Browse 5-Letter Words by Contained Letter

Most Common 5-Letter Words Containing L

Everyday words that are most likely to be a Wordle answer, most common first.

All 3,479 5-Letter Words Containing L (A–Z)

Every word on this page is accepted as a guess in Wordle (it comes from the standard Wordle list of 14,855 five-letter words). Words highlighted in green are on the original Wordle answer list.

Starting with A (217)

Starting with B (230)

Starting with C (219)

Starting with D (114)

Starting with E (68)

Starting with F (199)

Starting with G (177)

Starting with H (104)

Starting with I (42)

Starting with J (40)

Starting with K (81)

Starting with L (625)

Starting with M (170)

Starting with N (67)

Starting with O (79)

Starting with P (259)

Starting with Q (14)

Starting with R (84)

Starting with S (343)

Starting with T (110)

Starting with U (44)

Starting with V (71)

Starting with W (73)

Starting with X (6)

Starting with Y (29)

Starting with Z (14)

About 5-Letter Words Containing L

3,479
Total words
648
Wordle answer words
2,384
No repeated letters
1 pt
Scrabble value of L

There are 3,479 five-letter words that contain L. Every word on this page is accepted as a guess in Wordle (it comes from the standard Wordle list of 14,855 five-letter words).

Where L appears: position 1 in 625 words, position 2 in 774, position 3 in 973, position 4 in 869 and position 5 in 539. It is most often found in position 3. 293 of these words contain L more than once, such as STILL, SMALL, LOCAL.

Using These Words in Wordle

If Wordle shows a yellow or green L, the answer is one of these 3,479 words. 648 of them are on the original Wordle answer list, which is a much smaller set of everyday words; they are highlighted in green in the list above. Examples: WOULD, COULD, STILL, WORLD, WHILE, PLACE.

A strong next guess from this list is LATER: it uses five different letters that appear often in Wordle answers, so it rules out as many words as possible. To combine this with your other green, yellow and grey tiles, use the Wordle Helper.

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 HAZEL (17 points), WALTZ (17 points), PLAZA (16 points), BLAZE (16 points), BLITZ (16 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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Frequently Asked Questions

There are 3,479 five-letter words that contain L in our list, and all of them are accepted by Wordle. The most common are WOULD, COULD, STILL, WORLD, WHILE, PLACE, UNTIL, SMALL.
648 words on this page are on the original Wordle answer list, for example WOULD, COULD, STILL, WORLD, WHILE, PLACE, UNTIL, SMALL. The rest are accepted as guesses but are less common words. A good guess to narrow things down is LATER.
With standard Scrabble tile values: HAZEL (17), WALTZ (17), PLAZA (16), BLAZE (16), BLITZ (16). Bonus squares on the board can increase these scores.
2,384 of the 3,479 words use 5 different letters, which makes them better Wordle guesses because each letter gives you new information.