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5-Letter Words Starting with LIN

There are 16 five-letter words that start with LIN on Word.ws, from linac to linux. The most common are lines, links, lined, linux and liner.

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

All 16 five-letter words that start with 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.
3 rare five-letter words that start with LIN

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with LIN are there?
Word.ws lists 16 five-letter words that start with LIN, plus 3 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with LIN?
lines, links, lined, linux, liner, linen, lingo and lindy.
Which of the five-letter words that start with LIN has the highest letter score?
linux scores 12 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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