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5-Letter Words Ending in IL

There are 32 five-letter words ending in IL on Word.ws, from anvil to wakil. The most common are until, civil, email, trail and devil.

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

All 32 five-letter words ending in IL

  • anvil8n. A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon...
  • avail8v. To turn to the advantage of.
  • basil7n. A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
  • brail7n. A small rope used to truss up sails.
  • broil7v. To expose to great heat.
  • cavil10v. To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
  • cecil9n. A fried ball of minced meat, breadcrumbs, onions, etc.
  • civil10adj. Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the...
  • devil9n. An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive...
  • email7n. A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network...
  • famil10n. A free or low cost trip for travel agents or consultants, provided by a...
  • flail8n. A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with...
  • frail8adj. Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and...
  • fusil8n. A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in...
  • grail6n. The Holy Grail.
  • kovil12n. A Hindu temple built in a distinct style of Dravidian architecture.
  • maril7n. An ornamental binding material with a variegated grain, made from...
  • menil7adj. Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.
  • mugil8n. Any fish of the genus Mugil of mugilid mullets.
  • nihil8n. A nihil dicit.
  • peril7n. A situation of serious and immediate danger.
  • pupil9n. A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.
  • quail14v. To waste away; to fade, to wither.
  • shail8v. To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.
  • sigil6n. A seal, signature or signet.
  • snail5n. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic)...
  • spoil7v. To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
  • toril5n. A bullpen, especially one attached to a bullfighting arena where the...
  • trail5v. To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
  • until5prep. Up to the time of (something happening); pending.
  • vigil9n. An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially...
  • wakil12n. In Arabian countries and in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, a lawyer or...
30 rare five-letter words ending in IL

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in IL are there?
Word.ws lists 32 five-letter words ending in IL, plus 30 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words ending in IL?
until, civil, email, trail, devil, pupil, spoil and snail.
Which of the five-letter words ending in IL has the highest letter score?
quail 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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