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Five-letter words ending in DEL
Our Wordle guess list has 7 five-letter words that end in DEL.
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This list has 7 Wordle guesses; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: MODEL (July 1, 2021); YODEL (October 12, 2026).
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No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The DEL suffix fixes these letters in positions 3, 4 and 5; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- D most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words).
- E most often the 4th letter (100% of these words), also 2nd (29%).
- L most often the 5th letter (100% of these words).
Word notes
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MODEL
A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
“Leonardo da Vinci chose a 15th century criminal as a model for Judas in his painting The Last Supper.”
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: July 1, 2021.
YODEL
To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.
Source: Wiktionary contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected and lightly formatted from Wiktionary; long entries may be shortened.
Past Wordle answer: October 12, 2026.
BEDEL
An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.
“Oxford today has four bedels, representing Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Arts.”
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
HYDEL
hydroelectric
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
JODEL
Alternative spelling of yodel
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
KIDEL
Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
WEDEL
Alternative form of wedeln.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.