4-Letter Words Starting with L

All 234 four-letter words that start with L

LA

• laam6n. The letter ل in the Arabic script.
• laan4n. Wholesaler, especially of fresh food.
• lace6n. A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a...
• lack10n. A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence...
• lacy9adj. Made of lace or decorated with it.
• lade5v. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
• lads5n. A group of friends, regardless of gender. Often the lads.
• lady8n. The mistress of a household.
• lage5n. Water; any weak alcoholic beverage.
• lagg6n. Waterlogged, marshy area around the perimeter of a (raised) bog, where...
• lagi5adv. More, even more.
• laic6n. A layperson as opposed to a cleric, i.e. not a member of the clergy.
• laid5adj. Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
• lain4v. To conceal, keep quiet about.
• lair4n. A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the...
• lait4v. To seek; search for; inquire.
• lake8n. A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
• lakh11n. One hundred thousand rupees.
• lall4v. To speak with lallation.
• lalo4n. Baobab leaf powder, used to make soups in Western Africa.
• lama6n. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lamb8n. A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months.
• lame6adj. Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
• lamp8n. A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic...
• lana4n. The tree Genipa americana.
• land5n. The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of...
• lane4n. A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
• lang5adj. Long.
• lank8adj. Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
• lant4n. Aged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as...
• laos4n. Galangal.
• lapa6n. An open structure in South Africa, typically a thatched roof supported...
• larb6n. A Laotian or Thai spicy salad with ground, chopped, or minced meat and...
• lard5n. Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in...
• lare4n. Lore; learning.
• lari4n. The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri.
• lark8n. Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
• larn4v. To learn.
• lase4v. To use a laser beam on, as for cutting.
• lash7n. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
• lask8n. Originally of both persons and animals, now only of animals: looseness...
• lass4n. A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.
• last4adj. Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
• late4adj. Near the end of a period of time.
• lath7n. A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of...
• lats4n. Latrines: rudimentary or military facilities for urination and...
• laud5n. Glorification or praise.
• lava7n. The molten rock ejected by a volcano from a vent such as a crater or...
• lave7v. To bathe or wash (someone or something).
• lavy10adj. Lavish; liberal.
• lawe7v. To cut off the claws and balls of (e.g. a dog's forefeet, to hinder it...
• lawn7n. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass...
• laws7n. The police.
• laya7n. Tempo in Indian music.
• laze13v. To be lazy, waste time.
• lazy16adj. Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

LE

• lead5n. A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish...
• leaf7n. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent...
• leak8n. A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid...
• leal4adj. Loyal, honest.
• leam6v. To gleam; shine; glow.
• lean4v. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a...
• leap6v. To jump.
• lear4n. Something learned; a lesson.
• leat4n. An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a...
• lech9n. A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
• lect6n. A specific form of a language or language cluster: a language or a...
• lede5n. The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or...
• leed5n. Language; tongue.
• leek8n. A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an...
• leer4v. To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or...
• lees4n. The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting...
• leet4n. A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also...
• left7adj. Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing...
• lege5n. A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high...
• legs5n. Eleven.
• lehr7n. A long oven or kiln, often having a moving belt, used for annealing...
• lema6n. The secretion of the tarsal glands of the eye.
• leme6n. A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.
• lend5v. To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its...
• lene4n. The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
• leng5adj. Synonym of peng (“attractive, excellent”).
• leno4n. A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window...
• lens4n. An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light...
• lerp6n. A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that...
• lesk8n. The loin; flank.
• less4adv. Used for constructing syntactic diminutive comparatives of adjectives...
• lest4conj. For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening...
• levy10v. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate...
• lewd8adj. Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.
• lewk11n. A unique, characteristic or carefully constructed appearance or outfit.

LI

• liao4part. Indicates action completion, or more generally, perfective aspect.
• liar4n. Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
• lias4n. A type of blue limestone present in parts of southern England and Wales.
• lice6n. Louse.
• lich9n. A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent...
• lick10v. To stroke with the tongue.
• lido5n. Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic...
• lied5n. An art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on the piano.
• lief7adj. Beloved, dear, agreeable.
• lien4n. A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a...
• lier4n. A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
• lies4adj. Great, wonderful.
• lieu4n. A place or stead.
• life7n. The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by...
• lift7v. To raise or rise.
• like8v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
• lila4n. The play of god’s spirit manifested in the universe; divine play...
• lill4v. To loll.
• lilo4n. An inflatable air mattress.
• lilt4v. To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of...
• lily7n. Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae...
• lima6n. Lima bean (the plant, Phaseolus lunatus).
• limb8n. A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an...
• lime6n. Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide...
• limn6v. To draw or paint; to delineate.
• limp8v. To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
• limu6n. Any of various kinds of edible algae, which form an important part of...
• limy9adj. Containing or resembling lime.
• lind5n. The lime tree, or linden tree.
• line4n. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous...
• ling5n. Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans...
• link8n. A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
• linn4n. A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or...
• lint4n. Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's...
• lion4n. A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of...
• lipa6n. A former subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Croatian...
• lips6v. To kiss (passionately), to smooch.
• lira4n. The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
• lire4n. Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in...
• lish7n. A hybrid variety of English having a name that is derived from a...
• lisi4n. A canoe of the Solomon Islands.
• lisp6n. The act or a habit of lisping.
• liss4n. Relief; ease; abatement; cessation; release.
• list4n. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
• lite4adj. Abridged or lesser; being a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
• lith7n. A limb; any member of the body.
• live7v. To be alive; to have life.
• liwa7n. A district within certain Arabic regions.
• liza13n. The white mullet (Mugil curema), of the subtropical Americas.

LL

• llyn7n. An upland lake in Wales.

LO

• load5n. A burden; a weight to be carried.
• loaf7n. A block of bread after baking.
• loam6n. A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic...
• loan4n. An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something...
• lobe6n. Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
• lobo6n. A wolf.
• loch9n. A lake.
• lock10n. Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or...
• loco6adv. A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper...
• lode5n. A watercourse.
• lofe7n. An offer; choice; an opportunity; chance.
• loft7n. An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a...
• loge5n. A booth or stall.
• logo5n. A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of...
• logy8adj. Slow to respond or react; lethargic.
• loid5n. A tool made from a piece of celluloid, used for bypassing locks.
• loin4n. The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the...
• loir4n. Dormouse.
• loke8n. The wicket or hatch of a door.
• lola4n. A grandmother.
• loli4n. A childlike female character, particularly in the lolicon genre.
• loll4v. To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• lolo4n. A grandfather.
• loma6n. A lobe, flap or fringe bordering the toe of a bird.
• lona4n. A bonus scored in the game of kabaddi for getting the entire opposing...
• lone4adj. Solitary; having no companion.
• long5adj. Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
• loob6n. Lubricant, especially social lubricant.
• loof7n. The palm of the hand.
• look8v. As an intransitive verb, often with “at”.
• loom6n. A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
• loon4n. A crazy or deranged person; a lunatic.
• loop6n. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an...
• loos4n. Praise; fame; reputation.
• loot4n. Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly...
• lope6v. To travel an easy pace with long strides.
• lord5n. One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal...
• lore4n. All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been...
• lorn4adj. Doomed; lost.
• lory7n. Any of various small, brightly coloured parrots native to Australasia....
• lose4v. To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.
• losh7interj. Expressing surprise, wonder etc.
• loss4n. The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a...
• lost4adj. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
• lota4n. A spherical pot, specifically a water pot used for washing and...
• lote4n. A large tree, of species Celtis australis (European nettle tree), found...
• loth7n. A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some...
• loti4n. The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho...
• lots4n. A lot; a great deal; tons; loads.
• loud5adj. Of great intensity.
• loun4v. To beat; thrash.
• loup6n. A mass or ball of iron in a pasty condition, beaten by the trip hammer...
• lour4v. To frown; to look sullen.
• lout4n. A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
• love7n. A deep caring for the existence of another.
• lovo7n. A traditional earthen pit oven in Fiji.
• lown7n. Calm, tranquillity.
• loys7n. "Some kind of stone.".

LU

• luau4n. An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and...
• lube6n. Lubricant.
• luce6n. The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
• luck10n. Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
• lucy9n. The northern pike (a kind of fish).
• lude5n. A pill containing the drug methaqualone.
• lues4n. A plague or disease.
• luff10n. The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the...
• luft7n. A piece moved in front of a king to prevent a back-rank mate.
• luge5n. A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or...
• luke8adj. Lukewarm.
• lull4n. A period of rest or soothing.
• lulu4n. A remarkable person, object, or idea.
• luma6n. A currency unit of Armenia, worth one hundredth of an Armenian dram.
• lume6n. A luminescent paint used to make a timepiece's dial readable in the...
• lump8n. Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or...
• luna4n. A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
• lune4n. A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles...
• lung5n. A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and...
• lunt4n. A slow-burning match or torch.
• lupe6n. The Pacific imperial pigeon (Ducula pacifica).
• lure4n. Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of...
• lurk8v. To remain concealed in order to ambush.
• lush7adj. Juicy, succulent.
• lusk8adj. Lazy or slothful.
• lust4n. A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual...
• lute4n. A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a...
• luth7n. The leatherback (turtle).
• lutz13n. A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one...
• luxe11n. Luxury.

LY

• lyme9v. To hang out (to spend time doing nothing in particular).
• lynx14n. Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.
• lyra7n. The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain.
• lyre7n. An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of...
• lyse7v. To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words that start with L are there?

Word.ws lists 234 four-letter words that start with L, plus 18 rare ones.

What are common four-letter words that start with L?

like, life, last, love, long, look, left and live.

Which of the four-letter words that start with L has the highest letter score?

lazy scores 16 points with the standard letter tile values.

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