4 Letter Words Starting with L

Common four-letter words that start with L

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• like 8/9 prefer or wish to do something
• look 8/9 perceive with attention
• love 7/9 a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
• life 7/8 a characteristic state or mode of living
• last 4/5 immediately past
• long 5/8 primarily temporal sense
• left 7/8 location near or direction toward the left side
• live 7/9 be an inhabitant of or reside in
• lost 4/5 no longer in your possession or control
• late 4/5 being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
• lady 8/8 a polite name for any woman
• line 4/6 a formation of people or things one beside another
• lose 4/5 fail to keep or to maintain
• luck 10/13 your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
• lord 5/6 terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
• less 4/5 used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
• land 5/7 the land on which real estate is located
• lead 5/6 take somebody somewhere
• list 4/5 a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
• lots 4/5 a large number or amount
• lock 10/12 fasten with a lock
• legs 5/7 staying power
• lied 5/6 (form of lie) be located or situated somewhere
• loud 5/7 characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
• lies 4/5 (form of lie) be located or situated somewhere
• lake 8/9 a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
• liar 4/5 a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
• lift 7/8 raise from a lower to a higher position
• lane 4/6 a narrow way or road
• lips 6/8 (form of lip) either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
• laid 5/6 set down according to a plan
• load 5/6 weight to be borne or conveyed
• loss 4/5 something that is lost
• lily 7/8 any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
• loan 4/6 the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
• lets 4/5 (form of let) make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
• lack 10/12 the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
• laws 7/8 (form of law) the collection of rules imposed by authority
• ling 5/8 water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
• lion 4/6 large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
• lamp 8/11 an artificial source of visible illumination
• lawn 7/9 a field of cultivated and mowed grass
• link 8/10 make a logical or causal connection
• lend 5/7 bestow a quality on
• lazy 16/16 moving slowly and gently
• lick 10/12 beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
• lame 6/8 someone who doesn't understand what is going on
• lamb 8/11 young sheep
• lean 4/6 to incline or bend from a vertical position
• leak 8/9 an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape

All 208 four-letter words that start with L

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.