Words Starting With IL
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The open ENABLE word list has 162 words that start with IL, about 0.094% of the 172,434 words this site shows. They run from ILK and ILL at the short end to ILLIMITABLENESSES, ILLUSIONISTICALLY and ILLUSTRIOUSNESSES at the long end. The highest base score belongs to ILLEGALIZATIONS (25 points), using commonly used tile values. 8 have no repeated letter at all. This is a general word list, not any game's official one; always check the rules of your game.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 162 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.094% |
| Longest | ILLIMITABLENESSES, ILLUSIONISTICALLY and ILLUSTRIOUSNESSES (17 letters) |
| Shortest | ILK and ILL (3 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | ILLEGALIZATIONS, 25 |
| No repeated letters | 8 |
Most common next letter after IL
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| L | 141 |
| E | 10 |
| I | 6 |
| K | 3 |
| M | 2 |
Useful observations
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 67 still form a word when the leading
ILis removed, for exampleILEX,ILEXES,ILKA,ILLAUDABLEandILLAUDABLY→EX,EXES,KA,LAUDABLEandLAUDABLY. - The most common endings here are
-ES(29),-LY(17),-AL(8). - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 4, found in 46 of these words.
- The average length is 10.1 letters.
- After IL, the letter
Lcomes next most often (141 words).
All IL- words
3 letters 2
ilk ill
4 letters 7
ilea ilex ilia ilka ilks ills illy
5 letters 9
ileac ileal ileum ileus iliac iliad ilial ilium iller
6 letters 5
ilexes iliads illest illite illume
7 letters 11
ileitis ileuses illegal illicit illites illitic illness illogic illumed illumes illuvia
8 letters 14
illation illative illegals illinium illiquid illogics illumine illuming illusion illusive illusory illuvial illuvium ilmenite
9 letters 16
ileitides illations illatives illegally illegible illegibly illiberal illicitly illiniums illnesses illogical illumined illumines illusions illuviums ilmenites
10 letters 18
illatively illaudable illaudably illegality illegalize illiteracy illiterate illuminant illuminate illuminati illumining illuminism illuminist illusional illusively illusorily illustrate illuviated
11 letters 24
illegalized illegalizes illiberally illimitable illimitably illiquidity illiterates illogically illuminable illuminance illuminants illuminated illuminates illuminator illuminisms illuminists illusionary illusionism illusionist illustrated illustrates illustrator illustrious illuviation
12 letters 24
illegalities illegalizing illegibility illegitimacy illegitimate illiberalism illiberality illiteracies illiterately illogicality illuminances illuminating illumination illuminative illuminators illusionisms illusionists illusiveness illusoriness illustrating illustration illustrative illustrators illuviations
13 letters 9
illiberalisms illiberalness illiquidities illocutionary illogicalness illuminations illusionistic illustrations illustriously
14 letters 13
illegalization illegibilities illegitimacies illegitimately illiberalities illimitability illiterateness illogicalities illuminatingly illusivenesses illusorinesses illustrational illustratively
15 letters 5
illegalizations illiberalnesses illimitableness illogicalnesses illustriousness
16 letters 2
illimitabilities illiteratenesses
17 letters 3
illimitablenesses illusionistically illustriousnesses
Using these words
To find words that start with IL using only your letters, open the Word Unscrambler, enter your letters and type IL in Starts with. For a known pattern, the Crossword Solver accepts IL???-style patterns. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.