8-Letter Words Starting With LIP
- 16 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 8-Letter Words Starting With LIP
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 8-Letter Words Starting With LIP 16 words
How common is LIP at the start of eight-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 16 eight-letter words that start with LIP. They average 12.6 points, the best is LIPSTICK (16 points) and 25% end in S.
- Total words
- 16
- Average Scrabble score
- 12.6
- out of 16 max
- Everyday words
- 6%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- S
- 25% of words
Most common last letters
- s 25%
- e 18.8%
- a 12.5%
Top vowel pairs
- ia18.8%
- ae6.3%
- ea6.3%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with LIP
l 1i 1p 3s 1t 1i 1c 3k 5
L 1 + I 1 + P 3 + S 1 + T 1 + I 1 + C 3 + K 5 = 16 points
- Double word
- 32 pts
- Triple word
- 48 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
lipstick
- nounmakeup that is used to color the lips
- verbform by tracing with lipstick“The clown had lipsticked circles on his cheeks”
- verbapply lipstick to“She lipsticked her mouth”
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How many eight-letter words that start with LIP are there?
There are 16 eight-letter words that start with LIP in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with LIP?
LIPSTICK is worth 16 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are LIPOSUCK (16), LIPOCYTE (15), LIPOGRAM (13).
Which rare eight-letter words that start with LIP score well?
Uncommon but valid choices include LIPOSUCK (16), LIPOCYTE (15), LIPOGRAM (13), LIPPENED (13). Few players know them, so they can catch an opponent off guard.