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5 Letter Words Starting With L

574 five-letter words start with L. Common words first, then every word from A to Z.

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Common 5-letter words that start with L

With their Scrabble points: the 16 most used that have a meaning, with a short one, then the rest, most used first.

  • links 9to connect
  • local 7relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or…
  • level 8a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
  • learn 5to gain knowledge by experience, instruction, or study
  • large 6of considerable size or quantity
  • login 6the process of identifying oneself to a computer
  • legal 6established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
  • light 9electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
  • least 5used to form the superlative
  • later 5happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
  • loans 5the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
  • lines 5a formation of people or things one beside another
  • lower 8less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
  • leave 8to go away from
  • lists 5a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
  • looks 9to use one's eyes in seeing

All 574 words, A to Z

LA…LE…LI…LL…LO…LU…LW…LY…

LL… (2)

Top score: LLAMA, 7 points. Meaning: a ruminant mammal

LW… (1)

Top score: LWEIS, 8 points. Meaning: a monetary unit of Angola

About these words

  • 574 of the 12,987 5-letter words start with L (4%).
  • 438 are good in NWL2023, 572 in Collins Scrabble Words and 400 in ENABLE. 111 are everyday words.
  • In Scrabble points, lezzy scores the most (26), then lazzi and lazzo (23 each), then three words on 15.