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3 Letter Words Starting with L

Found 58 3-letter words starting with L. Skim the list below, or stack on more filters to narrow things down further.

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Quick answers

How many 3-letter words starting with L are there?

There are 58 3-letter words starting with L in our list right now.

What's the highest-scoring 3-letter word starting with L?

"lez" tops the list starting with L at 12 points in Scrabble.

What's a common 3-letter word starting with L?

"lab" is one you'll recognize — it's among the more frequently used 3-letter words starting with L.

Will these words hold up in Scrabble or Words With Friends?

They're drawn from a broad English word list, not a single tournament dictionary. If you're playing competitively, double-check against your game's official list (TWL or SOWPODS) before you commit to a play.

Keep exploring

Want 3-letter words starting with L? There are 58 words here, pulled from a broad English word list and run through every filter on this page. Top of the scoreboard: "lez", worth 12 points in Scrabble and Words With Friends.

Reach for these first if you want something no scorekeeper will argue with: lab, las, law, led, lee, les. Common words like these show up in most game dictionaries, so they're safe, low-risk plays. Want something sneakier — harder to guess, less likely to get challenged — use the filters below to narrow by extra letters.

L, E, A, O, I show up most often in this group — worth remembering when you're deciding which tiles to hang onto. H, K, N turn up far less, and they're usually what pushes a word's score higher when they do.