li: meaning and words from its letters
2 letters · 2 letter points · starts with L · ends with I
Meaning of li
noun
The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
The Korean mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
Listed forms: lis, ri.
Source: Wiktionary — li.
noun
A traditional Chinese unit of weight, equal to one-thousandth of a liang, or fifty milligrams.
Source: Wiktionary — li.
noun
- Chinese
A meaningful ceremony or ritual; etiquette, behaviour.
Source: Wiktionary — li.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
being one more than fifty
- fifty-one
- 51
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is li in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of li
L(1) + I(1) = 2 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 li
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from li
0 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in li. Showing up to 24, longest first.
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