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5 Letter Words Starting With L and Ending in L
Every five-letter word that fits L _ _ _ L — answer-eligible words are flagged in green, and you can tap any word to play it.
How Many 5-Letter Words Start With L and End in L?
14 words start with L and end with L, 7 of them answer-eligible. LAPEL is the most efficient probe from here, clearing about 92.5%.
Once both ends are green, the second letter is where the puzzle actually lives — and here it is O far more often than anything else, 36% of the time, as in LOCAL, LOYAL.
93% of these words carry two or more vowels, so the middle is vowel-rich — test consonants with your next probe.
Green-dotted words are answer-eligible — the everyday vocabulary the daily puzzle actually draws from — while hollow-dotted words are valid guesses you can play but that will never be the solution. Flip on Answers only to focus on the 7 words that could truly win the board.
Best Wordle Guesses That Fit L _ _ _ L
Once L and L are green, the strongest follow-up is a word that both fits the pattern and rules out as many remaining answers as possible. These three score highest, measured across all 2296 possible answers:
- 01 LAPEL — eliminates about 92.5% of remaining answers on average.
- 02 LABEL — eliminates about 91.8% of remaining answers on average.
- 03 LEGAL — eliminates about 91.2% of remaining answers on average.
The Full List, Grouped by Second Letter
Reading by square two: LO·5 LA·4 LE·3 LI·1 LY·1. Tap the group that matches your board rather than scrolling the whole 14-word column.
L···L Words That Have Been Wordle Answers
This shape is rare in the daily puzzle. In 1916 Wordles, only 7 words with L and ending in L have been the answer: LEGAL (#1854, 2026-07-17), LEVEL (#1518, 2025-08-15), LOCAL (#998, 2024-03-13), LOYAL (#829, 2023-09-26), LIBEL (#497, 2022-10-29), LABEL (#419, 2022-08-12), LAPEL (#83, 2021-09-10). Every answer-eligible word here has already had its turn.
| Puzzle | Date | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| #1854 | 2026-07-17 | LEGAL |
| #1518 | 2025-08-15 | LEVEL |
| #998 | 2024-03-13 | LOCAL |
| #829 | 2023-09-26 | LOYAL |
| #497 | 2022-10-29 | LIBEL |
| #419 | 2022-08-12 | LABEL |
| #83 | 2021-09-10 | LAPEL |
The other 7 words are valid guesses the game accepts but will never choose as a solution. They are still useful as probes — words you play to expose new letters — but when you are guessing to win, a green-dotted answer word is the smarter pick.
L···L Words by Vowel Count & Second Letter
Vowel structure is the fastest way to narrow the middle three squares. Here is how the 14 L···L words split by how many vowels they contain in total:
| Vowels | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 or fewer | 1 | 7% |
| Exactly 2 | 13 | 93% |
| 3 or more | 0 | 0% |
And the most common second letters among L···L words — handy when a yellow tile hints at the square right after L:
| Pattern | Words |
|---|---|
| LO···L | 5 |
| LA···L | 4 |
| LE···L | 3 |
| LI···L | 1 |
| LY···L | 1 |
How to Use These Words to Win Wordle
- Pin the second letter first. The square after L splits the list fastest — LO alone accounts for 5 of the 14 candidates, so fixing that tile drops most of the rest.
- Favor distinct letters early. 0 of the 14 words here use five different letters and 14 repeat one.
Full strategy lives in the how-to-play guide, and you can practice any time on the unlimited Wordle board.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many 5-letter words start with L and end in L?
There are 14 valid five-letter words that start with L and end in L in our Wordle dictionary, and 7 of them can appear as a daily answer. Turn on the "Answers only" filter above to narrow the L···L list to answer-eligible words.
What are the best L···L words for Wordle?
LAPEL, LABEL, LEGAL are the strongest. LAPEL eliminates about 92.5% of the answer pool on average, so if a clue has already fixed L and L, guessing LAPEL both tests the pattern and rules out the most remaining words. See more best Wordle starting words.
Which L to L words have been Wordle answers?
7 of them, across 1916 puzzles. The most recent was LEGAL (#1854) on 2026-07-17, and the first was LAPEL on 2021-09-10. Every answer-eligible L···L word has already been used. Browse the full past Wordle answers archive.
Do these L···L words work in hard mode?
Yes. Once L and L are green you must keep them, so this list is exactly your hard-mode candidate set. 0 of the 14 words use five distinct letters and 14 repeat one — worth knowing, because hard mode will not let you drop a confirmed letter to probe elsewhere. See the how-to-play guide.
What is the most common second letter in L···L words?
O — LO accounts for 5 of the 14 words (36%), ahead of LA with 4. With both ends already green, square two is usually the tile worth testing first.
How many vowels do L···L words usually have?
93% of these 14 words carry two or more vowels — 13 have exactly two and 0 have three or more, against 1 with one or fewer. With L and L already fixed, that tells you how much vowel room the three middle squares still need. For a full clue-by-clue solve, send your board to the Wordle Solver.