Browse 4-Letter Words by Starting Letter

Most Common 4-Letter Words Starting With L

The most frequently used words in everyday English, most common first.

All 208 4-Letter Words Starting With L (A–Z)

The words come from the ENABLE word list (3,903 four-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

Starting with LA (48)

Starting with LE (34)

Starting with LI (44)

Starting with LO (50)

Starting with LU (27)

Starting with LW (1)

Starting with LY (4)

About 4-Letter Words Starting With L

208
Total words
177
No repeated letters
1 pt
Scrabble value of L

There are 208 four-letter words that start with L. The words come from the ENABLE word list (3,903 four-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

The letters that most often follow L are O (50), A (48), I (44), E (34) and U (27). The biggest groups are words beginning with LO-, LA- and LI-, so if you know the second letter you can jump straight to that group in the list above.

Highest-Scoring Words for Scrabble and Words With Friends

Using standard Scrabble tile values (before bonus squares), the highest-scoring well-known words here are LAZY (16 points), LYNX (14 points), LAKH (11 points), LACK (10 points), LUCK (10 points). L itself is worth 1 point. To search by the exact tiles on your rack, use the word finder or the anagram solver.

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There are 208 four-letter words that start with L in our list (based on the ENABLE word list). The most common are LIKE, LIFE, LAST, LOVE, LONG, LOOK, LEFT, LIVE.
With standard Scrabble tile values: LAZY (16), LYNX (14), LAKH (11), LACK (10), LUCK (10). Bonus squares on the board can increase these scores.
177 of the 208 words use 4 different letters.