LO puts a consonant and a vowel in the opening positions, and the same vowel returns in the third more than any other letter. That doubling is the main obstacle in the 5 letter words starting with LO, since it rules out a large part of the field for any guess built on five separate letters.
O and U lead the third position, with W behind them. Looks, Lower, Loans and Louis cover them, and most of the repeats a player needs to work around are a doubled O or a doubled L.
There are 138 five letter words starting with LO. Lower, Loved, Louis, Loans and Logic are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. LOO and LOU hold the deepest runs, so test O and U in the third slot first.
5 Letter Words Starting With LO
L and O confirm one vowel and leave three slots, and the third often takes the same vowel again. The wider set begins at five letter words in English.
| Loach | Loads | Loafs | Loams |
| Loamy | Loans | Loast | Loath |
| Loave | Lobar | Lobby | Lobed |
| Lobes | Lobos | Lobus | Local |
| Loche | Lochs | Locie | Locis |
| Locks | Locos | Locum | Locus |
| Loden | Lodes | Lodge | Loess |
| Lofts | Lofty | Logan | Loges |
| Loggy | Logia | Logic | Logie |
| Login | Logoi | Logon | Logos |
| Lohan | Loids | Loins | Loipe |
| Loirs | Lokes | Lolls | Lolly |
| Lolog | Lomas | Lomed | Lomes |
| Loner | Longa | Longe | Longs |
| Looby | Looed | Looey | Loofa |
| Loofs | Looie | Looks | Looky |
| Looms | Loons | Loony | Loops |
| Loopy | Loord | Loose | Loots |
| Loped | Loper | Lopes | Loppy |
| Loral | Loran | Lords | Lordy |
| Lorel | Lores | Loric | Loris |
| Lorry | Losed | Losel | Losen |
| Loser | Loses | Lossy | Lotah |
| Lotas | Lotes | Lotic | Lotos |
| Lotsa | Lotta | Lotte | Lotto |
| Lotus | Loued | Lough | Louie |
| Louis | Louma | Lound | Louns |
| Loupe | Loups | Loure | Lours |
| Loury | Louse | Lousy | Louts |
| Lovat | Loved | Lover | Loves |
| Lovey | Lovie | Lowan | Lowed |
| Lower | Lowes | Lowly | Lownd |
| Lowne | Lowns | Lowps | Lowry |
| Lowse | Lowts | Loxed | Loxes |
| Loyal | Lozen |
5 Letter Words Starting With LO By Third Letter
O leads the third slot, with U, W and G following at a similar distance. Five letter words with O as the second letter leaves the first letter open.
5 Letter Words Starting With LOA
| Loads | Loans | Loath |
| Loach | Loafs | Loams |
| Loamy | Loast | Loave |
5 Letter Words Starting With LOC
| Local | Locks | Locum |
| Locus | Lochs | Locis |
| Locos | Loche | Locie |
5 Letter Words Starting With LOG
| Logan | Logic | Logos |
| Logie | Login | Logia |
| Logon | Loges | Loggy |
| Logoi |
5 Letter Words Starting With LOO
| Looks | Loops | Loose |
| Looms | Loons | Loony |
| Loopy | Looby | Looky |
| Loots | Looed | Looey |
| Loofa | Loofs | Looie |
| Loord |
5 Letter Words Starting With LOR
| Lords | Lordy | Lorry |
| Loral | Loran | Lores |
| Loris | Lorel | Loric |
5 Letter Words Starting With LOT
| Lotus | Lotta | Lotte |
| Lotto | Lotos | Lotsa |
| Lotah | Lotas | Lotes |
| Lotic |
5 Letter Words Starting With LOU
| Louis | Lough | Louie |
| Louse | Lousy | Loupe |
| Louts | Loued | Louma |
| Lound | Louns | Loups |
| Loure | Lours | Loury |
5 Letter Words Starting With LOW
| Lower | Lowes | Lowly |
| Lowry | Lowan | Lowed |
| Lownd | Lowne | Lowns |
| Lowps | Lowse | Lowts |
5 Letter Words Starting With LO By Ending Letter
S closes 51 of these, a third of the set, with Y and E following. 5 letter words starting with LE works the same way.
5 Letter Words Starting With LO Ending In S
| Loads | Loans | Locks |
| Logos | Looks | Loops |
| Lords | Loses | Lotus |
| Louis | Loves | Lobes |
| Lobos | Locus | Lofts |
| Loins | Longs | Looms |
| Loons | Lopes | Lowes |
| Loafs | Loams | Lochs |
| Locis | Locos | Lodes |
| Loess | Lomas | Loots |
| Lores | Loris | Lotos |
| Louts | Lobus | Loges |
| Loids | Loirs | Lokes |
| Lolls | Lomes | Loofs |
| Lotas | Lotes | Louns |
| Loups | Lours | Lowns |
| Lowps | Lowts | Loxes |
5 Letter Words Starting With LO Ending In Y
| Lobby | Lofty | Lolly |
| Loony | Loopy | Lordy |
| Lorry | Lousy | Lovey |
| Lowly | Lowry | Loamy |
| Looby | Looky | Lossy |
| Loggy | Looey | Loppy |
| Loury |
5 Letter Words Starting With LO Ending In E
| Lodge | Loose | Logie |
| Lotte | Louie | Louse |
| Longe | Loupe | Lovie |
| Loave | Loche | Locie |
| Loipe | Looie | Loure |
| Lowne | Lowse |
5 Letter Words Starting With LO Ending In D
| Loved | Lobed | Lomed |
| Looed | Loord | Loped |
| Losed | Loued | Lound |
| Lowed | Lownd | Loxed |
5 Letter Words Starting With LO With E
E turns up in 51 LO words, more than any letter except the O already spent. 5 letter words starting with LI works the same way.
| Lodge | Loose | Loser |
| Loses | Loved | Lover |
| Loves | Lower | Lobed |
| Lobes | Logie | Loner |
| Lopes | Lotte | Louie |
| Louse | Lovey | Lowes |
| Loden | Lodes | Loess |
| Longe | Loper | Lores |
| Loupe | Lovie | Loave |
| Loche | Locie | Loges |
| Loipe | Lokes | Lomed |
| Lomes | Looed | Looey |
| Looie | Loped | Lorel |
| Losed | Losel | Losen |
| Lotes | Loued | Loure |
| Lowed | Lowne | Lowse |
| Loxed | Loxes | Lozen |
5 Letter Words Starting With LO For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so no slot goes to a repeat. 5 letter words starting with BO works the same way.
| Lower | Loved | Louis |
| Loves | Loans | Logic |
| Lover | Loads | Lodge |
| Lords | Logan | Loser |
| Locks | Lotus | Login |
| Louie | Lowry | Lofty |
Lolly, Loose and Loops are the traps. Forty one LO words repeat a letter, and a doubled O or L accounts for most of them.
5 Letter Words Starting With LO For Scrabble
Z and X carry the top plays, and Lozen tops the set at 14 points. 5 letter words starting with DO works the same way.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Lozen | 14 |
| Loxed | 13 |
| Loxes | 12 |
| Loppy | 12 |
| Looky | 12 |
| Lobby | 12 |
| Lowry | 11 |
| Lowly | 11 |
| Lovey | 11 |
| Lofty | 11 |
| Locks | 11 |
| Lowps | 10 |
| Loopy | 10 |
| Looby | 10 |
| Loggy | 10 |
5 Letter Words Starting With LO And Their Meanings
Scots, Latin and older craft usage account for most of the harder entries here.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Loach | A small freshwater fish with barbels at the mouth |
| Lobar | Relating to a lobe of the lung or brain |
| Loche | A burbot, a freshwater cod |
| Locum | A person standing in temporarily for another |
| Loden | A thick waterproof woollen cloth from Austria |
| Loess | Fine wind blown silt forming fertile soil |
| Logia | The plural of logion, a saying attributed to Christ |
| Loipe | A track prepared for cross country skiing |
| Longa | A long note in medieval musical notation |
| Loofa | A fibrous gourd used as a bath sponge |
| Loord | A sluggard or lout, in archaic English |
| Loral | Relating to the space between a bird’s eye and bill |
| Lorel | A worthless person, in archaic English |
| Loric | Relating to a protective outer shell |
| Losel | A worthless or disreputable person |
| Lotah | A small brass water pot used in India |
| Lotic | Relating to fast flowing fresh water |
| Loupe | A small magnifier used by jewellers |
| Loure | A slow French dance in triple time |
| Lovat | A muted green colour used in Scottish tweeds |
FAQs
The strongest are Lower, Loved, Louis, Loans and Logic, since none of them repeat a letter. Lolly, Loose and Loops hand a slot to a repeat, so keep them for later.
LOO gives you Looks, Looms, Loons, Loony, Loops, Loopy, Loose, Loots and Looby, along with Looed, Looey, Loofa, Loofs, Looie, Looky and Loord.
The H ending gives you Loath, Lough, Lotah and Loach. Four words is the whole group, and all of them are accepted in Scrabble.
The E words run to Lower, Loved, Loves, Lover, Loner, Lodes and Loses. Fifty one LO words carry an E after the opening pair.
The top score goes to Lozen at 14 points. Loxed reaches 13, then Loxes and Loppy at 12, with Lobby and Loggy at 11.
The D ending gives you Lobed, Loped, Loved, Lowed, Loxed and Losed. Lomed, Looed, Loued, Lomed and Loord close the group in Scrabble.
LOU gives you Lough, Louis, Louse, Lousy, Louts, Loupe and Loure, along with Loued, Louie, Louma, Lound, Louns, Loups and Lours.
Yes, Loupe is valid and scores 7 points. It names the small magnifier a jeweller holds to the eye.
