In the 5 letter words ending in AL, strong Wordle guesses use common letters such as R and T, while words with rare tiles such as Z and J score highest in Scrabble.
Green A and L tiles settle the last two positions in Wordle, and Renal, Coral, Tidal, Tonal and Petal test the most new letters in the first three. In Scrabble, the Z tile gives Zygal 18 points and Gazal 15.
5 Letter Words Ending In AL
These are the familiar 5 letter words ending in AL. R is the most frequent third letter across the full set, with 22 words.
| Local | Final | Total |
| Legal | Trial | Royal |
| Metal | Equal | Usual |
| Rural | Moral | Ideal |
| Steal | Medal | Vital |
5 Letter Words Ending In AL By Starting Letter
S is the most frequent first letter, with 16 words.
AL Words Starting With A To D
Ten of these thirty-three words start with C.
| Algal | Annal | Appal |
| Areal | Argal | Artal |
| Arval | Aural | Axial |
| Banal | Basal | Binal |
| Boral | Bubal | Cabal |
| Canal | Cecal | Cital |
| Comal | Copal | Coral |
| Cowal | Coxal | Craal |
| Datal | Decal | Dedal |
| Dital | Domal | Dotal |
| Ducal | Dural | Dwaal |
AL Words Starting With E To J
Five of these thirty-two words are familiar.
| Equal | Ethal | Fanal |
| Fatal | Fecal | Femal |
| Feral | Fetal | Final |
| Focal | Fugal | Fural |
| Gayal | Gazal | Genal |
| Glial | Goral | Graal |
| Gyral | Hadal | Halal |
| Hamal | Hemal | Horal |
| Ictal | Ideal | Ileal |
| Ilial | Jacal | Joual |
| Jugal | Jural |
AL Words Starting With K To N
Six of these thirty words have a K, J, Q, X or Z, which is worth five points or more in Scrabble.
| Kahal | Katal | Kaval |
| Kogal | Kraal | Lahal |
| Laval | Legal | Local |
| Loral | Loyal | Medal |
| Mesal | Metal | Modal |
| Molal | Monal | Moral |
| Mural | Nahal | Nasal |
| Natal | Naval | Neral |
| Nidal | Nival | Nodal |
| Nopal | Notal | Noxal |
AL Words Starting With O To R
Eight of these thirty-two words repeat a letter.
| Octal | Offal | Orval |
| Papal | Pedal | Penal |
| Petal | Phial | Pibal |
| Pical | Pipal | Podal |
| Pokal | Poral | Prial |
| Pupal | Pygal | Pyral |
| Ramal | Ratal | Recal |
| Regal | Renal | Rival |
| Riyal | Romal | Roral |
| Rotal | Royal | Rugal |
| Rumal | Rural |
AL Words Starting With S To Z
Thirty-three of these forty-one words have exactly two vowels.
| Sabal | Salal | Sepal |
| Seral | Setal | Sheal |
| Shoal | Sisal | Skoal |
| Soral | Speal | Spial |
| Spyal | Steal | Sural |
| Sweal | Tamal | Tepal |
| Tical | Tidal | Tonal |
| Total | Trial | Tubal |
| Typal | Ureal | Urial |
| Urnal | Usual | Uveal |
| Vagal | Vasal | Venal |
| Vinal | Viral | Vital |
| Vocal | Wheal | Zoeal |
| Zonal | Zygal |
Best 5 Letter Words Ending In AL For Wordle
Sixty-two of the 168 repeat a letter, as Algal, Annal and Appal do, so the picks are limited to words with five different letters. R is in the first three letters of 47 words, more than any other letter.
| Renal | Coral |
| Tidal | Tonal |
| Petal | Penal |
| Regal | Decal |
| Pedal | Feral |
| Fetal | Rival |
Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words Ending In AL In Scrabble
Zygal leads at 18 points and Gazal follows at 15. Coxal, Equal, Jacal, Zoeal and Zonal share third place at 14.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Zygal | 18 |
| Gazal | 15 |
| Coxal | 14 |
| Equal | 14 |
| Jacal | 14 |
| Zoeal | 14 |
| Zonal | 14 |
| Jugal | 13 |
| Axial | 12 |
| Joual | 12 |
| Jural | 12 |
| Kahal | 12 |
| Kaval | 12 |
| Noxal | 12 |
Meanings Of 5 Letter Words Ending In AL
Each word is defined in its everyday sense.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Canal | A waterway dug by people |
| Coral | A hard marine skeleton built by tiny sea animals |
| Equal | The same in size, amount or value |
| Fatal | Causing death or disaster |
| Final | Last in a series, or a deciding match |
| Focal | Relating to a focus or central point |
| Ideal | A perfect standard, or perfect in quality |
| Legal | Permitted by law |
| Local | Belonging to a particular place or district |
| Loyal | Faithful to a person, group or cause |
| Medal | A metal disc awarded for an achievement |
| Metal | A hard, shiny material such as iron or copper |
| Moral | Concerned with right and wrong |
| Mural | A painting applied directly to a wall |
| Nasal | Relating to the nose |
| Naval | Relating to a navy |
| Pedal | A lever pressed by the foot |
| Penal | Relating to punishment |
| Renal | Relating to the kidneys |
| Rival | A competitor, or to compete with |
| Royal | Relating to a king or queen |
| Rural | Relating to the countryside |
| Tidal | Relating to the ebb and flow of the sea |
| Total | The whole amount, or to add up |
| Trial | A court hearing, or a test of something new |
| Usual | Customary and expected |
| Viral | Relating to a virus, or spreading rapidly online |
| Vital | Absolutely necessary, or full of life |
| Vocal | Relating to the voice, or outspoken |
| Zonal | Relating to a zone or zones |
FAQs
There are 168 in total. Twenty-six are familiar words such as Local, Final and Total, and the other 142 are rarer terms accepted in Scrabble.
The strongest are Renal, Coral, Tidal, Tonal and Petal. Each has five different letters, so a single guess tests three new tiles.
The highest score is 18 points, from Zygal. Gazal is next at 15, and Coxal, Equal, Jacal, Zoeal and Zonal follow at 14 each.
S starts the most, with 16 words. P follows with 15 and R with 14.
Yes, thirteen do, such as Equal, Ideal and Usual. Of the other 155, 149 have two vowels and six have one.
Sixty-two of the 168 repeat a letter. Algal, Annal and Appal are three of them, so they are weaker Wordle guesses than words with five different letters.
Four have a Z: Gazal, Zoeal, Zonal and Zygal. They score 15, 14, 14 and 18 points.
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