left: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with L · ends with T
Meaning of left
adj
Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
Example: The left side.
Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
Example: The road up ahead contains a left bend.
Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
Example: The Eiffel Tower is on the left bank of the Seine.
Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
Listed forms: lefter, leftmost, leftest.
Source: Wiktionary — left.
adv
- not-comparable
On the left side.
- not-comparable
Towards the left side.
Example: Turn left at the corner. NO! Your other left.
- not-comparable
Towards the political left.
Example: The East Coast of the US leans left in elections.
Source: Wiktionary — left.
noun
The left side or direction.
The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.
Example: The Left left workers behind, thinking they had a winning demographic coalition. It hasn't really worked out for them yet.
The left hand or fist.
A punch delivered with the left fist.
Listed forms: lefts.
Source: Wiktionary — left.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for left.
adjective
not used up
- leftover
- left over
- odd
- remaining
- unexpended
adjective
intended for the left hand
- left-hand
noun
those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare
- left wing
noun
the hand that is on the left side of the body
- left hand
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is left in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of left
L(1) + E(1) + F(4) + T(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of left
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from left
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in left. Showing up to 24, longest first.