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5-Letter Words Ending in ELL

There are 10 five-letter words ending in ELL on Word.ws, from dwell to swell. The most common are smell, shell, spell, swell and dwell.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 10 five-letter words ending in ELL

  • dwell9n. A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given...
  • knell9v. To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
  • quell14v. To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force...
  • shell8n. The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans...
  • skell9n. A homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
  • smell7n. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the...
  • snell5adj. Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively.
  • spell7n. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
  • stell5v. To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
  • swell8v. To become larger, fuller, or rounder, or expand in size or shape...
3 rare five-letter words ending in ELL

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in ELL are there?
Word.ws lists 10 five-letter words ending in ELL, plus 3 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words ending in ELL?
smell, shell, spell, swell, dwell, quell, snell and knell.
Which of the five-letter words ending in ELL has the highest letter score?
quell scores 14 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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