6 Letter Words Starting with L

Common six-letter words that start with L

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

• little 6/8 limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
• listen 6/8 hear with intention
• living 10/14 the experience of being alive
• ladies 7/8 (form of lady) a polite name for any woman
• looked 11/12 (form of look) perceive with attention
• longer 7/10 for more time
• lovely 12/14 appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
• letter 6/7 a written message addressed to a person or organization
• lawyer 12/12 a professional person authorized to practice law
• lights 10/11 (form of light) (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
• losing 7/10 (form of lose) fail to keep or to maintain
• locked 13/15 (form of locke) English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
• lately 9/10 in the recent past
• leaves 9/11 (form of leave) go away from a place
• lonely 9/11 lacking companions or companionship
• lesson 6/8 a unit of instruction
• leader 7/8 (form of lead) take somebody somewhere
• likely 13/14 has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
• loving 10/14 feeling or showing love and affection
• laughs 10/12 (form of laugh) the sound of laughing
• launch 11/14 set up or found
• latest 6/7 up to the immediate present
• league 7/10 an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
• loaded 8/9 filled with a great quantity
• liquor 15/17 an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
• legend 8/11 a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
• locker 12/14 a storage compartment for clothes and valuables
• landed 8/10 (form of land) the land on which real estate is located
• lovers 9/11 (form of lover) a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
• laying 10/12 the production of eggs (especially in birds)
• levels 9/12 (form of level) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
• locate 8/10 discover the location of
• louder 7/9 (form of loud) characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
• losers 6/7 (form of loser) a contestant who loses the contest
• ladder 8/9 steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs
• larger 7/9 large or big relative to something else
• lounge 7/11 sit or recline comfortably
• liquid 16/18 a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
• liable 8/11 at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
• limits 8/10 (form of limit) the greatest possible degree of something
• lifted 10/11 (form of lift) raise from a lower to a higher position
• length 10/12 the linear extent in space from one end to the other
• liking 11/14 a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
• lasted 7/8 (form of last) immediately past
• luxury 16/18 something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
• lethal 9/10 of an instrument of certain death
• listed 7/8 on a list
• loosen 6/8 make loose or looser
• lyrics 11/12 (form of lyric) expressing deep emotion
• legacy 12/14 (law) a gift of personal property by will

All 638 six-letter words that start with L

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