10 Letter Words Starting with L
There are 492 10-letter English words that start with L, ranging alphabetically from LABIALIZED to LYSOGENIZE. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: LIQUIDIZED (30), LIQUIDIZES (29), LEXICALIZE (28). The list is ordered alphabetically; use the filter box below to jump to a specific starting letter.
Word list
L
- LABIALIZED22 pts
- LABIALIZES21 pts
- LABILITIES12 pts
- LABIOVELAR15 pts
- LABORATORY15 pts
- LABYRINTHS18 pts
- LACCOLITHS17 pts
- LACERATING13 pts
- LACERATION12 pts
- LACERATIVE15 pts
- LACHRYMOSE20 pts
- LACINESSES12 pts
- LACKLUSTER16 pts
- LACQUERERS21 pts
- LACQUERING22 pts
- LACQUEYING25 pts
- LACRIMATOR14 pts
- LACTATIONS12 pts
- LACTOGENIC15 pts
- LACUSTRINE12 pts
- LADDERLIKE16 pts
- LADYFINGER18 pts
- LADYFISHES20 pts
- LAGNIAPPES15 pts
- LAGOMORPHS18 pts
- LAKEFRONTS17 pts
- LAKESHORES17 pts
- LAMASERIES12 pts
- LAMBASTING15 pts
- LAMBENCIES16 pts
- LAMBREQUIN23 pts
- LAMEBRAINS14 pts
- LAMENESSES12 pts
- LAMENTABLE14 pts
- LAMENTABLY17 pts
- LAMENTEDLY16 pts
- LAMINARIAN12 pts
- LAMINARIAS12 pts
- LAMINARINS12 pts
- LAMINATING13 pts
- LAMINATION12 pts
- LAMINATORS12 pts
- LAMPBLACKS22 pts
- LAMPLIGHTS18 pts
- LAMPOONERS14 pts
- LAMPOONERY17 pts
- LAMPOONING15 pts
- LAMPSHELLS17 pts
- LANCEOLATE12 pts
- LANCEWOODS16 pts
- LANDAULETS11 pts
- LANDHOLDER15 pts
- LANDLADIES12 pts
- LANDLOCKED18 pts
- LANDLUBBER15 pts
- LANDMASSES13 pts
- LANDOWNERS14 pts
- LANDOWNING15 pts
- LANDSCAPED16 pts
- LANDSCAPER15 pts
- LANDSCAPES15 pts
- LANDSLIDES12 pts
- LANGLAUFER14 pts
- LANGOSTINO11 pts
- LANGOUSTES11 pts
- LANGUISHED15 pts
- LANGUISHER14 pts
- LANGUISHES14 pts
- LANGUOROUS11 pts
- LANKNESSES14 pts
- LANOSITIES10 pts
- LANTHANIDE14 pts
- LANTHANUMS15 pts
- LANUGINOUS11 pts
- LAPAROTOMY17 pts
- LAPIDARIAN13 pts
- LAPIDARIES13 pts
- LAPIDATING14 pts
- LAPIDIFIED17 pts
- LAPIDIFIES16 pts
- LARCENISTS12 pts
- LARGEMOUTH16 pts
- LARGHETTOS14 pts
- LARVICIDAL16 pts
- LARVICIDES16 pts
- LARYNGEALS14 pts
- LARYNGITES14 pts
- LARYNGITIC16 pts
- LARYNGITIS14 pts
- LASCIVIOUS15 pts
- LASSITUDES11 pts
- LATECOMERS14 pts
- LATENESSES10 pts
- LATERALING11 pts
- LATERALIZE19 pts
- LATERIZING20 pts
- LATHYRISMS18 pts
- LATHYRITIC18 pts
- LATICIFERS15 pts
- LATIFUNDIA14 pts
- LATIFUNDIO14 pts
- LATINITIES10 pts
- LATINIZING20 pts
- LAUDATIONS11 pts
- LAUGHINGLY18 pts
- LAUNCHPADS18 pts
- LAUNDERERS11 pts
- LAUNDERING12 pts
- LAUNDRETTE11 pts
- LAUNDRYMAN16 pts
- LAUNDRYMEN16 pts
- LAUREATING11 pts
- LAUREATION10 pts
- LAURELLING11 pts
- LAVALIERES13 pts
- LAVALLIERE13 pts
- LAVATORIES13 pts
- LAVENDERED15 pts
- LAVISHNESS16 pts
- LAWBREAKER19 pts
- LAWFULNESS16 pts
- LAWMAKINGS20 pts
- LAWNMOWERS18 pts
- LAWRENCIUM17 pts
- LAWYERINGS17 pts
- LAWYERLIKE20 pts
- LAYPERSONS15 pts
- LAZARETTES19 pts
- LAZARETTOS19 pts
- LAZINESSES19 pts
- LEADENNESS11 pts
- LEADERLESS11 pts
- LEADERSHIP16 pts
- LEADPLANTS13 pts
- LEADSCREWS16 pts
- LEAFHOPPER20 pts
- LEAFLETEER13 pts
- LEAFLETING14 pts
- LEAFLETTED14 pts
- LEAFSTALKS17 pts
- LEAGUERING12 pts
- LEANNESSES10 pts
- LEASEBACKS18 pts
- LEASEHOLDS14 pts
- LEATHERING14 pts
- LEAVENINGS14 pts
- LEBENSRAUM14 pts
- LECTIONARY15 pts
- LECTOTYPES17 pts
- LEDERHOSEN14 pts
- LEGALISING12 pts
- LEGALISTIC13 pts
- LEGALITIES11 pts
- LEGALIZERS20 pts
- LEGALIZING21 pts
- LEGATESHIP16 pts
- LEGENDRIES12 pts
- LEGERITIES11 pts
- LEGIBILITY16 pts
- LEGISLATED12 pts
- LEGISLATES11 pts
- LEGISLATOR11 pts
- LEGITIMACY18 pts
- LEGITIMATE13 pts
- LEGITIMISE13 pts
- LEGITIMISM15 pts
- LEGITIMIST13 pts
- LEGITIMIZE22 pts
- LEGUMINOUS13 pts
- LEISHMANIA15 pts
- LEISTERING11 pts
- LEITMOTIFS15 pts
- LEITMOTIVS15 pts
- LEMNISCATE14 pts
- LEMONGRASS13 pts
- LENGTHENED15 pts
- LENGTHENER14 pts
- LENGTHIEST14 pts
- LENGTHWAYS20 pts
- LENGTHWISE17 pts
- LENIENCIES12 pts
- LENITIVELY16 pts
- LENTAMENTE12 pts
- LENTICULAR12 pts
- LENTICULES12 pts
- LENTIGINES11 pts
- LENTISSIMO12 pts
- LENTIVIRUS13 pts
- LEOPARDESS13 pts
- LEPIDOLITE13 pts
- LEPRECHAUN17 pts
- LEPROSARIA12 pts
- LEPTOSOMES14 pts
- LEPTOSPIRE14 pts
- LEPTOTENES12 pts
- LESBIANISM14 pts
- LESPEDEZAS22 pts
- LETHARGIES14 pts
- LETTERFORM15 pts
- LETTERHEAD14 pts
- LETTERINGS11 pts
- LEUCOCIDIN15 pts
- LEUCOPLAST14 pts
- LEUKAEMIAS16 pts
- LEUKOCYTES19 pts
- LEUKOCYTIC21 pts
- LEUKOPENIA16 pts
- LEUKOPENIC18 pts
- LEUKORRHEA17 pts
- LEVERAGING15 pts
- LEVIATHANS16 pts
- LEVIGATING15 pts
- LEVIGATION14 pts
- LEVITATING14 pts
- LEVITATION13 pts
- LEVOROTARY16 pts
- LEWDNESSES14 pts
- LEXICALITY22 pts
- LEXICALIZE28 pts
- LEXICOLOGY23 pts
- LIBECCHIOS19 pts
- LIBELLANTS12 pts
- LIBERALISE12 pts
- LIBERALISM14 pts
- LIBERALIST12 pts
- LIBERALITY15 pts
- LIBERALIZE21 pts
- LIBERATING13 pts
- LIBERATION12 pts
- LIBERATORS12 pts
- LIBERTINES12 pts
- LIBIDINOUS13 pts
- LIBRARIANS12 pts
- LIBRATIONS12 pts
- LIBRETTIST12 pts
- LICENSABLE14 pts
- LICENSURES12 pts
- LICENTIATE12 pts
- LICENTIOUS12 pts
- LIDOCAINES13 pts
- LIENTERIES10 pts
- LIEUTENANT10 pts
- LIFEBLOODS16 pts
- LIFEGUARDS15 pts
- LIFELESSLY16 pts
- LIFESAVERS16 pts
- LIFESAVING17 pts
- LIFESTYLES16 pts
- LIGATURING12 pts
- LIGHTBULBS18 pts
- LIGHTENERS14 pts
- LIGHTENING15 pts
- LIGHTERAGE15 pts
- LIGHTERING15 pts
- LIGHTFACED20 pts
- LIGHTFACES19 pts
- LIGHTHOUSE17 pts
- LIGHTNINGS15 pts
- LIGHTPLANE16 pts
- LIGHTPROOF19 pts
- LIGHTSHIPS19 pts
- LIGHTTIGHT18 pts
- LIGHTWOODS18 pts
- LIGNIFYING18 pts
- LIKABILITY19 pts
- LIKELIHOOD18 pts
- LIKENESSES14 pts
- LIMBERNESS14 pts
- LIMELIGHTS16 pts
- LIMESTONES12 pts
- LIMEWATERS15 pts
- LIMINESSES12 pts
- LIMITATION12 pts
- LIMITATIVE15 pts
- LIMITINGLY16 pts
- LIMITROPHE17 pts
- LIMNOLOGIC15 pts
- LIMOUSINES12 pts
- LIMPIDNESS15 pts
- LIMPNESSES14 pts
- LINCOMYCIN19 pts
- LINEAMENTS12 pts
- LINEARISED11 pts
- LINEARISES10 pts
- LINEARIZED20 pts
- LINEARIZES19 pts
- LINEATIONS10 pts
- LINEBACKER18 pts
- LINECASTER12 pts
- LINERBOARD13 pts
- LINGUISTIC13 pts
- LINOLEATES10 pts
- LINTWHITES16 pts
- LIONFISHES16 pts
- LIPOMATOUS14 pts
- LIPOPHILIC19 pts
- LIPOTROPIC16 pts
- LIPOTROPIN14 pts
- LIPREADING14 pts
- LIPSTICKED19 pts
- LIQUATIONS19 pts
- LIQUEFIERS22 pts
- LIQUEFYING26 pts
- LIQUESCENT21 pts
- LIQUIDATED21 pts
- LIQUIDATES20 pts
- LIQUIDATOR20 pts
- LIQUIDIZED30 pts
- LIQUIDIZES29 pts
- LIQUIDNESS20 pts
- LIQUIFYING26 pts
- LIQUORICES21 pts
- LISTENABLE12 pts
- LISTLESSLY13 pts
- LITERACIES12 pts
- LITERALISM12 pts
- LITERALIST10 pts
- LITERALITY13 pts
- LITERALIZE19 pts
- LITERARILY13 pts
- LITERATELY13 pts
- LITERATION10 pts
- LITERATORS10 pts
- LITERATURE10 pts
- LITHIFYING20 pts
- LITHOGRAPH19 pts
- LITHOLOGIC16 pts
- LITHOPHANE18 pts
- LITHOPHYTE21 pts
- LITHOPONES15 pts
- LITIGATING12 pts
- LITIGATION11 pts
- LITIGATORS11 pts
- LITTERBAGS13 pts
- LITTERBUGS13 pts
- LITTERMATE12 pts
- LITTLENECK16 pts
- LITTLENESS10 pts
- LITURGICAL13 pts
- LITURGISTS11 pts
- LIVABILITY18 pts
- LIVELIHOOD17 pts
- LIVELINESS13 pts
- LIVENESSES13 pts
- LIVERWORTS16 pts
- LIVERWURST16 pts
- LIVESTOCKS19 pts
- LIVIDITIES14 pts
- LIVINGNESS14 pts
- LIXIVIATED21 pts
- LIXIVIATES20 pts
- LOADMASTER13 pts
- LOADSTONES11 pts
- LOBLOLLIES12 pts
- LOBOTOMIES14 pts
- LOBOTOMISE14 pts
- LOBOTOMIZE23 pts
- LOBSCOUSES14 pts
- LOBSTERING13 pts
- LOBSTERMAN14 pts
- LOBSTERMEN14 pts
- LOBULATION12 pts
- LOCALISING13 pts
- LOCALITIES12 pts
- LOCALIZING22 pts
- LOCATIONAL12 pts
- LOCKKEEPER22 pts
- LOCKSMITHS21 pts
- LOCKSTITCH21 pts
- LOCOMOTING15 pts
- LOCOMOTION14 pts
- LOCOMOTIVE17 pts
- LOCOMOTORY17 pts
- LOCUTORIES12 pts
- LODESTONES11 pts
- LODGEMENTS14 pts
- LOGANBERRY16 pts
- LOGAOEDICS14 pts
- LOGARITHMS16 pts
- LOGGERHEAD16 pts
- LOGICALITY16 pts
- LOGICISING14 pts
- LOGICIZING23 pts
- LOGINESSES11 pts
- LOGISTICAL13 pts
- LOGOGRAPHS17 pts
- LOGOGRIPHS17 pts
- LOGORRHEAS14 pts
- LOGORRHEIC16 pts
- LOGOTYPIES16 pts
- LOGROLLERS11 pts
- LOGROLLING12 pts
- LOINCLOTHS15 pts
- LONELINESS10 pts
- LONENESSES10 pts
- LONESOMELY15 pts
- LONGBOWMAN18 pts
- LONGBOWMEN18 pts
- LONGHAIRED15 pts
- LONGHEADED16 pts
- LONGHOUSES14 pts
- LONGICORNS13 pts
- LONGITUDES12 pts
- LONGLEAVES14 pts
- LONGNESSES11 pts
- LONGSOMELY16 pts
- LOOKALIKES18 pts
- LOOPHOLING16 pts
- LOPHOPHORE20 pts
- LOPSIDEDLY17 pts
- LOQUACIOUS21 pts
- LORDLINESS11 pts
- LORGNETTES11 pts
- LORNNESSES10 pts
- LOSTNESSES10 pts
- LOTUSLANDS11 pts
- LOUDMOUTHS16 pts
- LOUDNESSES11 pts
- LOUNGEWEAR14 pts
- LOUSEWORTS13 pts
- LOVABILITY18 pts
- LOVASTATIN13 pts
- LOVELESSLY16 pts
- LOVELINESS13 pts
- LOVEMAKING20 pts
- LOVINGNESS14 pts
- LOWBALLING16 pts
- LOWERCASED16 pts
- LOWERCASES15 pts
- LOWLANDERS14 pts
- LOWLIHEADS17 pts
- LOXODROMES20 pts
- LUBRICANTS14 pts
- LUBRICATED15 pts
- LUBRICATES14 pts
- LUBRICATOR14 pts
- LUBRICIOUS14 pts
- LUCIDITIES13 pts
- LUCIFERASE15 pts
- LUCIFERINS15 pts
- LUCIFEROUS15 pts
- LUCULENTLY15 pts
- LUFTMENSCH20 pts
- LUGUBRIOUS13 pts
- LUKEWARMLY22 pts
- LULLABYING16 pts
- LUMBERJACK27 pts
- LUMBERYARD18 pts
- LUMINAIRES12 pts
- LUMINANCES14 pts
- LUMINARIAS12 pts
- LUMINARIES12 pts
- LUMINESCED15 pts
- LUMINESCES14 pts
- LUMINOSITY15 pts
- LUMINOUSLY15 pts
- LUMPECTOMY21 pts
- LUMPFISHES20 pts
- LUNCHMEATS17 pts
- LUNCHROOMS17 pts
- LUNCHTIMES17 pts
- LUNGFISHES17 pts
- LUNKHEADED19 pts
- LUSCIOUSLY15 pts
- LUSHNESSES13 pts
- LUSTERLESS10 pts
- LUSTERWARE13 pts
- LUSTIHOODS14 pts
- LUSTRATING11 pts
- LUSTRATION10 pts
- LUSTROUSLY13 pts
- LUTEINIZED20 pts
- LUTEINIZES19 pts
- LUTESTRING11 pts
- LUXURIANCE19 pts
- LUXURIATED18 pts
- LUXURIATES17 pts
- LYCOPODIUM20 pts
- LYMPHATICS22 pts
- LYMPHOCYTE25 pts
- LYMPHOGRAM23 pts
- LYMPHOKINE24 pts
- LYMPHOMATA22 pts
- LYOPHILISE18 pts
- LYOPHILIZE27 pts
- LYRICISING16 pts
- LYRICIZING25 pts
- LYSIMETERS15 pts
- LYSIMETRIC17 pts
- LYSOGENIES14 pts
- LYSOGENISE14 pts
- LYSOGENIZE23 pts
Point values shown are Scrabble® (letters only, before board bonuses). Browse deeper via the word-lists hub.
Top 10 highest-scoring words
Scored on letters only (no board bonuses). WWF uses different tile values from Scrabble — J, Q and Z are worth 10 points in WWF; X is worth 8.
| # | Word | Scrabble | WWF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | liquidized | 30 | 32 |
| 2 | liquidizes | 29 | 31 |
| 3 | lexicalize | 28 | 31 |
| 4 | lumberjack | 27 | 34 |
| 5 | lyophilize | 27 | 28 |
| 6 | liquefying | 26 | 29 |
| 7 | liquifying | 26 | 29 |
| 8 | lacqueying | 25 | 29 |
| 9 | lyricizing | 25 | 28 |
| 10 | lymphocyte | 25 | 26 |
Strategy for this list
L is worth 1 in Scrabble and starts ~5,000 words. L is a flexible letter — it forms LA, LI, LO two-letter words, extends to LY hooks (all -LY adverbs) and combines with almost every vowel and consonant. L-openers with premium potential include LAZED, LAZIEST, LAYING. In Wordle, L is high-frequency in position 2 and 4 (SLATE, PLATE, WHALE) — testing L in one of those positions is a strong mid-game move.
FAQs
How many 10-letter words start with L?
492 valid 10-letter English words begin with L in the ENABLE English word list.
Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?
Words on this page come from the ENABLE English word list. UK Scrabble (Collins Scrabble Words) accepts the overwhelming majority; a handful may not be legal in the North American NASPA Word List (NWL2023).