4 Letter Words Starting with L
Found 272 4-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 4-letter words starting with L are there?
There are 272 4-letter words starting with L in our list right now.
What's the highest-scoring 4-letter word starting with L?
"lezz" tops the list starting with L at 22 points in Scrabble.
What's a common 4-letter word starting with L?
"lack" is one you'll recognize — it's among the more frequently used 4-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 4-letter words starting with L? There are 272 words here, pulled from a broad English word list and run through every filter on this page. Top of the scoreboard: "lezz", worth 22 points in Scrabble and Words With Friends.
Reach for these first if you want something no scorekeeper will argue with: lack, lady, lake, land, last, late. 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. B, Z, X turn up far less, and they're usually what pushes a word's score higher when they do.