13-letter words starting with L

13-letter words starting with L number 235, from familiar laughingstock to specialist terms such as lactobacillus.

235 wordsTop pick LACTOBACILLUSHighest score LYMPHOGRAPHIC 31

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P starts the most 13-letter words (1,597); Y starts the fewest (10). L ranks #18 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Best words to play first 235 · most-used first

LACTOBACILLUS₁₉
LIBRARIANSHIP₂₀
LAUGHINGSTOCK₂₄
LYMPHOBLASTIC₂₇
LACKADAISICAL₂₂
LEGISLATIVELY₂₀
LEISHMANIASIS₁₈
LIVESTREAMING₁₉
LEPTOSPIROSIS₁₇
LEXICOGRAPHER₂₈
LOCALIZATIONS₂₄
LINEARIZATION₂₂
LITHOGRAPHERS₂₂
LONGSUFFERING₂₁
LEXICOGRAPHIC₃₀
LIPODYSTROPHY₂₇
LANDOWNERSHIP₂₂
LEATHERJACKET₂₉
LINGONBERRIES₁₆
LIBERATIONIST₁₅
LIPOPHILICITY₂₅
LUDICROUSNESS₁₆
LISSENCEPHALY₂₃
LUXURIOUSNESS₂₀
LYMPHOCYTOSIS₂₈
LYMPHADENITIS₂₄
LIMITLESSNESS₁₅
LEPIDOPTERIST₁₈
LABYRINTHITIS₂₁
LETHARGICALLY₂₂
LACTOGLOBULIN₁₈
LIGHTFASTNESS₂₀
LOCALISATIONS₁₅
LITIGIOUSNESS₁₄
LIEBFRAUMILCH₂₅
LABIALIZATION₂₄
LYMPHOSARCOMA₂₇
LARYNGOLOGIST₁₈
LOATHSOMENESS₁₈
LOWERCLASSMEN₂₀
LANGUISHMENTS₁₉
LYMPHOMATOSIS₂₅
LOWERCLASSMAN₂₀
LITHOGRAPHIES₂₂
LAPAROSCOPIES₁₉
LECHEROUSNESS₁₈
LEGITIMATIZED₂₆
LARYNGOSPASMS₂₁

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All valid words 235

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LABANOTATIONS₁₅
LABEFACTATION₂₀
LABIALISATION₁₅
LABIALIZATION₂₄
LABOREDNESSES₁₆
LABORIOUSNESS₁₅
LABOURATORIES₁₅
LABYRINTHICAL₂₃
LABYRINTHITIS₂₁
LACHRYMATIONS₂₃
LACKADAISICAL₂₂
LACTATIONALLY₁₈
LACTOBACILLUS₁₉
LACTOGLOBULIN₁₈
LACTOPROTEINS₁₇
LADDISHNESSES₁₈
LAEVOROTATION₁₆
LAEVOROTATORY₁₉
LAGGARDNESSES₁₆
LALLAPALOOZAS₂₄
LAMELLIBRANCH₂₂
LAMELLOSITIES₁₅
LAMINECTOMIES₁₉
LAMPADEPHORIA₂₃
LANDBOARDINGS₁₈
LANDGRAVIATES₁₈
LANDOWNERSHIP₂₂
LANGUIDNESSES₁₅
LANGUISHINGLY₂₁
LANGUISHMENTS₁₉
LAPAROSCOPIES₁₉
LAPAROSCOPIST₁₉
LAPIDESCENCES₂₀
LARKISHNESSES₂₀
LARYNGEALISTS₁₇
LARYNGECTOMEE₂₁
LARYNGISMUSES₁₉
LARYNGOLOGIES₁₈
LARYNGOLOGIST₁₈
LARYNGOSCOPES₂₁
LARYNGOSCOPIC₂₃
LARYNGOSPASMS₂₁
LARYNGOTOMIES₁₉
LASTINGNESSES₁₄
LATERISATIONS₁₃
LATERIZATIONS₂₂
LATEROVERSION₁₆
LATINISATIONS₁₃
LATINIZATIONS₂₂
LATITUDINALLY₁₇
LAUDABILITIES₁₆
LAUGHABLENESS₁₉
LAUGHINGSTOCK₂₄
LAUREATESHIPS₁₈
LAURUSTINUSES₁₃
LAWLESSNESSES₁₆
LEARNEDNESSES₁₄
LEATHERJACKET₂₉
LEATHERLEAVES₁₉
LECHEROUSNESS₁₈
LECTISTERNIUM₁₇
LEGALISATIONS₁₄
LEGALIZATIONS₂₃
LEGIBLENESSES₁₆
LEGISLATIVELY₂₀
LEGISLATORIAL₁₄
LEGITIMATIONS₁₆
LEGITIMATISED₁₇
LEGITIMATISES₁₆
LEGITIMATIZED₂₆
LEGITIMATIZES₂₅
LEGITIMIZINGS₂₆
LEGLESSNESSES₁₄
LEISHMANIASES₁₈
LEISHMANIASIS₁₈
LEISHMANIOSES₁₈
LEISHMANIOSIS₁₈
LEISURELINESS₁₃
LEMMATISATION₁₇
LEMMATIZATION₂₆
LENGTHINESSES₁₇
LEONTOPODIUMS₁₈
LEPIDOMELANES₁₈
LEPIDOPTERANS₁₈
LEPIDOPTERIST₁₈
LEPIDOPTERONS₁₈
LEPIDOPTEROUS₁₈
LEPRECHAUNISH₂₃
LEPROUSNESSES₁₅
LEPTOCEPHALIC₂₄
LEPTOCEPHALUS₂₂
LEPTOPHYLLOUS₂₃
LEPTOSPIROSES₁₇
LEPTOSPIROSIS₁₇
LETHARGICALLY₂₂
LETTERBOXINGS₂₃
LETTERPRESSES₁₅
LETTERSPACING₁₈
LEUCAEMOGENIC₂₀
LEUCITOHEDRON₁₉
LEUCODEPLETED₁₉
LEUCOPLASTIDS₁₈
LEXICOGRAPHER₂₈
LEXICOGRAPHIC₃₀
LEXICOLOGICAL₂₅
LEXICOLOGISTS₂₃
LEXIGRAPHICAL₂₈
LIBERALNESSES₁₅
LIBERATIONISM₁₇
LIBERATIONIST₁₅
LIBRARIANSHIP₂₀
LICENTIATIONS₁₅
LICHENOLOGIES₁₉
LICHENOLOGIST₁₉
LICKERISHNESS₂₂
LIEBFRAUMILCH₂₅
LIEUTENANCIES₁₅
LIFEGUARDINGS₁₉
LIGHTFASTNESS₂₀
LIGHTHOUSEMAN₂₂
LIGHTHOUSEMEN₂₂
LIGHTSOMENESS₁₉
LIGNIFICATION₁₉
LIKABLENESSES₁₉
LIKEABILITIES₁₉
LILTINGNESSES₁₄
LIMACOLOGISTS₁₈
LIMITABLENESS₁₇
LIMITEDNESSES₁₆
LIMITLESSNESS₁₅
LINEARISATION₁₃
LINEARIZATION₂₂
LINEBREEDINGS₁₇
LINGONBERRIES₁₆
LINGUISTICIAN₁₆
LIPODYSTROPHY₂₇
LIPOGRAMMATIC₂₂
LIPOPHILICITY₂₅
LIPOSCULPTURE₁₉
LIQUEFACIENTS₂₇
LIQUEFACTIONS₂₇
LIQUESCENCIES₂₆
LIQUORISHNESS₂₅
LIRIODENDRONS₁₅
LISSENCEPHALY₂₃
LISSOMENESSES₁₅
LISSOTRICHOUS₁₈
LISTENABILITY₁₈
LISTENERSHIPS₁₈
LITERALNESSES₁₃
LITHESOMENESS₁₈
LITHIFICATION₂₁
LITHOCHROMIES₂₃
LITHOGRAPHERS₂₂
LITHOGRAPHIES₂₂
LITHOGRAPHING₂₃
LITHOLAPAXIES₂₅
LITHONTRIPTIC₂₀
LITHONTRIPTOR₁₈
LITHOSPERMUMS₂₂
LITHOTRIPSIES₁₈
LITHOTRIPTERS₁₈
LITHOTRIPTICS₂₀
LITHOTRIPTIST₁₈
LITHOTRIPTORS₁₈
LITHOTRITISED₁₇
LITHOTRITISES₁₆
LITHOTRITISTS₁₆
LITHOTRITIZED₂₆
LITHOTRITIZES₂₅
LITIGIOUSNESS₁₄
LIVABLENESSES₁₈
LIVEABILITIES₁₈
LIVESTREAMING₁₉
LOANSHARKINGS₂₁
LOATHEDNESSES₁₇
LOATHLINESSES₁₆
LOATHSOMENESS₁₈
LOCALISATIONS₁₅
LOCALIZATIONS₂₄
LOCKSMITHINGS₂₅
LOCKSTITCHING₂₅
LOGARITHMICAL₂₁
LOGICALNESSES₁₆
LOGOCENTRISMS₁₈
LOGODAEDALIES₁₆
LOGOGRAMMATIC₂₁
LOGOGRAPHICAL₂₂
LOLLAPALOOSAS₁₅
LOLLAPALOOZAS₂₄
LONGANIMITIES₁₆
LONGINQUITIES₂₃
LONGSUFFERING₂₁
LOPHOPHORATES₂₃
LOSABLENESSES₁₅
LOUTISHNESSES₁₆
LOVABLENESSES₁₈
LOVEABILITIES₁₈
LOWERCLASSMAN₂₀
LOWERCLASSMEN₂₀
LUBRICATIONAL₁₇
LUCRATIVENESS₁₈
LUDICROUSNESS₁₆
LUMBERINGNESS₁₈
LUMBERJACKETS₃₀
LUMBRICALISES₁₉
LUMINESCENCES₁₉
LUMPISHNESSES₂₀
LUNCHEONETTES₁₈
LUSKISHNESSES₂₀
LUSTFULNESSES₁₆
LUTEINISATION₁₃
LUTEINIZATION₂₂
LUTEOTROPHINS₁₈
LUXULLIANITES₂₀
LUXURIOUSNESS₂₀
LYCANTHROPIES₂₃
LYCANTHROPIST₂₃
LYMPHADENITIS₂₄
LYMPHATICALLY₂₈
LYMPHOADENOMA₂₆
LYMPHOBLASTIC₂₇
LYMPHOCYTOSES₂₈
LYMPHOCYTOSIS₂₈
LYMPHOCYTOTIC₃₀
LYMPHOGRAPHIC₃₁
LYMPHOMATOSES₂₅
LYMPHOMATOSIS₂₅
LYMPHOPOIESES₂₅
LYMPHOPOIESIS₂₅
LYMPHOPOIETIC₂₇
LYMPHOSARCOMA₂₇
LYMPHOTROPHIC₃₀
LYRICALNESSES₁₈
LYSOLECITHINS₂₁

Letters by positionIn 64% of these words the 13th letter is S.

2nd letter

I29%
A24%
E22%

9th letter

E20%
T13%
I11%

10th letter

I19%
S16%
T12%

11th letter

I26%
S24%
O10%

12th letter

E36%
S11%
N10%

13th letter

S64%
N9%
C5%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 18 in Scrabble; LYMPHOGRAPHIC tops the list with 31. Scores before board bonuses.

1313 points: 7 words
14 points: 7 words
1515 points: 18 words
16 points: 21 words
1717 points: 15 words
18 points: 42 words
1919 points: 23 words
20 points: 15 words
2121 points: 11 words
22 points: 17 words
2323 points: 16 words
24 points: 7 words
2525 points: 13 words
26 points: 6 words
2727 points: 6 words
28 points: 5 words
2929 points: 1 words
30 points: 4 words
3131 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
LYMPHOGRAPHIC	31	34	All three
LEXICOGRAPHIC	30	34	All three
LUMBERJACKETS	30	37	Collins · NWL
LYMPHOCYTOTIC	30	32	Collins only
LYMPHOTROPHIC	30	32	Collins only
LEATHERJACKET	29	32	Collins only
LEXICOGRAPHER	28	31	All three
LYMPHOCYTOSIS	28	29	All three
LYMPHATICALLY	28	31	All three
LYMPHOCYTOSES	28	29	All three
LEXIGRAPHICAL	28	32	Collins only
LYMPHOBLASTIC	27	31	All three

The L group is unusually small beside other first letters at this length: P has 1,597 entries, while L has 235. None rank among the most common English words, so expect technical vocabulary, long compounds, and forms that rarely appear in everyday conversation. The standout examples range from librarianship to leishmaniasis, with a few recognizable words mixed in.

What stands out among 13-letter words starting with L?

The list contains 235 tournament-dictionary entries beginning with L.
Collins includes 223; NWL2023 includes 143, and ENABLE includes 119.
A total of 151 entries end in S, compared with 20 ending in N.
The common-word count is zero, making this a specialist-heavy set.

How does the L group compare across lengths?

Thirteen-letter L words are a sharp dip between neighboring lengths: there are 429 twelve-letter entries and 170 fourteen-letter entries. The same letter peaks at 1,290 eight-letter words, so L is much more productive in shorter forms than at this exact length.

The examples show why the count is not a measure of familiarity. Laughingstock and leatherjacket are easy to picture, while lymphoblastic, lipophilicity, and lissencephaly belong to specialized vocabulary. Librarianship and lexicographer offer more recognizable routes into the longer-word pattern.

Definition coverage tells a similar story: 172 of the 235 entries carry a recorded meaning, and the average word scores 19.8 points.

Which 13-letter words starting with L score highest?

LYMPHOGRAPHIC leads the 13-letter words starting with L at 31 points; LEXICOGRAPHIC and LUMBERJACKETS follow at 30 each. Those scores reward the less common letters in long technical words, not how often you are likely to encounter them.

For a more familiar high scorer, LEATHERJACKET earns 29 points, and LEXICOGRAPHER scores 28. These long entries demand board space, so check your rack and available placement before chasing a headline total. A word's raw score is not the same as its final board score.

Questions people ask

How many 13-letter words start with L?

There are 235 tournament-dictionary entries that are 13 letters long and begin with L. The group is smaller than the P-starting group at this length, which contains 1,597 entries, and none of the L words fall in the common-word band.

Which 13-letter L word has the highest score?

LYMPHOGRAPHIC is the top scorer at 31 points. LEXICOGRAPHIC and LUMBERJACKETS each score 30, while LEATHERJACKET reaches 29. These are raw word scores; board premiums and placement affect the total in a game.

Are all 235 words accepted in every word game?

No. The dictionary counts differ: Collins includes 223 entries, NWL2023 includes 143, and ENABLE includes 119. A word accepted under one list may not be accepted under another, so check your game's word list before relying on a specialist term.

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