There are 497 words that end with LD in our word list of 382,657 words, and every one of them is on this page — grouped by length so you can scan fast, with a live filter when you need something narrower. The biggest group is the 8-letter words (126 of them); the spread is 1 of them 2 letters long, 9 of them 3 letters long, 37 of them 4 letters long, 50 of them 5 letters long, and more up to 14 letters. The longest entries are stepgrandchild, seventeenfold and chesterfield. Word-game players keep lists like this open for a reason: Scrabble and Words With Friends reward the obscure corners of the dictionary, crossword solvers live on pattern matching, and Wordle players work by elimination.
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2-letter words (1)
ld
3-letter words (9)
ald bld eld fld gld hld old rld sld
4-letter words (37)
auld bald beld bold cold eild fold geld gild gold guld held hild hold keld kild meld mild mold nold ould seld sild sold suld tald teld told veld vild wald weld wild wold yald yeld yold
5-letter words (50)
acold afald ahold awald bauld beild bield bovld build cauld child chold could fauld field fjeld goold guild gyeld hauld heald heild hield mould neeld nould sauld scald scold scyld seeld sheld sield skald spald speld stold tauld tould trild unold viold weald wield woald woold world would yauld yield
6-letter words (64)
aefald afawld afield angild arnold athold ayield befeld begild beheld behold bifold chield degold donald enfold engild engold extold fagald forold gerald hamald hareld harold herald infold inhold jerald jymold kobold menald oswald rebold refold regald regild remold resold retold reweld ribald ronald shield should spauld steeld strold unbold unfold ungild ungold unheld unhold unmild unmold unsold untold unweld unwild upfold upheld uphild uphold
7-letter words (68)
accoyld aefauld anfeeld astrild bewield cuckold embayld emerald enfield entrold eyefold fanfold hipmold huthold infield introld lapheld leopold lowveld mangold merfold mistold nongold onefold orfgild outfold outhold outsold outtold penfold piebald pinfold pinhold pitfold premold presold pretold pyebald rebuild remould reyield reynold riggald sixfold skybald squeald stradld strolld tenfold thyrold tinwald toehold trifold twafald twifold twofold twyfold tynwald unbuild unchild unmould unwield unworld upbuild upfield usehold wergeld wergild
8-letter words (126)
airfield akenbold anticold backfold backveld berthold beshield billfold bondhold bookfold brunhild brynhild bushveld canfield coherald cokewold copyhold cotswold cuckhold cynegild danegeld downfold enshield farmhold fasthold fishhold fivefold flitfold footgeld foothold forehold foretold foryield fourfold frampold freehold garfield gasfield gatefold godchild gumfield handheld handhold hayfield headmold heregeld heregild herezeld hidegeld highveld hoodmold horngeld icefield landhold leafmold lifehold manchild manifold manyfold marigold mcdonald merchild midfield misbuild misfield morefold muchfold nailfold neckmold ninefold octogild oilfield outbuild outfield outscold outworld outyield overbold overcold overfold overgild overheld overhold overmild oversold overtold overwild palegold parfield polyfold prebuild rebehold redfield reginald reunfold reuphold roothold safehold sandweld scaffold semibald semibold semimild semiwild shoemold shotweld sidehold skewbald snowmold sourveld subfield subworld suithold sunscald theobald twafauld tweyfold twichild twinfold unbeheld unnaneld urnfield weregild withheld withhold woodgeld
9-letter words (65)
afterhold ankerhold antiworld archibald backfield ballfield beanfield blindfold bodybuild boschveld clarigold coalfield cornfield demiworld downfield eightfold extrabold eyeshield fiftyfold footscald forefield foreworld fortyfold frankfold gainyield girlchild goldfield gumshield headmould homebuild household interfold interweld leasehold linenfold maidchild millifold minefield multifold neckmould overbuild overworld playfield rheingold richfield schynbald sevenfold sheepfold sheffield shipbuild sinkfield sixtyfold snowfield springald stepchild stokehold superbold threefold threshold transmold uncuckold underfold underhold undersold whitfield
10-letter words (42)
achterveld afterworld anchorhold brainchild brickfield buttonhold buttonmold cattlefold centerfold centrefold drainfield dreamworld eightyfold elevenfold fingerhold grainfield grandchild heartscald interworld jerrybuild myriadfold ninetyfold organogold otherworld pitchfield plainfield smithfield stronghold superbuild supraworld thirtyfold transmould triplefold twelvefold twentyfold underbuild underworld underyield unforetold unfreehold unwithheld windshield
11-letter words (22)
bakersfield battlefield bleachfield buttonmould cradlechild critchfield cumberworld electrogild fifteenfold hundredfold maidenchild millionfold netherworld schoolchild seventyfold severalfold sixteenfold springfield stonesfield unblindfold undershield villeinhold
12-letter words (11)
chesterfield eighteenfold fourteenfold husbandfield macclesfield nineteenfold stranglehold subthreshold thirteenfold thousandfold throttlehold
13-letter words (1)
seventeenfold
14-letter words (1)
stepgrandchild
Frequently asked questions
How many words that end with LD are there?
Our word list contains 497 words that end with LD, out of 382,657 entries in total. They run from 2 to 14 letters, and the 8-letter group is the largest with 126 words.
What are the longest words that end with LD?
The longest are stepgrandchild (14 letters), seventeenfold (13 letters) and chesterfield (12 letters).
Which words that end with LD score highest in Scrabble?
By raw letter values, the top scorers on this page are stepgrandchild (24 points), jerrybuild (23 points) and sixtyfold (23 points) — before any letter or word multipliers. One honest caveat: this list is a broad English word list, so a few rare or technical entries appear that official game dictionaries (and Wordle’s answer list) do not accept. Always check a play against the dictionary your game uses.
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