5-letter words containing EL
Embark on an exploration of 5-letter words that contain the letter EL. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate EL within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| hello | 8 | an expression of greeting | every morning they exchanged polite hellos |
| relax | 12 | make less taut | relax the tension on the rope |
| hotel | 8 | a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services | - |
| smell | 7 | any property detected by the olfactory system | - |
| field | 9 | a branch of knowledge | - |
| level | 8 | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | - |
| angel | 6 | the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally | - |
| model | 8 | a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor | the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos |
| below | 10 | further down | - |
| spell | 7 | indicate or signify | I'm afraid this spells trouble! |
| wheel | 11 | move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle | - |
| steel | 5 | get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | - |
| kelly | 12 | United States circus clown (1898-1979) | - |
| cruel | 7 | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | cruel tortures |
| belly | 10 | the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis | - |
| novel | 8 | original and of a kind not seen before | the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem |
| fella | 8 | a boy or man | - |
| elder | 6 | used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son | - |
| towel | 8 | a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping | - |
| shell | 8 | remove the husks from | - |
| delay | 9 | cause to be slowed down or delayed | Traffic was delayed by the bad weather |
| motel | 7 | a motor hotel | - |
| label | 7 | trade name of a company that produces musical recordings | the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent |
| delta | 6 | a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water | the Mississippi River delta |
| kneel | 9 | supporting yourself on your knees | - |
| rebel | 7 | break with established customs | - |
| elite | 5 | selected as the best | elite colleges |
| swell | 8 | expand abnormally | The bellies of the starving children are swelling |
| camel | 9 | cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions | - |
| shelf | 11 | a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water | - |
| jelly | 15 | make into jelly | - |
| wells | 8 | prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946) | - |
| jewel | 15 | a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry | - |
| telly | 8 | an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen | the British call a tv set a telly |
| elbow | 10 | hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped | - |
| elves | 8 | an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere | - |
| belle | 7 | a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals | she was the belle of the ball |
| panel | 7 | select from a list | empanel prospective jurors |
| ariel | 5 | - | - |
| yield | 9 | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | - |
| melon | 7 | any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers | - |
| dwell | 9 | exist or be situated within | - |
| expel | 14 | eliminate (a substance) | - |
| relay | 8 | electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit | - |
| elect | 7 | an exclusive group of people | one of the elect who have power inside the government |
| cello | 7 | a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing | - |
| hazel | 17 | Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts | - |
| relic | 7 | something of sentimental value | - |
| welsh | 11 | cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt | - |
| nelly | 8 | - | - |
| bowel | 10 | the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus | - |
| smelt | 7 | extract (metals) by heating | - |
| elope | 7 | run away secretly with one's beloved | The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas |
| felon | 8 | a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail | - |
| betel | 7 | Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians | - |
| bagel | 8 | (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust | - |
| wield | 9 | have and exercise | wield power and authority |
| excel | 14 | distinguish oneself | She excelled in math |
| welch | 13 | cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt | - |
| navel | 8 | a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | you were not supposed to show your navel on television |
| gavel | 9 | a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge | - |
| repel | 7 | force or drive back | repel the attacker |
| revel | 8 | celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | - |
| knelt | 9 | - | - |
| vowel | 11 | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open | - |
| yodel | 9 | sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains |
| babel | 9 | (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another | - |
| belay | 10 | fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat | - |
| belch | 12 | a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | - |
| spelt | 7 | hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed | - |
| morel | 7 | any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap | - |
| elude | 6 | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | - |
| jello | 12 | fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder | - |
| libel | 7 | a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person | - |
| belie | 7 | be in contradiction with | - |
| quell | 14 | suppress or crush completely | - |
| delve | 9 | turn up, loosen, or remove earth | - |
| melee | 7 | a noisy riotous fight | - |
| gruel | 6 | a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal) | - |
| hovel | 11 | small crude shelter used as a dwelling | - |
| ravel | 8 | French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937) | - |
| lapel | 7 | lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar | - |
| yokel | 12 | a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | - |
| helix | 15 | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | - |
| spiel | 7 | replay (as a melody) | - |
| pixel | 14 | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot) | the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
| easel | 5 | an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas) | - |
| whelp | 13 | give birth to (a puppy) | the dog whelped |
| elide | 6 | leave or strike out | This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant |
| delft | 9 | a style of glazed earthenware; usually white with blue decoration | - |
| telex | 12 | a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter | - |
| snell | 5 | - | - |
| knell | 9 | make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification | - |
| delos | 6 | - | - |
| celeb | 9 | - | - |
| melas | 7 | - | - |
| seely | 8 | - | - |
| melba | 9 | Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931) | - |
| chela | 10 | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | - |
| sorel | 5 | - | - |
| elfin | 8 | suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness | thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning |
| creel | 7 | a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish | - |
| impel | 9 | urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | - |
| dwelt | 9 | - | - |
| elegy | 9 | a mournful poem; a lament for the dead | - |
| cella | 7 | - | - |
| bezel | 16 | a sloping edge on a cutting tool | - |
| stele | 5 | an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings | - |
| dells | 6 | - | - |
| akela | 9 | - | - |
| selva | 8 | a rain forest in a tropical area | - |
| jebel | 14 | - | - |
| eland | 6 | either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes | - |
| gimel | 8 | the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
| kugel | 10 | - | - |
| dowel | 9 | a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together | - |
| appel | 9 | - | - |
| bevel | 10 | cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel | bevel the surface |
| allel | 5 | - | - |
| sella | 5 | - | - |
| veldt | 9 | elevated open grassland in southern Africa | - |
| whelk | 15 | gather whelk | - |
| elver | 8 | young eel | - |
| gelee | 6 | - | - |
| helio | 8 | - | - |
| delis | 6 | - | - |
| abele | 7 | a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces | - |
| shiel | 8 | - | - |
| stela | 5 | an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings | - |
| telia | 5 | - | - |
| elans | 5 | - | - |
| elate | 5 | fill with high spirits; fill with optimism | - |
| elchi | 10 | - | - |
| eldin | 6 | - | - |
| elain | 5 | - | - |
| eisel | 5 | - | - |
| dynel | 9 | - | - |
| elemi | 7 | fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense | - |
| elops | 7 | type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder | - |
| elpee | 7 | - | - |
| elsin | 5 | - | - |
| elute | 5 | wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography | - |
| elvan | 8 | - | - |
| eloin | 5 | - | - |
| elogy | 9 | - | - |
| elfed | 9 | - | - |
| eliad | 6 | - | - |
| elint | 5 | intelligence derived from electromagnetic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactive sources) | - |
| elmen | 7 | - | - |
| eloge | 6 | - | - |
| fjeld | 16 | - | - |
| favel | 11 | - | - |
| felid | 9 | any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws | - |
| feels | 8 | - | - |
| fells | 8 | - | - |
| felly | 11 | rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted | - |
| felts | 8 | - | - |
| felty | 11 | - | - |
| fusel | 8 | - | - |
| gelds | 7 | - | - |
| gelid | 7 | extremely cold | gelid waters of the North Atlantic |
| forel | 8 | - | - |
| fuels | 8 | - | - |
| goels | 6 | - | - |
| gibel | 8 | - | - |
| gelly | 9 | a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate | - |
| gelts | 6 | - | - |
| gemel | 8 | - | - |
| heels | 8 | - | - |
| helps | 10 | - | - |
| helve | 11 | the handle of a weapon or tool | - |
| helot | 8 | (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | - |
| helos | 8 | - | - |
| heled | 9 | - | - |
| heles | 8 | - | - |
| hells | 8 | - | - |
| helms | 10 | - | - |
| gyeld | 10 | - | - |
| hosel | 8 | - | - |
| jodel | 13 | - | - |
| jeely | 15 | - | - |
| jells | 12 | - | - |
| jelab | 14 | - | - |
| jurel | 12 | - | - |
| jeels | 12 | - | - |
| intel | 5 | - | - |
| javel | 15 | - | - |
| koels | 9 | - | - |
| kwela | 12 | a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments | - |
| kvell | 12 | - | - |
| keels | 9 | - | - |
| kelty | 12 | - | - |
| kelts | 9 | - | - |
| kelep | 11 | - | - |
| kelim | 11 | - | - |
| kells | 9 | - | - |
| kelps | 11 | - | - |
| kelpy | 14 | (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders | - |
| kidel | 10 | - | - |
| kevel | 12 | - | - |
| kerel | 9 | - | - |
| lemel | 7 | - | - |
| lorel | 5 | - | - |
| losel | 5 | - | - |
| mohel | 10 | - | - |
| mesel | 7 | - | - |
| mells | 7 | - | - |
| melts | 7 | - | - |
| melty | 10 | - | - |
| melik | 11 | - | - |
| melic | 9 | - | - |
| melds | 8 | - | - |
| merel | 7 | - | - |
| nebel | 7 | - | - |
| neeld | 6 | - | - |
| neele | 5 | - | - |
| nelis | 5 | - | - |
| devel | 9 | - | - |
| delly | 9 | - | - |
| delph | 11 | - | - |
| delts | 6 | - | - |
| delfs | 9 | - | - |
| deles | 6 | - | - |
| deled | 7 | - | - |
| debel | 8 | - | - |
| deely | 9 | - | - |
| duels | 6 | - | - |
| botel | 7 | - | - |
| borel | 7 | - | - |
| celli | 7 | - | - |
| cells | 7 | - | - |
| celom | 9 | a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | - |
| celts | 7 | - | - |
| cavel | 10 | - | - |
| chelp | 12 | - | - |
| chiel | 10 | - | - |
| ciels | 7 | - | - |
| cupel | 9 | a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead | - |
| axels | 12 | - | - |
| aweel | 8 | - | - |
| ayelp | 10 | - | - |
| avels | 8 | - | - |
| baels | 7 | - | - |
| artel | 5 | - | - |
| bhels | 10 | - | - |
| bield | 8 | - | - |
| belah | 10 | - | - |
| belar | 7 | - | - |
| belee | 7 | - | - |
| belga | 8 | - | - |
| bells | 7 | - | - |
| belon | 7 | - | - |
| belts | 7 | - | - |
| bedel | 8 | - | - |
| anele | 5 | administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | - |
| puzel | 16 | - | - |
| refel | 8 | - | - |
| reels | 5 | - | - |
| relie | 5 | - | - |
| relit | 5 | - | - |
| relet | 5 | - | - |
| ratel | 5 | nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia | - |
| rubel | 7 | the basic unit of money in Belarus | - |
| rowel | 8 | a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur | - |
| rivel | 8 | - | - |
| riels | 5 | - | - |
| seeld | 6 | - | - |
| seels | 5 | - | - |
| selah | 8 | - | - |
| seles | 5 | United States tennis player (born in Yugoslavia in 1973) | - |
| selfs | 8 | - | - |
| selle | 5 | - | - |
| sells | 5 | - | - |
| samel | 7 | - | - |
| sield | 6 | - | - |
| sizel | 14 | - | - |
| skelf | 12 | - | - |
| skell | 9 | - | - |
| skelm | 11 | - | - |
| skelp | 11 | - | - |
| sheel | 8 | - | - |
| sewel | 8 | - | - |
| stell | 5 | - | - |
| spelk | 11 | - | - |
| speld | 8 | - | - |
| speel | 7 | - | - |
| taels | 5 | - | - |
| teels | 5 | - | - |
| sweel | 8 | - | - |
| swelt | 8 | - | - |
| tewel | 8 | - | - |
| teloi | 5 | - | - |
| telos | 5 | - | - |
| tells | 5 | - | - |
| telae | 5 | - | - |
| telco | 7 | a public utility that provides telephone service | - |
| teles | 5 | - | - |
| telic | 7 | - | - |
| thelf | 11 | - | - |
| tweel | 8 | - | - |
| umbel | 9 | flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center | - |
| velar | 8 | a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate | - |
| velds | 9 | - | - |
| veles | 8 | - | - |
| vells | 8 | - | - |
| velum | 10 | a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | - |
| voxel | 15 | - | - |
| obeli | 7 | - | - |
| onely | 8 | - | - |
| newel | 8 | the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail | - |
| nevel | 8 | - | - |
| noels | 5 | - | - |
| peels | 7 | - | - |
| pelta | 7 | - | - |
| pelts | 7 | - | - |
| pelon | 7 | - | - |
| pelma | 9 | - | - |
| pelas | 7 | - | - |
| peles | 7 | - | - |
| pelfs | 10 | - | - |
| pells | 7 | - | - |
| ouzel | 14 | common black European thrush | - |
| ousel | 5 | common black European thrush | - |
| ovels | 8 | - | - |
| oriel | 5 | a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall | - |
| whelm | 13 | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | - |
| wiels | 8 | - | - |
| weels | 8 | - | - |
| wedel | 9 | ski, alternating directions | - |
| welds | 9 | - | - |
| welke | 12 | - | - |
| welks | 12 | - | - |
| welkt | 12 | - | - |
| welly | 11 | - | - |
| welts | 8 | - | - |
| zizel | 23 | - | - |
| yelks | 12 | - | - |
| yells | 8 | - | - |
| yelms | 10 | - | - |
| yelps | 10 | - | - |
| yelts | 8 | - | - |
| rello | 5 | - | - |
| pelau | 7 | - | - |
| elven | 8 | - | - |
| felch | 13 | - | - |
| diels | 6 | - | - |
| incel | 7 | - | - |
