5 letter words starting with L
L starts 401 five letter words and is the most cooperative consonant on the site: it takes any vowel after it, it repeats happily inside a word, and it turns up in more puzzle answers than its position in the alphabet suggests.
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What are good five letter words starting with L?
LEARN, LATER and LOANS are the strongest general picks: five common letters each, no clusters, and every one of them shares letters with hundreds of other five letter words. That overlap is exactly what makes a good opening guess in a letter puzzle.
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Alphabetical, grouped by second letter, which is usually the fastest way to find what you want.
LA words 95
- laari
- label
- labia
- labor
- labra
- laced
- lacer
- laces
- lacey
- lacks
- laded
- laden
- lader
- lades
- ladle
- laevo
- lagan
- lager
- lahar
- laich
- laics
- laigh
- laird
- lairs
- laith
- laity
- laked
- laker
- lakes
- lakhs
- lalls
- lamas
- lambs
- lamby
- lamed
- lamer
- lames
- lamia
- lamps
- lanai
- lance
- lands
- lanes
- lanky
- lapel
- lapin
- lapis
- lapse
- larch
- lards
- lardy
- laree
- lares
- large
- largo
- laris
- larks
- larky
- larum
- larva
- lased
- laser
- lases
- lasso
- lasts
- latch
- lated
- laten
- later
- latex
- lathe
- lathi
- laths
- lathy
- latke
- latte
- lauan
- lauds
- laugh
- laura
- lavas
- laved
- laver
- laves
- lawed
- lawns
- lawny
- laxer
- laxly
- layed
- layer
- layup
- lazar
- lazed
- lazes
LE words 61
- leach
- leads
- leady
- leafs
- leafy
- leaks
- leaky
- leans
- leant
- leaps
- leapt
- learn
- lears
- leary
- lease
- leash
- least
- leave
- leavy
- leben
- ledge
- ledgy
- leech
- leeks
- leers
- leery
- leets
- lefts
- lefty
- legal
- leger
- leges
- leggy
- legit
- lehrs
- lehua
- leman
- lemma
- lemon
- lemur
- lends
- lenes
- lenis
- lenos
- lense
- lento
- leone
- leper
- lepta
- letch
- lethe
- letup
- leuds
- levee
- level
- lever
- levin
- lewis
- lexes
- lexis
- lezzy
LI words 87
- liana
- liane
- liang
- liard
- liars
- libel
- liber
- libra
- libri
- lichi
- licht
- licit
- licks
- lidar
- lidos
- liege
- liens
- liers
- lieus
- lieve
- lifer
- lifts
- ligan
- liger
- light
- liked
- liken
- liker
- likes
- lilac
- lilts
- liman
- limas
- limba
- limbi
- limbo
- limbs
- limby
- limed
- limen
- limes
- limey
- limit
- limns
- limos
- limpa
- limps
- linac
- lindy
- lined
- linen
- liner
- lines
- liney
- linga
- lingo
- lings
- lingy
- linin
- links
- linky
- linns
- linos
- lints
- linty
- linum
- lions
- lipid
- lipin
- lippy
- liras
- lirot
- lisle
- lisps
- lists
- litai
- litas
- liter
- lithe
- litho
- litre
- lived
- liven
- liver
- lives
- livid
- livre
LL words 2
- llama
- llano
LO words 94
- loach
- loads
- loafs
- loams
- loamy
- loans
- loath
- lobar
- lobby
- lobed
- lobes
- lobos
- local
- lochs
- locks
- locos
- locum
- locus
- loden
- lodes
- lodge
- loess
- lofts
- lofty
- logan
- loges
- loggy
- logia
- logic
- logoi
- logos
- loins
- lolls
- lolly
- loner
- longe
- longs
- looby
- looed
- looey
- loofa
- loofs
- looie
- looks
- looms
- loons
- loony
- loops
- loopy
- loose
- loots
- loped
- loper
- lopes
- loppy
- loral
- loran
- lords
- lores
- loris
- lorry
- losel
- loser
- loses
- lossy
- lotah
- lotas
- lotic
- lotos
- lotte
- lotto
- lotus
- lough
- louie
- louis
- loupe
- loups
- lours
- loury
- louse
- lousy
- louts
- lovat
- loved
- lover
- loves
- lowed
- lower
- lowes
- lowly
- lowse
- loxed
- loxes
- loyal
LU words 44
- luaus
- lubes
- luces
- lucid
- lucks
- lucky
- lucre
- ludes
- ludic
- luffa
- luffs
- luged
- luger
- luges
- lulls
- lulus
- lumen
- lumps
- lumpy
- lunar
- lunas
- lunch
- lunes
- lunet
- lunge
- lungi
- lungs
- lunks
- lunts
- lupin
- lupus
- lurch
- lured
- lurer
- lures
- lurid
- lurks
- lusts
- lusty
- lusus
- lutea
- luted
- lutes
- luxes
LW words 1
- lweis
LY words 17
- lyard
- lyart
- lyase
- lycea
- lycee
- lying
- lymph
- lynch
- lyres
- lyric
- lysed
- lyses
- lysin
- lysis
- lyssa
- lytic
- lytta
184 of these are common enough to be in everyday use. Turn on the filter above to hide the rest.
The double L words are the ones worth checking twice: a five letter word with two Ls is a shape a solver often rules out too early. It is not rare, and this page will show you every case in a couple of seconds with the contains filter.
184 of these 401 words are common vocabulary. The tail includes LEGES, LEMAN, LIANA and LOTIC, all legal, all quietly useful, none of them words anybody has said out loud this week.
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