5 Letter Words Ending in LE

Every one of the 217 5 letter words ending in le, sorted so the words worth guessing come first.

Sound out a crossword answer before writing it in, and 5 letter words ending in LE reveal themselves in the rhythm of the final syllable.

Though it has no written vowel of its own, the syllable is pronounced in full, as in TABLE and APPLE.

When an answer ends on that soft, unwritten vowel sound, LE is the spelling to try in the last pair.

List of 5 Letter Words Ending in LE

AGILE
AISLE
AMBLE
AMPLE
ANGLE
ANKLE
APPLE
BELLE
BIBLE
BOULE
BUGLE
CABLE
CYCLE
EAGLE
EXILE
FABLE
GUILE
LADLE
MAPLE
NOBLE
RIFLE
SCALE
SHALE
SMILE
STALE
STOLE
STYLE
TABLE
TULLE
UNCLE
UTILE
WHALE
WHILE
WHOLE
CHILE
ABELE
ACALE
ADDLE
AEGLE
AHOLE
AIZLE
AKULE
AMOLE
ANCLE
ANELE
ANILE
ANOLE
ARGLE
ARSLE
ASALE
ASYLE
ATOLE
ATTLE
ATULE
AVALE
AVILE
AXILE
AZOLE
BABLE
BAGLE
BAILE
BAYLE
BEELE
BIRLE
BODLE
BOGLE
BOWLE
BRULE
BUTLE
CALLE
CAPLE
CARLE
CEILE
CHYLE
COBLE
COCLE
COLLE
COWLE
CRILE
DALLE
DEKLE
DHOLE
DIDLE
DIPLE
DOBLE
DOOLE
DOWLE
DOYLE
DROLE
DUOLE
DUPLE
DWALE
DWILE
EARLE
EASLE
ECOLE
EDILE
EMULE
ENGLE
ESILE
ETTLE
FARLE
FILLE
FOGLE
FOULE
FOYLE
FUGLE
GABLE
GARLE
GERLE
GHOLE
GOYLE
GURLE
GUSLE
GUYLE
HABLE
HAOLE
HARLE
HAYLE
HAZLE
HOYLE
HUILE
ICKLE
INCLE
INGLE
INKLE
ISTLE
IXTLE
IZTLE
JOULE
KAYLE
KMOLE
KNULE
LISLE
MACLE
MAILE
MARLE
MEDLE
MEILE
MERLE
MILLE
MOBLE
MOILE
MOLLE
MOULE
MOYLE
MVULE
NABLE
NAWLE
NEELE

Common 5 Letter Words Ending in LE

WHILE
WHOLE
STYLE
TABLE
SCALE
APPLE
SMILE
CYCLE
BIBLE
CABLE
UNCLE
ANGLE
NOBLE
EAGLE
WHALE
MAPLE
BELLE
CHILE

Best 5 Letter Words Ending in LE for Wordle

SCALE
TABLE
CABLE
WHILE
WHOLE
STYLE
APPLE
SMILE
CYCLE
BIBLE
UNCLE
ANGLE
NOBLE
EAGLE
WHALE
MAPLE
BELLE
STOLE
RIFLE
ANKLE
EXILE
AISLE
AMPLE
SHALE
STALE
AGILE
FABLE
BUGLE
GUILE
LADLE
TULLE
AMBLE
BOULE
UTILE

5 Letter Words Ending in LE by Third Letter

5 Letter Words Ending in ALE

SCALE
WHALE
SHALE
STALE
SWALE
VEALE
QUALE
ORALE
THALE
ACALE
ASALE
AVALE

5 Letter Words Ending in BLE

TABLE
BIBLE
CABLE
NOBLE
FABLE
AMBLE
GABLE
SABLE
RUBLE
DOBLE
COBLE
ROBLE

5 Letter Words Ending in CLE and DLE

CYCLE
UNCLE
LADLE
SIDLE
ADDLE
SOCLE
BODLE
SICLE
ANCLE
COCLE
DIDLE
INCLE

5 Letter Words Ending in GLE

ANGLE
EAGLE
BUGLE
ENGLE
INGLE
BOGLE
FOGLE
AEGLE
ARGLE
BAGLE
FUGLE
PAGLE

5 Letter Words Ending in ILE

WHILE
SMILE
EXILE
AGILE
GUILE
UTILE
CHILE
STILE
BAILE
VOILE
MAILE
TOILE

5 Letter Words Ending in LLE

BELLE
TULLE
SALLE
VILLE
CALLE
MILLE
COLLE
FILLE
MOLLE
DALLE
SELLE
NOLLE

5 Letter Words Ending in OLE

WHOLE
STOLE
ECOLE
SWOLE
THOLE
HAOLE
PROLE
AHOLE
DHOLE
ANOLE
AZOLE
SHOLE

5 Letter Words Ending in PLE

APPLE
MAPLE
AMPLE
TUPLE
DUPLE
PEPLE
CAPLE
TIPLE
DIPLE
SAPLE

5 Letter Words Ending in RLE

EARLE
MERLE
CARLE
PARLE
PERLE
MARLE
HARLE
BIRLE
FARLE
GARLE
GERLE
GURLE

5 Letter Words Ending in SLE and TLE

AISLE
TITLE
LISLE
ARSLE
ATTLE
BUTLE
EASLE
ETTLE
GUSLE
ISTLE
IXTLE
IZTLE

5 Letter Words Ending in ULE

BOULE
THULE
JOULE
BRULE
MOULE
OVULE
POULE
ROULE
EMULE
FOULE
SHULE
AKULE

5 Letter Words Ending in YLE

STYLE
DOYLE
FOYLE
HOYLE
MOYLE
HAYLE
BAYLE
GOYLE
KAYLE
CHYLE
ASYLE
GUYLE

5 Letter Words Ending in LE by Starting Letter

5 Letter Words Starting With A and Ending in LE

APPLE
ANGLE
ANKLE
AISLE
AMPLE
AGILE
AMBLE
ABELE
ADDLE
AHOLE
ANOLE
ANELE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with A

5 Letter Words Starting With B and Ending in LE

BIBLE
BELLE
BUGLE
BOULE
BOGLE
BRULE
BAILE
BAYLE
BODLE
BOWLE
BABLE
BAGLE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with B

5 Letter Words Starting With C and Ending in LE

CYCLE
CABLE
CHILE
CALLE
CARLE
COLLE
COBLE
CAPLE
CRILE
CHYLE
CEILE
COCLE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with C

5 Letter Words Starting With D and Ending in LE

DOYLE
DOBLE
DALLE
DUPLE
DHOLE
DROLE
DOOLE
DEKLE
DIDLE
DIPLE
DOWLE
DUOLE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with D

5 Letter Words Starting With E and Ending in LE

EAGLE
EXILE
EARLE
ECOLE
ENGLE
EMULE
EASLE
EDILE
ESILE
ETTLE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with E

5 Letter Words Starting With M and Ending in LE

MAPLE
MERLE
MILLE
MOLLE
MOYLE
MAILE
MOULE
MARLE
MOBLE
MACLE
MEDLE
MEILE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with M

5 Letter Words Starting With P and Ending in LE

PEELE
PARLE
PERLE
PROLE
PEPLE
POULE
PADLE
PAGLE
PHYLE
PIKLE
PUSLE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with P

5 Letter Words Starting With S and Ending in LE

STYLE
SCALE
SMILE
STOLE
SHALE
STALE
SALLE
SABLE
STILE
SWOLE
STELE
SWALE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S

5 Letter Words Starting With T and Ending in LE

TABLE
TULLE
TITLE
THULE
TUPLE
THOLE
TOILE
THALE
TUILE
TIPLE
TWALE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with T

Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words Ending in LE in Scrabble

PHYLE 13 points
AXILE 12 points
CYCLE 12 points
EXILE 12 points
WHALE 11 points
WHILE 11 points
WHOLE 11 points
CHILE 10 points
FABLE 10 points
AMBLE 9 points

Meanings of 5 Letter Words Ending in LE

SPILE: A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask.
INKLE: A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
SOCLE: A plain plinth that supports a wall.
ANELE: Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.
ANOLE: Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
DHOLE: Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs.
ADDLE: Become rotten.
DUPLE: Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
ROBLE: Tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns.
OVULE: A small or immature ovum.
PROLE: A member of the working class (not necessarily employed).
SIDLE: Move sideways.
VOILE: A light semitransparent fabric.
BOULE: An inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork. It is on the answer list.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words ending in LE?

There are 217 of them. The everyday ones include WHILE, WHOLE, STYLE, TABLE and SCALE.

How many 5 letter words end in LE?

217 in total, and 34 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words ending in LE are Wordle answers?

34 of them have been answers, among them APPLE, SMILE, CYCLE, BIBLE and CABLE.

What 5 letter words start with A and end in LE?

30 of them, including APPLE, ANGLE, ANKLE, AISLE and AMPLE.

Can a Wordle answer end in LE?

Yes. WHILE, WHOLE and STYLE 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. TITLE and APPLE are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is AXILE really a word?

Yes. Relating to or attached to the axis. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

WHILE. 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. ZOLLE and YODLE 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?

AMBLE, BOULE and UTILE. 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.

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