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4-letter words starting with LO

66 words are exactly 4 letters long and starting with lo, about 1.2% of every four-letter word.

Length 4 Letters LO
LI LO

4-letter words starting with LO

66 of 66 shown

For example: load, lock, loir, loop, losh, loup.

load4
loaf4
loam4
loan4
lobe4
lobi4
lobo4
lobs4
loca4
loch4
loci4
lock4
loco4
lode4
lods4
loft4
loge4
logo4
logs4
logy4
loid4
loin4
loir4
loke4
loll4
loma4
lome4
lone4
long4
loof4
look4
loom4
loon4
loop4
loor4
loos4
loot4
lope4
lops4
lord4
lore4
lorn4
lory4
lose4
losh4
loss4
lost4
lota4
lote4
loth4
loti4
loto4
lots4
loud4
loun4
loup4
lour4
lous4
lout4
love4
lowe4
lown4
lowp4
lows4
lowt4
loys4

About 4-letter words starting with LO

Every word here is exactly 4 letters with lo locked into the first slot. That makes "lo" one of the busiest openings at this length, ranked 13 of the 62 pairs with enough words to list.

A two-letter opening is a real unit of English rather than two separate tiles. Onsets are constrained: plenty of letter pairs never begin a word at all, so once you have confirmed two, most of the dictionary is already gone. Inside this set, the letter sitting immediately next to the fixed pair is most often O (8), T (6), U (6).

People search this one both ways round, as four letter words starting with lo and as lo words 4 letters. Both mean the same thing, and this is the list. If the length is wrong, the sibling lengths are below.

Same opening, other lengths

Other openings at 4 letters

Quick answers

How many 4-letter words starting with lo are there?

66 of them, out of 5,529 four-letter words, or about 1.2% of the length. That makes "lo" one of the busiest openings at this length, ranked 13 of the 62 pairs with enough words to list.

Why does this page only cover 4-letter words?

Because a length and an opening together are what you usually know. If you need a different size, the list below moves "lo" to the other lengths that have enough words to be worth a page. Dropping the length entirely gives you every word starting with L instead.

What usually comes next in these words?

The letter just inside the fixed pair is most often O (8), T (6), U (6). A two-letter opening is a real unit of English rather than two separate tiles. Onsets are constrained: plenty of letter pairs never begin a word at all, so once you have confirmed two, most of the dictionary is already gone.

Do you have a page for every two-letter opening?

No, and deliberately so. A pair only gets a page when at least 35 four-letter words share it. Below that the list is too short to be worth a visit, so we send you to the single-letter list instead.

Are proper nouns or abbreviations included?

No. Only standard dictionary words appear, which matches what Wordle, Scrabble, and crossword grids accept. A missing word is almost always a name, a hyphenation, or an abbreviation.

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