Words That Start With

SL

English words beginning with “SL” — sorted by frequency

✦187 words found

🟩38 Wordle words

🟩 5-Letter Words Starting With SL

38 Wordle words

These are valid 5-letter words — exactly the format Wordle uses every day.

SLACK SLEEK SLANT SLAKE SLOPE SLIDE SLICK SLATE SLUMP SLOSH SLINK SLYLY SLANG SLASH SLOOM SLEER SLIKE SLEEP SLOTH SLUNG SLAVE SLEET SLICE SLIME SLUSH SLIGH SLING SLURP SLUNK SLYPE SLUFF SLIFE SLORE SLUNT SLOOP SLAIN SLIVE SLOAM

🎯 4-Letter Words Starting With SL

22 words

Useful for Scrabble, crossword fill-ins, and short word puzzles.

SLEW SLIP SLAG SLUG SLUE SLUR SLIT SLOG SLAM SLIM SLOW SLAT SLAB SLOT SLUT SLOP SLUM SLAY SLOB SLAP SLEY SLED

All Words Starting With SL

187 words — most common first

Sorted by how frequently each word appears in written English.

Word	Letters	Syllables	Type	Definition
slew	4	1	noun	A large amount.
slip	4	1	noun	(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
slack	5	1	noun	Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
sleek	5	1	verb	Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
slight	6	1	verb	Minor; small in amount
slender	7	2	noun	Thin; slim.
sleazy	6	2		Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual.
slant	5	1	noun	A slope; an incline, inclination.
sluggish	8	2		Slow; having little motion.
slag	4	1	noun	Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.
slake	5	1	verb	(transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
slug	4	1	noun	Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
slander	7	2	noun	A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
sly	3	1	noun	Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
slue	4	1	noun	(intransitive) To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
slur	4	1	noun	An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
sluttish	8	2		(vulgar) Like a slut; sexually promiscuous.
slope	5	1	noun	An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
slide	5	1	noun	(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
slough	6	1	noun	(transitive) To shed skin or outer layers.
slick	5	1	noun	Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
slit	4	1	noun	A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
slog	4	1	noun	(intransitive) To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.
slothful	8	2		lazy; idle; tending to sloth.
slam	4	1	noun	(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
slovenly	8	3		Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.
slate	5	1	noun	(countable) A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.
slump	5	1	noun	(intransitive) To collapse heavily or helplessly.
slosh	5	1	verb	(intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
sludge	6	1	noun	A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
slim	4	1	noun	Slender; thin.
slumber	7	2	noun	(intransitive) To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.
slither	7	2	verb	(intransitive) To move about smoothly and from side to side.
slow	4	1	verb	Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
sliver	6	2	noun	A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
slat	4	1	noun	A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
slink	5	1	verb	(intransitive) To sneak about furtively.
sloshed	7	1		(slang) Very drunk.
slyly	5	2		In a sly manner, cunningly.
slab	4	1	noun	A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
slurry	6	2	noun	Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
sloppy	6	2	noun	Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
slattern	8	2	noun	(dated) One who is uncareful or unconcerned about appearance or surroundings, usually said of a dirty and untidy woman.
slippery	8	3		Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
sleight	7	1	noun	(countable) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
slapdash	8	2	verb	Produced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
sluggishly	10	3		In a sluggish manner; responding or moving slowly.
slot	4	1	noun	A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it.
slut	4	1	noun	(vulgar, often derogatory) A sexually promiscuous woman.
sluice	6	1	noun	An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
slacker	7	2	noun	One who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight.
slavish	7	2		Utterly faithful; totally lacking originality, creativity, or reflection.
slumping	8	2	noun	the result of a slumping movement, like that of a mountain
slouched	8	1		with shoulders drooping
slumbrous	9	2		Alternative form of slumberous. [Sleepy, drowsy.]
slang	5	1	noun	Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
slash	5	1	noun	A slashing action or motion:
slithery	8	3		That slithers; that moves like a snake.
sloom	5	1	noun	A gentle sleep; slumber.
sleer	5	2	verb	(obsolete) To mock or jeer.
slike	5	1	verb	(intransitive) To crawl; creep; slide.
slitch	6	1	noun	(slang, nonce word) A slutty bitch.
sleep	5	1	noun	(intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
slop	4	1	noun	(South Africa, chiefly in the plural) A flip-flop.
sloth	5	1	noun	(uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
slowly	6	2		(manner) At a slow pace.
slung	5	1	verb	To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
slanted	7	2		Placed at an angle, on a slant.
slammed	7	1		Packed, crowded, (of a venue) full of would-be customers.
slave	5	1	noun	A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
sleet	5	1	noun	(chiefly UK, Ireland, Northeastern US) Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
slum	4	1	noun	(countable, derogatory) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
slipstream	10	2	noun	The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence.
slightly	8	2		(degree) To a small extent or degree.
slackly	7	2		In a slack manner.
slaked	6	1		Allayed; quenched; extinguished.
slubberdegullion	16	5	noun	A filthy, slobbering person; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse.
slithered	9	2	verb	(intransitive) To move about smoothly and from side to side.
slice	5	1	noun	A thin, broad piece cut off.
slime	5	1	noun	Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
slush	5	1	noun	Flavored shaved ice served as a drink (a slushie).
slavery	7	3	noun	An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
slaughter	9	2	noun	(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
sleuth	6	1	noun	A detective.
slouch	6	1	noun	(intransitive) To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture
slay	4	1	verb	(ambitransitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.
slaver	6	2	noun	A person engaged in the slave trade; a person who buys, sells, transports, or owns slaves.
slacken	7	2	verb	(intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
slashed	7	1		Having been slashed, cut or rent.
slipping	8	2	noun	The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
slaying	7	2	noun	Killing, especially the murder of a human.
slumberous	10	3		Sleepy, drowsy.
slaphappy	9	3		In a humorous mood as a result of fatigue; silly from being tired.
slenderly	9	3		Thinly, slightly, delicately.
sligh	5	1	noun	A surname.
sling	5	1	noun	A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
slicker	7	2	noun	(originally Canada, US) A waterproof coat or jacket.
slogan	6	2	noun	(advertising) A catchphrase associated with a product or service being advertised.
slob	4	1	noun	(informal, derogatory) A lazy and slovenly or obese person.
slurp	5	1	noun	(transitive) To eat or drink noisily.
slipshod	8	2		Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
slunk	5	1	noun	(UK, dialectal) A slough, a low, wet, miry place. (Compare slank.)
sliced	6	1		That has been cut into slices.
slugfest	8	2	noun	(sports, slang) A game or match in which heavy blows are exchanged.
slyboots	8	2	noun	(chiefly British) A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.
slype	5	1	noun	(architecture) A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house.
slandered	9	2	verb	To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of; to wrong.
slipslop	8	2	noun	Poor writing; text that is imprecise, weak, or overly informal.
sluttery	8	3	noun	(uncountable) The qualities or practices of a slut (promiscuous person); sluttishness; sexual promiscuity.
slinks	6	1	verb	(intransitive) To sneak about furtively.
sleazoid	8	2	noun	(slang, derogatory) A sleazy person.
slotch	6	1	noun	(UK, dialectal) A greedy or sloppy eater; a glutton.
sluther	7	2	verb	(UK, dialectal) To slither, slide or slip
sleeper	7	2	noun	Someone who sleeps.
slap	4	1	noun	(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
slobber	7	2	verb	Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
slatternly	10	3		In the manner of a slattern.
sleaze	6	1	noun	(uncountable) Low moral standards.
slushy	6	2	noun	Having the consistency of slush.
slinky	6	2	noun	Of a garment: close-fitting; clingy.