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5-letter words starting with LU
There are 44 5-letter words starting with LU in the standard word-game list. The most common are lucky, lunch, lunar, lupin, lumps, lurch. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| lucky | occurring by chance | 14 |
| lunch | a midday meal | 10 |
| lunar | of or relating to or associated with the moon | 5 |
| lupin | any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers | 7 |
| lumps | A beating or verbal abuse. | 9 |
| lurch | an unsteady uneven gait | 10 |
| lumpy | like or containing small sticky lumps | 12 |
| lucid | (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable | 8 |
| lupus | any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease | 7 |
| lunge | the act of moving forward suddenly | 6 |
| lusty | vigorously passionate | 8 |
| luger | a German semiautomatic pistol | 6 |
| lumen | a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a… | 7 |
| lurid | horrible in fierceness or savagery | 6 |
| lucre | informal terms for money | 7 |
| ludic | relating to play or playfulness | 8 |
| luffa | the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer | 11 |
| lunet | A little moon or satellite. | 5 |
| lungi | a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.)… | 6 |
| lurer | One who lures. | 5 |