5-Letter Words Ending With IL
There are 54 five-letter words ending with IL, including 19 common puzzle answers. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Ending With IL
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- UNTIL Up to the point in time or the event mentioned
- CIVIL Polite and courteous in behavior toward others
- EMAIL Electronic messages sent and received via computer
- TRAIL A path through wild or natural terrain
- DEVIL An evil supernatural being or spirit
- PUPIL A student enrolled in a school or educational institution
- SPOIL To ruin or damage something, or to become unfit for use
- SNAIL A mollusk with a soft body and spiral shell that moves very slowly
- BASIL An aromatic herb with green leaves used in cooking
- AVAIL To be of use or advantage to someone or something
- GRAIL The object of a prolonged search or endeavor
- PERIL A source of danger or possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
More Common Puzzle Answers
- FRAIL
- VIGIL
- QUAIL
- ANVIL
- FLAIL
- BROIL
- CAVIL
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: S (19%), A (11%), M (9%)
- Most common additional vowel: A, in 46% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: A, R, E, S, V
- Most have 2 vowels (87%)
- 17% contain a repeated letter
- 19 of the 54 are common puzzle answers (35%)
Other Valid Words
35 additional dictionary words end with IL — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- SYBIL
- SIGIL
- NIHIL
- VAKIL
- MENIL
- FUSIL
- STEIL
- BRAIL
- MERIL
- SWAIL
- EXFIL
- MUGIL
- INTIL
- MARIL
- MAMIL
- CHOIL
- SPAIL
- VEXIL
- DATIL
- ARMIL
- SCAIL
- KEVIL
- AUMIL
- DRAIL
- PUGIL
- ERVIL
- SPEIL
- ARGIL
- ABOIL
- SKAIL
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- ZORIL
- DROIL
- BEZIL
- FUZIL
- REOIL
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.