Words that start with Ly

We found 184 words starting with Ly for word games like Scrabble and Words With Friends.

Highest scoring words starting with Ly prefix

Words	Scrabble points	Words With Friends points
Lynched	16	17
Lynxes	16	17
Lymphs	16	17
Lythrum	15	16
Lynches	15	16
Lyncher	15	16
Lycopod	15	17
Lychnis	15	16
Lychees	15	15
Lymph	15	16

3 letter words that start with Ly

4 letter words that start with Ly

Lynx
Lych
Lyse
Lyre
Lyes

5 letter Wordle words that start with Ly

Lymph
Lynch
Lytic
Lyric
Lycra
Lycee
Lycea
Lysed
Lying
Lyard
Lytta
Lyssa
Lysis
Lysin
Lyses
Lyres
Lyase
Lyart

6 letter words that start with Ly

Lynxes
Lymphs
Lyches
Lychee
Lyceum
Lyrism
Lyrics
Lycras
Lycees
Lysing
Lyings
Lyttas
Lyttae
Lyssas
Lysins
Lysine
Lysate
Lyrist
Lyrate
Lyases

7 letter words that start with Ly

Lynched
Lythrum
Lynches
Lyncher
Lycopod
Lychnis
Lychees
Lyingly
Lyceums
Lyrisms
Lyricon
Lyrical
Lyncean
Lyddite
Lysogen
Lyrated
Lysines
Lysates
Lyrists

8 letter words that start with Ly

Lysozyme
Lyricize
Lymphoma
Lymphoid
Lynchpin
Lymphous
Lynching
Lychgate
Lythrums
Lyriform
Lyophile
Lynchers
Lycopsid
Lycopods
Lysogeny
Lyricism
Lycopene
Lyrebird
Lyrately
Lysosome
Lyricons
Lyricist
Lyricise
Lyddites
Lysogens

9 letter words that start with Ly

Lysozymes
Lyricized
Lyricizes
Lyophobic
Lymphomas
Lymphatic
Lyophilic
Lynchpins
Lyophiled
Lynchings
Lychgates
Lytically
Lyrically
Lycopsids
Lychnises
Lyricisms
Lycopenes
Lysogenic
Lyricised
Lyrebirds
Lysosomes
Lysosomal
Lysimeter
Lyricists
Lyricises
Lyonnaise

10 letter words that start with Ly

Lyophilize
Lyricizing
Lymphocyte
Lymphokine
Lysogenize
Lymphogram
Lymphedema
Lymphomata
Lymphatics
Lycopodium
Lyophilise
Lysimetric
Lyricising
Lysimeters
Lysogenise
Lysogenies

11 letter words that start with Ly

Lyophilized
Lyophilizes
Lyophilizer
Lymphocytic
Lymphocytes
Lysogenized
Lymphokines
Lysogenizes
Lymphograms
Lymphedemas
Lycanthropy
Lymphoblast
Lycopodiums
Lyophilised
Lyophilises
Lysogenised
Lyricalness
Lysogenises

12 letter words that start with Ly

Lymphography
Lyophilizing
Lyophilizers
Lysogenizing
Lymphomatous
Lymphoblasts
Lycanthropic
Lysogenicity
Lyophilising
Lysolecithin
Lysogenising

13 letter words that start with Ly

Lymphographic
Lymphocytosis
Lymphocytoses
Lymphatically
Lymphosarcoma
Lymphoblastic
Lymphomatosis
Lymphomatoses
Lymphadenitis
Lycanthropies
Lysolecithins
Lyricalnesses

14 letter words that start with Ly

Lyophilization
Lymphographies
Lymphosarcomas
Lymphangiogram
Lysogenization
Lysogenicities

15 letter words that start with Ly

Lymphadenopathy
Lyophilizations
Lymphosarcomata
Lymphangiograms
Lysogenizations
Lymphogranuloma
Lymphadenitises

Our word list for words that end with ly or words containing ly helps you to find related words.

How many words start with Ly?

There are 184 words beginning with Ly in the Scrabble dictionary. The shortest word is 3 letters long and the longest word is 15 letters long.

The TWL dictionary contains 196601 unique English words.

Distribution of found words

Letters	Word count
3	1
4	5
5	18
6	20
7	19
8	25
9	26
10	16
11	18
12	11
13	12
14	6
15	7

Frequency of words starting with letters 'L Y'

Most common letters after the prefix Ly-

What are the most common first letters of stems that begin with Ly? We analyzed letter frequency of the first letters following this prefix. Our findings help you make strategic tile placement decisions in Scrabble.

Memorize the letters from the table below.

Word count	First letter of stem	Frequency
40	s	21.7%
39	m	21.2%
32	r	17.4%
26	c	14.1%
17	o	9.2%
12	n	6.5%
7	t	3.8%
4	a	2.2%
3	i	1.6%
2	e	1.1%