5-letter words with L as the first letter
There are 554 five-letter words with L as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is LEZZY at 26 points. O is the most common second letter among them (131), and the average score is 7.7 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green L in the first position leaves these 554 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with L in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include LEZZY, LAZZI, LAZZO, LEZZA and LYMPH. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an L in slot 1 further.
For Wordle, LASER is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 554 words.
5-letter words with L as the first letter in numbers
- Words
- 554
- Highest scoring
- LEZZY 26 pts
- Average score
- 7.7 pts
- With a definition
- 333 (60%)
- A129
- E96
- I109
- L2
- O131
- U61
- W1
- Y25
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with l as the first letter
5-letter words with L as the first letter (554)
These 300 of the 554 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have L as the first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 554 five-letter words with L in the first position, 4.4% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as L, these 554 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as LASER.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with L as the first letter?
LEZZY scores 26 points in Scrabble. Next come LAZZI (23), LAZZO (23) and LEZZA (23). The average is 7.7 points.