| Word before lather and repeat | 29 |
| Word before laugh or straw | 26 |
| Word before league or domo | 26 |
| Word before lease | 17 |
| Word before legend or renewal | 29 |
| Word before leopard or crab | 27 |
| Word before less or some | 24 |
| Word before letter or gang | 26 |
| Word before letter or mail | 26 |
| Word before letters and after mail | 34 |
| Word before lettuce or cucumber | 31 |
| Word before license or justice | 30 |
| Word before life or moon | 24 |
| Word before life or time | 24 |
| Word before lift or lodge | 25 |
| Word before light or sound | 26 |
| Word before lights or pay | 25 |
| Word before limits or space | 27 |
| Word before Lingus or Arann | 27 |
| Word before Lingus or Arann, in Irish aviation | 46 |
| Word before liquor or whiskey | 29 |
| Word before little, much or late | 32 |
| Word before Lizard or Jones in band names | 41 |
| Word before lock and load | 25 |
| Word before long or now | 23 |
| Word before lore | 16 |
| Word before luck or cluck | 25 |
| Word before luck or roast | 25 |
| Word before mackerel and smokes | 31 |
| Word before maiden names | 24 |
| Word before mail or crime | 25 |
| Word before mail or monger | 26 |
| Word before mail or tail | 24 |
| Word before mail or vote | 24 |
| Word before majesty | 19 |
| Word before Major or Minor | 26 |
| Word before majora or minora | 28 |
| Word before maker or breaker | 28 |
| Word before male or dog | 23 |
| Word before man or boy | 22 |
| Word before man, cave and mobile | 32 |
| Word before many a restrictive relative clause | 46 |
| Word before many city names | 27 |
| Word before many words | 22 |
| Word before march | 17 |
| Word before Marino | 18 |
| Word before market or circus | 28 |
| Word before mask or lift | 24 |
| Word before mate or food | 24 |
| Word before meal | 16 |
| Word before media or exodus | 27 |
| Word before media or hysteria | 29 |
| Word before mignon or -O-Fish | 29 |
| Word before milk or flour | 25 |
| Word before mine or mall | 24 |
| Word before Miss or Opry | 24 |
| Word before mo and Blo | 22 |
| Word before Moe Dee or G Rap, in hip-hop names | 46 |
| Word before Moines or Plaines | 29 |
| Word before money or pearl | 26 |
| Word before Mongolia | 20 |
| Word before more and lasting | 28 |
| Word before more and merrier | 28 |
| Word before moss | 16 |
| Word before most or world | 25 |
| Word before mother or lively | 28 |
| Word before move or majesty | 27 |
| Word before nail | 16 |
| Word before name or project | 27 |
| Word before nerve or disc | 25 |
| Word before nest or knot | 24 |
| Word before Nevada or Leone | 27 |
| Word before night or right | 26 |
| Word before noon? | 17 |
| Word before now | 15 |
| Word before number or killer | 28 |
| Word before number or rate | 26 |
| Word before number or weight | 28 |
| Word before off, on, up, down, in or out | 40 |
| Word before oil or water | 24 |
| Word before old | 15 |
| Word before old, and after it | 29 |
| Word before on or up | 20 |
| Word before only | 16 |
| Word before op or bomb | 22 |
| Word before operandi | 20 |
| Word before or after ''old'' | 44 |
| Word before or after ''pack'' | 45 |
| Word before or after ''pan'' | 44 |
| Word before or after ''traffic'' | 48 |
| Word before or after "as" | 35 |
| Word before or after "dog" | 36 |
| Word before or after "down" | 37 |
| Word before or after "Lady" in a Dylan title | 54 |
| Word before or after "on" | 35 |
| Word before or after "over" | 37 |
| Word before or after "pack" | 37 |
| Word before or after "says" | 37 |
| Word before or after "thou" | 37 |
| Word before or after "where" | 38 |