5 letter words starting with L
Every 5-letter word in the dictionary that opens with L — 401 of the 8,636 words of this length.
- Words
- 401
- Everyday
- 159in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 5401 words tie
- Shortest
- 5401 words tie
- label
- labor
- laced
- laces
- lacks
- laden
- ladle
- lager
- lairs
- lakes
- lambs
- lamed
- lamer
- lames
- lamps
- lance
- lands
- lanes
- lanky
- lapel
- lapse
- lards
- large
- larks
- larva
- laser
- lasts
- latch
- later
- latex
- lathe
- lauds
- laugh
- lavas
- lawns
- laxer
- layer
- leach
- leads
- leafs
- leafy
- leaks
- leaky
- leans
- leaps
- leapt
- learn
- lease
- leash
- least
- leave
- ledge
- leech
- leeks
- leers
- leery
- lefts
- legal
- lemon
- lends
- leper
- letup
- levee
- level
- lever
- liars
- libel
- licks
- lifts
- light
- liked
- liken
- likes
- lilac
- lilts
- limbo
- limbs
- limed
- limes
- limit
- limps
- lined
- linen
- liner
- lines
- lingo
- links
- lions
- lisps
- lists
- liter
- lithe
- lived
- liven
- liver
- lives
- livid
- llama
- loads
- loafs
- loans
- loath
- lobby
- lobes
- local
- locks
- lodge
- lofts
- lofty
- logic
- loins
- lolls
- longs
- looks
- looms
- loons
- loony
- loops
- loose
- loots
- loped
- lopes
- lords
- lorry
- loser
- loses
- lotus
- louse
- lousy
- loved
- lover
- loves
- lowed
- lower
- lowly
- loyal
- lucid
- lucks
- lucky
- lulls
- lumps
- lumpy
- lunar
- lunch
- lunge
- lungs
- lurch
- lured
- lures
- lurid
- lurks
- lusts
- lusty
- lutes
- lying
- lymph
- lynch
- lyres
- lyric
- labia
- lacey
- laded
- lades
- laird
- laity
- lamas
- lanai
- lapin
- larch
- lardy
- largo
- lasso
- laths
- latke
- latte
- laura
- laved
- laves
- laxly
- layup
- lazed
- lazes
- leary
- lefty
- leger
- leggy
- legit
- lemma
- lemur
- lento
- lepta
- lethe
- lewis
- lexis
- liana
- libra
- licit
- lidar
- lidos
- liege
- liens
- lifer
- limey
- limns
- limos
- lindy
- lings
- linty
- lipid
- lippy
- lisle
- llano
- loamy
- lobar
- lobed
- lochs
- locos
- locum
- locus
- lodes
- logan
- loges
- logos
- lolly
- loner
- loopy
- loris
- lotto
- lough
- louie
- louis
- lours
- louts
- luaus
- lubes
- lucre
- luffs
- luger
- luges
- lulus
- lumen
- lupus
- laari
- labra
- lacer
- lader
- laevo
- lagan
- lahar
- laics
- laigh
- laked
- laker
- lakhs
- lamby
- lamia
- lapis
- laree
- lares
- laris
- larky
- larum
- lased
- lases
- lated
- laten
- lathi
- lathy
- lauan
- laver
- lawed
- lawny
- layed
- lazar
- leady
- leavy
- ledgy
- leets
- leges
- lehrs
- lehua
- leman
- lenes
- lenis
- lenos
- lense
- leone
- letch
- levin
- lexes
- lezzy
- liane
- liang
- liard
- liber
- lichi
- licht
- liers
- lieus
- ligan
Showing the first 300 of 401, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. The whole 5-letter list and the endings below carry the rest.
What is in this list
Every one of them has 5 letters.
159 of them — 40% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains an L.
The one furthest down the tiers is laich, filed in the unranked list.
Other openings at 5 letters
- A497
- B589
- C665
- D457
- E192
- F430
- G415
- H334
- I118
- J134
- K206
- L401
- M444
- N200
- O181
- P565
- Q53
- R419
- S1,056
- T548
- U117
- V161
- W296
- X13
- Y94
- Z51
L at other lengths, and 5 letters by ending
- 3 letters44
- 4 letters208
- 6 letters638
- 7 letters809
- 8 letters890
- 9 letters702
- 10 letters492
- 11 letters356
- 12 letters226
- 13 letters119
- 14 letters83
- 15 letters46
- ends A356
- ends B35
- ends C97
- ends D582
- ends E931
- ends F53
- ends G88
- ends H255
- ends I142
- ends K182
- ends L345
- ends M125
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.