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5-Letter Words Starting with L (64 words)
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lacey (10 points)
Cagney's partner
Mary Beth the cop
Half a s TV cop team
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
laity (8 points)
The people of Italy (wordplay)
Outsiders of sorts
Did lie about it? Not ministers!
L·1+A·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
lanky (12 points)
Lean in an awkward way
Squat's opposite
Tall, thin and somewhat ungainly
L·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 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
larky (12 points)
Frolicsome
L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
lathy (11 points)
Long and slender
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
lawny (11 points)
Having stretches of green grass
Having stretches of green grass.
Pertaining to a bishop (because of his sleeves)
L·1+A·1+W·4+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
laxly (15 points)
Without much supervision, say
Without much supervision say
In an unstrict manner
L·1+A·1+X·8+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
layed (9 points)
Lay
L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 9 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
layup (10 points)
Easy basketball score
Two-pointer made with ease
Simple two-pointer
L·1+A·1+Y·4+U·1+P·3 = 10 pts
leady (9 points)
Resembling a metal.
Like many old water pipes
Resembling a metal
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
leafy (11 points)
Like spinach say
Like the better class suburbs (wordplay)
Like spinach, say
L·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
leaky (12 points)
In need of a washer, perhaps
In need of bailing, perhaps
Unable to keep a secret (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 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
leavy (11 points)
Foliaged variable
Foliaged Var.
L·1+E·1+A·1+V·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
ledgy (10 points)
Having flat shelves
L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 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
lefty (11 points)
Grove for one
Whitey Ford for one
Sandy Koufax, for one
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
leggy (10 points)
Attractively tall (wordplay)
Long of limb and laid within
Like a colt.
L·1+E·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
limby (12 points)
Full of branches
L·1+I·1+M·3+B·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
limey (10 points)
Terence Stamp film (with "The")
British person (in Australia)
British sailor Slang
L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
lindy (9 points)
'30s dance that was all the rage
Famous nickname in aviation
Popular 30's dance
L·1+I·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
liney (8 points)
Full of streaks
Marked with streaks
Streaked.
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
lingy (9 points)
Covered with heaths
L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
linky (12 points)
Full of interlocking rings
L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
linty (8 points)
Like an innie maybe
Like the fuzz (wordplay)
Like an innie, maybe
L·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
lippy (12 points)
Cheeky cosmetic (wordplay)
Cheeky - cosmetic (informal)
Pert - cosmetic (informal)
L·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
loamy (10 points)
Rich, as certain soil.
Like certain soil
Like fertile soil
L·1+O·1+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
lobby (12 points)
Bend a senator's ear, perhaps
Seek to influence (a legislator)
Bend a senators ear perhaps
L·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
lofty (11 points)
Like some aspirations
Like an aerie
Like some goals
L·1+O·1+F·4+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
loggy (10 points)
""Sluggish, also LOGY""
L·1+O·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
lolly (8 points)
A sweet; money (slang)
Sweet in tin (wordplay)
Kind of pop (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
looby (10 points)
loo childrens game
Clumsy fellow.
Clumsy fellow
L·1+O·1+O·1+B·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
looey (8 points)
Sarge's boss
Baba Quick Draw McGraws sidekick
Lieutenant GI style
L·1+O·1+O·1+E·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
loony (8 points)
Look round New York - it's crazy!
Out to lunch
Kind of bin
L·1+O·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
loopy (10 points)
Potty adult's potty? Extremely potty!
Somewhat mad (informal)
Responding to medication perhaps
L·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
loppy (12 points)
Tending to droop
Hanging limply
Drooping
L·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 12 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
lossy (8 points)
Like some data compression methods
Image compression type
Irreversible, as data compression
L·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
loury (8 points)
Gloomy Var.
Gloomy variable
Gloomy
L·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
lousy (8 points)
Well supplied (with)
Very poor (colloq.)
Necessitating nitpicking (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
lowly (11 points)
Humble, height-wise (wordplay)
Moo said Elsie
Meek or humble
L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
loyal (8 points)
Faithful (in allegiance)
Kind of opposition
True as Southerne's brother
L·1+O·1+Y·4+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
lucky (14 points)
On a can't-lose streak, say
Like lottery winners
What you must be to score a holeinone
L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
lumpy (12 points)
Like old mattresses perhaps
Like an uncomfortable mattress, perhaps
Like old mattresses, perhaps
L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
lusty (8 points)
Filled with passion
Full of vigor
Full of vigour
L·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 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
lyase (8 points)
Catalyzing enzyme
L·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
lycea (10 points)
Lyceum
L·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+A·1 = 10 pts
lycee (10 points)
Nice school (wordplay)
French secondary school
French preparatory school.
L·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lying (9 points)
Yarn-making (wordplay)
Flat or crooked (wordplay)
Causing a polygraph to spike, maybe
L·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
lymph (15 points)
Fluid laboratory drained with speed
Kind of gland
Plasma-like fluid
L·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4 = 15 pts
lynch (13 points)
String up perhaps
String up, perhaps
Kill illegally (by hanging)
L·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 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
lysed (9 points)
Disintegrated as cells
Healed as Sy led
Underwent remission of fever
L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 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
lysin (8 points)
Cell-destroying antibody
Antibody extremely likely to do bad
Celldestroying antibody
L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
lysis (8 points)
Gradual recession of a disease
Ending with electro-
Some votive offerings of 5
L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lyssa (8 points)
A less common word for rabies
Hydrophobia
Hydrophobia
L·1+Y·4+S·1+S·1+A·1 = 8 pts
lytic (10 points)
Pertaining to {lysis=n}
L·1+Y·4+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 10 pts
lytta (8 points)
Some said rabies held the dog's tongue from below
L·1+Y·4+T·1+T·1+A·1 = 8 pts

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