5 Letter Words With A and L

652 words Words by letter Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are all 652 5 letter words with A and L, from a standard word-game dictionary, with everyday words first. 201 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 L, A, S. Good picks with five different letters include place, later, black, least.

Words found: 652
Most used: place
Most common first letter: L

Wordle helper: 5 letter words with A and L

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Common 5 letter words with A and L

#	Word	Meaning
1	place	a point located with respect to surface features of some region
2	small	limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
3	later	happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
4	black	being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness
5	least	used to form the superlative
6	early	at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
7	local	relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a...
8	large	above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
9	along	with a forward motion
10	class	a collection of things sharing a common attribute
11	leave	go away from a place
12	final	occurring at or forming an end or termination
13	clear	readily apparent to the mind
14	total	constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
15	learn	gain knowledge or skills
16	alone	without any others being included or involved
17	value	a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
18	legal	established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
19	daily	every day; without missing a day
20	table	a set of data arranged in rows and columns
21	album	one or more recordings issued together
22	sales	income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time
23	allow	make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
24	plans	have the will and intention to carry out some action
25	clean	free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
26	claim	assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
27	goals	the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended...
28	calls	assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
29	plant	buildings for carrying on industrial labor
30	trial	the act of testing something
31	glass	a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
32	royal	of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
33	plays	participate in games or sport
34	scale	an ordered reference standard
35	metal	any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be...
36	apply	put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
37	adult	a fully developed person from maturity onward
38	labor	a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
39	alive	possessing life
40	apple	fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh