Words Ending In EL
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Counting only the ENABLE word list, 424 entries are words that end in EL. That is about 0.25% of the list. They run from EL at the short end to ANTIPERSONNEL at the long end. Using commonly used tile values, JEZEBEL (25 points) scores the most. Words with no repeated letter: 167. Different games use different dictionaries, so check your game's rules before relying on a word.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 424 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.25% |
| Longest | ANTIPERSONNEL (13 letters) |
| Shortest | EL (2 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | JEZEBEL, 25 |
| No repeated letters | 167 |
Most common letter before EL
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| N | 44 |
| R | 44 |
| E | 38 |
| S | 36 |
| V | 30 |
Useful observations
- 1 reads the same backward and forward, such as
LEVEL. - 102 leave another word when the final
ELis taken off, for exampleARTEL,AXEL,BAGEL,BARBELandBEDEL→ART,AX,BAG,BARBandBED. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 233 of these words.
- The average length is 6.7 letters.
- Before EL, the letter
Nappears most often (44 words).
All -EL words
2 letters 1
el
3 letters 8
bel cel del eel gel mel sel tel
4 letters 16
axel diel duel feel fuel heel keel koel noel peel reel riel seel tael teel weel
5 letters 74
angel appel ariel artel babel bagel bedel betel bevel bezel botel bowel camel chiel creel cruel cupel devel dowel dynel easel excel expel fusel gavel gimel gruel hazel hosel hotel hovel impel jebel jewel jurel kevel kneel kugel label lapel level libel losel model mohel morel motel navel newel novel oriel ousel ouzel panel pixel ratel ravel rebel refel repel revel rowel shiel sorel speel spiel steel towel umbel vowel wedel wheel yodel yokel
6 letters 119
aludel barbel barrel bethel boatel bordel bulbel bushel cancel cannel carcel carpel carrel cartel carvel chapel chisel compel corbel cormel cornel crenel crewel cudgel damsel darnel deckel diesel dispel djebel donzel dorsel dossel dottel drivel duffel enamel fardel farfel fennel ferrel fodgel funnel gospel gravel grovel gunnel gunsel hallel hansel hassel hirsel hostel housel isohel kennel kernel kittel knawel kummel laurel lintel listel mangel mantel marcel marvel missel morsel mussel mutuel nickel parcel parrel passel pastel pencel petrel pommel propel pummel rappel refeel refuel reheel ridgel rondel ronnel runnel samiel saurel seidel sequel shekel sheqel shovel simnel snivel solgel sorrel spinel stipel streel swivel tassel teasel teazel tercel tinsel tramel travel trowel tunnel unreel vakeel vessel wadmel weasel wurzel
7 letters 89
aerogel apparel bejewel brothel calomel caramel caravel chancel channel charnel chattel citadel colonel columel coronel costrel counsel damosel damozel decibel diallel doggrel dottrel dreidel embowel empanel enwheel evangel falafel felafel flannel floatel fresnel gambrel gangrel genteel gomerel grapnel graupel handsel hatchel haverel impanel infidel jezebel kestrel langrel mandrel mongrel nonfuel oenomel oinomel outduel outfeel pedicel peytrel poitrel prequel pretzel quarrel radicel reexpel relabel remodel repanel roundel satchel scalpel shrivel shtetel snorkel spancel spaniel spiegel stammel strudel synfuel thermel tiercel timbrel trammel tressel trommel trunnel tumbrel unlevel unravel unsteel wastrel
8 letters 61
aasvogel asphodel barbicel bechamel becudgel bedrivel bonspiel brocatel carousel cascabel cockerel cogwheel coistrel cracknel detassel disbowel dishevel doggerel dotterel dowsabel ensorcel estoppel flywheel fontanel forefeel hemocoel hydrogel hydromel jargonel lenticel mackerel mangonel materiel minstrel mislabel monofuel muscadel muscatel newsreel nonnovel parallel penoncel petronel philomel pickerel pinwheel sapropel scrannel sentinel shlemiel shrapnel spandrel squirrel staumrel streusel sublevel subpanel taffarel tafferel unkennel whimbrel
9 letters 28
antinovel archangel carrousel cartwheel cockatiel cocounsel dishtowel freewheel gearwheel groundsel handwheel nosewheel pennoncel personnel pimpernel plasmagel precancel pretravel rechannel schlemiel schnitzel schnorkel scoundrel semivowel singspiel spirituel ungenteel zinfandel
10 letters 18
antechapel blastocoel chainwheel coromandel dickcissel disembowel enterocoel manchineel mischannel multilevel overmantel parimutuel pseudocoel radiolabel rijsttafel supermodel thumbwheel waterwheel
11 letters 4
cupronickel multibarrel nonparallel subparallel
12 letters 5
antiparallel glockenspiel interchannel multichannel pumpernickel
13 letters 1
antipersonnel
Using these words
To find words ending in EL from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with EL in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???EL in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.