5-Letter Words Ending in LA
There are 27 five-letter words ending in LA in our dictionary; 8 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 27 words
- koala9 points
- villa8 points
- viola8 points
- phyla13 points
- uvula8 points
- fella8 points
- calla7 points
- tabla7 points
- boyla10 points
- chela10 points
- dobla8 points
- nyala8 points
- bulla7 points
- cella7 points
- mulla7 points
- alula5 points
- stela5 points
- tesla5 points
- kibla11 points
- akela9 points
- pepla9 points
- asyla8 points
- holla8 points
- voila8 points
- walla8 points
- coala7 points
- moola7 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 27
- By usage: 3 very common, 5 common, 19 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- phyla 13
- kibla 11
- boyla 10
- chela 10
- akela 9
- koala 9
- pepla 9
- asyla 8
- dobla 8
- fella 8
Most common
- koala
- villa
- viola
- phyla
- uvula
- fella
- calla
- tabla
- boyla
- chela
Definitions
- koala (noun)
- Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark.
- villa (noun)
- Detached or semidetached suburban house.
- viola (noun)
- Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola.
- uvula (noun)
- A small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate.
The five-letter words that end in the letters LA number 27 in our dictionary. About 8 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is PHYLA, at 13 points.
How to use this page
Type your letters into the box at the top, including a question mark for any blank, and press search to filter this list to the words you can spell. Or read the list as it is: common words come first, scores are shown on each chip, and any word with a link has its own page of sub-words and anagrams.
Tips
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
Which five-letter words ending in LA are the most common?
KOALA, VILLA and VIOLA are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.
Can I search this list with my own letters?
Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the five-letter words ending in LA you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.