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5-Letter Words Starting with LI

There are 69 five-letter words that start with LI on Word.ws, from liana to liwan. The most common are light, lines, lived, liked and links.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 69 five-letter words that start with LI

LIA

  • liana5n. A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
  • liang6n. Synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a...
  • liard6n. A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou.

LIB

  • libel7n. A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage...
  • liber7n. Synonym of phloem.
  • libra7n. A Roman unit of mass, usually equivalent to 327 g.
  • libre7adj. With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the...

LIC

  • licit7adj. Unforbidden; permitted.
  • licky14adj. Prone to licking.

LID

  • lidar6n. The optical analogue of radar, using intense pulses of laser light to...

LIE

  • liege6n. A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a...

LIF

  • lifer8n. A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.

LIG

  • liger6n. An animal born to a male lion and a tigress.
  • light9n. Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human...
  • ligne6n. Synonym of line (“ill-defined unit of length”).

LIK

  • liked10adj. Viewed favorably, held in high regard.
  • liken9v. Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or...
  • liker9n. One who likes.
  • likin9n. A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or...

LIL

  • lilac7n. A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris...
  • lilin5n. A supernatural being in ancient Mesopotamian folklore, and later in...

LIM

  • liman7n. A wide estuary formed as a lagoon at the mouth of one or more rivers...
  • limax14n. A slug or slug-like creature.
  • limba9n. A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for...
  • limbo9n. A speculative place or state, thought possibly to be on the edge of the...
  • limen7n. A liminal point; the threshold of a physiological or psychological...
  • limes7n. A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
  • limey10adj. Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.
  • limit7n. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
  • limpa9n. Swedish-style rye bread made with molasses.
  • limpy12adj. Having or resembling a limp.

LIN

  • linac7n. A linear particle accelerator.
  • linch10n. A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.
  • lindy9n. A jitterbug, originated in Harlem, New York.
  • linea5n. Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.
  • lined6adj. Having a lining, an inner layer or covering.
  • linen5n. Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
  • liner5n. Someone who fits a lining to something.
  • lines5n. Words spoken by the actors.
  • liney8adj. Resembling or characterised by lines.
  • linge6v. To work hard.
  • lingo6n. Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or...
  • linin5n. The network of viscous material in a cell's nucleus that connects the...
  • links9n. A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.
  • linne5n. Flax.
  • linty8adj. Covered with lint.
  • linux12n. Any unix-like operating system that uses the Linux kernel.

LIP

  • lipid8n. Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes...
  • lipin7n. Any fat, fatty acid, lipoid, soap, or similar substance.
  • lippy12adj. Having prominent lips.

LIS

  • lisle5n. A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.
  • lispy10adj. Tending to lisp when speaking.
  • lisse5n. A fine sheer fabric of silk or cotton used in women's neckwear and in...
  • listy8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a list, or tending to use lists.

LIT

  • litas5n. The former currency or money of Lithuania, divided into 100 centai.
  • litch10adv. Literally, actually.
  • lithe8adj. Slim but not skinny.
  • litho8v. To lithograph.
  • litre5n. The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol...
  • litty8adj. Little.

LIV

  • lived9adj. Having a specified duration of life.
  • liven8v. To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.
  • liver8n. A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients...
  • livet8n. A good diet.
  • livid9adj. Having a dark, bluish appearance.
  • livin8n. A particular protein that inhibits apoptosis.
  • livor8n. Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.
  • livre8n. A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or...

LIW

  • liwan8n. A long, narrow-fronted hall or vaulted portal found in Levantine homes...
22 rare five-letter words that start with LI

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with LI are there?
Word.ws lists 69 five-letter words that start with LI, plus 22 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with LI?
light, lines, lived, liked, links, limit, liver and lined.
Which of the five-letter words that start with LI has the highest letter score?
limax scores 14 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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