Words Ending In IL
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The open ENABLE word list has 292 words that end in IL, about 0.17% of the 172,434 words this site shows. They run from AIL, FIL and MIL at the short end to FLUOROURACIL and FORESTAYSAIL at the long end. By common tile values the top scorer is CINQUEFOIL (24 points); board bonuses aren't counted. 160 have no repeated letter at all. 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 | 292 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.17% |
| Longest | FLUOROURACIL and FORESTAYSAIL (12 letters) |
| Shortest | AIL, FIL and MIL and 3 more (3 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | CINQUEFOIL, 24 |
| No repeated letters | 160 |
Most common letter before IL
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| A | 120 |
| O | 44 |
| R | 19 |
| S | 14 |
| T | 14 |
What stands out
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 49 leave another word when the final
ILis taken off, for exampleABOIL,ANIL,ARCHIL,ARILandAVAIL→ABO,AN,ARCH,ARandAVA. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 3, found in 125 of these words.
- The average length is 6.8 letters.
- Before IL, the letter
Aappears most often (120 words).
All -IL words
3 letters 6
ail fil mil nil oil til
4 letters 29
anil aril axil bail boil ceil coil deil evil fail foil hail heil jail kail mail moil nail noil pail rail roil sail soil tail toil vail veil wail
5 letters 36
aboil anvil argil avail basil bezil brail broil cavil civil devil drail ervil flail frail fusil fuzil grail kevil nihil peril pupil quail reoil sigil snail spail speil spoil swail trail until vakil vexil vigil zoril
6 letters 57
abseil agnail archil assail assoil bewail brasil brazil bulbil camail deasil dentil derail detail distil dossil entail entoil fibril fossil frazil fulfil gentil gerbil huipil instil jezail lentil nitril orchil oxtail pastil pencil pensil pistil pontil ramtil reboil recoil remail renail resail retail ridgil serail tahsil tenail tonsil twibil uncoil unnail unveil upboil upcoil uracil weevil wormil
7 letters 70
abigail airfoil airmail apostil bedevil bedrail bobtail cattail chervil codicil corbeil council curtail despoil domicil embroil engrail fantail foxtail garboil gomeril gumboil hobnail imperil incivil jonquil lugsail mandril milfoil monofil nombril nostril outsail oxyphil parboil pasquil penicil pigtail pintail potboil preboil prevail rattail reavail redtail scurril skysail stencil strigil strobil subsoil surveil tendril tinfoil toenail topsail topsoil travail trefoil trenail trochil trysail tumbril turmoil uncivil utensil ventail vermeil wagtail wassail
8 letters 44
aerofoil aventail bangtail basophil brantail bucktail coattail cocktail coistril contrail daffodil doornail dovetail ducktail fauteuil fishtail foresail graymail gumbotil handrail hangnail headsail hightail horntail mainsail monorail moonsail outcavil overboil overtoil panbroil pickadil ponytail reassail rheophil ringtail spandril staysail stunsail taffrail tranquil treenail verticil whiptail
9 letters 26
acidophil blackmail blacktail broadtail captopril charbroil daredevil disentail greenmail guardrail horsetail hydrofoil minoxidil myofibril nonfossil nonpareil shavetail shirttail spritsail subfossil supercoil swordtail thumbnail tormentil verapamil whitetail
10 letters 12
chromophil cinquefoil cottontail eosinophil fingernail heterophil neutrophil quatrefoil springtail thiouracil tripletail yellowtail
11 letters 10
bristletail bromouracil counterfoil countervail macrofossil microfibril microfossil neurofibril scissortail swallowtail
12 letters 2
fluorouracil forestaysail
Using these words
To find words ending in IL from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with IL in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???IL 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.