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5-Letter Words Starting with SLA

There are 16 five-letter words that start with SLA on Word.ws, from slack to slave. The most common are slave, slate, slack, slash and slang.

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

All 16 five-letter words that start with SLA

  • slack11n. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
  • slade6n. A hillside.
  • slain5n. Those who have been killed.
  • slake9v. To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
  • slane5n. A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron...
  • slang6n. Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
  • slank9n. A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of...
  • slant5n. A slope; an incline, inclination.
  • slape7adj. Slippery, slippy.
  • slaps7n. A two-player reaction game in which opponents slap each other's hands.
  • slash8n. A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon...
  • slate5n. A piece of such stone, usually cut into a rectangular shape, used as a...
  • slatt5n. A stone slab used as a veneer for coarse masonry.
  • slaty8adj. Resembling the rock slate.
  • slava8n. The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the...
  • slave8n. A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person...
2 rare five-letter words that start with SLA

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with SLA are there?
Word.ws lists 16 five-letter words that start with SLA, plus 2 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with SLA?
slave, slate, slack, slash, slang, slain, slade and slant.
Which of the five-letter words that start with SLA has the highest letter score?
slack scores 11 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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