5-letter words with A as the 4th letter and L as the 5th letter

An A in position four fixes the vowel just before the final L, producing a pool that mixes everyday words such as TOTAL and METAL with less familiar entries. The tournament-dictionary count is 164, but only 39 rank among the most common 25,000 English words. Use the first-letter pattern and dictionary split to narrow the pool instead of treating every match as equally likely.

The quick read on 164 matches

• All 164 entries have A fourth and L last.
• LOCAL, FINAL, TOTAL, LEGAL, and TRIAL are familiar examples.
• Only 39 entries rank among the top 25,000 English words by frequency.
• ZYGAL leads the score list at 18 points; GAZAL scores 15.

Which first letters dominate?

S leads with 16 words, followed by P with 15 and R with 14. N has 11, while C and F each start 10 matches. That concentration gives you a practical filtering order: test S, P, and R before spending guesses on a less productive first letter.

Familiar examples include STEAL, FINAL, and RIVAL. Still, an opening letter does not tell you how common a candidate is: the full set has 164 matches, while just 39 make the frequency-based common-word group.

5-letter words with A as the 4th letter and L as the 5th

For 5-letter words with A as the 4th letter and L as the 5th, dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 163, NWL2023 has 127, and ENABLE has 123. A match in one list may not count in another, so check your game's lexicon before committing.

The final letter changes the pool sharply. With A fourth and S last, there are 282 matches; E fourth with L last has 108, and I fourth with L last has 48. The A-and-L pattern is a larger pool than those two neighboring vowel patterns, but smaller than the A-and-S ending.

Wordle answer-list overlap is substantial: 50 matches are also tournament-dictionary entries. The answer names are not provided here, so use the fixed pattern to narrow your board rather than treating the full set as an answer shortlist. FINAL, TOTAL, and METAL show how everyday candidates sit alongside rarer words.