5 Letter Words Ending in LES (60 Words)

Common 5-letter words that end in LES

With their Scrabble points and, for the first 14, a short meaning, most used first.

sales★5the act or an instance of selling
miles★7a unit of distance
rules★5a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
roles★5a part played by an actor
holes★8an opening into or through something
tales★5a story
males★7an individual that begets young by fertilizing the female
tiles★5a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover…
poles★7a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
isles★5a small island
files★8to arrange in order for future reference
piles★7a collection of objects laid on top of each other
coles★7a plant of the cabbage family
mules★7hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse

60 of the 12,982 5-letter words end in LES (0.5%).
47 are good in NWL2023, 60 in Collins Scrabble Words, 47 in WOW24 and 47 in the Words With Friends list. 14 are everyday words.
In Scrabble points, axles, kyles and joles share the top score (12), then three words on 11.