5-Letter Words Containing L

1,657 five-letter words containing the letter L, including 931 common words such as ABLER, COLON, GUILE, LOOTS. Common words come first because they are the likeliest Wordle answers.

Starting withA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Ending inA B C D E F G H IJK L M N O PQR S T UVW X Y Z

ContainingA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Common words (931)

abler
adult
agile
aglow
ailed
aisle
alarm
album
alert
algae
alias
alibi
alien
align
alike
alive
allay
alley
allot
allow
alloy
aloft
alone
along
aloof
aloud
alpha
altar
alter
altos
amble
ample
amply
angel
angle
ankle
annul
anvil
apple
apply
aptly
atlas
aural
avail
awful
axles
badly
bagel
bails
balds
baled
bales
balks
balls
balms
balmy
banal
basil
bawls
belch
belie
bells
belly
below
belts
bible
bills
blabs
black
blade
blame
bland
blank
blare
blase
blast
blaze
bleak
bleat
bleed
blend
bless
blimp
blind
blink
blips
bliss
blitz
blobs
block
blocs
blogs
blond
blood
bloom
blots
blown
blows
blued
bluer
blues
bluff
blunt
blurb
blurs
blurt
blush
boils
bolts
bowel
bowls
brawl
broil
bugle
build
built
bulbs
bulge
bulks
bulky
bulls
bully
burly
cable
calks
calls
calms
calve
camel
canal
carol
caulk
cello
cells
chalk
child
chili
chill
civil
clack
claim
clamp
clams
clang
clank
clans
claps
clash
clasp
class
claws
clean
clear
cleat
clefs
cleft
clerk
click
cliff
climb
clime
cling
clink
clips
cloak
clock
clods
clogs
clone
close
cloth
clots
cloud
clout
clove
clown
clubs
cluck
clued
clues
clump
clung
coals
coils
colds
colic
colon
color
colts
cools
coral
could
crawl
cruel
culls
cults
curls
curly
cycle
daily
dally
deals
dealt
delay
delis
delta
delve
devil
dials
dills
dimly
doily
doled
doles
dolls
dolly
drawl
drill
droll
drool
dryly
duels
dulls
dully
dwell
dwelt
eagle
earls
early
easel
elbow
elder
elect
elegy
elite
elope
elude
elves
email
equal
evils
exalt
excel
exile
expel
extol
exult
fable
fails
falls
false
fatal
fault
feels
fells
felon
felts
field
filch
filed
files
filet
fills
filly
films
filmy
filth
final
flags
flail
flair
flake
flaky
flame
flank
flaps
flare
flash
flask
flats
flaws
fleas
fleck
flees
fleet
flesh
flick
flied
flier
flies
fling
flint
flips
flirt
flits
float
flock
flogs
flood
floor
flops
flora
floss
flour
flout
flown
flows
flues
fluff
fluid
fluke
flung
flunk
flush
flute
foals
focal
foils
folds
folks
folly
fools
fouls
fowls
frail
frill
fuels
fulls
fully
furls
gable
gaily
galas
gales
galls
gavel
gelds
ghoul
gilds
gills
gilts
girls
glade
glads
gland
glare
glass
glaze
gleam
glean
glens
glide
glint
gloat
globe
gloom
glory
gloss
glove
glows
glued
glues
gluts
gnarl
goals
godly
golds
golfs
grill
growl
gruel
guild
guile
guilt
gulch
gulfs
gulls
gully
gulps
hails
haled
haler
hales
halls
halon
halos
halts
halve
hauls
hazel
heals
heels
hello
helms
helps
hills
hilly
hilts
holds
holed
holes
holly
hotel
hotly
hovel
howls
hulks
hulls
hurls
ideal
idled
idler
idles
idols
igloo
impel
imply
inlay
inlet
isles
jails
jells
jelly
jewel
jilts
jolly
jolts
keels
kills
kilns
kilos
kilts
kneel
knelt
knoll
koala
label
labor
laced
laces
lacks
laded
laden
lades
ladle
lager
lairs
lakes
lambs
lamed
lamer
lames
lamps
lance
lands
lanes
lanky
lapel
lapse
lards
large
larks
larva
laser
lasts
latch
later
latex
lathe
laths
lauds
laugh
lawns
laxer
layer
leach
leads
leafs
leafy
leaks
leaky
leans
leaps
learn
lease
leash
least
leave
ledge
leech
leeks
leers
leery
lefts
legal
lemme
lemon
lends
leper
letup
levee
level
lever
liars
libel
licks
lifts
light
liked
liken
liker
likes
lilac
lilts
limbo
limbs
limed
limes
limit
limps
lined
linen
liner
lines
lingo
links
lions
lisps
lists
liter
lithe
lived
liven
liver
lives
livid
llama
loads
loafs
loans
loath
lobby
lobes
local
locks
lodge
lofts
lofty
logic
loins
lolls
longs
looks
looms
loons
loony
loops
loose
loots
loped
lopes
lords
lorry
loser
loses
lotus
louse
lousy
loved
lover
loves
lowed
lower
lowly
loyal
lucid
lucks
lucky
lulls
lumps
lumpy
lunar
lunch
lunge
lungs
lurch
lured
lures
lurid
lurks
lusts
lusty
lutes
lying
lymph
lynch
lyres
lyric
madly
mails
males
malls
malts
manly
maple
mauls
meals
mealy
medal
melon
melts
metal
miles
milks
milky
mills
modal
model
molar
molds
moldy
moles
molts
moral
motel
mulch
mules
mulls
multi
mural
nails
nasal
naval
navel
newly
noble
nobly
novel
nulls
nylon
octal
oddly
ogled
ogles
oiled
olden
older
olive
opals
orals
ovals
pails
paled
paler
pales
palls
palms
panel
papal
peals
pearl
pedal
peels
pelts
penal
peril
petal
piled
piles
pills
pilot
place
plaid
plain
plane
plank
plans
plant
plate
plays
plaza
plead
pleas
pleat
plied
plies
plods
plops
plots
plows
ploys
pluck
plugs
plumb
plume
plump
plums
plush
polar
poled
poles
polio
polka
polls
polyp
pools
prowl
psalm
pulls
pulps
pulse
pupil
quail
qualm
quell
quill
quilt
rails
rally
ravel
realm
reals
rebel
reels
regal
relax
relay
relic
repel
reply
revel
rifle
riled
riles
rival
roles
rolls
royal
ruled
ruler
rules
rural
sadly
sails
salad
sales
sally
salon
salts
salty
salve
scald
scale
scalp
scaly
scold
scowl
seals
sells
shall
shawl
shelf
shell
shoal
sidle
silks
sills
silly
silos
silts
skill
skulk
skull
slabs
slack
slain
slake
slams
slang
slant
slaps
slash
slate
slats
slave
slays
sleds
sleek
sleep
sleet
slept
slews
slice
slick
slide
slier
slime
slims
slimy
sling
slink
slips
slits
slobs
slogs
slope
slops
slosh
sloth
slots
slows
slugs
slump
slums
slung
slunk
slurs
slush
slyly
small
smell
smelt
smile
snail
snarl
soils
solar
soled
soles
solid
solos
solve
souls
spell
spill
splat
split
spoil
spool
stale
stalk
stall
steal
steel
still
stole
stool
style
sulks
sulky
surly
swell
swill
swirl
table
tails
tales
talks
tally
talon
tells
tidal
tilde
tiled
tiles
tills
tilts
title
toils
tolls
tonal
tools
total
towel
trail
trawl
trial
trill
troll
truly
tulip
twirl
ulcer
ultra
uncle
until
usual
valet
valid
valor
value
valve
vault
veils
vials
vigil
viler
villa
vinyl
viola
viral
vital
vocal
volts
vowel
wails
walks
walls
waltz
welds
wells
welts
whale
wheel
while
whirl
whole
wield
wilds
wills
wilts
wolfs
world
would
yells
yelps
yield
yodel
yokel
yolks
yowls

Less common and rare words (726)

A selection of 500; the rest are mostly technical or very rare.

aalii
addle
afoul
aglet
agley
aioli
alack
alary
alder
aldol
algal
alkyd
alkyl
aloes
aloha
aloin
alums
anole
appal
appel
areal
argil
ariel
arils
artel
atilt
atoll
axial
axils
babel
baldy
baler
balky
bally
balsa
basal
baulk
bedel
belay
belle
beryl
betel
bevel
bezel
bield
bilbo
bilge
bilks
billy
binal
birls
blags
blahs
blear
blebs
bleep
bling
blini
bloat
bloke
bloop
blowy
bluet
bolas
boles
bolls
bolus
boule
brill
buhls
bulgy
burls
bylaw
cabal
calla
calyx
cavil
cecal
celeb
ceorl
choli
churl
cilia
clepe
clews
cline
clomb
clomp
clonk
clops
cloys
clunk
coaly
colas
coles
coley
colly
colza
copal
cowls
coyly
craal
creel
cylix
dales
decal
delft
dells
dilly
dolor
dolts
dowel
drily
ducal
dulia
dulse
duple
eclat
eland
elate
elfin
elide
elver
enrol
ethyl
fatly
fecal
fella
feral
fetal
feyly
filar
filer
filum
fitly
fjeld
flack
flans
flays
flite
floes
flubs
fluky
flume
flyby
flyer
folic
folio
fugal
galah
galea
galop
gelid
girly
glace
glans
glebe
glede
gleet
glitz
globs
gloze
gluey
gluon
glyph
golly
grail
gulag
gyral
halal
hamal
haole
haply
helix
hells
helot
helve
hexyl
holey
hulas
icily
idyll
ileum
ilium
inkle
islet
jalap
joule
jowls
jowly
julep
kevel
klong
kloof
klutz
knell
knurl
kolas
kraal
krill
kyles
kylix
lacer
laird
laity
laker
lakhs
lamas
lamia
lanai
lapin
larch
lardy
lares
largo
larum
lasso
lated
lathi
lathy
latke
latte
laved
laves
laxly
layup
lazed
lazes
leapt
lefty
leges
leggy
legit
lemma
lemur
lento
lepta
lewis
lexis
liber
libra
licit
lidos
liege
liens
lifer
lilos
limen
limey
limns
limos
lings
linty
lipid
lippy
lisle
litas
litre
livre
llano
loamy
lobar
lobed
locos
locum
locus
lodes
loess
loges
login
logon
logos
lolly
loner
longe
loopy
loper
loppy
loris
losel
lotas
lotic
lotto
lough
lours
louts
lovey
luaus
lubed
lubes
lucre
ludic
luffa
luffs
luges
lulus
lumen
lupin
lupus
lurgy
lushy
luxes
lyses
lysin
lysis
lyssa
lytic
lytta
macle
malty
melds
melee
melic
mewls
milch
miler
milfs
milts
mogul
moils
molas
molls
molly
morel
mould
moult
mulct
muley
mulla
myall
natal
newel
nival
nodal
noels
nyala
obeli
offal
ogler
oiler
oldie
oleic
ology
oriel
ousel
ouzel
ovule
owlet
pally
palmy
palsy
parol
pawls
phial
phlox
phyla
phyle
pilaf
pilch
pixel
plait
plash
plats
platy
plebe
plebs
plica
plier
plonk
plumy
plunk
poilu
poler
polis
polys
poult
prole
pulas
puled
puler
pules
pulpy
pupal
purls
pylon
quale
rales
renal
rials
rills
riyal
roils
rowel
ruble
rumal
sable
salol
salsa
salvo
scull
seels
selah
sepal
shale
shalt
shill
shyly
sibyl
silky
silty
sisal
skald
skoal
slags
sloes
sloop
slubs
slued
slues
sluff
slurp
slyer
slype
spall
spelt
spiel
spilt
splay
stela
stele
stile
stilt
stull
styli
sulci
sulfa
sully
swale
sylph
tabla
taels
talky
talus
teals
telex
telly
tesla
thill
thiol
thole
tiler
tubal
tulle
tuple
twill
ulema
ulnae
ulnar
umbel
unlay
unlit
urial
uvula
vales
valse
velar
velds
velum
venal
villi
viols
voila
voile
voles
vulva
waled
wales
wally
wanly
weald
weals
welly
welsh
wetly
wheal
whelk
whelm
whelp
whorl
wiled
wiles
willy
wolds
wryly
xylem
yawls
yulan
zilch
zloty
zonal

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Tips

In common 5-letter words with L, the most frequent letter at each position is L · L · L · L · S.
Good guesses to test more letters: AISLE, LEAST, SLATE, STALE.

Questions

How many 5-letter words containing the letter L are there?

1,657 in this list, 931 of them common.

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