5 Letter Words Ending in IL
Here are all 21 5 letter words ending in IL, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 8 of them are common words; the rest are rarer but still valid in most word games. Use the Wordle helper to add the letters you know.
Most of these words start with S, F, C. Good picks with five different letters include until, trail, spoil, snail.
- Words found
- 21
- Most used
- until
- Most common first letter
- S
Wordle helper: 5 letter words ending in IL
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Common 5 letter words ending in IL
| # | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | civil | applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military |
| 2 | trail | to lag or linger behind |
| 3 | pupil | a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution |
| 4 | spoil | make a mess of, destroy or ruin |
| 5 | snail | freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell |
| 6 | basil | any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum |
| 7 | avail | use to one's advantage |
| 8 | grail | the object of any prolonged endeavor |
| 9 | peril | a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune |
| 10 | frail | physically weak |
| 11 | vigil | a period of sleeplessness |
| 12 | quail | draw back, as with fear or pain |
| 13 | anvil | a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering |
| 14 | flail | give a thrashing to; beat hard |
| 15 | broil | cook under a broiler |
| 16 | nihil | (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ) |
| 17 | cavil | an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections |
| 18 | fusil | a light flintlock musket |
All 5 letter words ending in IL
- until
- civil
- trail
- pupil
- spoil
- snail
- basil
- avail
- grail
- peril
- frail
- vigil
- quail
- anvil
- flail
- broil
- sigil
- nihil
- cavil
- vakil
- fusil
More 5 letter word lists
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Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in IL are there?
This list has 21, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.
What are common 5 letter words ending in IL?
until, civil, trail, pupil, spoil, snail, basil, avail.
Which 5 letter words ending in IL are good Wordle guesses?
until, trail, spoil, snail, basil, grail use five different letters, so each guess tests more of the alphabet.
Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.