5-Letter Words Ending With EL
100 wordsWords ending in -EL span practical tools, natural elements, and borrowed terms from Hebrew and Arabic. This suffix often signals things you can hold or see—a bezel on a watch, a dowel in woodwork, an easel holding canvas.
Pattern Guide
Word recommendations for board games.
Word Games
High-value words for board games
Top 5-Letter Words
Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
a sloping edge on a cutting tool
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
distinguish oneself
eliminate (a substance)
common black European thrush
(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)
Top 5-Letter Words
a sloping edge on a cutting tool
a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
distinguish oneself
eliminate (a substance)
common black European thrush
BEZEL and JEBEL both score 18 points in Words With Friends but only 16 in Scrabble—the J carries the same 10-point value in both games, but WWF's board bonuses can amplify these already-strong letters. HAZEL performs consistently well across both games at 17 points. For raw efficiency, JEWEL delivers 15-18 points without requiring difficult board positioning, while EXCEL and EXPEL offer solid mid-range scores with more common letter combinations.
Wordle
5-letter words for daily puzzles
Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)
Common Words (likely answers)
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally
a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
STEEL makes a strong opener with its double-E revealing one of Wordle's most common vowels while testing S, T, and L—three frequently used consonants. EASEL offers similar vowel coverage with a different consonant spread if your strategy favors A over repeated letters.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
GIMEL names the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Beyond its linguistic interest, this five-letter word plays legally in both Scrabble and Words With Friends, giving you a useful option when you're stuck with that tricky G-I combination.
Popular crossword answers
Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.