAL
- JUGAL
- JURAL
- QUEAL
- USUAL
- UINAL
- UREAL
- URIAL
- URNAL
- URSAL
- UVEAL
- WHEAL
- YACAL
- ZONAL
- ZOEAL
- ZYGAL
Part of: 5 Letter Words Ending in L
Less Familiar Words Here
This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.
- HADAL: Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
- MONAL: Brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia.
- GORAL: Small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains.
- TICAL: The basic unit of money in Thailand.
- ICTAL: Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
- CECAL: Of or like a cecum.
- APPAL: Strike with disgust or revulsion.
- FUGAL: Of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue.
- NOPAL: Cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits.
- UVEAL: Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
- RIYAL: The basic unit of money in Qatar.
- COPAL: A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.
- SEPAL: One of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower.
- COMAL: Of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer end in AL?
Yes. LOCAL, FINAL and TOTAL all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.
Do any of these use the same letter twice?
Yes. LOCAL and TOTAL are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is GAYAL really a word?
Yes. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
LOCAL. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.
Are all of these accepted as guesses?
Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. ZYGAL and ZOEAL are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
Which of these would most players overlook?
OCTAL, OFFAL and PUPAL. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.