Words Starting With SL
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter SL. This section showcases how SL at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with SL, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| sly | 6 | marked by skill in deception | sly as a fox |
4 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| slam | 6 | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | - |
| slit | 4 | a depression scratched or carved into a surface | - |
| 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 | - |
| slag | 5 | the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals | - |
| slum | 6 | a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions | - |
| slab | 6 | block consisting of a thick piece of something | - |
| slob | 6 | a coarse obnoxious person | - |
| 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 | - |
| slae | 4 | - | - |
| sleb | 6 | - | - |
| slee | 4 | - | - |
| sley | 7 | - | - |
| slub | 6 | soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design | - |
| slue | 4 | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | - |
5 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| slash | 8 | beat severely with a whip or rod | - |
| slick | 11 | having only superficial plausibility | a slick commercial |
| slate | 5 | thin layers of rock used for roofing | - |
| 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 |
| slops | 7 | wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk | - |
| slung | 6 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| slabs | 7 | - | - |
| slaes | 5 | - | - |
| slags | 6 | - | - |
| slaid | 6 | - | - |
| slams | 7 | - | - |
| slane | 5 | - | - |
| slank | 9 | - | - |
| slaps | 7 | - | - |
| slart | 5 | - | - |
| slats | 5 | - | - |
| slaty | 8 | of the color of slate or granite | the slaty sky of dawn |
| slaws | 8 | - | - |
| slays | 8 | - | - |
| slebs | 7 | - | - |
| sleds | 6 | - | - |
| sleer | 5 | - | - |
| slews | 8 | a large number or amount | - |
| sleys | 8 | - | - |
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6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| slutty | 9 | - | - |
| 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 |
| sledge | 8 | beat with a sledgehammer | - |
| slouch | 11 | assume a drooping posture or carriage | - |
| slinky | 13 | - | - |
| 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 | - |
| slated | 7 | - | - |
| slushy | 12 | effusively or insincerely emotional | slushy poetry |
| 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 |
| sluice | 8 | conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | - |
| slaver | 9 | let saliva drivel from the mouth | - |
| slalom | 8 | a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles | - |
| slurry | 9 | a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water | - |
| sloped | 9 | having an oblique or slanted direction | - |
| sleety | 9 | consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain | - |
| sludgy | 11 | - | - |
| slabby | 13 | - | - |
| slades | 7 | - | - |
| slaggy | 11 | - | - |
| slahal | 9 | - | - |
| slaids | 7 | - | - |
| slairg | 7 | - | - |
| slaked | 11 | allayed | - |
| slaker | 10 | - | - |
| slakes | 10 | - | - |
| slanes | 6 | - | - |
| slangs | 7 | - | - |
| slangy | 10 | constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang | a slangy expression |
| slants | 6 | - | - |
| slanty | 9 | - | - |
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7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| slugger | 9 | a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches | - |
| slaving | 11 | - | - |
| slimmer | 11 | - | - |
| slowest | 10 | most slowly | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 | - | - |
| slather | 10 | spread thickly | I can't eat bagels without slathering them with cream cheese |
| slimier | 9 | - | - |
| sleeker | 11 | - | - |
| slaking | 12 | - | - |
| slating | 8 | thin layers of rock used for roofing | - |
| slyness | 10 | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | - |
| slabbed | 12 | - | - |
| slabber | 11 | let saliva drivel from the mouth | - |
| slacked | 14 | - | - |
| slackly | 16 | in a relaxed manner; not rigid | - |
| sladang | 9 | - | - |
| slagged | 10 | - | - |
| slahals | 10 | - | - |
| slainte | 7 | - | - |
| slairgs | 8 | - | - |
| slakers | 11 | - | - |
| slaloms | 9 | - | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | - |
| sluggish | 13 | slow and apathetic | a sluggish worker |
| slacking | 15 | the evasion of work or duty | - |
| slinging | 10 | throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling) | - |
| slashing | 12 | as if striking with slashing blows | his slashing demon-ridden cadenza |
| sleepers | 10 | - | - |
| slimming | 13 | - | - |
| slumming | 13 | - | - |
| slowpoke | 17 | someone who moves slowly | in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach |
| sledding | 11 | advancing toward a goal | the proposal faces tough sledding |
| slitting | 9 | - | - |
| slurring | 9 | - | - |
| slowdown | 15 | the act of slowing down or falling behind | - |
| slanting | 9 | having an oblique or slanted direction | - |
| slagging | 11 | - | - |
| slugging | 11 | - | - |
| slobbery | 15 | - | - |
| slapdash | 14 | marked by great carelessness | slapdash work |
| slippage | 13 | a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| slogging | 11 | - | - |
| slattern | 8 | a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | - |
| slotting | 9 | - | - |
| slapshot | 13 | a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick | - |
| slumlord | 11 | - | - |
| sluttish | 11 | characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women | - |
| sleepily | 13 | in a sleepy manner | the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car |
| slimline | 10 | - | - |
| slinking | 13 | - | - |
| slighter | 12 | - | - |
| slimmest | 12 | - | - |
| slipknot | 14 | a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made | - |
| slipshod | 14 | marked by great carelessness | slipshod spelling |
| slithery | 14 | having a slippery surface or quality | slithery mud |
| sloppily | 15 | in a sloppy manner | this work was done rather sloppily |
| slopping | 13 | - | - |
| slugfest | 12 | a fight with bare fists | - |
| slapjack | 23 | - | - |
| sleazier | 17 | - | - |
| sleepier | 10 | - | - |
| sloppier | 12 | - | - |
| slyboots | 13 | a shifty deceptive person | - |
| slabbers | 12 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| slaughter | 13 | the savage and excessive killing of many people | - |
| sleepless | 11 | always watchful | - |
| 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) | - |
| slingshot | 13 | a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones | - |
| sleuthing | 13 | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | - |
| sleepwalk | 18 | walk in one's sleep | - |
| slackness | 15 | the quality of being loose (not taut) | he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope |
| slapstick | 17 | a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes | - |
| slivovitz | 24 | a colorless plum brandy popular in the Balkans | - |
| slowcoach | 19 | someone who moves slowly | in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach |
| sloughing | 14 | the process whereby something is shed | - |
| sleepwear | 14 | garments designed to be worn in bed | - |
| slaphappy | 21 | cheerfully irresponsible | - |
| slavishly | 18 | in a slavish manner | his followers slavishly believed in his new diet |
| slickness | 15 | a slippery smoothness | he could feel the slickness of the tiller |
| slenderly | 13 | in a slim or slender manner | a slenderly built woman |
| slipcover | 16 | a removable fitted cloth covering for upholstered furniture | - |
| slippered | 14 | shod with slippers | - |
| sloppiest | 13 | - | - |
| slabbered | 14 | - | - |
| slabberer | 13 | - | - |
| slabbiest | 13 | - | - |
| slabbings | 14 | - | - |
| slabstone | 11 | - | - |
| slackened | 16 | - | - |
| slackener | 15 | - | - |
| slaggiest | 11 | - | - |
| slaggings | 12 | - | - |
| slagheaps | 15 | - | - |
| slairging | 11 | - | - |
| slaisters | 9 | - | - |
| slaistery | 12 | - | - |
| slakeable | 15 | - | - |
| slakeless | 13 | - | - |
| slalomers | 11 | - | - |
| slaloming | 12 | - | - |
| slalomist | 11 | - | - |
| slamdance | 14 | - | - |
| slammakin | 17 | - | - |
| slammings | 14 | - | - |
| slandered | 11 | - | - |
| slanderer | 10 | one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | - |
| slangiest | 10 | - | - |
| slangings | 11 | - | - |
| slanguage | 11 | language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant | - |
| slangular | 10 | - | - |
| slantiest | 9 | - | - |
| slantways | 15 | at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction | - |
| slantwise | 12 | at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction | - |
| slapheads | 15 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| sleepyhead | 19 | a sleepy person | - |
| slithering | 14 | moving as on a slippery surface | his slipping and slithering progress over the ice |
| 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 |
| slipstream | 14 | the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | - |
| sleazeball | 21 | - | - |
| slipperier | 14 | - | - |
| slabberers | 14 | - | - |
| slabberier | 14 | - | - |
| slabbering | 15 | - | - |
| slabbiness | 14 | - | - |
| slabstones | 12 | - | - |
| slackeners | 16 | - | - |
| slackening | 17 | an occurrence of control or strength weakening | the slackening of the wind |
| slactivism | 17 | - | - |
| slactivist | 15 | - | - |
| slaistered | 11 | - | - |
| slalomists | 12 | - | - |
| slamdanced | 16 | - | - |
| slamdances | 15 | - | - |
| slammakins | 18 | - | - |
| slammerkin | 18 | - | - |
| slanderers | 11 | - | - |
| slandering | 12 | - | - |
| slanginess | 11 | casualness in use of language | - |
| slangingly | 15 | - | - |
| slanguages | 12 | - | - |
| slantingly | 14 | with a slant | - |
| slapdashed | 17 | - | - |
| slapdashes | 16 | - | - |
| slapsticks | 18 | - | - |
| slapsticky | 21 | - | - |
| slashfests | 16 | - | - |
| slashingly | 17 | - | - |
| slathering | 14 | - | - |
| slattering | 11 | - | - |
| slatternly | 13 | characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women | - |
| slaughters | 14 | - | - |
| slaughtery | 17 | - | - |
| slaverings | 14 | - | - |
| slavocracy | 20 | - | - |
| slavocrats | 15 | - | - |
| slavophile | 18 | - | - |
| slavophils | 18 | - | - |
| sleazebags | 22 | - | - |
| sleaziness | 19 | a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | - |
| sleechiest | 15 | - | - |
| sleekening | 15 | - | - |
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