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5 Letter Words Starting With L
Browse 5 Letter Words Starting With L. 185 verified words are currently available. Definitions, Scrabble scores, and links to complete dictionary entries are included.
5 Letter Words
- label 5 letters · 7 points trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
- labor 5 letters · 7 points productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
- laced 5 letters · 8 points closed with a lace
- lacer 5 letters · 7 points a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)
- laden 5 letters · 6 points burdened psychologically or mentally
- ladle 5 letters · 6 points a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- lagan 5 letters · 6 points goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be…
- lager 5 letters · 6 points a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
- lahar 5 letters · 8 points an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano
- laird 5 letters · 6 points a landowner
- laity 5 letters · 8 points in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy
- lally 5 letters · 8 points support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete
- lamia 5 letters · 7 points (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
- lanai 5 letters · 5 points a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room
- lance 5 letters · 7 points a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
- lanky 5 letters · 12 points tall and thin
- lansa 5 letters · 5 points East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit
- lapel 5 letters · 7 points lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar
- lapin 5 letters · 7 points castrated male rabbit
- lapse 5 letters · 7 points a failure to maintain a higher state
- larch 5 letters · 10 points any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
- large 5 letters · 6 points in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- largo 5 letters · 6 points very slow in tempo and broad in manner
- larid 5 letters · 6 points long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family
- larva 5 letters · 8 points the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is…
- laser 5 letters · 5 points an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic…
- lasso 5 letters · 5 points a long noosed rope used to catch animals
- latch 5 letters · 10 points catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove
- later 5 letters · 5 points coming at a subsequent time or stage
- latex 5 letters · 12 points a water-base paint that has a latex binder
- lathe 5 letters · 8 points machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
- lathi 5 letters · 8 points club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India
- latke 5 letters · 9 points made of grated potato and egg with a little flour
- latte 5 letters · 5 points strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk
- laugh 5 letters · 9 points a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- laver 5 letters · 8 points seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds
- laxly 5 letters · 15 points in a permissively lenient manner
- layby 5 letters · 13 points designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
- layer 5 letters · 8 points thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
- layup 5 letters · 10 points a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked…
- lazar 5 letters · 14 points a person afflicted with leprosy
- leach 5 letters · 10 points the process of leaching
- leafy 5 letters · 11 points having or covered with leaves
- leaky 5 letters · 12 points prone to communicate confidential information
- learn 5 letters · 5 points gain knowledge or skills
- lease 5 letters · 5 points a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
- leash 5 letters · 8 points a figurative restraint
- least 5 letters · 5 points the superlative of ‘little’ that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by ‘the’; a…
- leave 5 letters · 8 points the act of departing politely
- ledge 5 letters · 7 points a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
- leech 5 letters · 10 points carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
- leery 5 letters · 8 points openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
- lefty 5 letters · 11 points a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
- legal 5 letters · 6 points allowed by official rules
- leger 5 letters · 6 points a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
- leggy 5 letters · 10 points having long legs
- lemma 5 letters · 9 points the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry
- lemon 5 letters · 7 points an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
- lemur 5 letters · 7 points large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
- lense 5 letters · 5 points a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
- lento 5 letters · 5 points (of tempo) slow
- leone 5 letters · 5 points the basic unit of money in Sierra Leone; equal to 100 cents
- leper 5 letters · 7 points a pariah who is avoided by others
- leppy 5 letters · 12 points motherless calf in a range herd of cattle
- lerot 5 letters · 5 points dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa
- letch 5 letters · 10 points man with strong sexual desires
- letup 5 letters · 7 points a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
- levee 5 letters · 8 points an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
- level 5 letters · 8 points of the score in a contest
- lever 5 letters · 8 points a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
- levis 5 letters · 8 points a popular brand of jeans
- lexis 5 letters · 12 points all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function
- liana 5 letters · 5 points a woody climbing usually tropical plant
- libel 5 letters · 7 points the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief they seek
- lichi 5 letters · 10 points Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
- licit 5 letters · 7 points authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
- lidar 5 letters · 6 points a measuring system that detects and locates objects on the same principle as radar but uses light from…
- liege 5 letters · 6 points owing or owed feudal allegiance and service
- lifer 5 letters · 8 points a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment
- ligan 5 letters · 6 points goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be…
- liger 5 letters · 6 points offspring of a male lion and a female tiger
- light 5 letters · 9 points characterized by or emitting light
- ligne 5 letters · 6 points a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons
- liked 5 letters · 10 points found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
- liken 5 letters · 9 points consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
- lilac 5 letters · 7 points of a pale purple color
- liman 5 letters · 7 points a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river
- limbo 5 letters · 9 points (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous…
- limen 5 letters · 7 points the smallest detectable sensation
- limey 5 letters · 10 points a man of English descent
- limit 5 letters · 7 points the greatest possible degree of something
- limpa 5 letters · 9 points a rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar
- linac 5 letters · 7 points ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path
- lindy 5 letters · 9 points an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)
- lined 5 letters · 6 points bordered by a line of things
- linen 5 letters · 5 points white goods or clothing made with linen cloth
- liner 5 letters · 5 points (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
- lingo 5 letters · 6 points a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
- linin 5 letters · 5 points an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules…
- links 5 letters · 9 points a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore