Words · ends · ELL
5 Letter Words Ending In Ell
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There are 8 five-letter English words that end in ELL in the word list Wordton searches, ENABLE plus a curated modern supplement.
This is the complete list from our 173,000-word dictionary: every entry, with a note on what it is.
- dwell9 ptsto live in a place, or to linger on a thought
- knell9 ptsthe slow toll of a bell, especially for a death
- quell14 ptsto put down or suppress, as a rebellion
- shell8 ptsa hard outer covering, from eggs to artillery
- smell7 ptsto perceive by nose, or the odor perceived
- snell5 ptsa short line that fastens a fishhook to a leader
- spell7 ptsto name letters in order, or a stretch of time, or a charm
- swell8 ptsto grow in size, or an ocean's long rolling wave
Why so few?
This is a closed Old English rhyme family. The -ELL words are nearly all a thousand years old, and English stopped minting new ones once spelling settled. Eight five-letter members survive, most of them still everyday words.