Words That Start With

L

English words beginning with “L” — sorted by frequency

✦196 words found

🟩25 Wordle words

🟩 5-Letter Words Starting With L

25 Wordle words

These are valid 5-letter words — exactly the format Wordle uses every day.

LURID LURCH LUCID LAMIA LARGE LUSTY LAPSE LANKY LATHE LABEL LADEN LAITY LUMEN LAUGH LUNET LURVE LANCE LADLE LASSO LUCRE LUNGE LABOR LUNAR LUDIC LAYER

🎯 4-Letter Words Starting With L

22 words

Useful for Scrabble, crossword fill-ins, and short word puzzles.

LUSH LUST LULL LANK LURK LAND LAUD LAVE LASH LAST LADY LACE LAIR LARK LAKE LUMP LUXE LAMB LANE LAME LURE LAZY

All Words Starting With L

196 words — most common first

Sorted by how frequently each word appears in written English.

Word	Letters	Syllables	Type	Definition
lurid	5	2		Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
languid	7	2	noun	Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
lament	6	2	noun	(intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
lascivious	10	4		Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.
lucent	6	2		Emitting light; shining, luminous.
languor	7	2	noun	(uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.
lush	4	1	verb	(of vegetation) Dense, teeming with life; luxuriant.
lustrous	8	2		As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.
luscious	8	2		Sweet and pleasant; delicious.
lurch	5	1	noun	A sudden or unsteady movement.
ludicrous	9	3		Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny; amusing by being plainly incongruous or absurd.
lust	4	1	noun	A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
lull	4	1	noun	A period of rest or soothing.
lavish	6	2	verb	Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.
lambent	7	2		Glowing or luminous, but lacking heat.
lucid	5	2	noun	Clear; easily understood.
luminous	8	3		Emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.
lackadaisical	13	5		Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.
languish	8	2	verb	(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
lamentable	10	4		Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
lubricious	10	3		Smooth and glassy; slippery.
lacuna	6	3	noun	A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
laggard	7	2	noun	One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or than the others in a group.
languidly	9	3		In a languid manner, without force or effort, in a manner requiring little energy or exertion.
lagoon	6	2	noun	A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
luminescent	11	4		Emitting light by luminescence.
latent	6	2	noun	Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
luster	6	2	noun	The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.
lugubrious	10	4		Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
lamia	5	3	noun	A city in Greece.
luculent	8	3		(obsolete) Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly clear.
lap	3	1	noun	The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
lustful	7	2		Full of lust; driven by lust.
large	5	1	noun	Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
lank	4	1	noun	Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
languorous	10	3		lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
lauded	6	2	verb	(transitive, intransitive) To praise; to glorify.
laconic	7	3		Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
laceration	10	4	noun	An irregular open wound to soft tissue.
lustre	6	2	noun	British standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.).
lusty	5	2		Exhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
lucidity	8	4	noun	The property of being lucid; lucidness.
lapse	5	1	noun	A temporary failure; a slip.
lurk	4	1	verb	To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
lackluster	10	3	noun	(figurative) Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality.
land	4	1	noun	The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
lamentation	11	4	noun	The act of lamenting.
lanky	5	2	noun	(informal, derogatory) Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
lax	3	1	noun	Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
laud	4	1	noun	(transitive, intransitive) To praise; to glorify.
luminary	8	4	noun	One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in one's chosen field; a leading light.
lumber	6	2	noun	(Canada, US) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
laborious	9	4		Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
lave	4	1	noun	(transitive) To bathe or wash (someone or something).
lamented	8	3		mourned for, or grieved for
lacertine	9	4	noun	Lizard-like; lacertian.
labyrinth	9	3	noun	A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
lathe	5	1	noun	(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
labyrinthine	12	4		(figurative) Convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.
laboured	8	2		Expressive of strenuous effort.
laudation	9	3	noun	The act of lauding; high praise or commendation.
luxuriant	9	4		Abundant in growth or detail.
lamentably	10	4		Regrettably. In a manner deserving or inspiring lamentation.
lucullan	8	3		Marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous.
lash	4	1	noun	The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
last	4	1	verb	Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
lady	4	2	noun	(polite or used by children) A woman: an adult female human.
lunacy	6	3	noun	(of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
lurking	7	2	noun	The act of one who lurks.
lazuline	8	3		Pale blue
label	5	2	noun	A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
luminance	9	3	noun	The quality of being luminous.
luminescence	12	4	noun	(physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.
laden	5	2	verb	Weighed down with a load, burdened.
luxurious	9	4		Very fine in quality and comfortable.
lumbering	9	3	noun	The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.
lurching	8	2	noun	the action of the verb to lurch
lubric	6	2		(obsolete) Having a smooth surface; slippery.
lace	4	1	noun	(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
larceny	7	3	noun	(law, uncountable) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
lacerate	8	3	verb	(transitive) To tear, rip or wound.
lair	4	1	noun	A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
laity	5	3	noun	People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
lasting	7	2	noun	Persisting for an extended period of time.
lucrative	9	3		Producing a surplus; profitable.
lackey	6	2	noun	A fawning, servile follower.
laughed	7	1	verb	(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
lustrious	9	3		(obsolete, rare) Dazzling, sparkling; beautiful.
lay	3	1	verb	(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
lumen	5	2	noun	(physics) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
lark	4	1	noun	Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
lunatic	7	3	noun	An insane person.
lampoon	7	2	noun	(transitive) To satirize or poke fun at.
laboratory	10	4	noun	A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
laugh	5	1	noun	(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
laudable	8	3		Worthy of being lauded.
largesse	8	2	noun	(uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time; generosity, liberality.
lucubration	11	4	noun	Intense and prolonged study or meditation; especially, late at night.
lambency	8	3	noun	The property of being lambent, brightness.
lumbered	8	2		(slang) Trapped, encumbered.
lucern	6	2	noun	(obsolete) A lamp.
ladened	7	2		(obsolete or dialect) laden; loaded
lunet	5	2	noun	(obsolete) A little moon or satellite.
lurve	5	1	noun	(informal) Love, fondness.
landscape	9	2	noun	A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.
lance	5	1	noun	A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
luxury	6	3	noun	Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without.
laughter	8	2	noun	The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
lunette	7	2	noun	(architecture) A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
labored	7	2		Alternative form of laboured. [Expressive of strenuous effort.]
lariat	6	3	noun	A lasso.
lambaste	8	2	verb	To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.
lambast	7	2	verb	(UK) Alternative form of lambaste. [To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly.]
lurched	7	1	verb	To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
lumenal	7	3		Of or pertaining to the lumen.
languourous	11	4		Alternative form of languorous. [lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.]
ludophilia	10	5	noun	The love of play.
lustious	8	2		Full of lustiness or lust; vigorous, lush.
lake	4	1	noun	A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
launch	6	1	noun	(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation