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5-Letter Words Starting with L (58 words)
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laces (7 points)
Makes stronger (wordplay)
Sneakers' needs, perhaps
Strings together (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lades (6 points)
Works at the docks say
Works at the docks, say
Throws into the bay, maybe
L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
lakes (9 points)
Great quintet (wordplay)
Lures for anglers (wordplay)
Scenic beauties of Killarney.
L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lames (7 points)
Shoots in the foot maybe
Shoots in the foot, maybe
Shoots in the foot say
L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lanes (5 points)
Bowling alley, affectionately (wordplay)
Sites of passage (wordplay)
Areas between shoulders (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lares (5 points)
Spirits in Pompeys pad
Gods for Galba
Roman home gods.
L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lases (5 points)
Performs eye surgery maybe
Alters with a light touch (wordplay)
Performs some light surgery (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
laves (8 points)
Employs soap and water
Flows along or against
Takes a bath
L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lazes (14 points)
Takes it easy
Takes one's ease.
Lolls (around)
L·1+A·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
leads (6 points)
Gets the point (wordplay)
Lays down a king, perhaps
Goes in front at Elland Road (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
leafs (8 points)
Flips pages, with "through"
Turns over the pages of
Turns the pages of a book
L·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+S·1 = 8 pts
leaks (9 points)
What journalists soak up (wordplay)
White House plumbing problems (wordplay)
Problem of boats in LAKES (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
leans (5 points)
Is sympathetic (toward)
Uses a wall, maybe
Puts pressure (on)
L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
leaps (7 points)
Acts of faith (wordplay)
Jumps for the faithful (wordplay)
Hops, skips and jumps (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 7 pts
lears (5 points)
Whose daughter was Regan (wordplay)
Roles for tragedians
Some military transports
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
leeks (9 points)
Welsh vegetables (wordplay)
Stock option (wordplay)
Bulbs in the kitchen (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+E·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
leers (5 points)
Looks like a rake (wordplay)
Takes in the wrong way (wordplay)
Looks creepy (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
leets (5 points)
Old English courts
English manor courts
Lists of candidates in Scotland.
L·1+E·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lefts (8 points)
They're taken by drivers
Some pugilistic punches
Some turns or punches
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
leges (6 points)
Laws, Latin style.
Laws Latin style
Laws, Latin style
L·1+E·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
lehrs (8 points)
Ovens for glassmakers
Comedian Lew et al.
Suffix with morph-
L·1+E·1+H·4+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lends (6 points)
Raises some interest (wordplay)
Gives over, perhaps
Makes advances (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
lenes (5 points)
B and d, for example
Smooth consonants, in phonetics.
Soft speech sounds
L·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lenis (5 points)
Opposite of "fortis"
Opposite of fortis, in phonetics
Lax in pronunciation
L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lenos (5 points)
Jay and his wife
Jays wifes inlaws
Jay and family
L·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+S·1 = 5 pts
leuds (6 points)
Leud
L·1+E·1+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
lewis (8 points)
News lead (wordplay)
Other half of Harris (Hebrides)
TOUR player JL
L·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lexes (12 points)
Barker and Luthor
L·1+E·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lexis (12 points)
Vocabulary of a language
All the words in a language
A language's total vocabulary
L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lezes (14 points)
Lez
L·1+E·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
liens (5 points)
Claims on homes, say
Legal attachments (wordplay)
Charges on property
L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
liers (5 points)
Predators at times
Ones who wait
Predators, at times
L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lieus (5 points)
Places
Steads
L·1+I·1+E·1+U·1+S·1 = 5 pts
likes (9 points)
Post marks (wordplay)
Share premiums (wordplay)
Post supports (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
limes (7 points)
Key ingredients in some pies (wordplay)
Bartender's 'twists,' maybe
Key pie ingredients (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lines (5 points)
Play things (wordplay)
Pick-up drivers (wordplay)
Products from Marks (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lives (8 points)
Alive Modest Mouse song (wordplay)
What seatbelts save
Plutarch title word
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lobes (7 points)
Drop places (wordplay)
Mind set (wordplay)
Places for some jewelry
L·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lodes (6 points)
Rock bands (wordplay)
Gold reserves (wordplay)
Mineral ore veins
L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
loess (5 points)
Gardener's soil, perhaps
Gardeners soil perhaps
Compacted wind-blown sediment (geology)
L·1+O·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 5 pts
loges (6 points)
Hot-seat areas (wordplay)
Boxes of a kind
Where one ogles moviegoers
L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
lopes (7 points)
Runs with wolves (wordplay)
Runs in a certain way
Long, swinging strides.
L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lores (5 points)
Areas of knowledge.
Handed-down bodies of belief
Not sharp, briefly
L·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
loses (5 points)
Draws the short straw say
Goes down in a playoff, say
Takes a dive say
L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
loves (8 points)
Cares for deeply
Young Dream Moore
Is gaga over
L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lowes (8 points)
Minimal to the max
Author of "Road to Xanadu."
Never stop improving sloganeer
L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
loxes (12 points)
Theyre usually cut thin at the deli
Fish for breakfast
They're usually cut thin at the deli
L·1+O·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lubes (7 points)
Eases passage, say
Eases passage say
Garage jobs, informally
L·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
luces (7 points)
Clare Boothe and Henry
1930's-60's power couple
Well-known couple.
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
ludes (6 points)
Downers, for short
Sleep inducers, on the street
Methaqualone pills, for short
L·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
luges (6 points)
Races in the Winter Olympics, maybe
Chuters at the Olympics (wordplay)
Goes down the chute (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
lunes (5 points)
Crescent-looking shapes (French)
Leashes for hawks
Monday in Mlaga
L·1+U·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lures (5 points)
Attractive aspects of fishing (wordplay)
Angler's supply
Tempts or entices
L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lutes (5 points)
Pirate's favorite instruments (wordplay)
Old stringed instruments.
Relatives of lyres
L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
luxes (12 points)
Units of illumination.
Units of illumination
Illumination units
L·1+U·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lweis (8 points)
Lwei
L·1+W·4+E·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lyres (8 points)
False instruments (wordplay)
Instruments playing false notes?
Did these play false notes?
L·1+Y·4+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lyses (8 points)
Remissions of fever
Dissolves like cells
Disintegrates as a cell
L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts

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