Words Starting With LIT
100 wordsLIT words illuminate the English language with a Greek foundation that shapes much of our vocabulary around stone, writing, and light. From everyday terms to specialized scientific language, this pattern offers word game players access to both high-scoring technical terms and quick three-letter plays.
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The Greek root 'lithos' (stone) runs through many LIT words, creating a family of terms that ranges from simple plays to impressive board-clearers.
Vocabulary & Language
Linguistic patterns and usage statistics
The prefix 'lith-' from Greek 'lithos' (stone) dominates this pattern, giving us words about rocks, minerals, and printing on stone surfaces. LITHIUM takes its name from being discovered in mineral rocks, while LITHOGRAPHY refers to printing from stone plates. The pattern also includes words from Latin 'littera' (letter), explaining why literature-related terms share this opening.
Total Words
122
0.0% of dictionary
Avg Length
8.9 letters
3.5 syllables
Top Scrabble
LITHOGRAPHICALLY
30 points
Longest Word
LITHOGRAPHICALLY
16 letters
Parts of Speech
With 74% nouns and an average length of 8.9 letters, LIT words skew toward longer, technical vocabulary. The 19% adjective presence is notably high, driven by scientific descriptors like LITHOPHYTIC and LITHOLOGICAL.
Middle English dominates this pattern, often serving as the bridge that brought Latin and Greek terms into everyday English. Latin contributed scholarly and scientific vocabulary, while a handful of words trace to Lithuanian, reflecting the language's name appearing in English dictionaries. This mix shows how technical and borrowed terms entered English through medieval scholarship.
Word Games
High-value words for board games
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Medium (5-7)
a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
Long (8+)
of or relating to lithophytes
Short (2-4)
Medium (5-7)
a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
Long (8+)
LITHOGRAPHICALLY tops both games but scores 33 points in WWF versus 30 in Scrabble. LITHIUM earns 14 points in WWF compared to 12 in Scrabble, making it more valuable on the WWF board. For quick plays, LITH scores identically in both games at 7 points, while LITE drops from 4 points in Scrabble to 5 in WWF. The H-heavy vocabulary here doesn't shift much between games since H scores the same in both.
Wordle
5-letter words for daily puzzles
Good Starters (E, A, R, S, T)
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
the basic unit of money in Lithuania
Common Words (likely answers)
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease
LITER and LITRE both test common consonants L, T, R alongside vowels I and E, making them solid openers. LITAS trades the R for an S and A, offering different vowel coverage if you suspect those letters.
Length Extremes
Longest and shortest valid words
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The abundance of Greek compound words explains the long average length. Scientific terminology built from 'litho-' plus descriptive suffixes naturally creates multisyllabic terms like LITHOGRAPHICALLY.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
duplicator that prints by lithography; a flat surface (of stone or metal) is treated to absorb or repel ink in the desired pattern
the property of having a relatively small size
a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
LITIGATE means to institute legal proceedings against someone or file a suit. Beyond its everyday legal usage, this word scores well in both Scrabble and WWF while using common letters. It's one of the few action-oriented verbs in a pattern dominated by nouns and adjectives.
Popular crossword answers
Words frequently used in crossword puzzles with common clues.