5 Letter Words Ending in LE
Here are all 69 5 letter words ending in LE, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 26 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, A, T. Good picks with five different letters include while, whole, style, table.
- Words found
- 69
- Most used
- while
- Most common first letter
- S
Wordle helper: 5 letter words ending in LE
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Common 5 letter words ending in LE
| # | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | while | a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition |
| 2 | whole | including all components without exception |
| 3 | style | how something is done or how it happens |
| 4 | title | a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with |
| 5 | table | a set of data arranged in rows and columns |
| 6 | scale | an ordered reference standard |
| 7 | apple | fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh |
| 8 | smile | change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure |
| 9 | cycle | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs |
| 10 | bible | the sacred writings of the Christian religions |
| 11 | cable | a telegram sent abroad |
| 12 | uncle | the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt |
| 13 | angle | the space between two lines or planes that intersect |
| 14 | noble | impressive in appearance |
| 15 | stole | take without the owner's consent |
| 16 | rifle | a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore |
| 17 | eagle | any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight |
| 18 | chile | a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast |
| 19 | whale | a very large person; impressive in size or qualities |
| 20 | ankle | a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus |
| 21 | maple | wood of any of various maple trees |
| 22 | exile | expel from a country |
| 23 | belle | a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals |
| 24 | aisle | a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods) |
| 25 | ample | more than enough in size or scope or capacity |
| 26 | shale | a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay |
| 27 | stale | lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age |
| 28 | agile | moving quickly and lightly |
| 29 | fable | a deliberately false or improbable account |
| 30 | gable | the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof |
| 31 | merle | common black European thrush |
| 32 | sable | an artist's brush made of sable hairs |
| 33 | bugle | a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares |
| 34 | guile | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception |
| 35 | ladle | put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle |
| 36 | lisle | a fabric woven with lisle thread |
| 37 | ruble | the basic unit of money in Tajikistan |
| 38 | tulle | a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns |
| 39 | hoyle | an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology |
| 40 | joule | a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance... |
5 letter words ending in le, by first letter
A (10)
- apple
- angle
- ankle
- aisle
- ample
- agile
- amble
- abele
- addle
- anole
B (5)
- bible
- belle
- bugle
- bogle
- boule
C (5)
- cycle
- cable
- chile
- carle
- coble
D (2)
- duple
- dhole
E (2)
- eagle
- exile
F (2)
- fable
- fille
G (2)
- gable
- guile
H (2)
- hoyle
- haole
I (1)
- ingle
J (1)
- joule
L (2)
- ladle
- lisle
M (4)
- maple
- merle
- mille
- maile
N (1)
- noble
O (1)
- ovule
P (2)
- parle
- prole
Q (1)
- quale
R (3)
- rifle
- ruble
- roble
S (12)
- style
- scale
- smile
- stole
- shale
- stale
- sable
- stile
- stele
- swale
- sidle
- selle
T (5)
- title
- table
- tulle
- thole
- toile
U (2)
- uncle
- utile
V (1)
- voile
W (3)
- while
- whole
- whale
More 5 letter word lists
ending in A ending in B ending in C ending in D ending in E ending in F ending in G ending in H ending in I ending in K ending in L ending in M ending in N ending in O ending in P ending in R ending in S ending in T ending in U ending in W ending in X ending in Y ending in Z ending in AE ending in AL ending in AN ending in AR ending in AT ending in CE ending in DE
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in LE are there?
This list has 69, taken from a standard word-game dictionary and limited to words seen in real English text.
What are common 5 letter words ending in LE?
while, whole, style, title, table, scale, apple, smile.
Which 5 letter words ending in LE are good Wordle guesses?
while, whole, style, table, scale, smile 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.