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5 Letter Words Starting with L

Every 5-letter English word in the JumbleFix dictionary that starts with L. Each word links to its definition. Face-value Scrabble and Words With Friends scores are shown so you can pick a high-scoring play without leaving the page.

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  1. lxxxvScrabble 29 · WWF 31

    a.. being five more than eighty

  2. lyardScrabble 9 · WWF 9

    adjective. (of a horse) having a gray or dappled coat; also, streaked with gray.

  3. lyartScrabble 8 · WWF 8

    adjective. Variant of lyard; gray or dappled, especially in reference to a horse.

  4. lyaseScrabble 8 · WWF 8

    noun. An enzyme that catalyzes the breaking of chemical bonds by means other than hydrolysis or oxidation, often forming a double bond or a ring.

  5. lyceaScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    pl.. of Lyceum

  6. lyceeScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    n.. a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12

  7. lyciaScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    n.. an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor

  8. lycidScrabble 11 · WWF 12

    noun. A beetle of the family Lycidae, often brightly colored and soft-bodied.

  9. lycusScrabble 10 · WWF 12

    noun. In Greek mythology, a name borne by several figures, including a king of Thebes.

  10. lydiaScrabble 9 · WWF 9

    n.. an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC

  11. lyeryScrabble 11 · WWF 10

    adjective. Of or relating to lyre; lyre-shaped.

  12. lygusScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    n.. plant-sucking bugs

  13. lyingScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    p. pr. & vb. n.. of Lie

  14. lykenScrabble 12 · WWF 13

    v. t.. To please; -- chiefly used impersonally.

  15. lymphScrabble 15 · WWF 16

    n.. A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.

  16. lynchScrabble 13 · WWF 14

    v. t.. To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.

  17. lynneScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    noun. A female given name, variant of Lynn.

  18. lyonsScrabble 8 · WWF 9

    n.. the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land

  19. lyresScrabble 8 · WWF 8

    noun. Plural of lyre; stringed instruments of ancient origin.

  20. lyricScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    a.. Alt. of Lyrical

  21. lyridScrabble 9 · WWF 9

    n.. One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.

  22. lysedScrabble 9 · WWF 9

    verb. Past tense of lyse; having undergone lysis.

  23. lysesScrabble 8 · WWF 8

    verb. Third person singular present of lyse; causes lysis.

  24. lysinScrabble 8 · WWF 9

    n.. any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis

  25. lysisScrabble 8 · WWF 8

    n.. The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.

  26. lysolScrabble 8 · WWF 9

    n.. a clear oily brown solution of cresols in soap; used as an antiseptic and disinfectant

  27. lyssaScrabble 8 · WWF 8

    n.. Hydrophobia.

  28. lytheScrabble 11 · WWF 10

    n.. The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.

  29. lyticScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    adjective. Relating to or causing lysis, the breakdown of cells.

  30. lyttaScrabble 8 · WWF 8

    n.. A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.