10-Letter Words Starting With L
There are 546 ten-letter words that start with L. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like LITERATURE, LEADERSHIP, LABORATORY appear before the obscurities.
Every entry comes from the tournament word lists, the kind of list used in Scrabble, crosswords, and other word puzzles, so each one is a genuine dictionary word.
Most common
- literature10
- leadership16
- laboratory15
- limousines12
- litigation11
- limitation12
- legitimate13
- landscapes15
- likelihood18
- liberation12
- lieutenant10
- lighthouse17
- linguistic13
- lifestyles16
- localities12
- librarians12
- leveraging15
- lubricants14
- laundering12
- legitimacy18
All 546 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- landowners 14
- locomotive 17
- liberalism 14
- livelihood 17
- loneliness 10
- legislator 11
- landscaped 16
- luminosity 15
- logistical 13
- lymphocyte 25
- letterhead 14
- liturgical 13
- laminating 13
- lithograph 19
- linebacker 18
- lightening 15
- liquidated 21
- lesbianism 14
- liberating 13
- locksmiths 21
- locomotion 14
- landslides 12
- lamination 12
- lubricated 15
- leukocytes 19
- liquidator 20
- lifesaving 17
- lumberjack 27
- luminaries 12
- leprechaun 17
- lackluster 16
- libertines 12
- landlocked 18
- legislated 12
- lemongrass 13
- largemouth 16
- linearized 20
- luciferase 15
- lengthwise 17
- leishmania 15
- lectionary 15
- laminators 12
- lawnmowers 18
- locational 12
- legalizing 21
- lengthened 15
- logarithms 16
- loungewear 14
- lifeguards 15
- luminaires 12
- legalities 11
- levitation 13
- lenticular 12
- legibility 16
- landscaper 15
- loggerhead 16
- loveliness 13
- legitimize 22
- lunchboxes 24
- localizing 22
- lovastatin 13
- lascivious 15
- litigating 12
- lampshades 18
- likenesses 14
- liberators 12
- listenable 12
- legalistic 13
- lifesavers 16
- laparotomy 17
- literacies 12
- lawfulness 16
- labyrinths 18
- litigators 11
- liberalize 21
- longitudes 12
- lanceolate 12
- languished 15
- livability 18
- lamentable 14
- laryngitis 14
- laceration 12
- liberality 15
- lightbulbs 18
- lavatories 13
- licentiate 12
- lacustrine 12
- lumpectomy 21
- limestones 12
- lookalikes 18
- longhaired 15
- lipophilic 19
- licensable 14
- liveliness 13
- lightnings 15
- landfilled 15
- leukopenia 16
- laserdiscs 13
- laughingly 18
- lithologic 16
- levitating 14
- liberalise 12
- licentious 12
- leguminous 13
- lanthanide 14
- laypersons 15
- lubricates 14
- loquacious 21
- leucocytes 17
- latecomers 14
- legitimise 13
- launderers 11
- leafhopper 20
- lacerating 13
- lymphatics 22
- lycopodium 20
- landholder 15
- lunchtimes 17
- leafleting 14
- lubricator 14
- lederhosen 14
- liverworts 16
- laundrette 11
- literalism 12
- lineaments 12
- lugubrious 13
- listlessly 13
- languishes 14
- lambasting 15
- lumberyard 18
- lincomycin 19
- librettist 12
- lentivirus 13
- lymphokine 24
- leaderless 11
- legwarmers 16
- lodgements 14
- lamentably 17
- literalist 10
- leukaemias 16
- lampooning 15
- languorous 11
- legalising 12
- lebensraum 14
- libidinous 13
- loadmaster 13
- lovemakers 19
- leasebacks 18
- legislates 11
- lipotropic 16
- lusciously 15
- littleness 10
- lysimeters 15
- landmasses 13
- lengthways 20
- leiomyomas 17
- linearised 11
- leaseholds 14
- landowning 15
- landlubber 15
- luxuriance 19
- littermate 12
- loganberry 16
- lowercased 16
- lexicology 23
- lawbreaker 19
- lockstitch 21
- localising 13
- lactations 12
- liquidates 20
- lepidolite 13
- locomotory 17
- liquefying 26
- lavishness 16
- lunchrooms 17
- longhouses 14
- luminarias 12
- lipreading 14
- linerboard 13
- lobstermen 14
- likability 19
- labialized 22
- labializes 21
- labilities 12
- labiovelar 15
- laccoliths 17
- lacerative 15
- lachrymals 20
- lachrymose 20
- lacinesses 12
- lacquerers 21
- lacquering 22
- lacqueying 25
- lacrimator 14
- lactogenic 15
- ladderlike 16
- ladyfinger 18
- ladyfishes 20
- lagniappes 15
- lagomorphs 18
- lairdships 16
- lakefronts 17
- lakeshores 17
- lallations 10
- lamaseries 12
- lambencies 16
- lambrequin 23
- lambruscos 16
- lamebrains 14
- lamenesses 12
- lamentedly 16
- laminarian 12
- laminarias 12
- laminarins 12
- lampblacks 22
- lamplights 18
- lampooners 14
- lampoonery 17
- lampshells 17
- lancewoods 16
- lancinated 13
- lancinates 12
- landaulets 11
- landgraves 15
- landladies 12
- landlopers 13
- landmarked 18
- langlaufer 14
- langostino 11
- langoustes 11
- langridges 13
- languettes 11
- languisher 14
- lanknesses 14
- lanosities 10
- lanthanons 13
- lanthanums 15
- lanuginous 11
- lapidarian 13
- lapidaries 13
- lapidating 14
- lapidified 17
- lapidifies 16
- larcenists 12
- larghettos 14
- larvicidal 16
- larvicides 16
- laryngeals 14
- laryngites 14
- laryngitic 16
- laserdisks 15
- lassitudes 11
- latenesses 10
- lateraling 11
- lateralize 19
- lateralled 11
- laterborns 12
- laterizing 20
- lathyrisms 18
- lathyritic 18
- laticifers 15
- latifundia 14
- latifundio 14
- latimerias 12
- latinities 10
- latinizing 20
- latticings 13
- laudations 11
- laughlines 14
- launchpads 18
- laundryman 16
- laundrymen 16
- laureating 11
- laureation 10
- laurelling 11
- lavalieres 13
- lavalliere 13
- lavendered 15
- lawgivings 18
- lawmakings 20
- lawrencium 17
- lawyerings 17
- lawyerlike 20
- lazarettes 19
- lazarettos 19
- lazinesses 19
- leadenness 11
- leadplants 13
- leadscrews 16
- leafleteer 13
- leafleters 13
- leafletted 14
- leafstalks 17
- leaguering 12
- leannesses 10
- leathering 14
- leavenings 14
- lectotypes 17
- legalizers 20
- legateship 16
- legendized 22
- legendizes 21
- legendries 12
- legerities 11
- legitimism 15
- legitimist 13
- leistering 11
- leitmotifs 15
- leitmotivs 15
- lemmatized 24
- lemmatizes 23
- lemniscate 14
- lengthener 14
- lengthiest 14
- leniencies 12
- lenitively 16
- lentamente 12
- lenticules 12
- lentigines 11
- lentissimo 12
- leopardess 13
- leprosaria 12
- leptosomes 14
- leptospire 14
- leptotenes 12
- lespedezas 22
- lethargies 14
- letterform 15
- letterings 11
- leucocidin 15
- leucoplast 14
- leukocytic 21
- leukopenic 18
- leukorrhea 17
- levantines 13
- leviathans 16
- levigating 15
- levigation 14
- levitators 13
- levorotary 16
- lewdnesses 14
- lexicality 22
- lexicalize 28
- libecchios 19
- libellants 12
- liberalist 12
- librations 12
- licensures 12
- lidocaines 13
- lienteries 10
- lifebloods 16
- lifelessly 16
- lifeworlds 17
- ligaturing 12
- lighteners 14
- lighterage 15
- lightering 15
- lightfaced 20
- lightfaces 19
- lightplane 16
- lightproof 19
- lightships 19
- lighttight 18
- lightwoods 18
- lignifying 18
- limberness 14
- limelights 16
- limewaters 15
- liminesses 12
- limitative 15
- limitingly 16
- limitrophe 17
- limnologic 15
- limpidness 15
- limpnesses 14
- linearises 10
- linearizes 19
- lineations 10
- linecaster 12
- linkslands 15
- linoleates 10
- linotypers 15
- linotyping 16
- lintwhites 16
- lionfishes 16
- lipomatous 14
- lipotropin 14
- lipreaders 13
- lipsticked 19
- liquations 19
- liquefiers 22
- liquescent 21
- liquidized 30
- liquidizes 29
- liquidness 20
- liquifying 26
- liquorices 21
- litenesses 10
- literality 13
- literalize 19
- literarily 13
- literately 13
- literation 10
- literators 10
- lithifying 20
- lithophane 18
- lithophyte 21
- lithopones 15
- litterbags 13
- litterbugs 13
- littleneck 16
- liturgisms 13
- liturgists 11
- livenesses 13
- liverwurst 16
- livestocks 19
- lividities 14
- livingness 14
- lixiviated 21
- lixiviates 20
- loadstones 11
- loanshifts 16
- loblollies 12
- lobotomies 14
- lobotomise 14
- lobotomize 23
- lobscouses 14
- lobsterers 12
- lobstering 13
- lobsterman 14
- lobulation 12
- localizers 21
- lockkeeper 22
- lockmakers 22
- locomoting 15
- locomotors 14
- locutories 12
- lodestones 11
- logaoedics 14
- logicality 16
- logicising 14
- logicizing 23
- loginesses 11
- logjamming 23
- logographs 17
- logogriphs 17
- logophiles 16
- logorrheas 14
- logorrheic 16
- logotypies 16
- logrollers 11
- logrolling 12
- loincloths 15
- lonenesses 10
- lonesomely 15
- longbowman 18
- longbowmen 18
- longcloths 16
- longheaded 16
- longicorns 13
- longjumped 23
- longleaves 14
- longnesses 11
- longsomely 16
- loopholing 16
- lophophore 20
- lopsidedly 17
- lorazepams 23
- lordliness 11
- lorgnettes 11
- lornnesses 10
- lostnesses 10
- lotuslands 11
- loudmouths 16
- loudnesses 11
- louseworts 13
- lovability 18
- lovelessly 16
- lovingness 14
- lowballing 16
- lowercases 15
- lowlanders 14
- lowliheads 17
- loxodromes 20
- lubricious 14
- lucidities 13
- luciferins 15
- luciferous 15
- lucubrated 15
- lucubrates 14
- luculently 15
- luftmensch 20
- lukewarmly 22
- lullabying 16
- lumberings 15
- lumbricals 16
- luminances 14
- luminesced 15
- luminesces 14
- luminously 15
- lumpfishes 20
- lunchmeats 17
- lungfishes 17
- lunkheaded 19
- lushnesses 13
- lusterless 10
- lusterware 13
- lustihoods 14
- lustrating 11
- lustration 10
- lustrously 13
- luteinized 20
- luteinizes 19
- lutestring 11
- luxuriated 18
- luxuriates 17
- lymphogram 23
- lymphomata 22
- lyophilise 18
- lyophilize 27
- lyricising 16
- lyricizing 25
- lysimetric 17
- lysogenies 14
- lysogenise 14
- lysogenize 23
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many ten-letter words are there that start with L?
There are 546 ten-letter words that start with L in the tournament word lists. The most common are LITERATURE, LEADERSHIP, LABORATORY.
What are common ten-letter words that start with L?
LITERATURE, LEADERSHIP, LABORATORY, LIMOUSINES, LITIGATION are the most frequently used. The full list of 546 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.
Starting with L in other lengths
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