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4-Letter Words (1):
lacy (9 points)
Trimmed with Chantilly, say
See-through, say
Made of chiffon, say
L·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 9 pts
5-Letter Words (2):
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
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
6-Letter Words (5):
lacily (11 points)
In an intertwining way
In a delicate way
How ice crystals form
L·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
lackey (15 points)
Miss the old flipping footman!
He serves to be without most of one eye
An old servant or slavish person
L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
leachy (14 points)
Porous
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
legacy (12 points)
What's left, say, delicate outlines
What's left, say, in fluid clay
Dead giveaway (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
lunacy (11 points)
Sheer stuff (wordplay)
Crazed audience reaction, perhaps
Girl entertains a name over in folly
L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 11 pts
7-Letter Words (11):
lacquey (21 points)
""To serve in a servile manner, also LACKEY""
L·1+A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+E·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
lactary (12 points)
Of milk.
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
larceny (12 points)
Grand crime (wordplay)
Misappropriate charge (wordplay)
Taking things the wrong way (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
latency (12 points)
Annoyance for online gamers
Quality of being dormant.
Period of inactivity
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
lechery (15 points)
Unrestrained sexual desire
Desire hot instead of cold 7 soup
Wary about companion's lustfulness
L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
lichtly (15 points)
""To slight or make light of, also LIGHTLY""
L·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
licitly (12 points)
According to law
By the rules
Flower-girl covering up about it without breaking law
L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
locally (12 points)
In one's city
In the immediate neighbourhood
In the surrounding area
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
lucency (14 points)
Clearness of thought
Limpidness
Clarity.
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
lucidly (13 points)
In a clear way
Clearly, allowing understanding
With clarity
L·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
luckily (16 points)
By good fortune
It is fortunate that
Word before "I carry a spare"
L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
8-Letter Words (11):
lackaday (18 points)
Woe is me, that leaves me one day short!
Sorry to get 24 hours off (wordplay)
For instance, no Sun. in short? Oh dear!
L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+D·2+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
lacunary (13 points)
Relating to missing pieces
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
laically (13 points)
By the flock
Secularly
How I call in the way they produce the eggs in no clerical manner
L·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
lambency (17 points)
Radiance.
L·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 17 pts
latchkey (20 points)
Opener of sorts
Item on a tenant's ring
Opener of some gates
L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
leniency (13 points)
Mildness and tolerance
Short sentence, for example
A kindly judge might show it
L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
literacy (13 points)
I lay cert (anagram)
Ability to use language proficiently
The ability to use language proficiently
L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
locality (13 points)
Neighbourhood or site
Neighbourhood or site of something
Site of neighbourhood of something
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
locutory (13 points)
Room in a monastery - but not for Trappists!
L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
lucently (13 points)
In a clear fashion
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
lucidity (14 points)
Clarity (of thought)
Clearness of mind
Clarity of expression
L·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
9-Letter Words (8):
lexically (21 points)
LEXICAL pertaining to the words of a language
L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
lobectomy (18 points)
Surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (such as the lung or brain).
L·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
logically (15 points)
Using reason
Following reason
Close to home occupied by soldier with good reason
L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
logomachy (20 points)
An argument about words.
Dispute concerning words
Leave Mum in lake and start your verbal sparring
L·1+O·1+G·2+O·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 20 pts
loquacity (23 points)
Cause of high telephone bills.
Talkativeness
Prolixity.
L·1+O·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 23 pts
lubricity (16 points)
""Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property, which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil. as, the lubricity of oil.""
L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
lyrically (17 points)
In an enthusiastic or effusive way
Lily and Carly are dancing in an expressive way
How Wordsworth and Coleridge wrote ballads
L·1+Y·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
lytically (17 points)
LYTIC pertaining to {lysis=n}
L·1+Y·4+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
10-Letter Words (9):
lectionary (15 points)
""A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.""
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
legitimacy (18 points)
State of being valid
Conformity to the law or rules
Propriety of member having sex being nameless
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
lexicality (22 points)
LEXICAL pertaining to the words of a language
L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
lexicology (23 points)
Study of word meanings
Study of words
L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 23 pts
locomotory (17 points)
LOCOMOTOR Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
L·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
logicality (16 points)
Logicalness.
L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
luculently (15 points)
In a luculent manner; clearly.
L·1+U·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
lumpectomy (21 points)
Pl. lumpectomies Surgical excision of a tumor from the breast with the removal of a minimal amount of surrounding tissue.
L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 21 pts
lusciously (15 points)
In a pleasingly rich manner
L·1+U·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
11-Letter Words (10):
laconically (18 points)
In a laconic manner.
L·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
laparoscopy (20 points)
Laparotomy performed with a laparoscope.
L·1+A·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+Y·4 = 20 pts
larcenously (16 points)
Larcenous
L·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
lecherously (19 points)
Lecherous
L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
lichenology (20 points)
The science which treats of lichens.
L·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 20 pts
lickerishly (23 points)
Lickerish
L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 23 pts
lieutenancy (16 points)
Officer's post
L·1+I·1+E·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
lucratively (19 points)
In a lucrative manner.
L·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
ludicrously (17 points)
In ridiculous fashion
Absurdly, ridiculously
L·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
lycanthropy (24 points)
The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf.
L·1+Y·4+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+P·3+Y·4 = 24 pts
12-Letter Words (14):
lachrymosely (25 points)
In a tearful manner
L·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+Y·4+M·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 25 pts
lachrymosity (25 points)
LACHRYMOSE Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
L·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+Y·4+M·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 25 pts
laryngectomy (23 points)
Excision of the larynx.
L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+N·1+G·2+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 23 pts
laryngoscopy (23 points)
The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.
L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+N·1+G·2+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+Y·4 = 23 pts
lasciviously (20 points)
Lascivious
L·1+A·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
leachability (22 points)
The act or process of leaching.
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
lexicography (30 points)
The compiling of dictionaries
The compilation of dictionaries
Writing and compiling of dictionaries
L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4 = 30 pts
licentiously (17 points)
Licentious
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
liturgically (18 points)
In the manner of a liturgy.
L·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
locationally (17 points)
Locational
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
logistically (18 points)
Logistical
L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
loquaciously (26 points)
In a loquacious manner.
L·1+O·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 26 pts
lubriciously (19 points)
Lubricious
L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
lysogenicity (21 points)
LYSOGENIC
L·1+Y·4+S·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
13-Letter Words (2):
lethargically (22 points)
Drowsily
L·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
lymphatically (28 points)
""LYMPHATIC pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.""
L·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 28 pts
14-Letter Words (4):
legalistically (20 points)
LEGALISTIC
L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
linguistically (20 points)
In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist.
L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
lithologically (23 points)
""From a lithological point of view; as, to consider a stratum lithologically. as, to consider a stratum lithologically.""
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 23 pts
localizability (30 points)
Abstract noun (-ity)
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 30 pts
15-Letter Words (3):
lackadaisically (27 points)
In a languid way
Without caring, have no platform, hostile about everything
L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+D·2+A·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 27 pts
logarithmically (26 points)
Adverb re a John Napier invention
How some axes are drawn
L·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+M·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 26 pts
logographically (27 points)
Logographical
L·1+O·1+G·2+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 27 pts
16-Letter Words (1):
lithographically (30 points)
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 30 pts
17-Letter Words (1):
lexicographically (37 points)
L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 37 pts

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