Word.ws English Dictionary

5-Letter Words Starting with SLI

There are 10 five-letter words that start with SLI on Word.ws, from slice to slive. The most common are slide, slice, slick, slips and slime.

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

All 10 five-letter words that start with SLI

  • slice7n. That which is thin and broad.
  • slick11adj. Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe...
  • slide6v. To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
  • slike9v. To crawl; creep; slide.
  • slime7n. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any...
  • slimy10adj. Of or pertaining to slime.
  • sling6v. To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
  • slink9v. To sneak about furtively.
  • slips7n. The area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the...
  • slive8n. A slice or sliver; slip, chip.
6 rare five-letter words that start with SLI

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with SLI are there?
Word.ws lists 10 five-letter words that start with SLI, plus 6 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with SLI?
slide, slice, slick, slips, slime, sling, slimy and slink.
Which of the five-letter words that start with SLI has the highest letter score?
slick scores 11 points with the standard letter tile values.

Related word lists

Source and license

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.

Cite this page: “5-Letter Words Starting with SLI: 10 Words.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/words/5-letter/starting-with-sli. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.