5-Letter Words Ending With LE

100 words

The -LE ending creates some of English's most recognizable words. This pattern appears in everyday vocabulary like TABLE and STYLE, but also harbors technical terms and rare finds that reward the curious explorer.

Pattern Guide

Word recommendations for board games.

Word Games

High-value words for board games

Top 5-Letter Words

14 pts
QUALE
14 pts
CHYLE

a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats

13 pts
PHYLE

a tribe of ancient Athenians

13 pts
AXILE

relating to or attached to the axis

12 pts
CYCLE

an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

12 pts
EXILE

the act of expelling a person from their native land

12 pts
IXTLE
12 pts

JOULE demonstrates the scoring gap between games—it earns 16 points in Words With Friends but only 12 in Scrabble, thanks to WWF's boosted J value. QUALE ties JOULE for top WWF honors at 16 points while scoring just 14 in Scrabble. AZOLE performs consistently well in both games, making it a reliable high-scorer regardless of which app you open.

Wordle

5-letter words for daily puzzles

Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)

TABLEStarter

flat tableland with steep edges

STOLEStarter

a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women

STYLEStarter

designate by an identifying term

SCALEStarter

a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

Common Words (likely answers)

WHOLECommon

not injured or harmed

WHILECommon

a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

UNCLECommon

a source of help and advice and encouragement

TABLECommon

flat tableland with steep edges

TABLE and SCALE both test common consonants while placing vowels in different positions. STYLE adds the useful Y, which Wordle treats as a vowel more often than you'd expect.

Hidden Gems

Rare but valid words to surprise opponents

ABELE

a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces

DHOLE

fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs

STILE

an upright that is a member in a door or window frame

BRULE

a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux

DHOLE names a fierce wild dog from the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs. The unusual DH opening makes it memorable once learned, and its 9-point base score gets a nice boost on premium squares.

Popular crossword answers

Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.

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