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5-Letter Words Starting with LY

There are 13 five-letter words that start with LY on Word.ws, from lyase to lytic. The most common are lying, lynch, lyric, lymph and lycra.

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

All 13 five-letter words that start with LY

  • lyase8n. Any of many classes of enzyme that catalyze the breaking of a specific...
  • lycan10n. A werewolf.
  • lycra10n. Letter case form of Lycra.
  • lying9n. The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
  • lymph15n. A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues...
  • lynch13v. To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure...
  • lyric10adj. Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that...
  • lysin8n. Any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of...
  • lysis8n. A plinth or step above the cornice of the podium in an ancient temple.
  • lyssa8n. Rabies.
  • lysyl11adj. Of or pertaining to lysine.
  • lythe11n. A fish, the European pollock (Pollachius pollachius).
  • lytic10adj. Of, relating to, or causing lysis.
6 rare five-letter words that start with LY

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with LY are there?
Word.ws lists 13 five-letter words that start with LY, plus 6 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with LY?
lying, lynch, lyric, lymph, lycra, lysis, lycan and lytic.
Which of the five-letter words that start with LY has the highest letter score?
lymph scores 15 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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