9-Letter Words Starting With L
Looking for nine-letter words that start with L? There are 812 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like LOCATIONS, LANGUAGES, LIBRARIES, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- locations11
- languages11
- libraries11
- liability14
- lifestyle15
- listening10
- landscape14
- licensing12
- logistics12
- lightning14
- literally12
- livestock18
- librarian11
- legendary14
- longitude11
- limousine11
- luxurious16
- launching15
- liberties11
- listeners9
All 812 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- licensors 11
- localized 21
- limestone 11
- lawmakers 18
- liquidity 22
- laminated 12
- landmarks 16
- licensure 11
- landlords 11
- longevity 16
- labelling 12
- licensees 11
- lettering 10
- labyrinth 17
- logically 15
- lubricant 13
- lecturers 11
- lucrative 14
- lorazepam 22
- lobbyists 16
- lotteries 9
- longhorns 13
- liberated 12
- laserdisc 12
- landowner 13
- lingering 11
- lunchtime 16
- lowercase 14
- lactation 11
- lakeshore 16
- lactating 12
- letterman 11
- landfills 13
- landslide 11
- lightwave 19
- leisurely 12
- limitless 11
- leveraged 14
- lymphatic 21
- latitudes 10
- launchers 14
- linearity 12
- leasehold 13
- leftovers 15
- ludicrous 12
- lifetimes 14
- lakefront 16
- limelight 15
- lifeguard 14
- locksmith 20
- liberally 14
- legalized 20
- labourers 11
- liquefied 22
- leverages 13
- lecturing 12
- leukaemia 15
- luminance 13
- laminates 11
- leukocyte 18
- leviathan 15
- laughable 15
- ligaments 12
- localised 12
- loopholes 14
- lightness 13
- logarithm 15
- linguists 10
- legislate 10
- lawnmower 17
- laterally 12
- letterbox 18
- liberator 11
- loosening 10
- laryngeal 13
- laminator 11
- loyalists 12
- litigants 10
- levelling 13
- laundries 10
- lilangeni 10
- laxatives 19
- lacquered 21
- loyalties 12
- lymphomas 21
- lessening 10
- laborious 11
- lidocaine 12
- lookalike 17
- lullabies 11
- landforms 15
- liposomes 13
- lollipops 13
- liquidate 19
- latencies 11
- launchpad 17
- libellous 11
- lethality 15
- lightbulb 17
- lifelines 12
- lithology 16
- libertine 11
- luncheons 14
- lyrically 17
- luminaire 11
- lifeblood 15
- laureates 9
- limericks 17
- lifesaver 15
- loathsome 14
- littering 10
- lysosomal 14
- lamenting 12
- locomotor 13
- limnology 15
- lethargic 15
- litigated 11
- licencing 14
- lunchroom 16
- lubricate 13
- lumbering 14
- labouring 12
- lightened 14
- loitering 10
- learnings 10
- laundered 11
- lampshade 17
- lightship 18
- lipsticks 17
- lordships 15
- leaseback 17
- landlines 10
- luxuriant 16
- loveliest 12
- layperson 14
- longshore 13
- liquorice 20
- loveseats 12
- lodgement 13
- lanthanum 14
- lifeboats 14
- litigious 10
- leukemias 15
- localizer 20
- lognormal 12
- litigator 10
- lysosomes 14
- libations 11
- ligatures 10
- liturgies 10
- lawyering 16
- loudmouth 15
- lovebirds 15
- labradors 12
- liposomal 13
- lightings 14
- lawmaking 19
- legalised 11
- levellers 12
- liveliest 12
- liberates 11
- lyricists 14
- logotypes 15
- lagniappe 14
- lamplight 17
- localizes 20
- liquified 22
- longhouse 13
- lambasted 14
- loneliest 9
- looseness 9
- langridge 12
- lengthens 13
- lexically 21
- lecherous 14
- laughably 18
- longingly 14
- legionary 13
- lodestone 10
- lettermen 11
- leucocyte 16
- lipolysis 14
- laundress 10
- leakproof 18
- lingeries 10
- lubricity 16
- leiomyoma 16
- logicians 12
- laypeople 16
- lowermost 14
- lowriders 13
- lynchings 18
- levitated 13
- leavening 13
- lobectomy 18
- lengthier 13
- lowlights 16
- learnable 11
- languidly 14
- lampposts 15
- loincloth 14
- lifespans 14
- laudatory 13
- laminitis 11
- laminaria 11
- lacewings 15
- legalizes 19
- lumberman 15
- lacerated 12
- luxuriate 16
- lespedeza 21
- libration 11
- lassitude 10
- ladybirds 16
- levantine 12
- latecomer 13
- likeliest 13
- lifeworks 19
- licencees 13
- loanwords 13
- liverwort 15
- largeness 10
- linearize 18
- lampooned 14
- lyonnaise 12
- leftwards 16
- lysimeter 14
- lavaliere 12
- lionesses 9
- latinized 19
- locatable 13
- librettos 11
- lavenders 13
- lowliness 12
- larghetto 13
- lectotype 16
- lathering 13
- luminaria 11
- leitmotif 14
- leachates 14
- longlines 10
- lavaliers 12
- lavishing 16
- lorikeets 13
- lumbermen 15
- lipolytic 16
- loftiness 12
- landgrave 14
- lebkuchen 20
- leniently 12
- liniments 11
- lithified 16
- lustfully 15
- libidinal 12
- lineament 11
- literates 9
- lazybones 23
- lollypops 16
- laddering 12
- lightfast 16
- lifeworld 16
- lambrusco 15
- lightwood 17
- labellers 11
- locutions 11
- lastingly 13
- ligations 10
- lineation 9
- loadstone 10
- leachable 16
- lysogenic 15
- luciferin 14
- launderer 10
- lumpiness 13
- larkspurs 15
- linoleate 9
- larvicide 15
- licensers 11
- levitator 12
- lithiasis 12
- lesioning 10
- lightener 13
- litigates 10
- laagering 11
- labdanums 14
- labelable 13
- labellate 11
- labelloid 12
- labiality 14
- labialize 20
- laboredly 15
- laborites 11
- laburnums 13
- laccolith 16
- lacerable 13
- lacerates 11
- lacertids 12
- lacewoods 15
- laceworks 18
- lachrymal 19
- laciniate 11
- lackering 16
- lackeying 19
- laconisms 13
- lacquerer 20
- lacqueyed 24
- lacrimals 13
- lacrosses 11
- lacteally 14
- lacunaria 11
- ladlefuls 13
- ladyhoods 17
- ladyloves 16
- ladypalms 17
- ladyships 18
- laetriles 9
- laggardly 15
- lagnappes 14
- lagomorph 17
- laicising 12
- laicizing 21
- lairdship 15
- laitances 11
- lakeports 15
- lakesides 14
- lallation 9
- lallygags 14
- lambastes 13
- lambently 16
- lambkills 17
- lambskins 17
- lamebrain 13
- lamellate 11
- lamellose 11
- lamenters 11
- laminable 13
- laminarin 11
- lamisters 11
- lampblack 21
- lamperses 13
- lampooner 13
- lampshell 16
- lampyrids 17
- lancelets 11
- lancewood 15
- lanciform 16
- lancinate 11
- landaulet 10
- landfalls 13
- landgrabs 13
- landloper 12
- landsides 11
- landskips 16
- landsleit 10
- landslips 12
- landwards 14
- langlaufs 13
- langouste 10
- langrages 11
- langshans 13
- langsynes 13
- languette 10
- laniaries 9
- lankiness 13
- lannerets 9
- lanolines 9
- lanthanon 12
- lanthorns 12
- lapboards 14
- lapidated 13
- lapidates 12
- lapidists 12
- lappering 14
- lapstrake 15
- lapstreak 15
- larboards 12
- larceners 11
- larcenies 11
- larcenist 11
- larcenous 11
- largesses 10
- lariating 10
- larkiness 13
- larrigans 10
- larrikins 13
- larrupers 11
- larruping 12
- laryngals 13
- laserdisk 14
- lastborns 11
- latchkeys 21
- lateeners 9
- lateraled 10
- laterborn 11
- laterites 9
- lateritic 11
- laterized 19
- laterizes 18
- latewoods 13
- latherers 12
- lathworks 19
- lathyrism 17
- laticifer 14
- latimeria 11
- latinizes 18
- latosolic 11
- latticing 12
- laudanums 12
- laudation 10
- laudative 13
- laudators 10
- laughings 14
- laughline 13
- laughters 13
- laureated 10
- laureling 10
- laurelled 10
- lavalavas 15
- lavations 12
- laveering 13
- laverocks 18
- lavishers 15
- lavishest 15
- lawgivers 16
- lawgiving 17
- lawlessly 15
- laxations 16
- laxnesses 16
- layabouts 14
- layerages 13
- layerings 13
- lazarette 18
- lazaretto 18
- lazulites 18
- lazurites 18
- lazzarone 27
- lazzaroni 27
- leachiest 14
- leadening 11
- leadplant 12
- leadscrew 15
- leadworks 17
- leadworts 13
- leafiness 12
- leafleted 13
- leafleter 12
- leafstalk 16
- leafworms 17
- leaguered 11
- leakiness 13
- leapfrogs 15
- learnedly 13
- leastways 15
- leastwise 12
- leathered 13
- lechayims 19
- lecheries 14
- lechering 15
- lecithins 14
- leeboards 12
- leechlike 18
- leeriness 9
- leeringly 13
- leewardly 16
- leftmosts 14
- legaleses 10
- legalises 10
- legalisms 12
- legalists 10
- legalizer 19
- legations 10
- legendize 20
- legginess 11
- legwarmer 15
- leistered 10
- leitmotiv 14
- lemmatize 22
- lemniscal 13
- lemniscus 13
- lemonades 12
- lemonlike 15
- lemurlike 15
- lemuroids 12
- lengthily 16
- leniences 11
- lenitions 9
- lenitives 12
- lenticels 11
- lenticule 11
- leotarded 11
- lepidotes 12
- leporidae 12
- leprosies 11
- leprously 14
- leptophos 16
- leptosome 13
- leptotene 11
- lessoning 10
- letterers 9
- leucemias 13
- leukemics 17
- leukemoid 16
- leukotomy 18
- levanters 12
- levanting 13
- levatores 12
- levelness 12
- levigated 14
- levigates 13
- levirates 12
- leviratic 14
- levitates 12
- levodopas 15
- levuloses 12
- lewisites 12
- lewissons 12
- libecchio 18
- libeccios 15
- libelants 11
- libelists 11
- libellant 11
- libellees 11
- libellers 11
- libelling 12
- librating 12
- libratory 14
- libriform 16
- licencers 13
- lichening 15
- lichenins 14
- lichenose 14
- lichenous 14
- licitness 11
- lickerish 18
- lickspits 17
- licorices 13
- lictorian 11
- lifecares 14
- liftgates 13
- ligatured 11
- lightered 14
- lightface 18
- lightless 13
- lightsome 15
- lignaloes 10
- lignified 14
- lignifies 13
- ligroines 10
- ligulated 11
- lilliputs 11
- liltingly 13
- limberest 13
- limbering 14
- limekilns 15
- limewater 14
- limitable 13
- limitedly 15
- limonenes 11
- limonites 11
- limonitic 13
- limpidity 17
- limpingly 17
- limpsiest 13
- limuloids 12
- linalools 9
- linchpins 16
- lineality 12
- linearise 9
- lineolate 9
- linerless 9
- lingberry 15
- lingerers 10
- lingually 13
- linguicas 12
- linguines 10
- linguinis 10
- linguisas 10
- lingulate 10
- linksland 14
- linkworks 20
- linoleums 11
- linotyped 15
- linotyper 14
- linotypes 14
- linstocks 15
- lintwhite 15
- lionisers 9
- lionising 10
- lionizers 18
- lionizing 19
- lipectomy 18
- lipocytes 16
- lipolitic 13
- lipolyses 14
- lipotropy 16
- lippening 14
- lippering 14
- lippiness 13
- lipreader 12
- liquating 19
- liquation 18
- liquefier 21
- liquefies 21
- liquidize 28
- liquifies 21
- liquoring 19
- liquorish 21
- liripipes 13
- lispingly 15
- lissomely 14
- listerias 9
- literatim 11
- literator 9
- literatus 9
- litharges 13
- lithemias 14
- litheness 12
- lithesome 14
- lithiases 12
- lithifies 15
- lithoidal 13
- lithopone 14
- lithosols 12
- lithotomy 17
- litigable 12
- litterbag 12
- litterbug 12
- litterers 9
- littorals 9
- liturgics 12
- liturgism 12
- liturgist 10
- liverleaf 15
- liveryman 17
- liverymen 17
- livetraps 14
- lividness 13
- lixiviate 19
- lixiviums 21
- loadstars 10
- loaminess 11
- loanshift 15
- loathings 13
- loathness 12
- lobations 11
- lobbygows 20
- lobbyisms 18
- lobelines 11
- lobscouse 13
- lobstered 12
- lobsterer 11
- lobsticks 17
- lobularly 14
- lobulated 12
- localises 11
- localisms 13
- localists 11
- localites 11
- localness 11
- locatives 14
- lockboxes 24
- lockdowns 19
- lockmaker 21
- locksteps 17
- locofocos 16
- locomoted 14
- locomotes 13
- locoweeds 15
- loculated 12
- lodestars 10
- lodgments 13
- lodicules 12
- logaoedic 13
- logicised 13
- logicises 12
- logicized 22
- logicizes 21
- logicless 12
- logjammed 22
- logograms 13
- logograph 16
- logogriph 16
- logomachs 17
- logomachy 20
- logophile 15
- logorrhea 13
- logrolled 11
- logroller 10
- loiterers 9
- lollingly 13
- lolloping 12
- lollygags 14
- lomentums 13
- lonesomes 11
- longboats 12
- longcloth 15
- longerons 10
- longevous 13
- longhairs 13
- longhands 14
- longheads 14
- longicorn 12
- longjumps 21
- longnecks 16
- longships 15
- longspurs 12
- longueurs 10
- lookdowns 17
- looksisms 15
- looniness 9
- loopholed 15
- loopiness 11
- looseners 9
- loppering 14
- lopsticks 17
- loquacity 23
- lordliest 10
- lordlings 11
- lorgnette 10
- loricated 12
- loricates 11
- lotharios 12
- lotusland 10
- loudening 11
- loudliest 10
- lousewort 12
- lousiness 9
- loutishly 15
- lovefests 15
- lovelocks 18
- lovemaker 18
- lovevines 15
- lowballed 15
- lowbrowed 18
- lowlander 13
- lowlifers 15
- lowlihead 16
- lownesses 12
- loxodrome 19
- loyalisms 14
- lubricous 13
- lucencies 13
- lucidness 12
- luckiness 15
- lucubrate 13
- lullabied 12
- lumberers 13
- lumbrical 15
- luminesce 13
- luminisms 13
- luminists 11
- lumpingly 17
- lumpishly 19
- lunarians 9
- lunations 9
- lunchmeat 16
- lungworms 15
- lungworts 13
- lunisolar 9
- lunitidal 10
- lunkheads 17
- lunulated 10
- luridness 10
- lurkingly 17
- lustering 10
- lustihood 13
- lustiness 9
- lustrated 10
- lustrates 9
- lustrings 10
- lutanists 9
- luteciums 13
- lutefisks 16
- luteinize 18
- lutenists 9
- luteolins 9
- lutetiums 11
- luxations 16
- lychnises 17
- lycopenes 16
- lynchpins 19
- lyophiled 18
- lyophilic 19
- lyophobic 21
- lyrebirds 15
- lyricised 15
- lyricises 14
- lyricisms 16
- lyricized 24
- lyricizes 23
- lysozymes 26
- lytically 17
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many nine-letter words are there that start with L?
There are 812 nine-letter words that start with L in the tournament word lists. The most common are LOCATIONS, LANGUAGES, LIBRARIES.
What are common nine-letter words that start with L?
LOCATIONS, LANGUAGES, LIBRARIES, LIABILITY, LIFESTYLE are the most frequently used. The full list of 812 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.
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