Lice

4 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of louse: small, wingless parasitic insects that live on the skin or in the hair of warm-blooded animals.

“The school sent a letter home warning parents that lice had been found among pupils.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/laɪs/

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Synonyms

parasites

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Wordle

Irregular plural of louse. L-I-C-E contains two vowels and the handy C. Good spread of common letters.

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Scrabble

Worth 6 points (L1+I1+C3+E1). C adds value. Can extend to SLICE, SPICE, or similar words with a prefix.

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Anagrams of Lice

Words that use exactly the same letters as “lice”.

ceil

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “lice” to make these 4-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

bice dice fice lace life like lime line lite live mice nice rice vice

Add a letter to make a longer word

5-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “lice”.

alice cebil cecil ceile ceils celia celli chiel chile cinel clime cline clite clive crile decil elaic elfic elric ickle ileac incle lexic licet

Longer words starting with Lice

Words that begin with “lice”.

licet licence license licensed licenses licensing

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