Closing a word in EL? 190 options fit, from ANGEL, BAGEL, BETEL onward, with 38 possible answers marked in green.
About 20% of these sit on the Wordle answer list, 38 words in all.
Best First Guesses
Start with one of these. All three are among the 190 words below, and the number beside each is how many would still be left in the worst case.
- CAMEL: takes 190 down to 103 at worst. It is on the answer list.
- PANEL: down to 104. It is on the answer list.
- ANGEL: down to 106. It is on the answer list.
What These Words Have in Common
The letters that turn up alongside most often are A (59), O (39) and R (36). 17 of these 190 words turn up in ordinary writing. The rest are worth a read, but not worth a guess.
Best 5 Letter Words Ending in EL
The strongest picks, with answer-list words first.
- ANGEL
- BAGEL
- BETEL
- BEVEL
- BEZEL
- BOWEL
- CAMEL
- CRUEL
- DOWEL
- EASEL
- EXCEL
- EXPEL
- GAVEL
- GRUEL
- HAZEL
- HOTEL
- HOVEL
- IMPEL
- JEWEL
- KNEEL
- LABEL
- LAPEL
- LEVEL
- LIBEL
- MODEL
- MOTEL
- NAVEL
- NOVEL
- PANEL
- PIXEL
- REBEL
- REPEL
- REVEL
- SPIEL
- STEEL
- TOWEL
- VOWEL
- WHEEL
- DEVEL
- INTEL
5 Letter Words Ending in EL by Starting Letter
5 Letter Words Starting with A and Ending in EL
- ANGEL
- ACCEL
- ACOEL
- ADIEL
- AGIEL
- AGNEL
- ALLEL
- AMSEL
- AMZEL
- ANSEL
- APPEL
- AREEL
- ARGEL
- ARIEL
- ARTEL
- ARVEL
- ASTEL
- ATHEL
- AWEEL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with A
5 Letter Words Starting with B and Ending in EL
- BAGEL
- BETEL
- BEVEL
- BEZEL
- BOWEL
- BABEL
- BATEL
- BEDEL
- BEJEL
- BIZEL
- BOREL
- BOTEL
- BUREL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with B
5 Letter Words Starting with C and Ending in EL
- CAMEL
- CRUEL
- CANEL
- CAPEL
- CASEL
- CATEL
- CAVEL
- CHIEL
- CHOEL
- CINEL
- CREEL
- CUPEL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with C
5 Letter Words Starting with G and Ending in EL
- GAVEL
- GRUEL
- GAZEL
- GEMEL
- GIBEL
- GIMEL
- GISEL
- GYMEL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with G
5 Letter Words Starting with H and Ending in EL
- HAZEL
- HOTEL
- HOVEL
- HAMEL
- HATEL
- HAVEL
- HEVEL
- HEWEL
- HIDEL
- HOSEL
- HOWEL
- HYDEL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with H
5 Letter Words Starting with K and Ending in EL
- KNEEL
- KABEL
- KAMEL
- KAREL
- KEREL
- KEVEL
- KIDEL
- KUGEL
5 Letter Words Starting with L and Ending in EL
- LABEL
- LAPEL
- LEVEL
- LIBEL
- LAMEL
- LEMEL
- LOREL
- LOSEL
- LUNEL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with L
5 Letter Words Starting with M and Ending in EL
- MODEL
- MOTEL
- MABEL
- MAZEL
- MEREL
- MESEL
- METEL
- MOHEL
- MONEL
- MOREL
- MOSEL
- MYSEL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with M
5 Letter Words Starting with N and Ending in EL
- NAVEL
- NOVEL
- NAGEL
- NEBEL
- NEVEL
- NEWEL
- NIGEL
- NIVEL
- NOBEL
- NOWEL
- NPEEL
5 Letter Words Starting with R and Ending in EL
- REBEL
- REPEL
- REVEL
- RATEL
- RAVEL
- REFEL
- REGEL
- REUEL
- RIGEL
- RIVEL
- ROSEL
- ROWEL
- RUBEL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with R
5 Letter Words Starting with S and Ending in EL
- SPIEL
- STEEL
- SAKEL
- SAMEL
- SEMEL
- SEWEL
- SHEEL
- SHIEL
- SICEL
- SISEL
- SIZEL
- SKEEL
- SOREL
- SOWEL
- SPEEL
- SWEEL
Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S
5 Letter Words Starting with D, E, F and other letters and Ending in EL
- DOWEL
- DEVEL
- DEBEL
- DEPEL
- DIVEL
- DYNEL
- EASEL
- EXCEL
- EXPEL
- EISEL
- ETHEL
- FAVEL
- FIDEL
- FOREL
- FUSEL
- IMPEL
- INTEL
- INCEL
- JEWEL
- JAVEL
- JEBEL
- JHEEL
- JODEL
- JOWEL
- JUREL
- OMMEL
- ORIEL
- ORSEL
- OUSEL
- OUZEL
- PANEL
- PIXEL
- PAREL
- PATEL
- PIKEL
- POMEL
- PUZEL
- TOWEL
- TABEL
- TAGEL
- TETEL
- TEWEL
- TUDEL
- TWEEL
- UMBEL
- URIEL
- VOWEL
- VOXEL
- WHEEL
- WAMEL
- WASEL
- WEDEL
- XUREL
- YAMEL
- YODEL
- YOKEL
- ZIZEL
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.
- RATEL: Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
- ROWEL: A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur.
- GIMEL: The 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- OUZEL: Common black European thrush.
- WEDEL: Ski, alternating directions.
- NEWEL: The central pillar of a circular staircase.
- YOKEL: A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
- RUBEL: The basic unit of money in Belarus.
- HOVEL: Small crude shelter used as a dwelling. It is on the answer list.
- YODEL: Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling.
- IMPEL: Cause to move forward with force. It is on the answer list.
- DOWEL: A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together. It is on the answer list.
- CREEL: A wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish.
- GRUEL: A thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal). It is on the answer list.
FAQs
Can a Wordle answer end in EL?
Yes. LEVEL, MODEL and HOTEL 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. LEVEL and STEEL are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is CUPEL really a word?
Yes. A small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
LEVEL. 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. ZIZEL and YAMEL 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?
BETEL, DOWEL and GRUEL. 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.