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5-letter words ending in IL
There are 36 5-letter words ending in IL in the standard word-game list. The most common are until, devil, civil, trail, spoil, pupil. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| until | Up to the time of (something happening). | 5 |
| devil | an evil supernatural being | 9 |
| civil | applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military | 10 |
| trail | a track or mark left by something that has passed | 5 |
| spoil | (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war) | 7 |
| pupil | a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | 9 |
| basil | any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum | 7 |
| grail | the object of any prolonged endeavor | 6 |
| snail | freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell | 5 |
| peril | a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | 7 |
| frail | physically weak | 8 |
| quail | flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised | 14 |
| vigil | a period of sleeplessness | 9 |
| avail | a means of serving | 8 |
| anvil | a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering | 8 |
| flail | an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing | 8 |
| aboil | In a boil; boiling. | 7 |
| argil | a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters) | 6 |
| brail | a small net used to draw fish into a boat | 7 |
| broil | cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | 7 |
| cavil | an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections | 10 |
| drail | A hook with a lead shank. | 6 |
| ervil | Bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia). | 8 |
| fusil | a light flintlock musket | 8 |
| kevil | A sturdy belaying-pin for the heavier cables of a ship. | 12 |
| nihil | (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ) | 8 |
| reoil | To oil again. | 5 |
| sigil | A seal, signature or signet. | 6 |
| vakil | A lawyer or advocate mainly a representative in the court of law and a vakil can be a representative,… | 12 |
| vexil | Vexillum | 15 |
| zoril | muishond of northern Africa | 14 |