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5-Letter Words Starting with SAL

There are 20 five-letter words that start with SAL on Word.ws, from salad to salvo. The most common are sales, salad, sally, salon and salty.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 20 five-letter words that start with SAL

  • salad6n. A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens...
  • salaf8n. One of the earliest Muslims, including Muhammad's companions and...
  • salah8adj. Wrong, incorrect.
  • salak9n. Any salak palm (Salacca zalacca), native to Indonesia; also called.
  • salal5n. A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible...
  • salat5n. The obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a...
  • salep7n. A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as...
  • saler5n. Salt cellar.
  • sales5n. The activities involved in selling goods or services.
  • salin5n. A salt reddish substance obtained from vegetable ashes during potash...
  • salix12n. Any member of the genus Salix; a willow.
  • salle5n. A fencing school.
  • sally8n. A willow.
  • salmi7n. A rich stew or ragout, especially of game.
  • salon5n. A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
  • salsa5n. A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot...
  • salto5n. A somersault.
  • salty8adj. Tasting of salt.
  • salve8n. An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
  • salvo8n. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
3 rare five-letter words that start with SAL

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with SAL are there?
Word.ws lists 20 five-letter words that start with SAL, plus 3 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with SAL?
sales, salad, sally, salon, salty, salsa, salah and salle.
Which of the five-letter words that start with SAL has the highest letter score?
salix scores 12 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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