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5-letter words starting with LA

There are 95 5-letter words starting with LA in the standard word-game list. The most common are later, laugh, large, laura, labor, lance. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
latercoming at a subsequent time or stage5
laughthe sound of laughing9
largeabove average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent6
lauraA number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same…5
labora political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and…7
lancea long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon7
laseran acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an…5
labela brief description given for purposes of identification7
layersingle thickness of usually some homogeneous substance8
lattestrong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk5
ladenfilled with a great quantity6
latchspring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key10
lanesBowling alley5
latexa milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air12
lagera camp defended by a circular formation of wagons6
lapsea mistake resulting from inattention7
lairda landowner6
lacedclosed with a lace8
lazara person afflicted with leprosy14
lassoa long noosed rope used to catch animals5
largovery slow in tempo and broad in manner6
ladlea spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another6
larvathe immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg…8
lapellap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar7
labiaThe folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.7
lankytall and thin and having long slender limbs12
lakerOne engaged in sport; a player; an actor.9
lamia(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living7
lathemachine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool8
lacera workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)7
laderOne who loads cargo onto a vessel.6
lagangoods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered6
laharan avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano8
laithShed, barn8
laityin Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained…8
lambyResembling or characteristic of a lamb or the meat of a lamb.12
lamedThe twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).8
lamerComparative form of lame: more lame7
lamesSmall steel plates combined so as to slide one upon other and form a piece of armour: plural of lame.7
lanaia veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room5
lapinthe fur of a rabbit7
larchwood of a larch tree10
lardyResembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard.9
larkyPlayful12
latedBelated; too late; delayed, overtaken by night.6
latenTo grow late; become later.5
lathiclub consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India8
lathyLike a lath; long and slender.11
latkemade of grated potato and egg with a little flour9
lauanAny of several types of light wood, resembling mahogany, from various trees from the Philippines and Malaysia.5
laver(Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions8
lawnyMade of lawn or fine linen.11
laxerLacrosse player12
laxlyin a permissively lenient manner15
layupa basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the…10

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