4-Letter Words Ending in L

All 231 four-letter words ending in L

A

• acyl9n. Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a...
• agal5n. Cord that is fastened around the keffiyeh.
• amel6n. Enamel.
• amol6adv. Once, formerly, back in the day, once upon a time.
• amyl9n. Synonym of pentyl.
• anil4n. The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
• aril4n. A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
• aryl7n. Any univalent organic radical derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by...
• aval7n. A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt...
• avel7n. A mourner.
• axel11n. A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half...
• axil11n. The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch...

B

• baal6n. A false deity or idol.
• bael6n. A tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos.
• bail6n. Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an...
• ball6n. A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
• bawl9v. To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner.
• beal6v. To gather matter; swell; come to a head, as a pimple; fester; suppurate.
• beel6n. A lake-like wetland with static water in a flood plain.
• bell6n. A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically...
• bill6n. A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or...
• boil6n. A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
• boll6n. The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
• bool6n. A Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).
• boul6n. A curved handle.
• bowl9n. As much as is held by a bowl.
• bril6n. A unit of luminance equal to tfrac 1 10⁷π candela per square metre.
• buhl9n. A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as...
• bull6n. Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
• burl6n. A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr...

C

• cail6v. To throw, pelt; to throw weakly.
• call6v. To request, summon, or beckon.
• carl6n. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
• caul6n. A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth...
• cawl9n. A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted...
• ceil6v. To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco...
• cell6n. A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
• chal9n. A male gypsy.
• coal6n. A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains...
• coil6n. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
• coll6v. To hug or embrace.
• cool6adj. Of a mildly low temperature.
• cowl9n. A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with...
• cull6v. To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
• curl6n. A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.

D

• daal5n. The letter د in the Arabic script.
• dall5n. A tile with an incised surface.
• darl5n. Darling (as a term of address).
• deal5n. An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great...
• deel5n. A traditional Mongolian cloak, traditionally worn with a sash.
• dell5n. A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially...
• dhol8n. A type of drum from India.
• dial5n. A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a...
• diel5adj. Having a 24-hour period regardless of day or night.
• dill5n. Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the...
• diol5n. Any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups.
• doll5n. A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy.
• dual5adj. Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
• duel5n. Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a...
• dull5adj. Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.

E

• earl4n. A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a...
• egal5adj. Equal; impartial.
• empl8n. Employee.
• enol4n. An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom...
• eorl4n. An Anglo-Saxon of noble rank; a nobleman ranking above a thane...
• eval7v. To evaluate (or execute) source code held in a string during run time.
• evil7adj. Intending to harm; malevolent.

F

• faal7adj. Ugly; foul; evil.
• fail7v. To be unsuccessful.
• fall7v. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• feal7adj. (of things) Cosy; clean; neat.
• feel7v. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
• fell7v. To make something fall; especially a tree.
• fill7v. To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is...
• foal7n. A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than...
• foil7n. A very thin sheet of metal.
• fool7n. A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the...
• foul7adj. Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
• fowl10n. A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order...
• fuel7n. Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through...
• full7adj. Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space...
• furl7v. To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag).

G

• gall5n. Impudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.
• gaol5n. Dated spelling of jail.
• geal5v. To congeal.
• gill5n. A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
• girl5n. A female child.
• goal5n. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
• goel5n. A person who, as the nearest relative of another, has certain...
• goll5n. A hand.
• gull5n. A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
• gurl5n. Term of address between cis gay men, transgender women, or drag queens.

H

• hail7n. Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection...
• hall7n. A corridor; a hallway.
• harl7n. A fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of...
• haul7v. To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor...
• heal7v. To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
• heel7n. The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
• heil7v. To greet with a Sieg Heil.
• hell7n. A place or situation of great suffering in life.
• herl7n. The fibrous shaft or barb of a feather (especially that of the ostrich...
• hill7n. An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
• hodl8v. To hoard a kind of cryptocurrency, especially bitcoin.
• howl10n. The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of...
• hull7n. The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
• hurl7v. To throw (something) with force.

I

• idol5n. A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or...
• ipil6n. A Philippine and Pacific island tree (Intsia bijuga) yielding a...
• ital4n. Pure, natural food suiting a Rastafari lifestyle.

J

• jail11n. A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against...
• jarl11n. A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.
• jell11n. Synonym of jelly or gel.
• jill11n. A female ferret.
• joll11v. To bump, knock; push.
• jowl14n. The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.

K

• kail8n. A broth made with kale or other vegetables; hence, any broth; also, a...
• karl8n. A medieval Scandinavian freeman.
• keel8n. A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
• kell8n. The caul (membrane).
• khel11n. A Pashtun subtribe.
• koel8n. A cuckoo of the genus Eudynamys, native to Asia, Australia and the...
• kohl11n. A dark powder, usually powdered stibnite (an antimony ore), used as eye...
• kool8v. To look; to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

L

• lall4v. To speak with lallation.
• leal4adj. Loyal, honest.
• lill4v. To loll.
• loll4v. To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• lull4n. A period of rest or soothing.

M

• mail6n. A bag or wallet.
• mall6n. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• marl6n. A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and...
• maul6n. A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge...
• meal6n. Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and...
• mell6v. To say (something); to speak, to tell.
• mewl9v. To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine.
• mill6n. A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some...
• misl6n. Any of the twelve sovereign states in the Sikh Confederacy that rose...
• moel6n. A hill having a rounded outline in its upper portion because the summit...
• moil6v. To toil, to work hard.
• moll6n. A female companion of a gangster or other criminal, especially a former...
• mull6v. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.

N

• nail4n. The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various...
• nall4n. An awl.
• neal4v. To temper by heat.
• nill4n. Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.
• noel4n. A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the...
• noil4n. A short fibre left over from combing wool or spinning silk during the...
• noll4n. The head, especially the top of the head.
• nuel4adj. Prone; tending to.
• null4n. A non-existent or empty value or set of values.

O

• obol6n. Synonym of obolus: a silver coin of Ancient Greece.
• odal5n. Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, especially...
• ohel7n. A structure erected over the grave of a great and righteous person.
• omul6n. Any of the salmon-like fish of species Coregonus migratorius (syn....
• opal6n. A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in...
• oral4adj. Relating to the mouth.
• oval7n. A two-dimensional one.

P

• pail6n. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a...
• pall6n. A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.
• paul6n. An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
• pawl9n. A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as...
• peal6n. A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder...
• peel6v. To remove the skin or outer covering of.
• peil6n. Water level.
• pell6n. A fur or hide.
• phal9n. Phalaenopsis.
• pial6adj. Of or pertaining to the pia or pia mater.
• pill6n. A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy...
• poll6n. A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider...
• pool6n. A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied...
• pull6v. To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or...
• purl6n. A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled...

Q

• qual13n. Qualifying exam. An exam taken by someone (usually a grad student or...

R

• rail4n. A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as...
• real4adj. True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
• reel4n. A shaky or unsteady gait.
• rial4n. The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
• riel4n. The monetary unit of Cambodia, equivalent to 100 sen or 10 kak. Symbol...
• rill4n. A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
• roil4v. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
• roll4v. To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal...
• rool4v. To raggle; to ruffle.

S

• sail4n. A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes...
• seal4n. A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or...
• seel4n. Good fortune; happiness; bliss.
• sell4v. To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
• shul7n. An Ashkenazi synagogue.
• sial4n. The rocks rich in silicon and aluminum that form the upper layer of the...
• sill4n. A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of...
• skil8n. Synonym of sablefish.
• skol8interj. A drinking-toast; cheers.
• soil4n. A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support...
• sool4v. To encourage (especially a dog) to attack.
• soul4n. The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's...
• sull4v. Of an animal: to stop; to refuse to go on.

T

• tael4n. Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern...
• tail4n. The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior...
• tall4adj. Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the...
• teal4n. Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are...
• teel4n. Sesame.
• teil4n. The lime tree, or linden.
• tell4v. To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].
• thal7n. Thalassaemia.
• till4prep. Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
• toil4n. Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
• toll4n. A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the...
• tool4n. Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.

U

• udal5adj. Allodial, inalienable.
• unal4adj. Single, based on the number one.
• util4n. A hypothetical unit measuring satisfaction.

V

• vail7v. To lower or “dip” a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward...
• veal7n. The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
• veil7n. Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an...
• vell7v. To cut the turf from, as for burning.
• vial7n. A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped...
• vill7n. The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England...
• viol7n. A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap...

W

• wail7v. To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
• wall7n. A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
• waul7v. To wail, to cry plaintively.
• weal7n. Welfare, prosperity.
• weel7n. A trap for catching fish; a weely.
• well7adv. Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
• will7v. Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of...
• wool7n. The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.

Y

• yawl10n. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
• yell7v. To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to...
• yowl10n. A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.

Z

• zail13n. An administrative unit of two to forty villages during the British Raj...
• zeal13n. The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and...
• zill13n. One of a set of small finger cymbals used in belly dancing and similar...

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words ending in L are there?

Word.ws lists 231 four-letter words ending in L, plus 39 rare ones.

What are common four-letter words ending in L?

will, well, feel, real, full, tell, call and girl.

Which of the four-letter words ending in L has the highest letter score?

jowl scores 14 points with the standard letter tile values.

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