Words That Start With Long
Here are 33 words that start with long, from everyday words to rare ones that are still valid in word games. Common words come first with a short meaning, then the words are grouped by length, which helps with Wordle and crossword clues.
- Words starting with long
- 33
- Most used
- longer
- Shortest
- longs
- 5 letter words
- 2
Common words that start with long
| # | Word | Meaning | Letters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | longer | for more time | 6 |
| 2 | longest | primarily temporal sense | 7 |
| 3 | longtime | of long duration | 8 |
| 4 | longevity | duration of service | 9 |
| 5 | longing | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | 7 |
| 6 | longitudinal | of or relating to lines of longitude | 12 |
| 7 | longitude | the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich | 9 |
| 8 | longed | desire strongly or persistently | 6 |
| 9 | longs | desire strongly or persistently | 5 |
| 10 | longhorns | long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States | 9 |
| 11 | longhorn | long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States | 8 |
| 12 | longitudinally | across time | 14 |
| 13 | longingly | in a yearning manner | 9 |
| 14 | longish | somewhat long | 7 |
| 15 | longings | prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | 8 |
| 16 | longbow | a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England | 7 |
| 17 | longboat | the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel | 8 |
| 18 | longitudes | the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich | 10 |
| 19 | longhand | rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without... | 8 |
| 20 | longshoreman | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | 12 |
| 21 | longshoremen | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | 12 |
| 22 | longbows | a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England | 8 |
| 23 | longan | tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts | 6 |
| 24 | longboats | the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel | 9 |
5 letter words that start with long
- longs
- longe
6 letter words that start with long
- longer
- longed
- longan
7 letter words that start with long
- longest
- longing
- longish
- longbow
8 letter words that start with long
- longtime
- longhorn
- longings
- longboat
- longline
- longhand
- longleaf
- longhair
- longbows
- longship
9 letter words that start with long
- longevity
- longitude
- longhorns
- longingly
- longhouse
- longships
- longboats
10 letter words that start with long
- longitudes
- longhaired
- longhouses
12 letter words that start with long
- longitudinal
- longshoreman
- longshoremen
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How many words start with long?
This list has 33 words starting with long, all from a standard word-game dictionary and all seen in real English text.
What are common words that start with long?
longer, longest, longtime, longevity, longing, longitudinal, longitude, longed.
What 5 letter words start with long?
longs, longe.
Source: the ENABLE word list (a public-domain dictionary used for word games), ranked by how often each word appears in English text (the open wordfreq project), with short meanings from Princeton WordNet. Offensive words are left out.