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5 Letter Words With the Letter L

Of the 4,734 5 letter words with l, the 641 that can still be the solution come first, then the everyday words, then the tail.

Updated October 28, 2026 ·5 min read
5 Letter Words With the Letter L with Wordle answers like ABLED, ADULT, AFOUL

A learner working steadily through 5 letter words with L soon notices the letter turning up in the same square, word after word, again and again.

The square in question is commonly the fourth, as in WOULD, WORLD and WHILE.

Beyond those everyday words, a vocabulary builder gains a good deal from the rarer spellings, such as LARCH, a needle-shedding conifer.

List of 5 Letter Words With L

  • ABLED
  • ADULT
  • AFOUL
  • AGILE
  • AGLOW
  • AISLE
  • ALARM
  • ALBUM
  • ALERT
  • ALGAE
  • ALIBI
  • ALIEN
  • ALIGN
  • ALIKE
  • ALIVE
  • ALLAY
  • ALLEY
  • ALLOT
  • ALLOW
  • ALLOY
  • ALOFT
  • ALONE
  • ALONG
  • ALOOF
  • ALOUD
  • ALPHA
  • ALTAR
  • ALTER
  • AMBLE
  • AMPLE
  • AMPLY
  • ANGEL
  • ANGLE
  • ANKLE
  • ANNUL
  • ANVIL
  • APPLE
  • APPLY
  • APTLY
  • ATOLL
  • AVAIL
  • AWFUL
  • AXIAL
  • BADLY
  • BAGEL
  • BALER
  • BALMY
  • BASAL
  • BASIL
  • BELCH
  • BELIE
  • BELLE
  • BELLY
  • BELOW
  • BETEL
  • BEVEL
  • BEZEL
  • BIBLE
  • BILGE
  • BILLY
  • BLACK
  • BLADE
  • BLAME
  • BLAND
  • BLANK
  • BLARE
  • BLAST
  • BLAZE
  • BLEAK
  • BLEAT
  • BLEED
  • BLEEP
  • BLEND
  • BLESS
  • BLIMP
  • BLIND
  • BLINK
  • BLISS
  • BLITZ
  • BLOAT
  • BLOCK
  • BLOKE
  • BLOND
  • BLOOD
  • BLOOM
  • BLOWN
  • BLUER
  • BLUFF
  • BLUNT
  • BLURB
  • BLURT
  • BLUSH
  • BOULE
  • BOWEL
  • BRAWL
  • BROIL
  • BUGLE
  • BUILD
  • BUILT
  • BULGE
  • BULKY
  • BULLY
  • BURLY
  • BYLAW
  • CABAL
  • CABLE
  • CAMEL
  • CAROL
  • CAULK
  • CAVIL
  • CELLO
  • CHALK
  • CHILD
  • CHILI
  • CHILL
  • CIVIL
  • CLACK
  • CLAIM
  • CLAMP
  • CLANG
  • CLANK
  • CLASH
  • CLASP
  • CLEAN
  • CLEAR
  • CLEAT
  • CLEFT
  • CLERK
  • CLICK
  • CLIFF
  • CLIMB
  • CLING
  • CLINK
  • CLOAK
  • CLOCK
  • CLONE
  • CLOSE
  • CLOTH
  • CLOUD
  • CLOUT
  • CLOVE
  • CLOWN
  • CLUCK
  • CLUED
  • CLUMP
  • CLUNG
  • COLON
  • COLOR
  • CORAL
  • COULD

Common 5 Letter Words With L

  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • STILL
  • WORLD
  • WHILE
  • PLACE
  • UNTIL
  • SMALL
  • LATER
  • BLACK
  • WHOLE
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • LOCAL
  • LEVEL
  • LARGE
  • ALONG
  • CLOSE
  • LEAVE
  • LIGHT
  • CHILD
  • FINAL
  • CLEAR
  • FIELD
  • TOTAL
  • LEARN
  • ALONE
  • VALUE
  • MODEL
  • LOWER
  • STYLE
  • BLOOD
  • LEGAL
  • BUILT
  • DAILY
  • BELOW
  • SLEEP
  • TABLE
  • BUILD
  • SHALL
  • ALBUM
  • ALLOW
  • CLEAN
  • CLAIM
  • HOTEL
  • FLOOR
  • CIVIL
  • OLDER
  • COLOR
  • FULLY
  • PLANT
  • BLOCK
  • TRIAL
  • TRULY
  • ROYAL
  • SCALE
  • CLICK
  • METAL
  • APPLY
  • ADULT

5 Letter Words With L for Wordle

  • LANES
  • LAKES
  • LEAST
  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • STILL
  • WORLD
  • WHILE
  • PLACE
  • UNTIL
  • SMALL
  • LATER
  • BLACK
  • WHOLE
  • EARLY
  • LOCAL
  • LEVEL
  • LARGE
  • ALONG
  • CLOSE
  • LEAVE
  • LIGHT
  • CHILD
  • FINAL
  • CLEAR
  • FIELD
  • TOTAL
  • LEARN
  • ALONE
  • VALUE
  • MODEL
  • LOWER
  • STYLE
  • BLOOD
  • LEGAL
  • BUILT
  • DAILY
  • BELOW
  • SLEEP
  • TABLE
  • BUILD
  • SHALL
  • ALBUM
  • ALLOW
  • CLEAN
  • CLAIM
  • HOTEL
  • FLOOR
  • CIVIL
  • OLDER
  • COLOR
  • FULLY
  • PLANT
  • BLOCK
  • TRIAL
  • TRULY
  • ROYAL
  • SCALE
  • CLICK
  • METAL

5 Letter Words With L by Position

5 Letter Words Starting With L

  • LATER
  • LEAST
  • LOCAL
  • LEVEL
  • LARGE
  • LEAVE
  • LIGHT
  • LEARN
  • LOWER
  • LEGAL
  • LABOR
  • LUCKY

Full list: 5 Letter Words Starting with L

5 Letter Words With L as the Second Letter

  • PLACE
  • BLACK
  • ALONG
  • CLOSE
  • CLEAR
  • ALONE
  • BLOOD
  • SLEEP
  • ALBUM
  • ALLOW
  • CLEAN
  • CLAIM

Full list: 5 Letter Words With L as the Second Letter

5 Letter Words With L in the Middle

  • VALUE
  • BELOW
  • ALLOW
  • COLOR
  • FULLY
  • SOLID
  • HELLO
  • SPLIT
  • FALSE
  • SOLAR
  • PILOT
  • SOLVE

Full list: 5 Letter Words With L in the Middle

5 Letter Words With L as the Fourth Letter

  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • STILL
  • WORLD
  • WHILE
  • SMALL
  • WHOLE
  • EARLY
  • CHILD
  • FIELD
  • STYLE
  • BUILT

Full list: 5 Letter Words With L as the Fourth Letter

5 Letter Words Ending in L

  • STILL
  • UNTIL
  • SMALL
  • LOCAL
  • LEVEL
  • FINAL
  • TOTAL
  • MODEL
  • LEGAL
  • SHALL
  • HOTEL
  • CIVIL

Full list: 5 Letter Words Ending in L

5 Letter Words With L and Another Letter

5 Letter Words With I and L

  • STILL
  • WHILE
  • UNTIL
  • LIGHT
  • CHILD
  • FINAL
  • FIELD
  • BUILT
  • DAILY
  • BUILD
  • CLAIM
  • CIVIL

Full list: 5 Letter Words With I and L

5 Letter Words With L and O

  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • WORLD
  • WHOLE
  • LOCAL
  • ALONG
  • CLOSE
  • TOTAL
  • ALONE
  • MODEL
  • LOWER
  • BLOOD

Full list: 5 Letter Words With L and O

5 Letter Words With E and L

  • WHILE
  • PLACE
  • LATER
  • WHOLE
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • LEVEL
  • LARGE
  • CLOSE
  • LEAVE
  • CLEAR
  • FIELD

Full list: 5 Letter Words With E and L

5 Letter Words With A and L

  • PLACE
  • SMALL
  • LATER
  • BLACK
  • LEAST
  • EARLY
  • LOCAL
  • LARGE
  • ALONG
  • LEAVE
  • FINAL
  • CLEAR

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A and L

5 Letter Words With L and U

  • WOULD
  • COULD
  • UNTIL
  • VALUE
  • BUILT
  • BUILD
  • ALBUM
  • FULLY
  • TRULY
  • ADULT
  • LUCKY
  • LAUGH

Full list: 5 Letter Words With L and U

5 Letter Words With L and N

  • UNTIL
  • ALONG
  • FINAL
  • LEARN
  • ALONE
  • CLEAN
  • PLANT
  • PLANE
  • LYING
  • LUNCH
  • NOVEL
  • PANEL

Full list: 5 Letter Words With L and N

5 Letter Words With L and S

  • STILL
  • SMALL
  • LEAST
  • CLOSE
  • STYLE
  • SLEEP
  • SHALL
  • SCALE
  • SOLID
  • STEEL
  • SPLIT
  • SMILE

Full list: 5 Letter Words With L and S

5 Letter Words With L and T

  • STILL
  • UNTIL
  • LATER
  • LEAST
  • LIGHT
  • TOTAL
  • STYLE
  • BUILT
  • TABLE
  • HOTEL
  • PLANT
  • TRIAL

Full list: 5 Letter Words With L and T

5 Letter Words With Two L's

  • STILL
  • SMALL
  • LOCAL
  • LEVEL
  • LEGAL
  • SHALL
  • ALLOW
  • FULLY
  • HELLO
  • SMELL
  • LABEL
  • SKILL
  • SHELL
  • SILLY
  • SPELL
  • RALLY
  • BILLY
  • VILLA
  • BELLY
  • DRILL
  • SALLY
  • HOLLY
  • GRILL
  • BELLE
  • ALLOY
  • LOYAL
  • CHILL
  • SKULL
  • ALLEY
  • BULLY
  • SPILL
  • STALL
  • JELLY
  • TROLL
  • SWELL
  • TALLY
  • WILLY
  • DWELL
  • JOLLY
  • DOLLY
  • FELLA
  • FOLLY
  • LIBEL
  • CELLO
  • LOWLY
  • HILLY
  • FILLY
  • GULLY
  • LILAC
  • QUILL
  • SULLY
  • QUELL
  • LLAMA
  • KNOLL
  • ATOLL
  • ALLOT
  • DALLY
  • LAPEL
  • GOLLY
  • ALLAY

Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words With L in Scrabble

  1. KYLIX 19 points
  2. ZILCH 19 points
  3. JOWLY 18 points
  4. CYLIX 17 points
  5. HAZEL 17 points
  6. WALTZ 17 points
  7. ZLOTY 17 points
  8. BEZEL 16 points
  9. BLAZE 16 points
  10. BLITZ 16 points

Meanings of 5 Letter Words Containing L

  • HALER: 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia.
  • FILUM: A threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells).
  • SPILE: A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask.
  • GNARL: Twist into a state of deformity.
  • HADAL: Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
  • VOLVA: Cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi.
  • LAXLY: In a permissively lenient manner.
  • LIMEN: The smallest detectable sensation.
  • LOTIC: Of or relating to or living in actively moving water.
  • RATEL: Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
  • GLEBA: Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
  • OVOLO: A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
  • MONAL: Brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia.
  • ROWEL: A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur.
  • HALMA: A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
  • KYLIX: A shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece.
  • POILU: A French soldier (especially in World War I).
  • SALPA: Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words with L?

There are 4,734 of them. The everyday ones include WOULD, COULD, STILL, WORLD and WHILE.

How many 5 letter words have L in them?

4,734 in total, and 641 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words with L are Wordle answers?

641 of them have been answers, among them PLACE, UNTIL, SMALL, LATER and BLACK.

Can a Wordle answer contain L?

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 AALII really a word?

Yes. A small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood. 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. ZYGAL and ZORIL 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?

ABLED, AGLOW and AMBLE. 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.

Explore More 5 Letter Words

Letter Combinations With L

Words that hold this letter and one more.

5 Letter Words With I and L5 Letter Words With L and U
5 Letter Words With L and O5 Letter Words With L and N
5 Letter Words With E and L5 Letter Words With L and S
5 Letter Words With A and L5 Letter Words With L and T

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