Words That Start with SL

3-letter words that start with SL

• sly6adj. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

4-letter words that start with SL

• slab6n. A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and...
• slag5n. Waste material from a mine.
• slam6v. To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
• slan4n. A fan of science fiction.
• slap6n. A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something...
• slat4n. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
• slaw7n. Coleslaw.
• slay7v. To kill; to murder.
• sled5n. A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by...
• slew7n. The act, or process of slewing.
• slim6adj. Slender in an attractive way.
• slip6v. To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of...
• slit4n. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
• slob6v. To move slowly or cumbersomely.
• sloe4n. The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
• slog5n. A long, tedious walk or march.
• slop6n. A flip-flop.
• slot4n. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the...
• slow7adj. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an...
• slub6n. A small thickened portion or knot found in yarn, caused by defects or...
• slue4v. To rotate something on an axis.
• slug5n. Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
• slum6n. Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.
• slur4n. An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under...

5-letter words that start with SL

• 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.
• 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...
• 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...
• sleek9adj. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth.
• sleep7v. To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
• sleet5n. Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted...
• 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.
• sloat5n. A narrow piece of timber that holds together large pieces; a slat.
• sloop7n. A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
• sloot5n. A ditch.
• slope7n. A surface that either inclines or declines in a regular manner from the...
• slops7n. Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn...
• slosh8v. To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
• sloth8n. Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a...
• slows8n. Milk sickness.
• slump9v. To collapse heavily or helplessly.
• slunk9n. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively.
• slurp7v. To eat or drink noisily.
• slush8n. Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.
• slyly11adv. In a sly manner, cunningly.

All 44 5-letter words that start with SL

6-letter words that start with SL

• slabby13adj. Of a liquid: thick; viscous.
• slacks12n. Semi-formal trousers which are less formal than those that are part of...
• slaked11adj. Allayed; quenched; extinguished.
• slalom8n. The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates.
• slangy10adj. Including or given to slang.
• slanty9adj. Slanted.
• slappy13adj. Resembling a slap, especially of sound.
• slashy12adj. Involving lots of cutting with blades, or swordwork.
• slated7adj. Scheduled.
• slater6n. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
• slaver9v. To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
• slavey12n. A male servant.
• slayer9n. A killer; a murderer; someone who slays.
• sleaze15n. Low moral standards.
• sleazy18adj. Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
• sledge8n. A sledgehammer.
• sleepy11adj. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
• sleeve9n. The part of a garment that covers the arm.
• sleigh10n. A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice...
• sleuth9n. A detective.
• slewed10adj. Somewhat drunk; tipsy.
• sliced9adj. That has been cut into slices.
• slicer8n. Someone or something that slices.
• slider7n. A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.
• slidey10adj. Tending to slide or cause sliding; slippery.
• slight10adj. Minor; small in amount.
• slimer8n. A worker who guts fish.
• slinky13adj. Furtive, stealthy or catlike.
• slippy13adj. Slippery.
• sliver9n. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
• slobby13adj. Slobbish.
• slogan7n. A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people (such as a movement...
• sloped9adj. That has or have a slope.
• sloper8n. Something which angles or slopes, as distinguished from one that is...
• sloppy13adj. Composed of or covered in slop; very wet.
• sloshy12adj. That sloshes or splashes.
• slouch11n. A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance.
• slough10n. The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
• slower9n. That which slows.
• slowly12adv. At a slow pace.
• sludge8n. Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
• sludgy11adj. Characteristic of sludge; slimy or mucky.
• sluggy11adj. Resembling or characteristic of a slug (gastropod mollusk).
• sluice8n. An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for...
• slummy13adj. Like a slum; run-down, dirty, decrepit.
• slurpy11adj. Sloppy; sounding or feeling like the slurping of liquid.
• slurry9n. Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
• slushy12adj. Covered in slush.

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7-letter words that start with SL

• slabbed12adj. Encased in a slab (protective case).
• slacked14adj. Dressed in slacks.
• slacken13v. To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
• slacker13n. One who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share...
• slammed12adj. Very busy with work.
• slammer11n. One who, or that which, slams.
• slander8n. A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written)...
• slanted8adj. Placed at an angle, on a slant.
• slapper11n. One who, or that which, slaps.
• slashed11adj. Having been slashed, cut or rent.
• slasher10n. One who slashes.
• slather10v. To spread something thickly on something else; to coat well.
• slating8n. Slates collectively.
• slatted8adj. Of or pertaining to a slat.
• slatter7v. To be awkward, careless, or negligent, especially with regard to dress...
• slavery13n. An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property...
• slaving11n. Enslavement.
• slavish13adj. In the manner of a slave; abject.
• slaying11n. Killing, especially the murder of a human.
• sleeker11n. An instrument for sleeking or making smooth.
• sleekly14adv. In a sleek manner.
• sleeper9n. Someone who sleeps.
• sleeved11adj. Having sleeves.
• sleight11n. Cunning; craft; artful practice.
• slender8adj. Thin; slim.
• slicing10n. The action of the verb to slice.
• slicker13n. One who or that which slicks.
• slickly16adv. In a slick manner; slipperily.
• sliding9n. The motion of something that slides.
• slighty14adj. Slight.
• sliming10n. The action of coating with slime, or an instance of doing this.
• slimmer11n. A person who is trying to become slim by dieting.
• slinger8n. Someone who, or something that, slings or uses a sling.
• slipped12adj. With part of the stalk displayed.
• slipper11n. A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
• slipway15n. A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which...
• slither10v. To move about smoothly and from side to side.
• slobber11n. Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and...
• sloboda10n. A kind of settlement, village, or suburb in the history of Russia...
• sloping10adj. Having a slope.
• sloshed11adj. Very drunk.
• slotted8adj. Having slots.
• slouchy15adj. Given to slouching.
• slowing11n. A deceleration; a slowing down.
• slugger9n. A boxer who tends to deliver hard punches.
• slumber11n. A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
• slumdog11n. A person who lives in the slums of cities.
• slushie10n. A flavored frozen drink made with ice crystals.

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8-letter words that start with SL

• slamball12n. A variety of basketball in which trampolines are positioned in front of...
• slamming13adj. Great; awesome.
• slanting9adj. Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
• slapdash14adj. Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
• slapping13n. The act of giving a slap or slaps.
• slashing12n. The action of something that slashes.
• slattern8n. One who is uncareful or unconcerned about appearance or surroundings...
• slattery11adj. Rainy; wet; sloppy.
• sledding11n. The act of sliding downhill, or transporting something, on a sled.
• sledging11n. The act of using a sledge to travel over snow.
• sleepily13adv. In a sleepy manner.
• sleeping11adj. Asleep.
• sleeving12n. Hollow flexible tube used as insulation for wires and cables.
• slicking15n. A narrow vein of ore.
• slidably14adv. So as to be movable by sliding.
• slighted13adj. Cheated; short-changed; ripped off.
• slighter12n. One who slights.
• slightly15adv. Slenderly; delicately.
• slimline10adj. Gracefully slim or slender.
• slimming13adj. Making a person seem or become slimmer.
• slimness10n. The property of being slim.
• slinking13n. The act of one who slinks.
• slipcase12n. A box, open on one end, for keeping a set of books together.
• slippage13n. The act of slipping, especially from a secure location.
• slippery15adj. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a...
• slipping13n. The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening...
• slipshod14adj. Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
• slithery14adj. That slithers; that moves like a snake.
• slitting9n. The act by which something is slit.
• slobbery15adj. Wet and slimy, containing slobber, having the consistency of slobber.
• slogging11n. An act or an instance of slogging or working laboriously.
• sloppily15adv. In a sloppy manner, not neatly.
• slopping13n. Liquid that has been slopped.
• sloshing12n. A motion or action that sloshes.
• slothful14adj. Lazy; idle; tending to sloth.
• slotting9n. Allocation to a slot.
• slovenly14adj. Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.
• slowdown15n. A reduction in speed, or a decrease in the level of production...
• slowness11n. The quality or state of being slow.
• slugfest12n. A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs.
• sluggard11n. A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
• slugging11n. A blow or blows with the fist; a beating.
• sluggish13adj. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive.
• sluicing11n. The act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.
• slumming13n. A period of associating with people or engaging in activities with a...
• slumping13adj. Making a slumping voice.
• slurping11n. A sound or motion that slurps.
• slurring9n. A slur mark in music.

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9-letter words that start with SL

• slackline15n. A length of cable, rope, or webbing that hangs loosely from its points...
• slackness15n. The state of being slack; the quality of having slack.
• slanderer10n. One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person.
• slapstick17n. A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a...
• slaughter13n. The killing of animals, generally for food.
• slavering13adj. Drooling saliva.
• slavishly18adv. In a slavish manner.
• sleazebag21n. A morally reprehensible, disreputable, or sleazy person.
• sleekness13n. The quality of being sleek.
• sleepaway17adj. Of a camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.
• sleepless11adj. Characterized by an absence of sleep: wakeful.
• sleepover14n. The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially...
• sleepwalk18v. To walk or perform other actions while sleeping; to somnambulate.
• sleepwear14n. Garments designed to be worn in bed; nightclothes.
• sleighing14n. A ride on a sleigh.
• slenderly13adv. Thinly, slightly, delicately.
• sleuthing13n. Detective work.
• slickness15n. The property of being slick.
• slickrock21n. A rock or a rock formation made smooth by weathering.
• slideshow16n. A presentation of a series of photographic slides, usually with a...
• slighting14v. The full or partial demolition of a fortification.
• slimeball13n. A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance...
• slingback18n. A type of women's shoe having a strap behind the heel or ankle.
• slingshot13n. A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for...
• slipcover16n. A fitted protective or decorative cover that may be slipped off and on...
• slippered14adj. Wearing slippers.
• slivovitz24n. A type of rakija made mostly in Eastern European countries from...
• slopeside12adj. Located on or near a ski slope.
• slouching15n. The posture of someone who slouches.
• sloughing14n. Something sloughed off.
• slowpitch19n. A variety of softball, in which the ball may not be pitched fast.

10-letter words that start with SL

• slackening17n. The act by which something slackens; loss of speed, tautness, etc.
• slandering12n. The act of committing slander.
• slanderous11adj. Both untrue and harmful to a reputation.
• slathering14n. The act of spreading thickly.
• slatternly13adj. Appropriate to or characteristic of a slattern.
• slaveowner16n. Someone who has control or ownership over another human being; the...
• sleazeball21n. A morally reprehensible, disreputable, or sleazy person; a cad.
• sleaziness19n. The property of being sleazy.
• sleepiness12n. The property of being sleepy.
• sleepyhead19n. A sleepy person.
• sleepytime17n. The time to sleep.
• sleeveless13adj. Of a garment, having no sleeves.
• slightness14n. The property of being slight, smallness, petiteness.
• slipstream14n. The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object...
• slithering14n. The act or action of one who slithers.
• slobbering15n. The act of one who slobbers.
• slopestyle15n. A discipline of freestyle skiing or snowboarding involving an obstacle...
• sloppiness14n. The property of being sloppy.
• sluggishly18adv. In a sluggish manner; responding or moving slowly.
• slumbering15adj. Temporarily inactive.

11-letter words that start with SL

• slacklining18n. A sport resembling tightrope walking but with the rope or webbing only...
• slaughtered16adj. Extremely drunk.
• slaughterer15n. A butcher (as a profession or job).
• slaveholder18n. Synonym of slaveowner.
• slavemaster16n. One who owns a slave.
• sleepwalker20n. A somnambulist; one who walks, or is active, while asleep.
• slenderness12n. The property of being slender.
• slumberland16n. An imaginary place inhabited by those who are asleep; (by extension)...

12-letter words that start with SL

• slaughtering17n. An act of slaughter; a killing.
• slaveholding20adj. Having possession/ownership of one or more slaves.
• sledgehammer21n. A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal...
• sleepwalking22n. The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's...
• slipperiness16n. The property of being slippery.
• sloganeering14n. The act of one who sloganeers.
• slothfulness18n. The state or quality of being slothful.
• slovenliness15n. The state or quality of being slovenly.
• sluggishness17n. The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.

13-letter words that start with SL

• sleeplessness15n. Lack of sleep; the property of being sleepless; the inability to sleep...

14-letter words that start with SL

• slaughterhouse21n. A place where animals are slaughtered.

Questions about these words

How many words that start with SL are there?

Word.ws lists 307 words that start with SL, plus 710 rare ones.

What are common words that start with SL?

sleep, slow, slightly, slowly, sleeping, slave, slide and slip.

Which of the words that start with SL has the highest letter score?

slivovitz scores 24 points with the standard letter tile values.

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