5 letter words starting with lem

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got a few plausible five letter words starting with lem.

  • LEMAN
  • LEMED
  • LEMEL
  • LEMES
  • LEMMA
  • LEMME
  • LEMON
  • LEMUR

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:



Definition of lemma

lemma (noun)

  1. A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
  2. The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
  3. (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

lemma (noun)

  1. The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
  2. One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.

Definition of lemon

lemon (noun)

  1. A yellowish citrus fruit.
  2. A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
  3. A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
  4. A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
  5. A defective or inadequate item or individual.
  6. (shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.
  7. A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).

lemon (verb)

  1. To flavour with lemon.

lemon (adjective)

  1. Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
  2. Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
  3. (from "lemon tart") Smart; cheeky, vocal.

Definition of lemur

lemur (noun)

  1. Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
  2. Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
  3. A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.