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5-Letter Words (82):
labor (7 points)
It's hard work!
Woman's work (wordplay)
Lead-up to a special delivery (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
labra (7 points)
Insect's lips
Lips to a scientist
Insect mouth parts
L·1+A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1 = 7 pts
lacer (7 points)
Party prankster, perhaps
Tongue depressor (wordplay)
One working on a punch, perhaps
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
lader (6 points)
Dockhand, for one
Loader (anagram of ALDER)
Worker filling a cargo hold, say
L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
lager (6 points)
MArzen, for one
Pilsner for one
Fosters, for one
L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
lahar (8 points)
Note a river's mud flow
Volcanic mudflow
Volcanic mudslide
L·1+A·1+H·4+A·1+R·1 = 8 pts
laird (6 points)
Thane for one
Thane, for one
Scottish property owner
L·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+D·2 = 6 pts
lairs (5 points)
Sleeper cells (wordplay)
Retreats in the woods (wordplay)
Sites of seclusion
L·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
laker (9 points)
Kareem, for one
Kobe, for one
Bryant, for one
L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
lamer (7 points)
Less effective - realm (anagram)
Like The dog ate my homework again maybe
Weaker, excuse perhaps
L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
larch (10 points)
Tree of the pine family
Kind of conifer
Wood-roasted char after lobster starter
L·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4 = 10 pts
lards (6 points)
Covers with hog fat
Covers with fat
Adds fat to
L·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
lardy (9 points)
Tending to become fat.
Woman drinking last of lager, overweight
Resembling a shortening
L·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
laree (5 points)
Maldives' dollar
Maldives dollar
L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·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
large (6 points)
Great Danes leave green salad!
Fries order at McDonalds maybe
L on a T (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
largo (6 points)
Slow, dignified (music)
Slow key (wordplay)
In slow tempo (music)
L·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+O·1 = 6 pts
laris (5 points)
Lari
L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1 = 5 pts
larks (9 points)
Party fun with the birds (wordplay)
Happy birds (wordplay)
Country singers (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
larky (12 points)
Frolicsome
L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
larum (7 points)
Alarm old style
Warning old style
Warning, old style.
L·1+A·1+R·1+U·1+M·3 = 7 pts
larva (8 points)
Maggot, for one
Chigger for one
Polliwog, for one
L·1+A·1+R·1+V·4+A·1 = 8 pts
laser (5 points)
Light weapon (wordplay)
Bomb guider perhaps
Bomb guider, perhaps
L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
later (5 points)
Time for chores (wordplay)
Tomorrow (or next week) (wordplay)
Hasta la vista!
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
laura (5 points)
Bush in the Rose Garden (wordplay)
Daughter in "The Glass Menagerie"
Girl's name
L·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+A·1 = 5 pts
laver (8 points)
Rod of the courts
Rod of tennis
Tennis great of the 1960's
L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
laxer (12 points)
Having fewer morals
Athlete carrying a stick, in slang
Not so tough
L·1+A·1+X·8+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
layer (8 points)
Part of an onion (or an ogre)
Course for one in egg production
Leghorn for one
L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
lazar (14 points)
Person with a pestilential disease
One-time Oscar party host Swifty
Piano virtuoso Berman
L·1+A·1+Z·10+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
learn (5 points)
Be apprised (of)
Get schooled (wordplay)
Get wind (of)
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1 = 5 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
leary (8 points)
Figure in the high '60s (wordplay)
Stand-up comic Dennis
Stone's father in "... Spider-Man"
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 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
leery (8 points)
Once bitten (wordplay)
Once bitten say
Not sure (of)
L·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
leger (6 points)
Painter whose style was called tubism
The Cyclists artist
Saint Nobelist in Literature
L·1+E·1+G·2+E·1+R·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
lemur (7 points)
King Julien in 'Madagascar,' for one
Zoboomafoo, for one
Monkey's uncle (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+M·3+U·1+R·1 = 7 pts
leper (7 points)
Salmon or frog, for example
Retrospectively drive off outcast
|Outcast gentle persons take to heart
L·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
lever (8 points)
Jimmy, for one
Voting machine part perhaps
Bar at the polling place (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
liard (6 points)
River in the Yukon
Hot springs river of northern B.C.
Mackenzie River tributary
L·1+I·1+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 6 pts
liars (5 points)
Super dupers (wordplay)
Inventive sorts (wordplay)
Makeup experts (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
liber (7 points)
Book of public records
Book to Cicero
Tissue of Latin book
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
libra (7 points)
Scales way up high (wordplay)
George Gershwin for one
One who arrives in the fall (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1 = 7 pts
libri (7 points)
Books of records
Books for public records
Public-record books
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+I·1 = 7 pts
lidar (6 points)
Modern speed-detection system
Laser-based speed-measurement system
Detection system that uses a laser
L·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+R·1 = 6 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
lifer (8 points)
Pen pal, perhaps (wordplay)
Three-time loser, perhaps
Committed type say
L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
liger (6 points)
Crossbred big cat
Big, tough cat
Animal drawn in 'Napoleon Dynamite'
L·1+I·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
liker (9 points)
Hooch
Admirer
L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
liner (5 points)
QE2, for one
The Raffaello for one
Queen Elizabeth, for one
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
liras (5 points)
Turkey dough (wordplay)
Old Neapolitan cabbage (wordplay)
Neapolitan cabbage (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lirot (5 points)
Israeli money
L·1+I·1+R·1+O·1+T·1 = 5 pts
liter (5 points)
Carafe contents maybe
Bottle of wine, perhaps
Carafe size, perhaps
L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
litre (5 points)
BP purchase, maybe
Bath water measure (wordplay)
Bath quantity (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 5 pts
liver (8 points)
Organ (of body)
Wurst meat (wordplay)
Gravy ingredient maybe
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
livre (8 points)
Nice book (wordplay)
French 101 book (wordplay)
VILER French money (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+V·4+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
lobar (7 points)
Like leaves (wordplay)
At the tip of one's lungs?
At the tip of one's lungs (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+R·1 = 7 pts
loner (5 points)
Solo artist, perhaps
Company boycotter (wordplay)
One with social anxiety, perhaps
L·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
loper (7 points)
Horse warming up say
Horse warming up, say
Horse at times
L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
loral (5 points)
Of a bird part
Major defense contractor
Big maker of communications satellites
L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 5 pts
loran (5 points)
GPS precursor for ships and planes
Long-range navigating system.
Short for "long range navigation."
L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 5 pts
lords (6 points)
Prayer starter (wordplay)
Where Compton and Erich still stand!
Yuletide leapers (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 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
loris (5 points)
Loughlin and Petty
Clown-faced primate
Slow-moving nocturnal lemur.
L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1 = 5 pts
lorry (8 points)
From which stolen goods fall (wordplay)
Rolls-Royce truck (wordplay)
Heavy goods vehicle may get one down
L·1+O·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
loser (5 points)
Good sport, perhaps
Winner at dieting (wordplay)
No W in this for one
L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
lours (5 points)
Looks sullen (Var.)
Darkens, threatening rain or storms
Scowls; darkens
L·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
loury (8 points)
Gloomy Var.
Gloomy variable
Gloomy
L·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
lover (8 points)
Valentino, for one
Steady flame, perhaps
Man of affairs (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
lower (8 points)
Mooing cow (wordplay)
Neat drink (wordplay)
Further down a cow (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
lucre (7 points)
Badly made dough (wordplay)
Filthy money (wordplay)
Filthy wealth (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lunar (5 points)
Might Al run if moony (wordplay)
Priestess song about space (wordplay)
Moony David Guetta song (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 5 pts
lurch (10 points)
Sideways move to be left in (wordplay)
Curl shot by goalposts for rugby pitch
It's not good to be left in it
L·1+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4 = 10 pts
lured (6 points)
Enticed fish (wordplay)
Played the siren
Attracted to a coachman
L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
lurer (5 points)
Lorelei, for one
Pitchman for one
Pitchman, for one
L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·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
lurid (6 points)
Type of details, oh my!
Tabloid-worthy, say
Designed to pique interest, say
L·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+D·2 = 6 pts
lurks (9 points)
'Lies in wait, to attack maybe (5)'
Doesn't show oneself, say
Prowls like a goal poacher
L·1+U·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
lyard (9 points)
Streaked with gray: Scot.
Streaked with gray Scot
Streaked with gray Scot.
L·1+Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 9 pts
lyart (8 points)
""Streaked with gray, also LYARD""
L·1+Y·4+A·1+R·1+T·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
lyric (10 points)
Number line (wordplay)
Piece of music (wordplay)
Piece piece (wordplay)
L·1+Y·4+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts

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