5 letter words starting with L

401 words. Add the other letters you know to narrow the list.

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401 words, first 200 shown

Best words to try

Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: LANES, LARES, LADES, LINES, LAMES and LACES. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 280 of the 401 words have none.

Highest-scoring words

  • LEZZY26 points
  • LAXLY15 points
  • LAZED15 points
  • LYMPH15 points
  • LAZAR14 points

Patterns in this list

The most common second letter is A (95 words), followed by O (94). 2 of them have no A, E, I, O or U: LYMPH and LYNCH.

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How many 5 letter words start with L?

There are 401 5 letter words that start with L in our word list.

What is the highest scoring 5 letter word that start with L?

LEZZY, worth 26 points with standard Scrabble letter values.

What is a good Wordle guess that starts with L?

LANES, LARES and LINES use 5 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.