5-letter words starting with L
551 five-letter words start with L, with 88 Wordle answers and 115 entries marked common.
123 of 568 are everyday words (22%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.
S starts the most 5-letter words (1,547); X starts the fewest (15). L ranks #12 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Common words
- LATER5
- LEAST5
- LOCAL7
- LEVEL8
- LARGE6
- LOOKS9
- LEAVE8
- LIGHT9
- LEARN5
- LIVES8
- LOWER8
- LEGAL6
- LOVED9
- LINES5
- LIVED9
- LOUIS5
- LABOR7
- LUCKY14
- LIKED10
- LIKES9
- LINKS9
- LIMIT7
- LYING9
- LAUGH9
- LOVES8
- LUNCH10
- LEADS6
- LOANS5
- LEWIS8
- LOOSE5
- LABEL7
- LAYER8
- LISTS5
- LANDS6
- LOGIC8
- LOVER8
- LAURA5
- LOADS6
- LASER5
- LOYAL8
- LIONS5
- LIVER8
- LEASE5
- LAKES9
- LOSES5
- LEMON7
- LINED6
- LODGE7
All valid words 568
- LAARI5
- LABDA8
- LABEL7
- LABIA7
- LABIS7
- LABOR7
- LABRA7
- LACED8
- LACER7
- LACES7
- LACET7
- LACEY10
- LACKS11
- LADDY10
- LADED7
- LADEN6
- LADER6
- LADES6
- LADLE6
- LAERS5
- LAEVO8
- LAGAN6
- LAGER6
- LAGGY10
- LAHAL8
- LAHAR8
- LAICH10
- LAICS7
- LAIDS6
- LAIGH9
- LAIKA9
- LAIKS9
- LAIRD6
- LAIRS5
- LAIRY8
- LAITH8
- LAITY8
- LAKED10
- LAKER9
- LAKES9
- LAKHS12
- LAKIN9
- LAKSA9
- LALDY9
- LALLS5
- LAMAS7
- LAMBS9
- LAMBY12
- LAMED8
- LAMER7
- LAMES7
- LAMIA7
- LAMMY12
- LAMPS9
- LANAI5
- LANAS5
- LANCE7
- LANCH10
- LANDE6
- LANDS6
- LANES5
- LANKS9
- LANKY12
- LANTS5
- LAPEL7
- LAPIN7
- LAPIS7
- LAPJE14
- LAPSE7
- LARCH10
- LARDS6
- LARDY9
- LAREE5
- LARES5
- LARGE6
- LARGO6
- LARIS5
- LARKS9
- LARKY12
- LARNS5
- LARNT5
- LARPS7
- LARUM7
- LARVA8
- LASED6
- LASER5
- LASES5
- LASSI5
- LASSO5
- LASSU5
- LASSY8
- LASTS5
- LATAH8
- LATCH10
- LATED6
- LATEN5
- LATER5
- LATEX12
- LATHE8
- LATHI8
- LATHS8
- LATHY11
- LATKE9
- LATTE5
- LAUAN5
- LAUCH10
- LAUDS6
- LAUFS8
- LAUGH9
- LAUND6
- LAURA5
- LAVAS8
- LAVED9
- LAVER8
- LAVES8
- LAVRA8
- LAWED9
- LAWER8
- LAWIN8
- LAWKS12
- LAWNS8
- LAWNY11
- LAXER12
- LAXES12
- LAXLY15
- LAYED9
- LAYER8
- LAYIN8
- LAYUP10
- LAZAR14
- LAZED15
- LAZES14
- LAZOS14
- LAZZI23
- LAZZO23
- LEACH10
- LEADS6
- LEADY9
- LEAFS8
- LEAFY11
- LEAKS9
- LEAKY12
- LEAMS7
- LEANS5
- LEANT5
- LEANY8
- LEAPS7
- LEAPT7
- LEARE5
- LEARN5
- LEARS5
- LEARY8
- LEASE5
- LEASH8
- LEAST5
- LEATS5
- LEAVE8
- LEAVY11
- LEAZE14
- LEBEN7
- LECCY12
- LEDES6
- LEDGE7
- LEDGY10
- LEDUM8
- LEEAR5
- LEECH10
- LEEKS9
- LEEPS7
- LEERS5
- LEERY8
- LEESE5
- LEETS5
- LEFTE8
- LEFTS8
- LEFTY11
- LEGAL6
- LEGER6
- LEGES6
- LEGGE7
- LEGGY10
- LEGIT6
- LEHRS8
- LEHUA8
- LEIRS5
- LEISH8
- LEMAN7
- LEMED8
- LEMEL7
- LEMES7
- LEMMA9
- LEMON7
- LEMUR7
- LENDS6
- LENES5
- LENGS6
- LENIS5
- LENOS5
- LENSE5
- LENTI5
- LENTO5
- LEONE5
- LEPER7
- LEPID8
- LEPRA7
- LEPTA7
- LERED6
- LERES5
- LERPS7
- LESBO7
- LESES5
- LESTS5
- LETCH10
- LETHE8
- LETUP7
- LEUCH10
- LEUCO7
- LEUDS6
- LEUGH9
- LEVAS8
- LEVEE8
- LEVEL8
- LEVER8
- LEVIN8
- LEVIS8
- LEWIS8
- LEWKS12
- LEXES12
- LEXIS12
- LEZES14
- LEZZA23
- LEZZY26
- LIANA5
- LIANE5
- LIANG6
- LIARD6
- LIARS5
- LIART5
- LIBEL7
- LIBER7
- LIBRA7
- LIBRI7
- LICHI10
- LICHT10
- LICIT7
- LICKS11
- LIDAR6
- LIDOS6
- LIEFS8
- LIEGE6
- LIENS5
- LIERS5
- LIEUS5
- LIEVE8
- LIFER8
- LIFES8
- LIFTS8
- LIGAN6
- LIGER6
- LIGGE7
- LIGHT9
- LIGNE6
- LIKED10
- LIKEN9
- LIKER9
- LIKES9
- LIKIN9
- LILAC7
- LILLS5
- LILOS5
- LILTS5
- LIMAN7
- LIMAS7
- LIMAX14
- LIMBA9
- LIMBI9
- LIMBO9
- LIMBS9
- LIMBY12
- LIMED8
- LIMEN7
- LIMES7
- LIMEY10
- LIMIT7
- LIMMA9
- LIMNS7
- LIMOS7
- LIMPA9
- LIMPS9
- LINAC7
- LINCH10
- LINDS6
- LINDY9
- LINED6
- LINEN5
- LINER5
- LINES5
- LINEY8
- LINGA6
- LINGO6
- LINGS6
- LINGY9
- LININ5
- LINKS9
- LINKY12
- LINNS5
- LINNY8
- LINOS5
- LINTS5
- LINTY8
- LINUM7
- LINUX12
- LIONS5
- LIPAS7
- LIPID8
- LIPIN7
- LIPOS7
- LIPPY12
- LIRAS5
- LIRKS9
- LIROT5
- LISKS9
- LISLE5
- LISPS7
- LISTS5
- LITAI5
- LITAS5
- LITED6
- LITER5
- LITES5
- LITHE8
- LITHO8
- LITHS8
- LITRE5
- LIVED9
- LIVEN8
- LIVER8
- LIVES8
- LIVID9
- LIVOR8
- LIVRE8
- LLAMA7
- LLANO5
- LOACH10
- LOADS6
- LOAFS8
- LOAMS7
- LOAMY10
- LOANS5
- LOAST5
- LOATH8
- LOAVE8
- LOBAR7
- LOBBY12
- LOBED8
- LOBES7
- LOBOS7
- LOBUS7
- LOCAL7
- LOCHE10
- LOCHS10
- LOCIE7
- LOCIS7
- LOCKS11
- LOCOS7
- LOCUM9
- LOCUS7
- LODEN6
- LODES6
- LODGE7
- LOESS5
- LOFTS8
- LOFTY11
- LOGAN6
- LOGES6
- LOGGY10
- LOGIA6
- LOGIC8
- LOGIE6
- LOGIN6
- LOGOI6
- LOGON6
- LOGOS6
- LOHAN8
- LOIDS6
- LOINS5
- LOIPE7
- LOIRS5
- LOKES9
- LOLLS5
- LOLLY8
- LOLOG6
- LOMAS7
- LOMED8
- LOMES7
- LONER5
- LONGA6
- LONGE6
- LONGS6
- LOOBY10
- LOOED6
- LOOEY8
- LOOFA8
- LOOFS8
- LOOIE5
- LOOKS9
- LOOKY12
- LOOMS7
- LOONS5
- LOONY8
- LOOPS7
- LOOPY10
- LOORD6
- LOOSE5
- LOOTS5
- LOPED8
- LOPER7
- LOPES7
- LOPPY12
- LORAL5
- LORAN5
- LORDS6
- LORDY9
- LOREL5
- LORES5
- LORIC7
- LORIS5
- LORRY8
- LOSED6
- LOSEL5
- LOSEN5
- LOSER5
- LOSES5
- LOSSY8
- LOTAH8
- LOTAS5
- LOTES5
- LOTIC7
- LOTOS5
- LOTSA5
- LOTTA5
- LOTTE5
- LOTTO5
- LOTUS5
- LOUED6
- LOUGH9
- LOUIE5
- LOUIS5
- LOUMA7
- LOUND6
- LOUNS5
- LOUPE7
- LOUPS7
- LOURE5
- LOURS5
- LOURY8
- LOUSE5
- LOUSY8
- LOUTS5
- LOVAT8
- LOVED9
- LOVER8
- LOVES8
- LOVEY11
- LOWAN8
- LOWED9
- LOWER8
- LOWES8
- LOWLY11
- LOWND9
- LOWNE8
- LOWNS8
- LOWPS10
- LOWRY11
- LOWSE8
- LOWTS8
- LOXED13
- LOXES12
- LOYAL8
- LOZEN14
- LUACH10
- LUAUS5
- LUBED8
- LUBES7
- LUBRA7
- LUCES7
- LUCID8
- LUCKS11
- LUCKY14
- LUCRE7
- LUDES6
- LUDIC8
- LUDOS6
- LUFFA11
- LUFFS11
- LUGED7
- LUGER6
- LUGES6
- LULLS5
- LULUS5
- LUMAS7
- LUMEN7
- LUMME9
- LUMMY12
- LUMPS9
- LUMPY12
- LUNAR5
- LUNAS5
- LUNCH10
- LUNES5
- LUNET5
- LUNGE6
- LUNGI6
- LUNGS6
- LUNKS9
- LUNTS5
- LUPIN7
- LUPUS7
- LURCH10
- LURED6
- LURER5
- LURES5
- LUREX12
- LURGI6
- LURGY9
- LURID6
- LURKS9
- LURRY8
- LURVE8
- LUSER5
- LUSHY11
- LUSKS9
- LUSTS5
- LUSTY8
- LUSUS5
- LUTEA5
- LUTED6
- LUTER5
- LUTES5
- LUVVY14
- LUXER12
- LUXES12
- LWEIS8
- LYAMS10
- LYARD9
- LYART8
- LYASE8
- LYCEA10
- LYCEE10
- LYCRA10
- LYING9
- LYMES10
- LYMPH15
- LYNCH13
- LYNES8
- LYRES8
- LYRIC10
- LYSED9
- LYSES8
- LYSIN8
- LYSIS8
- LYSOL8
- LYSSA8
- LYTED9
- LYTES8
- LYTHE11
- LYTIC10
- LYTTA8
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAZZO | 23 | 24 | Collins only |
| LEZZA | 23 | 24 | Collins only |
| LAZZI | 23 | 24 | Collins only |
| LYMPH | 15 | 16 | All three |
| LAZED | 15 | 16 | All three |
| LAXLY | 15 | 16 | All three |
| LUCKY | 14 | 16 | All three |
| LAZAR | 14 | 15 | All three |
| LIMAX | 14 | 16 | Collins only |
| LAZES | 14 | 15 | All three |
| LUVVY | 14 | 17 | Collins · NWL |
| LEAZE | 14 | 15 | Collins only |
L offers 551 five-letter matches, with 115 marked common—the largest everyday pool in this batch. Familiar choices such as links, local, level and learn make the page approachable despite its size. It also supplies 88 Wordle answers, so there is plenty to work with when the pattern still has open tiles.
The widest everyday shortlist in this batch
The common count reaches 115, ahead of the other letters in this batch. Links, local, level and learn are easy first candidates, joined by large, light and later. That broad familiar core makes L a practical letter to explore before you need the less common entries in the full 551-word index.
S is the most frequent final letter at 191, while Y appears 59 times, E 52 and D 44. Together, those next three endings total 155 entries (derived: 59+52+44 = 155), still fewer than the S group alone. If the last tile is hidden, S deserves the first check.
The L examples span many different second letters: links, local, level, learn and large all branch immediately after the first tile. That variety helps explain why the common pool is substantial. Once your clue reveals a middle letter, group candidates by that position before relying on the frequent final S.
The top examples include words used in several settings: local and legal, links and login, light and laser. That range makes context clues useful alongside tile positions. A clue about a place may favor local, while a screen or network clue may point toward login or links, provided the letters agree.
S outnumbers the next endings
- S leads with 191 words, including links, loans and lines.
- Y occurs 59 times; funny-style endings are less prominent here, but lucky and loopy show the pattern.
- E closes 52 entries, including large, leave and level.
- D accounts for 44 words, with liked and lived as familiar examples.
Top scores beside familiar plays
Two Z tiles push the top L word to 26 points; lazzo and lazzi follow at 23, ahead of lymph, lazed and laxly on 15.
A broad pool for word patterns
The list includes 88 Wordle answers and 115 common entries, alongside 551 total matches. That gives you both a substantial answer pool and a useful everyday shortlist. Try links, level, light or later first, then check the exact letter positions before moving into rare candidates.
L has 551 Collins matches, compared with 416 in the North American list and 401 in ENABLE. This broader source coverage matters most when the clue points beyond everyday words. Begin with learn or light if they fit; confirm your game’s dictionary before using an obscure candidate from the full list.
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