Words that start with 'l' and contain 'gul'


There are 27 words you can use from the dictionary for words starting with 'l' that contain 'gul'.

6 letter words

  • ligula
  • ligule

7 letter words

  • ligulae
  • ligular
  • ligulas
  • ligules
  • ligulin
  • lingula

8 letter words

  • ligulate
  • liguloid
  • lingulae
  • lingulid

9 letter words

  • leguleian
  • ligularia
  • ligulated
  • lingulate
  • linguloid
  • longulite

10 letter words

  • leguleious
  • liguliform
  • lingulated
  • lingulella
  • lingulidae

11 letter words

  • linguliform

12 letter words

  • liguliflorae

13 letter words

  • liguliflorous
  • linguliferous

In Scrabble, what is the best score possible from this list of words that start with 'l' and contain 'gul'?
You could make 'liguloid' which scores 10 points.

How many actual words are possible to make with this list?
On this page of words starting with 'l' that contain 'gul', there are 27 outstanding entries that can be selected.

Which word that starts with 'l' and includes 'gul' is the most interesting?
Standing as our favorite unusual word on this page is 'ligula'. The dictionary defines it as "1. (Bot.) See Ligule. 2. (Zoöl.) (a) The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees. [See Illust. Under Labium, and Hymenoptera.] (b) A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium.".

Which word in particular from this list consists the highest number of characters?
The longest word you could derive from the combination specified is 'liguliflorous', which contains 13 characters.