Rhymes are what 5 letter words with ALE are known for, and the reason lies in the final letter of the rhyming ones.
It is a silent E, lengthening the A ahead of it, so SCALE and WHALE share the same long A sound.
From there, changing the second letter respells SCALE as SHALE, a quick route to a crossword answer once the ending is in.
List of 5 Letter Words With ALE
- ALERT
- BALER
- PALER
- SCALE
- SHALE
- STALE
- VALET
- WHALE
- MALES
- SALES
- TALES
- WALES
- ACALE
- ALEAK
- ALECK
- ALECS
- ALEEM
- ALEFS
- ALEFT
- ALENU
- ALEPH
- ALEUT
- ALEWS
- ALEYE
- ASALE
- AVALE
- BALED
- BALEI
- BALES
- CALEB
- CALEF
- DALEA
- DALED
- DALEK
- DALER
- DALES
- DWALE
- EALED
- EALES
- FALES
- GALEA
- GALED
- GALEE
- GALEI
- GALEN
- GALES
- GALET
- GALEY
- HALED
- HALER
- HALES
- JALEE
- JALEO
- JALET
- KALES
- MALEE
- MALEO
- NALED
- ORALE
- PALEA
- PALED
- PALES
- PALET
- PALEW
- QUALE
- RALES
- SALEM
- SALEP
- SALET
- SPALE
- SWALE
- TALEA
- TALED
- TALER
- THALE
- TWALE
- VALES
- VALEW
- VEALE
- WALED
- WALER
- YALES
5 Letter Words With ALE for Wordle
- TALES
- WALES
- MALES
- SCALE
- ALERT
- WHALE
- SHALE
- STALE
- VALET
- PALER
- BALER
5 Letter Words With ALE by Position
5 Letter Words Starting With ALE
- ALERT
- ALEPH
- ALECK
- ALEUT
- ALEEM
- ALECS
- ALEAK
- ALEFS
- ALEFT
- ALENU
- ALEWS
- ALEYE
5 Letter Words With ALE in the Middle
- VALET
- PALER
- BALER
- SALES
- WALES
- MALES
- TALES
- SALEM
- CALEB
- BALES
- GALEN
- HALES
5 Letter Words Ending in ALE
- SCALE
- WHALE
- SHALE
- STALE
- SWALE
- VEALE
- QUALE
- ORALE
- THALE
- ACALE
- ASALE
- AVALE
5 Letter Words With ALE and Another Letter
5 Letter Words With ALE and S
- SCALE
- SHALE
- STALE
- SALES
- WALES
- MALES
- TALES
- SALEM
- BALES
- HALES
- DALES
- GALES
5 Letter Words With ALE and T
- ALERT
- STALE
- VALET
- TALES
- ALEUT
- TALER
- PALET
- THALE
- TALEA
- ALEFT
- GALET
- JALET
5 Letter Words With ALE and D
- DALEK
- DALES
- PALED
- BALED
- DALER
- HALED
- NALED
- DALEA
- DALED
- DWALE
- EALED
- GALED
5 Letter Words With ALE and W
- WHALE
- WALES
- SWALE
- WALER
- ALEWS
- DWALE
- PALEW
- TWALE
- VALEW
- WALED
Meanings of 5 Letter Words With ALE
- HALER: 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia.
- GALEA: An organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum.
- SWALE: A low area (especially a marshy area between ridges).
- ALEPH: The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- VALET: Serve as a personal attendant to. It is on the answer list.
FAQs
What are 5 letter words with ALE?
There are 82 of them. The everyday ones include SCALE, ALERT, WHALE, SALES and WALES.
How many 5 letter words have ALE in them?
82 in total, and 8 of them are on the Wordle answer list.
Which 5 letter words with ALE are Wordle answers?
8 of them have been answers, among them SHALE, STALE, VALET, PALER and BALER.
What 5 letter words have ALE in the middle?
55 of them, including VALET, PALER, BALER, SALES and WALES.
Is this the same as 5 Letter Words With A, E and L?
No. Every word here keeps ALE together, in that order. ALERT does, ALIEN does not. 5 Letter Words With A, E and L takes those letters anywhere in the word.
Can a Wordle answer have ALE side by side?
Yes. SCALE, ALERT and WHALE 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. SALES and GALEA are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.
Is MALEO really a word?
Yes. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.
Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?
SCALE. 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. WALED and VALEW are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.
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