LE opens on a consonant and a vowel, and one third letter takes a quarter of the 5 letter words starting with LE. A Wordle player who confirms the pair therefore has a single obvious test to make, which few of the other vowel pairs allow.
A fills that position more often than E and M together. Least, Learn, Leave and Leads all follow it, and because the pair already spends an E, a second E later in the word is the repeat that costs a slot most often.
There are 95 five letter words starting with LE. Least, Learn, Leads, Lemon and Legit are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. LEA holds the deepest run, so test A in the third slot first.
5 Letter Words Starting With LE
L and E confirm one vowel and leave three slots, with A taking position three more than any other letter. The wider set begins at five letter words in English.
| Leach | Leads | Leady | Leafs |
| Leafy | Leaks | Leaky | Leams |
| Leans | Leant | Leany | Leaps |
| Leapt | Leare | Learn | Lears |
| Leary | Lease | Leash | Least |
| Leats | Leave | Leavy | Leaze |
| Leben | Leccy | Ledes | Ledge |
| Ledgy | Ledum | Leear | Leech |
| Leeks | Leeps | Leers | Leery |
| Leese | Leets | Leeze | Lefte |
| Lefts | Lefty | Legal | Leger |
| Leges | Legge | Leggo | Leggy |
| Legit | Lehrs | Lehua | Leirs |
| Leish | Leman | Lemed | Lemel |
| Lemes | Lemma | Lemme | Lemon |
| Lemur | Lends | Lenes | Lengs |
| Lenis | Lenos | Lense | Lenti |
| Lento | Leone | Leper | Lepid |
| Lepra | Lepta | Lered | Leres |
| Lerps | Lests | Letch | Lethe |
| Letup | Leuch | Leuco | Leuds |
| Leugh | Levas | Levee | Level |
| Lever | Leves | Levin | Levis |
| Lewis | Lexes | Lexis |
5 Letter Words Starting With LE By Third Letter
A leads the third slot by a wide margin, with E, M and N following. 5 letter words starting with LO works the same way.
5 Letter Words Starting With LEA
| Leads | Leafs | Leaks |
| Learn | Lease | Least |
| Leave | Leach | Leafy |
| Leaky | Leans | Leaps |
| Leapt | Leary | Leash |
| Leant | Leavy | Leady |
| Leams | Leany | Leare |
| Lears | Leats | Leaze |
5 Letter Words Starting With LEE
| Leech | Leeks | Leery |
| Leers | Leese | Leear |
| Leeps | Leets | Leeze |
5 Letter Words Starting With LEM
| Lemon | Lemma | Lemme |
| Lemur | Leman | Lemed |
| Lemel | Lemes |
5 Letter Words Starting With LEN
| Lends | Lense | Lento |
| Lenes | Lengs | Lenis |
| Lenos | Lenti |
5 Letter Words Starting With LE By Ending Letter
S closes 33 of these, with E and Y behind it. 5 letter words starting with LI works the same way.
5 Letter Words Starting With LE Ending In S
| Leads | Leafs | Leaks |
| Lewis | Leans | Leaps |
| Leeks | Lends | Levis |
| Leers | Lefts | Leges |
| Lexis | Leams | Lears |
| Leats | Ledes | Leeps |
| Leets | Lehrs | Leirs |
| Lemes | Lenes | Lengs |
| Lenis | Lenos | Leres |
| Lerps | Lests | Leuds |
| Levas | Leves | Lexes |
5 Letter Words Starting With LE Ending In E
| Lease | Leave | Leone |
| Ledge | Lemme | Levee |
| Leese | Legge | Lense |
| Lethe | Leare | Leaze |
| Leeze | Lefte |
5 Letter Words Starting With LE Ending In Y
| Leafy | Leaky | Leary |
| Leery | Lefty | Leavy |
| Leggy | Leady | Leany |
| Leccy | Ledgy |
5 Letter Words Starting With LE With A
A turns up in 32 LE words, more than any letter except the E already spent. 5 letter words starting with BE works the same way.
| Leads | Leafs | Leaks |
| Learn | Lease | Least |
| Leave | Legal | Leach |
| Leafy | Leaky | Leans |
| Leaps | Leapt | Leary |
| Leash | Lemma | Leant |
| Leavy | Leman | Leady |
| Leams | Leany | Leare |
| Lears | Leats | Leaze |
| Leear | Lehua | Lepra |
| Lepta | Levas |
5 Letter Words Starting With LE For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, which matters because almost half the LE set repeats one. 5 letter words starting with DE works the same way.
| Least | Learn | Leads |
| Lewis | Lemon | Legit |
| Leaks | Leafs | Leash |
| Levin | Leaps | Lends |
| Leafy | Leans | Leach |
| Lefty | Leaky | Leapt |
Level, Levee and Leech are the traps. With the opening already spending an E, a second E costs a slot you can rarely spare.
5 Letter Words Starting With LE For Scrabble
Z carries the top plays, and Leeze and Leaze share the highest mark at 14 points. 5 letter words starting with PE works the same way.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Leeze | 14 |
| Leaze | 14 |
| Lexis | 12 |
| Lexes | 12 |
| Leccy | 12 |
| Leaky | 12 |
| Lefty | 11 |
| Leavy | 11 |
| Leafy | 11 |
| Leuch | 10 |
| Letch | 10 |
| Leggy | 10 |
| Leech | 10 |
| Ledgy | 10 |
| Leach | 10 |
5 Letter Words Starting With LE And Their Meanings
Scots, Greek and older English usage account for most of the harder entries here.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Leany | Lean or thin, in older English |
| Leare | To teach or learn, in archaic English |
| Leaze | A pasture, in west country dialect |
| Leben | A fermented milk drink of North Africa |
| Leccy | Electricity, in British informal usage |
| Ledum | A shrub of the heath family, wild rosemary |
| Leear | A liar, in Scots usage |
| Leese | To lose, in archaic English |
| Leeze | An expression of fondness, in Scots usage |
| Lehua | A scarlet flowered Hawaiian tree |
| Leish | Active or supple, from Scots usage |
| Leman | A lover or sweetheart, in archaic English |
| Lemel | Metal filings produced in working, in older usage |
| Lemma | A subsidiary proposition proved to support a theorem |
| Lenis | Articulated with weak breath pressure, in phonetics |
| Lento | Slow, used as a musical direction |
| Lepid | Pleasant or amusing, in older English |
| Lepra | Leprosy, in older medical usage |
| Lepta | The plural of lepton, a Greek coin of small value |
| Letup | A pause or slackening in intensity |
FAQs
The strongest are Least, Learn, Leads, Lemon and Legit, since none of them repeat a letter. Level, Levee and Leech spend a slot on a repeat, so hold those back.
LEA gives you Least, Learn, Leads, Leave, Lease, Leash, Leaps, Leaks, Leafs, Leans and Leant, along with Leady, Leafy, Leaky, Leams, Leany, Leapt, Leare, Lears, Leary, Leats, Leavy and Leaze.
The R ending gives you Lever, Leper, Lemur and Leger. Leear closes the group and is accepted in Scrabble.
The A words run to Least, Learn, Leads, Leave, Lease, Leash, Legal and Leant. Thirty two LE words carry an A after the opening pair.
Leeze and Leaze share the top score at 14 points. Lexis and Lexes each reach 12, with Leccy and Letch at 10.
The T ending gives you Least, Leant, Leapt and Legit. Four words is the whole group, so a T in the last slot narrows the board fast.
LEV gives you Level, Lever and Levee, along with Levas, Leves, Levin and Levis. Seven words is the whole group.
Yes, Lemma is valid and scores 9 points. It names a subsidiary proposition proved on the way to a larger theorem.
