Words Containing SL
Explore a range of words that include the letter SL, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring SL.
3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| sly | 6 | marked by skill in deception | sly as a fox |
4 letter words
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| slow | 7 | cause to proceed more slowly | The illness slowed him down |
| slut | 4 | a woman adulterer | - |
| slip | 6 | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | - |
| slap | 6 | the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand | - |
| slim | 6 | take off weight | - |
| slit | 4 | a depression scratched or carved into a surface | - |
| slam | 6 | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | - |
| slot | 4 | a slot machine that is used for gambling | they spend hours and hours just playing the slots |
| slug | 5 | a strip of type metal used for spacing | - |
| slay | 7 | kill intentionally and with premeditation | - |
| sled | 5 | ride (on) a sled | - |
| slum | 6 | a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions | - |
| slag | 5 | the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals | - |
| isle | 4 | a small island | - |
| slob | 6 | a coarse obnoxious person | - |
| slab | 6 | block consisting of a thick piece of something | - |
| slid | 5 | - | - |
| slop | 6 | writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental | - |
| slew | 7 | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | - |
| slur | 4 | a blemish made by dirt | - |
| slog | 5 | work doggedly or persistently | - |
| slaw | 7 | basically shredded cabbage | - |
| slat | 4 | a thin strip (wood or metal) | - |
| sloe | 4 | wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh | - |
| slue | 4 | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | - |
| sley | 7 | - | - |
| slee | 4 | - | - |
| slub | 6 | soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design | - |
| slae | 4 | - | - |
| sleb | 6 | - | - |
5 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| sleep | 7 | a period of time spent sleeping | he felt better after a little sleep |
| slept | 7 | - | - |
| slave | 8 | work very hard, like a slave | - |
| slide | 6 | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | - |
| slice | 7 | cut into slices | - |
| slack | 11 | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | - |
| aisle | 5 | passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores | - |
| slick | 11 | having only superficial plausibility | a slick commercial |
| slash | 8 | beat severely with a whip or rod | - |
| slate | 5 | thin layers of rock used for roofing | - |
| tesla | 5 | United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943) | - |
| slope | 7 | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | - |
| slimy | 10 | morally reprehensible | a slimy little liar |
| slain | 5 | killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in | slain warriors |
| slime | 7 | any thick, viscous matter | - |
| sling | 6 | hurl as if with a sling | - |
| slang | 6 | fool or hoax | - |
| sloan | 5 | - | - |
| slump | 9 | fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly | - |
| slush | 8 | make a splashing sound | - |
| slant | 5 | a biased way of looking at or presenting something | - |
| sloth | 8 | apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
| slade | 6 | - | - |
| sleek | 9 | designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow | - |
| sleet | 5 | partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow) | - |
| slurp | 7 | eat noisily | He slurped his soup |
| slink | 9 | walk stealthily | I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey |
| slung | 6 | - | - |
| slops | 7 | wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk | - |
| slyly | 11 | in an artful manner | - |
| sloop | 7 | a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow | - |
| slake | 9 | satisfy (thirst) | - |
| slosh | 8 | walk through mud or mire | - |
| slunk | 9 | - | - |
| lisle | 5 | a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) | - |
| slomo | 7 | - | - |
| slebs | 7 | - | - |
| slive | 8 | - | - |
| slily | 8 | - | - |
| slier | 5 | - | - |
| sleys | 8 | - | - |
| slews | 8 | a large number or amount | - |
| slims | 7 | - | - |
| slits | 5 | - | - |
| slish | 8 | - | - |
| slipt | 7 | - | - |
| slips | 7 | - | - |
| slipe | 7 | - | - |
| sleer | 5 | - | - |
| slaps | 7 | - | - |
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6 letter words
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| island | 7 | a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water | - |
| asleep | 8 | lacking sensation | my foot is asleep |
| slowly | 12 | in music | - |
| sleeps | 8 | - | - |
| sleepy | 11 | ready to fall asleep | beginning to feel sleepy |
| slight | 10 | lacking substance or significance | slight evidence |
| slower | 9 | more slowly | - |
| sleeve | 9 | the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm | - |
| sloppy | 13 | not fitting closely; hanging loosely | - |
| hassle | 9 | disorderly fighting | - |
| sleigh | 10 | ride (on) a sled | - |
| sliced | 9 | prepared by cutting | sliced tomatoes |
| slogan | 7 | a favorite saying of a sect or political group | - |
| sleazy | 18 | morally degraded | sleazy characters hanging around casinos |
| slayer | 9 | someone who causes the death of a person or animal | - |
| slater | 6 | any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats | - |
| misled | 9 | - | - |
| slutty | 9 | - | - |
| measly | 11 | contemptibly small in amount | a measly tip |
| slacks | 12 | (used in the plural) pants for casual wear | - |
| sludge | 8 | any thick, viscous matter | - |
| sleaze | 15 | tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar | - |
| sliver | 9 | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal | it broke into slivers |
| slouch | 11 | assume a drooping posture or carriage | - |
| sledge | 8 | beat with a sledgehammer | - |
| grisly | 10 | shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | a grisly murder |
| slinky | 13 | - | - |
| tussle | 6 | disorderly fighting | - |
| slough | 10 | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers | - |
| sleuth | 9 | watch, observe, or inquire secretly | - |
| slider | 7 | a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction | - |
| muslin | 8 | plain-woven cotton fabric | - |
| slushy | 12 | effusively or insincerely emotional | slushy poetry |
| slated | 7 | - | - |
| slicer | 8 | a golfer whose shots typically curve right (for right-handed golfers) | - |
| slimed | 9 | covered with or resembling slime | - |
| slippy | 13 | causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide | the streets are still slippy from the rain |
| muesli | 8 | mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits | - |
| sluice | 8 | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | - |
| slaver | 9 | let saliva drivel from the mouth | - |
| slurry | 9 | a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water | - |
| slalom | 8 | a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles | - |
| sloped | 9 | having an oblique or slanted direction | - |
| thusly | 12 | in the way indicated | - |
| tousle | 6 | disarrange or rumple; dishevel | The strong wind tousled my hair |
| aslant | 6 | at an oblique angle | the sun shone aslant into his face |
| mislay | 11 | place (something) where one cannot find it again | - |
| sludgy | 11 | - | - |
| sleety | 9 | consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain | - |
| aisles | 6 | - | - |
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7 letter words
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| dislike | 12 | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | - |
| slavery | 13 | the practice of owning slaves | - |
| slowing | 11 | a decrease in rate of change | - |
| sliding | 9 | being a smooth continuous motion | - |
| sleeper | 9 | a rester who is sleeping | - |
| slipper | 11 | low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily; usually worn indoors | - |
| slander | 8 | charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | - |
| slumber | 11 | be asleep | - |
| slashed | 11 | (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply | the slashed prices attracted buyers |
| slender | 8 | being of delicate or slender build | she was slender as a willow shoot is slender |
| slasher | 10 | a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing | - |
| mislead | 10 | give false or misleading information to | - |
| slammer | 11 | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | - |
| slicing | 10 | a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer | he took lessons to cure his slicing |
| parsley | 12 | annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves | - |
| measles | 9 | an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children | - |
| slacker | 13 | a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) | - |
| slaying | 11 | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | - |
| enslave | 10 | make a slave of; bring into servitude | - |
| slugger | 9 | a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches | - |
| slaving | 11 | - | - |
| slimmer | 11 | - | - |
| grossly | 11 | in a gross manner | - |
| slowest | 10 | most slowly | - |
| dogsled | 10 | travel with a dogsled | - |
| slicker | 13 | a macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof | - |
| slobber | 11 | saliva spilling from the mouth | - |
| slanted | 8 | favoring one person or side over another | - |
| slapper | 11 | a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand | someone slapped me on the back and I turned to see who the slapper was |
| sloping | 10 | having an oblique or slanted direction | - |
| busload | 10 | the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry | - |
| sleeved | 11 | made with sleeves or sleeves especially as specified; often used in combination | sleeved garments |
| sleight | 11 | adroitness in using the hands | - |
| sloshed | 11 | very drunk | - |
| slurred | 8 | spoken as if with a thick tongue | his words were slurred |
| slinger | 8 | a person who uses a sling to throw something | - |
| paisley | 12 | a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes | - |
| mislaid | 10 | lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place | the mislaid hat turned up eventually |
| slither | 10 | to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly | - |
| slavish | 13 | abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant | slavish devotion to her job ruled her life |
| tousled | 8 | in disarray; extremely disorderly | a bed with tousled sheets |
| slacken | 13 | make slack as by lessening tension or firmness | - |
| slicked | 14 | (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance | - |
| slotted | 8 | - | - |
| gosling | 9 | young goose | - |
| bobsled | 12 | formerly two short sleds coupled together | - |
| slather | 10 | spread thickly | I can't eat bagels without slathering them with cream cheese |
| piously | 12 | in a devout and pious manner | - |
| slimier | 9 | - | - |
| payslip | 14 | a slip of paper included with your pay that records how much money you have earned and how much tax or insurance etc. has been taken out | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| sleeping | 11 | quiet and inactive restfulness | - |
| slightly | 15 | in a slim or slender manner | slightly built |
| slipping | 13 | moving as on a slippery surface | his slipping and slithering progress over the ice |
| slippery | 15 | not to be trusted | how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is |
| slapping | 13 | - | - |
| slamming | 13 | - | - |
| enslaved | 12 | - | - |
| sluggish | 13 | slow and apathetic | a sluggish worker |
| slacking | 15 | the evasion of work or duty | - |
| disloyal | 12 | showing lack of love for your country | - |
| slinging | 10 | throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling) | - |
| disliked | 14 | regarded with aversion | he was intensely disliked |
| slumming | 13 | - | - |
| slimming | 13 | - | - |
| slashing | 12 | as if striking with slashing blows | his slashing demon-ridden cadenza |
| sleepers | 10 | - | - |
| famously | 16 | extremely well | we got along famously |
| slowpoke | 17 | someone who moves slowly | in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach |
| dyslexic | 21 | having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder | - |
| sledding | 11 | advancing toward a goal | the proposal faces tough sledding |
| riesling | 9 | fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California | - |
| slitting | 9 | - | - |
| coleslaw | 13 | basically shredded cabbage | - |
| slurring | 9 | - | - |
| dislodge | 11 | remove or force out from a position | The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums |
| slowdown | 15 | the act of slowing down or falling behind | - |
| dyslexia | 19 | impaired ability to learn to read | - |
| slanting | 9 | having an oblique or slanted direction | - |
| joyously | 21 | in a joyous and gleeful manner | - |
| slagging | 11 | - | - |
| slugging | 11 | - | - |
| islander | 9 | an inhabitant of an island | - |
| slobbery | 15 | - | - |
| slippage | 13 | a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping | - |
| slapdash | 14 | marked by great carelessness | slapdash work |
| slovenly | 14 | negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt | slovenly appearance |
| slowness | 11 | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | - |
| sledging | 11 | - | - |
| mudslide | 12 | a landslide of mud | - |
| quisling | 18 | someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force | - |
| slogging | 11 | - | - |
| slotting | 9 | - | - |
| slattern | 8 | a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | - |
| gaslight | 13 | light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas | - |
| slumlord | 11 | - | - |
| sluttish | 11 | characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women | - |
| slapshot | 13 | a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick | - |
| slinking | 13 | - | - |
| slimline | 10 | - | - |
| sleepily | 13 | in a sleepy manner | the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car |
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9 letter words
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| seriously | 12 | in a serious manner | a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce |
| obviously | 17 | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | the answer is obviously wrong |
| slaughter | 13 | the savage and excessive killing of many people | - |
| translate | 9 | make sense of a language | - |
| endlessly | 13 | continuing forever without end | - |
| nervously | 15 | in an anxiously nervous manner | we watched the stock market nervously |
| sleepless | 11 | always watchful | - |
| overslept | 14 | - | - |
| sleepover | 14 | an occasion of spending a night away from home or having a guest spend the night in your home (especially as a party for children) | - |
| landslide | 11 | a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff | - |
| anxiously | 19 | with anxiety or apprehension | we watched anxiously |
| slingshot | 13 | a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | - |
| aimlessly | 14 | without aim; in an aimless manner | he wandered around aimlessly |
| curiously | 14 | with curiosity | the baby looked around curiously |
| expressly | 21 | with specific intentions; for the express purpose | she needs the money expressly for her patients |
| furiously | 15 | (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner | winds were blowing furiously |
| onslaught | 13 | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) | - |
| grassland | 11 | land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life | - |
| viciously | 17 | in a vicious manner | he was viciously attacked |
| uselessly | 12 | in a useless manner | the furniture was sitting around uselessly |
| oversleep | 14 | sleep longer than intended | - |
| dislodged | 13 | - | - |
| hideously | 16 | in a hideous manner | her face was hideously disfigured after the accident |
| sleuthing | 13 | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | - |
| enslaving | 13 | - | - |
| bobsleigh | 17 | formerly two short sleds coupled together | - |
| classless | 11 | favoring social equality | a classless society |
| sleepwalk | 18 | walk in one's sleep | - |
| callously | 14 | in a callous way | he callously exploited their feelings |
| jealously | 19 | with jealousy; in an envious manner | he looked at his friend's new car jealously |
| disliking | 15 | - | - |
| legislate | 10 | make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation | We cannot legislate how people spend their free time |
| slackness | 15 | the quality of being loose (not taut) | he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope |
| dislocate | 12 | move out of position | dislocate joints |
| slivovitz | 24 | a colorless plum brandy popular in the Balkans | - |
| slowcoach | 19 | someone who moves slowly | in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach |
| slapstick | 17 | a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes | - |
| sloughing | 14 | the process whereby something is shed | - |
| saleslady | 13 | a woman salesperson | - |
| ominously | 14 | in an ominous manner | the sun darkened ominously |
| amorously | 14 | in an amorous manner | he looked at her amorously |
| enviously | 15 | with jealousy; in an envious manner | - |
| rockslide | 16 | a landslide of rocks | - |
| riotously | 12 | in a tumultuous and riotous manner | - |
| sleepwear | 14 | garments designed to be worn in bed | - |
| backslide | 18 | drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | - |
| backslash | 20 | - | - |
| dubiously | 15 | in a questionable and dubious manner | - |
| piteously | 14 | in a piteous manner | - |
| slavishly | 18 | in a slavish manner | his followers slavishly believed in his new diet |
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10 letter words
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| previously | 18 | at an earlier time or formerly | she had previously lived in Chicago |
| translator | 10 | a person who translates written messages from one language to another | - |
| enormously | 15 | extremely | he was enormously popular |
| hopelessly | 18 | in a dispirited manner without hope | - |
| dislocated | 14 | separated at the joint | a dislocated knee |
| generously | 14 | in a generous manner | - |
| sleepyhead | 19 | a sleepy person | - |
| misleading | 14 | designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | a misleading similarity |
| vigorously | 17 | with vigor; in a vigorous manner | he defended his ideas vigorously |
| graciously | 16 | in a gracious or graceful manner | he did not have a chance to grow up graciously |
| needlessly | 14 | without need | it would needlessly bring badness into the world |
| carelessly | 15 | without caution or prudence | one unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands |
| helplessly | 18 | in a helpless manner | the crowd watched him helplessly |
| recklessly | 19 | in a reckless manner | - |
| newsletter | 13 | report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group | - |
| tirelessly | 13 | with indefatigable energy | - |
| cautiously | 15 | as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact | she ventured cautiously downstairs |
| fabulously | 18 | exceedingly; extremely | she plays fabulously well |
| ruthlessly | 16 | in a ruthless manner | the government has been urged to take immediate action to deal ruthlessly with the strikers |
| disloyalty | 17 | the quality of being disloyal | - |
| painlessly | 15 | without pain | after the surgery, she could move her arms painlessly |
| slithering | 14 | moving as on a slippery surface | his slipping and slithering progress over the ice |
| fearlessly | 16 | without fear | fearlessly, he led the troops into combat |
| gloriously | 14 | with glory or in a glorious manner | where others had failed he had gloriously succeeded |
| legislator | 11 | someone who makes or enacts laws | - |
| rigorously | 14 | in a rigorous manner | he had been trained rigorously by the monks |
| selflessly | 16 | in an altruistic manner | he acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress |
| flawlessly | 19 | smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly | the gymnast landed flawlessly |
| sleepiness | 12 | a very sleepy state | sleepiness causes many driving accidents |
| slanderous | 11 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| sloppiness | 14 | a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for | - |
| sleeveless | 13 | unproductive of success | a sleeveless errand |
| mindlessly | 16 | in an unreasonably senseless manner | these temples were mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards |
| restlessly | 13 | in a restless manner | he cracked his knuckles restlessly |
| perilously | 15 | in a dangerous manner | - |
| wondrously | 17 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | the colors changed wondrously slowly |
| gunslinger | 12 | a professional killer who uses a gun | - |
| slipstream | 14 | the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | - |
| seamlessly | 15 | - | - |
| harmlessly | 18 | in a harmless manner | this is a harmlessly childish game |
| mislabeled | 15 | branded or labeled falsely and in violation of statutory requirements | - |
| tunelessly | 13 | in a tuneless fashion | he whistled tunelessly |
| legislated | 12 | - | - |
| sleazeball | 21 | - | - |
| slipperier | 14 | - | - |
| infamously | 18 | - | - |
| studiously | 14 | in a studious manner | she examined the data studiously |
| sensuously | 13 | with aesthetic gratification or delight | sensuously delighting in the wine and food |
| ravenously | 16 | in the manner of someone who is very hungry | - |
| preciously | 17 | extremely | - |
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