5-letter words containing LA
Embark on an exploration of 5-letter words that contain the letter LA. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate LA within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| place | 9 | a job in an organization | - |
| later | 5 | coming at a subsequent time or stage | - |
| black | 13 | make or become black | The smoke blackened the ceiling |
| class | 7 | a body of students who graduate together | the class of '97 |
| relax | 12 | make less taut | relax the tension on the rope |
| laugh | 9 | produce laughter | - |
| plane | 7 | a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood | - |
| glass | 6 | a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror | - |
| blame | 9 | an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed | the police laid the blame on the driver |
| large | 6 | in a boastful manner | - |
| alarm | 7 | fear resulting from the awareness of danger | - |
| plant | 7 | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | - |
| plate | 7 | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | - |
| laura | 5 | - | - |
| claim | 9 | a demand especially in the phrase | - |
| slave | 8 | work very hard, like a slave | - |
| flash | 11 | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | - |
| plain | 7 | not mixed with extraneous elements | plain water |
| blast | 7 | hit hard | - |
| salad | 6 | food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens | - |
| fella | 8 | a boy or man | - |
| blade | 8 | especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole | - |
| delay | 9 | cause to be slowed down or delayed | Traffic was delayed by the bad weather |
| flame | 10 | shine with a sudden light | - |
| labor | 7 | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
| solar | 5 | relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun | solar eclipse |
| lands | 6 | - | - |
| blank | 11 | a blank gap or missing part | - |
| lance | 7 | a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions | - |
| label | 7 | trade name of a company that produces musical recordings | the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent |
| villa | 8 | Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923) | - |
| laser | 5 | an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light | - |
| layer | 8 | an abstract place usually conceived as having depth | a simile has at least two layers of meaning |
| laden | 6 | remove with or as if with a ladle | - |
| polar | 7 | being of crucial importance | the polar events of this study |
| slack | 11 | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | - |
| flags | 9 | - | - |
| slash | 8 | beat severely with a whip or rod | - |
| plaza | 16 | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | a good plaza should have a movie house |
| flare | 8 | erupt or intensify suddenly | Tempers flared at the meeting |
| flats | 8 | footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel) | - |
| pilar | 7 | of or relating to a hair | - |
| slate | 5 | thin layers of rock used for roofing | - |
| tesla | 5 | United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943) | - |
| viola | 8 | large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions | - |
| latte | 5 | strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk | - |
| clash | 10 | be incompatible; be or come into conflict | These colors clash |
| flank | 12 | the side of military or naval formation | they attacked the enemy's right flank |
| blaze | 16 | move rapidly and as if blazing | The spaceship blazed out into space |
| slain | 5 | killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in | slain warriors |
| voila | 8 | - | - |
| relay | 8 | electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit | - |
| clams | 9 | informal terms for money | - |
| clamp | 11 | a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together | - |
| lacey | 10 | - | - |
| atlas | 5 | the 1st cervical vertebra | - |
| plank | 11 | cover with planks | The streets were planked |
| flask | 12 | the quantity a flask will hold | - |
| slang | 6 | fool or hoax | - |
| flaps | 10 | a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag | - |
| flake | 12 | a crystal of snow | - |
| latch | 10 | spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key | - |
| lapse | 7 | a mistake resulting from inattention | - |
| largo | 6 | (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner | - |
| flair | 8 | distinctive and stylish elegance | - |
| gland | 7 | any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | - |
| llama | 7 | wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump | - |
| laced | 8 | closed with a lace | snugly laced shoes |
| latex | 12 | a water-base paint that has a latex binder | - |
| glare | 6 | a focus of public attention | when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency |
| bland | 8 | lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting | a bland little drama |
| lilac | 7 | of a pale purple color | - |
| holla | 8 | a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | - |
| lamia | 7 | (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living | - |
| flack | 14 | artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes | - |
| lazar | 14 | a person afflicted with leprosy | - |
| clang | 8 | make a loud noise | clanging metal |
| alamo | 7 | a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico | - |
| laird | 6 | a landowner | - |
| lager | 6 | a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September | - |
| clank | 11 | a loud resonant repeating noise | - |
| slant | 5 | a biased way of looking at or presenting something | - |
| plait | 7 | any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape | - |
| playa | 10 | - | - |
| slade | 6 | - | - |
| koala | 9 | sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat; feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark | - |
| splat | 7 | a single splash | he heard a splat as it hit the floor |
| clack | 13 | make a rattling sound | - |
| lasso | 5 | Belgian composer (1532-1594) | - |
| flaky | 15 | made of or resembling flakes | flaky soap |
| clasp | 9 | fasten with a buckle or buckles | - |
| plaid | 8 | a cloth having a crisscross design | - |
| ladle | 6 | remove with or as if with a ladle | ladle the water out of the bowl |
| walla | 8 | - | - |
| larch | 10 | any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves | - |
| claro | 7 | a cigar made with light-colored tobacco | - |
| labia | 7 | - | - |
| belay | 10 | fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat | - |
| gulag | 7 | a Russian prison camp for political prisoners | - |
| molar | 7 | grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars | - |
| blare | 7 | make a loud noise | The horns of the taxis blared |
| halal | 8 | conforming to dietary laws | halal meat |
| larva | 8 | the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose | - |
| glaze | 15 | become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance | Her eyes glaze over when she is bored |
| lapel | 7 | lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar | - |
| laker | 9 | - | - |
| flail | 8 | move like a flail; thresh about | Her arms were flailing |
| lathe | 8 | machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool | - |
| pilaf | 10 | rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | - |
| tilak | 9 | - | - |
| glade | 7 | a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area | - |
| lanky | 12 | tall and thin and having long slender limbs | a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man |
| alack | 11 | - | - |
| lamas | 7 | - | - |
| bylaw | 13 | a rule adopted by an organization in order to regulate its own affairs and the behavior of its members | - |
| blain | 7 | an inflammatory swelling or sore | - |
| lamer | 7 | - | - |
| melas | 7 | - | - |
| allay | 8 | satisfy (thirst) | - |
| galax | 13 | tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | - |
| kalam | 11 | - | - |
| chela | 10 | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | - |
| slake | 9 | satisfy (thirst) | - |
| glans | 6 | a small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris | - |
| calla | 7 | water arum | - |
| bulla | 7 | (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid | - |
| tabla | 7 | - | - |
| uvula | 8 | a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate | - |
| glair | 6 | - | - |
| blase | 7 | very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world | the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond' |
| lagan | 6 | goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | - |
| laver | 8 | edible red seaweeds | - |
| layup | 10 | a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard) | - |
| cella | 7 | - | - |
| zilla | 14 | - | - |
| laval | 8 | - | - |
| lardy | 9 | - | - |
| lapis | 7 | - | - |
| doula | 6 | an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes | - |
| akela | 9 | - | - |
| glace | 8 | (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar | - |
| lapin | 7 | the fur of a rabbit | - |
| lames | 7 | - | - |
| lauds | 6 | - | - |
| mylar | 10 | a thin polyester film | - |
| pilau | 7 | rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | - |
| solan | 5 | very large white gannet with black wing tips | - |
| eland | 6 | either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes | - |
| inlay | 8 | a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface | - |
| llano | 5 | an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America) | - |
| lanai | 5 | an island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area | - |
| blahs | 10 | a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction | - |
| sella | 5 | - | - |
| splay | 10 | move out of position | - |
| labra | 7 | - | - |
| lamed | 8 | - | - |
| mulla | 7 | a Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam; the head of a mosque | - |
| bolas | 7 | - | - |
| plack | 13 | - | - |
| stela | 5 | an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings | - |
| falaj | 15 | - | - |
| elans | 5 | - | - |
| elate | 5 | fill with high spirits; fill with optimism | - |
| elain | 5 | - | - |
| eclat | 7 | enthusiastic approval | they gave him more eclat than he really deserved |
| flabs | 10 | - | - |
| flaff | 14 | - | - |
| flary | 11 | - | - |
| flawn | 11 | - | - |
| flaws | 11 | - | - |
| flawy | 14 | - | - |
| flans | 8 | - | - |
| flaks | 12 | - | - |
| flamm | 12 | - | - |
| flams | 10 | - | - |
| flamy | 13 | - | - |
| flaxy | 18 | - | - |
| filar | 8 | related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope) | a filar eyepiece |
| flays | 11 | - | - |
| galah | 9 | - | - |
| galas | 6 | - | - |
| gilas | 6 | - | - |
| glaum | 8 | - | - |
| glaur | 6 | - | - |
| glazy | 18 | - | - |
| glary | 9 | shining intensely | - |
| glads | 7 | - | - |
| glady | 10 | - | - |
| glaik | 10 | - | - |
| glams | 8 | - | - |
| gular | 6 | - | - |
| gulas | 6 | - | - |
| gusla | 6 | - | - |
| hulas | 8 | - | - |
| idola | 6 | - | - |
| hylas | 11 | - | - |
| hilar | 8 | of or relating to or located near a hilum | - |
| jelab | 14 | - | - |
| jhala | 15 | - | - |
| inula | 5 | any plant of the genus Inula | - |
| jalap | 14 | - | - |
| kolas | 9 | - | - |
| klang | 10 | - | - |
| klaps | 11 | - | - |
| kwela | 12 | a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments | - |
| labis | 7 | - | - |
| lacer | 7 | a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding) | - |
| laces | 7 | - | - |
| labda | 8 | - | - |
| laari | 5 | - | - |
| lacet | 7 | - | - |
| kulak | 13 | - | - |
| kulan | 9 | - | - |
| kulas | 9 | - | - |
| kibla | 11 | - | - |
| lapje | 14 | - | - |
| lards | 6 | - | - |
| laree | 5 | - | - |
| lares | 5 | - | - |
| lanch | 10 | - | - |
| lande | 6 | - | - |
| lanes | 5 | - | - |
| lanks | 9 | - | - |
| lants | 5 | - | - |
| laris | 5 | - | - |
| larks | 9 | - | - |
| lasts | 5 | - | - |
| latah | 8 | - | - |
| lated | 6 | - | - |
| laten | 5 | - | - |
| lassu | 5 | - | - |
| larky | 12 | - | - |
| larns | 5 | - | - |
| larum | 7 | - | - |
| lased | 6 | - | - |
| lases | 5 | - | - |
| lassi | 5 | - | - |
| lathi | 8 | club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India | - |
| lanas | 5 | - | - |
| lahar | 8 | an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano | - |
| laich | 10 | - | - |
| laics | 7 | - | - |
| laids | 6 | - | - |
| laigh | 9 | - | - |
| laika | 9 | - | - |
| laiks | 9 | - | - |
| lacks | 11 | - | - |
| laded | 7 | - | - |
| lader | 6 | - | - |
| lades | 6 | - | - |
| laers | 5 | - | - |
| laevo | 8 | - | - |
| lairs | 5 | - | - |
| lairy | 8 | - | - |
| laith | 8 | - | - |
| lambs | 9 | - | - |
| lamby | 12 | - | - |
| lammy | 12 | - | - |
| lamps | 9 | - | - |
| lalls | 5 | - | - |
| laity | 8 | in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy | - |
| laked | 10 | - | - |
| lakes | 9 | - | - |
| lakhs | 12 | - | - |
| lakin | 9 | - | - |
| laksa | 9 | - | - |
| laldy | 9 | - | - |
| laths | 8 | - | - |
| lavas | 8 | - | - |
| laved | 9 | - | - |
| laves | 8 | - | - |
| lavra | 8 | - | - |
| lawed | 9 | - | - |
| lawer | 8 | - | - |
| lawin | 8 | - | - |
| laund | 6 | - | - |
| lathy | 11 | - | - |
| latke | 9 | made of grated potato and egg with a little flour | - |
| lauan | 5 | - | - |
| lauch | 10 | - | - |
| laufs | 8 | - | - |
| lawks | 12 | - | - |
| lawns | 8 | - | - |
| lawny | 11 | - | - |
| lazos | 14 | - | - |
| lazzi | 23 | - | - |
| lazzo | 23 | - | - |
| lazes | 14 | - | - |
| lazed | 15 | - | - |
| laxer | 12 | - | - |
| laxes | 12 | - | - |
| laxly | 15 | in a permissively lenient manner | - |
| layed | 9 | - | - |
| layin | 8 | - | - |
| malax | 14 | - | - |
| malas | 7 | - | - |
| malar | 7 | the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek | - |
| malam | 9 | - | - |
| molal | 7 | designating a solution containing one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent | - |
| molas | 7 | - | - |
| molla | 7 | - | - |
| nabla | 7 | - | - |
| nalas | 5 | - | - |
| nalla | 5 | - | - |
| moola | 7 | - | - |
| dobla | 8 | - | - |
| boyla | 10 | - | - |
| bolar | 7 | - | - |
| clade | 8 | a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor | - |
| clads | 8 | - | - |
| claes | 7 | - | - |
| clags | 8 | - | - |
| clame | 9 | - | - |
| clach | 12 | - | - |
| clats | 7 | - | - |
| claut | 7 | - | - |
| clave | 10 | - | - |
| clavi | 10 | - | - |
| claws | 10 | - | - |
| clays | 10 | - | - |
| clast | 7 | (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock | - |
| clans | 7 | - | - |
| claps | 9 | - | - |
| clapt | 9 | - | - |
| clart | 7 | - | - |
| clary | 10 | aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental | - |
| colas | 7 | - | - |
| coala | 7 | - | - |
| chola | 10 | - | - |
| balas | 7 | a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel | - |
| asyla | 8 | - | - |
| aulas | 5 | - | - |
| blabs | 9 | - | - |
| blads | 8 | - | - |
| blady | 11 | - | - |
| blaer | 7 | - | - |
| blaes | 7 | - | - |
| blaff | 13 | - | - |
| blags | 8 | - | - |
| blate | 7 | disposed to avoid notice | - |
| blats | 7 | - | - |
| blatt | 7 | - | - |
| blaud | 8 | - | - |
| blawn | 10 | - | - |
| blaws | 10 | - | - |
| blays | 10 | - | - |
| blash | 10 | - | - |
| blams | 9 | - | - |
| blart | 7 | - | - |
| belah | 10 | - | - |
| belar | 7 | - | - |
| amlas | 7 | - | - |
| alula | 5 | scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly | - |
| anlas | 5 | - | - |
| agila | 6 | - | - |
| aflaj | 15 | - | - |
| alary | 8 | having or resembling wings | - |
| alate | 5 | (of seeds or insects) having winglike extensions | alate leaves |
| alays | 8 | - | - |
| aland | 6 | - | - |
| alane | 5 | - | - |
| alang | 6 | - | - |
| alans | 5 | - | - |
| alant | 5 | - | - |
| alapa | 7 | - | - |
| alaap | 7 | - | - |
| alaps | 7 | - | - |
| plaas | 7 | - | - |
| plage | 8 | the beach at a seaside resort | - |
| plans | 7 | - | - |
| plays | 10 | - | - |
| plaps | 9 | - | - |
| plash | 10 | interlace the shoots of | - |
| plasm | 9 | the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes | - |
| plast | 7 | - | - |
| plats | 7 | - | - |
| platy | 10 | small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish | - |
| phyla | 13 | - | - |
| pepla | 9 | - | - |
| pilao | 7 | - | - |
| pilaw | 10 | rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | - |
| pulao | 7 | - | - |
| pulas | 7 | - | - |
| qibla | 16 | a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa | - |
| repla | 7 | - | - |
| rolag | 6 | - | - |
| selah | 8 | - | - |
| salal | 5 | small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries | - |
| scala | 7 | - | - |
| sigla | 6 | - | - |
| slabs | 7 | - | - |
| slaes | 5 | - | - |
| slags | 6 | - | - |
| shola | 8 | - | - |
| solah | 8 | - | - |
| solas | 5 | - | - |
| slaid | 6 | - | - |
| slats | 5 | - | - |
| slaty | 8 | of the color of slate or granite | the slaty sky of dawn |
| slaws | 8 | - | - |
| slays | 8 | - | - |
| slart | 5 | - | - |
| slams | 7 | - | - |
| slane | 5 | - | - |
| slank | 9 | - | - |
| slaps | 7 | - | - |
| talas | 5 | - | - |
| talak | 9 | - | - |
| talaq | 14 | - | - |
| talar | 5 | - | - |
| tolan | 5 | - | - |
| tolar | 5 | - | - |
| tolas | 5 | - | - |
| telae | 5 | - | - |
| uhlan | 8 | - | - |
| ulama | 7 | the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community | - |
| ulans | 5 | - | - |
| velar | 8 | a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate | - |
| volae | 8 | - | - |
| volar | 8 | relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot | the volar surface |
| uplay | 10 | - | - |
| unlaw | 8 | - | - |
| unlay | 8 | - | - |
| nulla | 5 | - | - |
| nyala | 8 | spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck | - |
| omlah | 10 | - | - |
| onlay | 8 | - | - |
| oflag | 9 | - | - |
| ollas | 5 | - | - |
| ollav | 8 | - | - |
| pelas | 7 | - | - |
| palla | 7 | - | - |
| palas | 7 | East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye | - |
| palay | 10 | - | - |
| zilas | 14 | - | - |
| yulan | 8 | - | - |
| yclad | 11 | - | - |
| xylan | 15 | - | - |
| boxla | 14 | - | - |
| lahal | 8 | - | - |
| larnt | 5 | - | - |
| lassy | 8 | - | - |
| latus | 5 | - | - |
| lavvy | 14 | - | - |
| laxed | 13 | - | - |
| laddy | 10 | - | - |
| salat | 5 | the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca | - |
| saola | 5 | - | - |
| pilae | 7 | - | - |
| pelau | 7 | - | - |
| platt | 7 | - | - |
| flane | 8 | - | - |
| flava | 11 | - | - |
