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5 Letter Words With L as the Fourth Letter

All 1,132 5 letter words with l as the 4th letter, with the likely Wordle answers marked. Browse the full list and filter to answers or common words.

Updated October 28, 2026 ·7 min read
5 Letter Words With L as the Fourth Letter for Wordle, among them ADULT, AGILE, AISLE

Fixing an L in fourth place still leaves the third square open in most 5 letter words with L as the 4th letter.

Unless it is another L, that third square most commonly goes to I, A or U, as in STILL, SMALL and WOULD.

Once the L is green, try I or A just before it, and STILL checks the double L as well.

List of 5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L

  • ADULT
  • AGILE
  • AISLE
  • AMBLE
  • AMPLE
  • AMPLY
  • ANGLE
  • ANKLE
  • APPLE
  • APPLY
  • APTLY
  • ATOLL
  • BADLY
  • BELLE
  • BELLY
  • BIBLE
  • BILLY
  • BOULE
  • BUGLE
  • BUILD
  • BUILT
  • BULLY
  • BURLY
  • CABLE
  • CAULK
  • CELLO
  • CHALK
  • CHILD
  • CHILI
  • CHILL
  • COULD
  • COYLY
  • CURLY
  • CYCLE
  • DAILY
  • DALLY
  • DEALT
  • DILLY
  • DIMLY
  • DOLLY
  • DRILL
  • DROLL
  • DRYLY
  • DULLY
  • DWELL
  • DWELT
  • EAGLE
  • EARLY
  • EXALT
  • EXILE
  • EXULT
  • FABLE
  • FAULT
  • FELLA
  • FIELD
  • FILLY
  • FOLLY
  • FRILL
  • FULLY
  • GAILY
  • GAYLY
  • GIRLY
  • GODLY
  • GOLLY
  • GRILL
  • GUILD
  • GUILE
  • GUILT
  • GULLY
  • HELLO
  • HILLY
  • HOLLY
  • HOTLY
  • ICILY
  • IDYLL
  • IMPLY
  • JELLY
  • JOLLY
  • KNELT
  • KNOLL
  • KOALA
  • KRILL
  • LADLE
  • LOWLY
  • MADLY
  • MANLY
  • MAPLE
  • MEALY
  • MOULT
  • NEWLY
  • NOBLE
  • NOBLY
  • ODDLY
  • PSALM
  • QUALM
  • QUELL
  • QUILL
  • QUILT
  • RALLY
  • REALM
  • REPLY
  • RIFLE
  • SADLY
  • SALLY
  • SCALD
  • SCALE
  • SCALP
  • SCALY
  • SCOLD
  • SHALE
  • SHALL
  • SHALT
  • SHELF
  • SHELL
  • SHYLY
  • SILLY
  • SKILL
  • SKULK
  • SKULL
  • SLYLY
  • SMALL
  • SMELL
  • SMELT
  • SMILE
  • SPELL
  • SPELT
  • SPILL
  • SPILT
  • STALE
  • STALK
  • STALL
  • STILL
  • STILT
  • STOLE
  • STYLE
  • SULLY
  • SURLY
  • SWELL
  • SWILL
  • TABLE
  • TALLY
  • TROLL
  • TRULY
  • TULLE
  • UNCLE
  • UTILE
  • VAULT
  • VILLA
  • VIOLA
  • VOILA

Common 5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L

  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • STILL
  • WORLD
  • WHILE
  • SMALL
  • WHOLE
  • EARLY
  • CHILD
  • FIELD
  • STYLE
  • BUILT
  • DAILY
  • TABLE
  • BUILD
  • SHALL
  • FULLY
  • TRULY
  • SCALE
  • APPLY
  • ADULT
  • APPLE
  • HELLO
  • FAULT
  • SMILE
  • CYCLE
  • BIBLE
  • CABLE
  • REPLY
  • SMELL
  • UNCLE
  • BADLY
  • NEWLY
  • SKILL
  • SHELL
  • SILLY
  • ANGLE
  • SPELL
  • RALLY
  • BILLY
  • NOBLE
  • DEALT
  • VILLA
  • YIELD
  • EAGLE
  • BELLY
  • DRILL
  • REALM
  • SHELF
  • WHALE
  • SALLY
  • GUILD
  • VAULT
  • HOLLY
  • MAPLE
  • GRILL
  • BELLE
  • QUILT
  • GIRLS
  • GOALS

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L for Wordle

  • DEALS
  • SCALE
  • MEALS
  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • STILL
  • WORLD
  • WHILE
  • SMALL
  • WHOLE
  • EARLY
  • CHILD
  • FIELD
  • STYLE
  • BUILT
  • DAILY
  • TABLE
  • BUILD
  • SHALL
  • FULLY
  • TRULY
  • APPLY
  • ADULT
  • APPLE
  • HELLO
  • FAULT
  • SMILE
  • CYCLE
  • BIBLE
  • CABLE
  • REPLY
  • SMELL
  • UNCLE
  • BADLY
  • NEWLY
  • SKILL
  • SHELL
  • SILLY
  • ANGLE
  • SPELL
  • RALLY
  • BILLY
  • NOBLE
  • DEALT
  • VILLA
  • YIELD
  • EAGLE
  • BELLY
  • DRILL
  • REALM
  • SHELF
  • WHALE
  • SALLY
  • GUILD
  • VAULT
  • HOLLY
  • MAPLE
  • GRILL
  • BELLE
  • QUILT

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L by First Letter

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With A

  • APPLY
  • ADULT
  • APPLE
  • ANGLE
  • ANKLE
  • AISLE
  • AMPLE
  • AGILE
  • APTLY
  • ATOLL
  • AMPLY
  • AMBLE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with A

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With B

  • BUILT
  • BUILD
  • BIBLE
  • BADLY
  • BILLY
  • BELLY
  • BELLE
  • BULLY
  • BUGLE
  • BURLY
  • BOULE
  • BALLS

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with B

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With C

  • COULD
  • CHILD
  • CYCLE
  • CABLE
  • CHILL
  • CHILI
  • CHALK
  • CURLY
  • CELLO
  • CAULK
  • COYLY
  • CALLS

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with C

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With D

  • DAILY
  • DEALT
  • DRILL
  • DWELL
  • DOLLY
  • DIMLY
  • DALLY
  • DWELT
  • DILLY
  • DROLL
  • DRYLY
  • DULLY

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with D

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With E

  • EARLY
  • EAGLE
  • EXILE
  • EXALT
  • EXULT
  • EMILY
  • EVILS
  • EARLE
  • EARLS
  • ECOLE
  • ENGLE
  • EMULE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with E

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With F

  • FIELD
  • FULLY
  • FAULT
  • FELLA
  • FOLLY
  • FABLE
  • FILLY
  • FRILL
  • FEELS
  • FALLS
  • FAILS
  • FOOLS

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with F

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With G

  • GUILD
  • GRILL
  • GUILT
  • GODLY
  • GIRLY
  • GULLY
  • GUILE
  • GOLLY
  • GAILY
  • GAYLY
  • GIRLS
  • GOALS

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with G

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With H

  • HELLO
  • HOLLY
  • HILLY
  • HOTLY
  • HILLS
  • HEELS
  • HALLS
  • HELLA
  • HEALS
  • HAILS
  • HELLS
  • HULLS

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with H

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With I

  • IMPLY
  • IDYLL
  • ICILY
  • ITALY
  • IDOLS
  • INGLE
  • ICKLE
  • INKLE
  • IDOLA
  • ITALA
  • INULA
  • ITALI

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with I

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With J

  • JELLY
  • JOLLY
  • JAILS
  • JELLO
  • JOULE
  • JOWLS
  • JILLS
  • JOWLY
  • JARLS
  • JHALA
  • JELLS
  • JOLLS

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With K

  • KOALA
  • KNOLL
  • KNELT
  • KRILL
  • KELLY
  • KILLS
  • KNELL
  • KELLS
  • KEELS
  • KOHLS
  • KILLY
  • KAYLE

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With L

  • LOWLY
  • LADLE
  • LILLY
  • LEILA
  • LOLLY
  • LISLE
  • LALLY
  • LULLS
  • LULLY
  • LOLLS
  • LOLLO
  • LAXLY

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with L

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With M

  • MAPLE
  • MANLY
  • MADLY
  • MEALY
  • MOULT
  • MILLS
  • MEALS
  • MAILS
  • MOLLY
  • MOULD
  • MALLS
  • MILLY

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with M

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With N

  • NEWLY
  • NOBLE
  • NOBLY
  • NAILS
  • NELLY
  • NIALL
  • NIELS
  • NEELA
  • NULLA
  • NULLS
  • NALLA
  • NABLE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with N

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With O

  • ODDLY
  • ODELL
  • OVALS
  • OPALS
  • OVULE
  • OCULI
  • ORALS
  • ORALE
  • ONELY
  • OVOLO
  • OBOLI
  • OBOLS

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with O

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With P

  • PSALM
  • POLLS
  • PILLS
  • POOLS
  • PULLS
  • PABLO
  • PAULA
  • PAOLO
  • POLLY
  • PEELS
  • PAOLA
  • PEELE

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with P

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With Q

  • QUILT
  • QUILL
  • QUELL
  • QUALM
  • QIBLA
  • QUALE
  • QUOLL
  • QUALY
  • QUILA
  • QUELT

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With R

  • REPLY
  • RALLY
  • REALM
  • RIFLE
  • ROLLS
  • RAILS
  • REELS
  • REALS
  • ROLLO
  • RUBLE
  • ROLLY
  • RIALS

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with R

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With S

  • STILL
  • SMALL
  • STYLE
  • SHALL
  • SCALE
  • SMILE
  • SMELL
  • SKILL
  • SHELL
  • SILLY
  • SPELL
  • SHELF

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with S

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With T

  • TABLE
  • TRULY
  • TROLL
  • TALLY
  • TULLE
  • TELLS
  • TOOLS
  • TITLE
  • TESLA
  • TAILS
  • TOLLS
  • TELLY

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with T

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With U

  • UNCLE
  • UTILE
  • UVULA
  • UDELL
  • UGALI
  • UMBLE
  • UDALS
  • UHLLO
  • ULULU
  • UNOLD
  • UNPLY
  • UNSLY

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with U

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With V

  • VILLA
  • VAULT
  • VIOLA
  • VOILA
  • VILLE
  • VIALS
  • VEILS
  • VALLI
  • VILLI
  • VOILE
  • VEALE
  • VIOLS

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with V

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With W

  • WOULD
  • WORLD
  • WHILE
  • WHOLE
  • WHALE
  • WILLY
  • WIELD
  • WHELP
  • WOOLY
  • WRYLY
  • WALLS
  • WELLS

Related: 5 Letter Words Starting with W

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Starting With Y

  • YIELD
  • YELLS
  • YALLA
  • YOWLS
  • YAWLS
  • YAPLY
  • YARLY
  • YAULD
  • YEALM
  • YEPLY
  • YILLS
  • YMOLT

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L by Last Letter

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in S

  • GIRLS
  • GOALS
  • CALLS
  • FEELS
  • TELLS
  • CELLS
  • FALLS
  • WALLS
  • DEALS
  • TOOLS
  • BALLS
  • BILLS

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in S

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in E

  • WHILE
  • WHOLE
  • STYLE
  • TABLE
  • SCALE
  • APPLE
  • SMILE
  • CYCLE
  • BIBLE
  • CABLE
  • UNCLE
  • ANGLE

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in E

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in Y

  • EARLY
  • DAILY
  • FULLY
  • TRULY
  • APPLY
  • REPLY
  • BADLY
  • NEWLY
  • SILLY
  • RALLY
  • BILLY
  • BELLY

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in Y

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in A

  • VILLA
  • VIOLA
  • FELLA
  • KOALA
  • VOILA
  • TESLA
  • PAULA
  • BELLA
  • DELLA
  • HELLA
  • LEILA
  • SCALA

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in A

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in I

  • CHILI
  • WILLI
  • BELLI
  • VALLI
  • AKALI
  • CARLI
  • AIOLI
  • GALLI
  • PAOLI
  • CALLI
  • VILLI
  • BALLI

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in I

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in L

  • STILL
  • SMALL
  • SHALL
  • SMELL
  • SKILL
  • SHELL
  • SPELL
  • DRILL
  • GRILL
  • CHILL
  • SKULL
  • SPILL

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in L

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in D

  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • WORLD
  • CHILD
  • FIELD
  • BUILD
  • YIELD
  • GUILD
  • WIELD
  • SCOLD
  • SCALD
  • MOULD

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in D

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in T

  • BUILT
  • ADULT
  • FAULT
  • DEALT
  • VAULT
  • QUILT
  • GUILT
  • SHALT
  • SPELT
  • SMELT
  • SPILT
  • KNELT

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in T

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in O

  • HELLO
  • CELLO
  • ANGLO
  • PABLO
  • CARLO
  • PAOLO
  • BELLO
  • JELLO
  • HALLO
  • ROLLO
  • POLLO
  • CHOLO

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in O

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in K

  • CHALK
  • STALK
  • CAULK
  • SKULK
  • BAULK
  • WHELK
  • SCULK
  • SPELK
  • THILK
  • WAULK
  • WHILK
  • WHULK

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in K

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in M

  • REALM
  • PSALM
  • QUALM
  • WHELM
  • DWALM
  • HAULM
  • SHALM
  • SKELM
  • SMALM
  • STULM
  • WHALM
  • YEALM

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in M

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in P

  • SCALP
  • WHELP
  • SCULP
  • SKELP
  • AYELP
  • CHELP
  • POULP
  • SCELP
  • SKULP
  • SWELP
  • WHALP

Related: 5 Letter Words Ending in P

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L Ending in U

  • PALLU
  • POILU
  • AYLLU
  • AMELU
  • BHALU
  • INGLU
  • LOULU
  • OPELU
  • ULULU
  • VOULU

5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L by Second Letter

5 Letter Words With A Second and L Fourth

  • EARLY
  • DAILY
  • TABLE
  • FAULT
  • CABLE
  • BADLY
  • RALLY
  • EAGLE
  • SALLY
  • VAULT
  • MAPLE
  • SADLY

5 Letter Words With E Second and L Fourth

  • HELLO
  • REPLY
  • NEWLY
  • DEALT
  • BELLY
  • REALM
  • BELLE
  • JELLY
  • FELLA
  • CELLO
  • MEALY
  • FEELS

5 Letter Words With I Second and L Fourth

  • FIELD
  • BIBLE
  • SILLY
  • BILLY
  • VILLA
  • YIELD
  • RIFLE
  • AISLE
  • WILLY
  • VIOLA
  • GIRLY
  • WIELD

5 Letter Words With O Second and L Fourth

  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • WORLD
  • NOBLE
  • HOLLY
  • JOLLY
  • DOLLY
  • FOLLY
  • LOWLY
  • GODLY
  • KOALA
  • HOTLY

5 Letter Words With U Second and L Fourth

  • BUILT
  • BUILD
  • FULLY
  • GUILD
  • QUILT
  • GUILT
  • BULLY
  • CURLY
  • GULLY
  • QUILL
  • SULLY
  • QUELL

Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L

  1. JOWLY 18 points
  2. QIBLA 16 points
  3. QUALM 16 points
  4. JELLY 15 points
  5. JOLLY 15 points
  6. LAXLY 15 points
  7. WHELK 15 points
  8. CHALK 14 points
  9. QUELL 14 points
  10. QUILL 14 points

Meanings of 5 Letter Words With Fourth Letter L

  • SPILE: A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask.
  • LAXLY: In a permissively lenient manner.
  • OVOLO: A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
  • POILU: A French soldier (especially in World War I).
  • WHELM: Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.
  • INKLE: A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
  • BIALY: Flat crusty-bottomed onion roll.
  • ALULA: Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing.
  • SOCLE: A plain plinth that supports a wall.
  • WANLY: In a weak or pale or languid manner.
  • FITLY: In an appropriate manner.
  • JOWLY: Having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw.
  • 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.
  • NYALA: Spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck.
  • DHOLE: Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs.
  • FELLY: Rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted.
  • ICILY: In a cold and icy manner. It is on the answer list.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words with fourth letter L?

There are 1,132 of them. The everyday ones include WOULD, COULD, STILL, WORLD and WHILE.

How many 5 letter words have L as the fourth letter?

1,132 in total, and 161 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words with fourth letter L are Wordle answers?

161 of them have been answers, among them SMALL, WHOLE, EARLY, CHILD and FIELD.

What 5 letter words have E second and L fourth?

135 of them, including HELLO, REPLY, NEWLY, DEALT and BELLY.

Can a Wordle answer have L as the fourth letter?

Yes. WOULD, COULD and STILL 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. STILL and SMALL are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is ACOLD really a word?

Yes. Of persons; feeling cold; – Shakespeare. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

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

WOULD. 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 ZILLS 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 CAULK. 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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