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8-letter words starting with LE
There are 160 8-letter words starting with LE in the standard word-game list. The most common are learning, lemonade, leverage, leftover, leukemia, lecturer.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| learning | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge | 9 |
| lemonade | sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice | 11 |
| leverage | the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | 12 |
| leftover | not used up | 14 |
| leukemia | malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of… | 14 |
| lecturer | a public lecturer at certain universities | 10 |
| leniency | mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | 13 |
| legality | lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute | 12 |
| legalize | make legal | 18 |
| leveling | changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | 12 |
| levitate | cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity | 11 |
| lengthen | make longer | 12 |
| legation | the post or office of legate | 9 |
| leathery | resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | 14 |
| leapfrog | advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors | 14 |
| lethargy | a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) | 15 |
| leachate | The liquid produced when water percolates through a permeable material. | 13 |
| leaching | the process of leaching | 14 |
| leadenly | In a leaden manner. | 12 |
| leadless | not treated with lead | 9 |
| leadsman | A sailor who takes soundings with a lead, measuring the depth of water. | 11 |
| leadwork | Fittings made from lead (the metal) | 16 |
| leadwort | a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers | 12 |
| leafless | having no leaves | 11 |
| leaflike | resembling a leaf | 15 |
| leafworm | Any caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants. | 16 |
| leakless | Without leaks. | 12 |
| leanness | the quality of being meager | 8 |
| leasable | Able to be leased. | 10 |
| leathern | Made of leather. | 11 |
| leavened | made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining form | 12 |
| leavings | A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood. | 12 |
| lechayim | "To life": a Jewish drinking toast. | 18 |
| lecithin | a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal… | 13 |
| leeboard | A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway. | 11 |
| leeching | A medical treatment using leeches. | 14 |
| leftward | To or from the left. | 15 |
| legalese | a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law | 9 |
| legalise | make legal | 9 |
| legalism | strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit | 11 |
| legalist | Of or related to legalism, in its various senses. | 9 |
| legatine | Belonging to a legate. | 9 |
| legendry | Legends in general; mythology. | 13 |
| legerity | the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | 12 |
| leisured | free from duties or responsibilities | 9 |
| lekythos | A pottery flask with a narrow neck, used in Ancient Greece for storing oil. | 18 |
| lemonish | Lemony | 13 |
| lemurine | Lemuroid | 10 |
| lemuroid | Of or relating to the primate superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs) | 11 |
| lendable | available for lending | 11 |
| lenience | mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | 10 |
| lenition | A weakening of articulation causing a consonant to become lenis (soft). | 8 |
| lenitive | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | 11 |
| lensless | Without a lens or lenses. | 8 |
| lenticel | one of many raised pores on the stems of woody plants that allow the interchange of gas between the… | 10 |
| leotards | skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as… | 9 |
| lepidote | rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | 11 |
| leporine | Of, relating to, or resembling a hare or rabbit. | 10 |
| leprotic | Of or related to the disease leprosy. | 12 |
| leptonic | Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons. | 12 |
All 160 words
- learning
- lemonade
- leverage
- leftover
- leukemia
- lecturer
- leniency
- legality
- legalize
- leveling
- levitate
- lengthen
- legation
- leathery
- leapfrog
- lethargy
- leachate
- leachers
- leachier
- leaching
- leadenly
- leadiest
- leadings
- leadless
- leadoffs
- leadsman
- leadsmen
- leadwork
- leadwort
- leafages
- leafiest
- leafless
- leaflets
- leaflike
- leafworm
- leaguers
- leaguing
- leakages
- leakiest
- leakless
- lealties
- leanings
- leanness
- leariest
- learners
- leasable
- leashing
- leasings
- leathern
- leathers
- leavened
- leaviest
- leavings
- lechayim
- lechered
- lecithin
- lecterns
- lections
- lectured
- lectures
- lecythis
- lecythus
- ledgiest
- leeboard
- leeching
- leeriest
- leewards
- leftisms
- leftists
- leftward
- leftwing
- legacies
- legalese
- legalise
- legalism
- legalist
- legatees
- legatine
- legating
- legators
- legendry
- legerity
- leggiero
- leggiest
- leggings
- leghorns
- legrooms
- legumins
- legworks
- lehayims
- leisters
- leisured
- leisures
- lekythoi
- lekythos
- lekythus
- lemmings
- lemnisci
- lemonish
- lempiras
- lemurine
- lemuroid
- lendable
- lenience
- lenities
- lenition
- lenitive
- lensless
- lentando
- lenticel
- lentisks
- leopards
- leotards
- lepidote
- leporids
- leporine
- leprotic
- leptonic
- lesbians
- lesioned
- lessened
- lessoned
- letching
- letdowns
- lethally
- lettered
- letterer
- lettuces
- leucemia
- leucemic
- leucines
- leucites
- leucitic
- leucomas
- leukemic
- leukomas
- leukoses
- leukosis
- leukotic
- levanted
- levanter
- levators
- leveeing
- levelers
- levelled
- leveller
- leverets
- levering
- leviable
- levigate
- levirate
- levities
- levodopa
- levogyre
- levulins
- levulose
- lewdness
- lewisite
- lewisson
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