5 Letter Words Starting With LI

110 words (92 Scrabble US, 110 Scrabble UK, 92 WGPO, 88 Words With Friends, 27 everyday ★)

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

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Common 5-letter words that start with LI

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  • light★9electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
  • lines★5a formation of people or things one beside another
  • lists★5a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
  • lives★8the quality that distinguishes animals and plants from inanimate matter
  • limit★7the greatest possible degree of something
  • lived★9inhabit or live in
  • links★9to connect
  • liver★8large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion…
  • liked★10prefer or wish to do something
  • likes★9prefer or wish to do something
  • lions★5a large, carnivorous feline mammal
  • lined★6to mark with lines (slender, continuous marks)
  • linen★5a fabric woven from the fibers of flax
  • liner★5a commercial ship or airplane
  • lifts★8to move to a higher position
  • liter★5a unit of capacity

All 110 words

LIA…

5-letter words starting with LIA (6)

Top score: LIANG, 6 points (tied with one other). a Chinese unit of weight

LIB…

5-letter words starting with LIB (4)

Top score: LIBRA, 7 points (tied with three others). a former gold coin of Peru

LIC…

5-letter words starting with LIC (4)

Top score: LICKS, 11 points. to pass the tongue over the surface of

LID…

5-letter words starting with LID (2)

Top score: LIDAR, 6 points (tied with one other). an electronic locating device

LIE…

5-letter words starting with LIE (6)

Top score: LIEVE, 8 points (tied with one other). in a glad manner

LIF…

5-letter words starting with LIF (3)

Top score: LIFTS, 8 points (tied with two others). to move to a higher position

LIG…

5-letter words starting with LIG (5)

Top score: LIGHT, 9 points. electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation

LIK…

5-letter words starting with LIK (5)

Top score: LIKED, 10 points. prefer or wish to do something

LIL…

5-letter words starting with LIL (4)

Top score: LILAC, 7 points. a flowering shrub

LIM…

5-letter words starting with LIM (18)

Top score: LIMAX, 14 points. a genus of Limacidae

LIN…

5-letter words starting with LIN (23)

Top score: LINUX, 12 points (tied with one other). an open-source version of the UNIX operating system

LIO…

5-letter words starting with LIO (1)

Top score: LIONS, 5 points. a large, carnivorous feline mammal

LIP…

5-letter words starting with LIP (6)

Top score: LIPPY, 12 points. offensively bold or disrespectful

LIR…

5-letter words starting with LIR (3)

Top score: LIRKS, 9 points

LIS…

5-letter words starting with LIS (4)

Top score: LISKS, 9 points

LIT…

5-letter words starting with LIT (9)

Top score: LITHO, 8 points (tied with two others). to make prints by lithography

LIV…

5-letter words starting with LIV (7)

Top score: LIVED, 9 points (tied with one other). inhabit or live in

About these words

  • 110 of the 12,982 5-letter words start with LI (1%).
  • 92 are good in NWL2023, 110 in Collins Scrabble Words, 92 in WOW24 and 88 in the Words With Friends list. 27 are everyday words.
  • In Scrabble points, limax scores the most (14), then linux, linky, lippy and limby (12 each).

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