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7-Letter Words Starting With L

There are 809 seven-letter words starting with L in our dictionary; 401 of them are common words.

Type your own letters to find only the 7-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.

The 600 most common of 809 words

Quick facts

  • Total words: 809
  • By usage: 232 very common, 169 common, 408 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. lezzies 25
  2. lockjaw 23
  3. lazyish 22
  4. liquefy 22
  5. liquify 22
  6. lockbox 22
  7. lacquey 21
  8. lazying 20
  9. lacquer 18
  10. laicize 18

Most common

  1. lacking
  2. locking
  3. library
  4. linking
  5. looking
  6. largely
  7. leaving
  8. legally
  9. labeled
  10. limited

Definitions

lacking (adjective)
Inadequate in amount or degree.
locking (noun)
The act of locking something up to protect it.
library (noun)
A room where books are kept.
looking (adjective)
Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms.

Looking for seven-letter words starting with L? You are in the right place. This list has 809 of them, sorted so the familiar words such as LACKING and LOCKING appear before the obscure ones. Every entry is a real dictionary word, and every score badge is computed from standard tile values. Use the filters in the search box to keep only the words that also fit the other letters on your rack or the pattern in your puzzle.

How to use this page

Read the list from the top if you want the everyday words, or jump to the quick facts for the highest scorers. Click any word with a link to see every shorter word hidden inside it. When you have a specific rack, the search box at the top filters the list down to the words you can play right now.

Tips

A blank tile is the most powerful piece on your rack because it stands in for any letter. When you search this list with a blank, the tool underlines the letter the blank replaced so you know which tile to lay down. Spend a blank only when it unlocks a long word or a premium square; using it for a three-letter play is almost always a waste. If you hold two blanks, look for a word from this list that needs both, because a seven-tile play with the bonus outscores nearly everything else.

Questions

How many seven-letter words starting with L are there?

Our dictionary has 809 seven-letter words starting with L, of which 401 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.

What is the highest-scoring word among the seven-letter words starting with L?

LEZZIES scores 25 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.

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