8-letter 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.
| 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 | - | - |
| slabbery | 15 | - | - |
| slabbier | 12 | - | - |
| slabbies | 12 | - | - |
| slabbing | 13 | - | - |
| slablike | 14 | - | - |
| slackens | 14 | - | - |
| slackers | 14 | - | - |
| slackest | 14 | - | - |
| sladangs | 10 | - | - |
| slaggier | 10 | - | - |
| slagheap | 14 | pile of waste matter from coal mining etc | - |
| slairged | 10 | - | - |
| slaister | 8 | - | - |
| slakable | 14 | - | - |
| slalomed | 11 | - | - |
| slalomer | 10 | - | - |
| slammers | 12 | - | - |
| slanders | 9 | - | - |
| slangers | 9 | - | - |
| slangier | 9 | - | - |
| slangily | 12 | with slang; in a slangy manner | he expresses himself slangily |
| slanging | 10 | - | - |
| slangish | 12 | - | - |
| slanters | 8 | - | - |
| slantier | 8 | - | - |
| slaphead | 14 | - | - |
| slappers | 12 | - | - |
| slarting | 9 | - | - |
| slashers | 11 | - | - |
| slatches | 13 | - | - |
| slathers | 11 | - | - |
| slatiest | 8 | - | - |
| slatings | 9 | - | - |
| slatters | 8 | - | - |
| slattery | 11 | - | - |
| slatting | 9 | - | - |
| slavered | 12 | - | - |
| slaverer | 11 | - | - |
| slayable | 13 | - | - |
| slayings | 12 | - | - |
| sleaving | 12 | - | - |
| sleazily | 20 | - | - |
| sleazing | 18 | - | - |
| sleazoid | 18 | - | - |
| sledders | 10 | - | - |
| sledgers | 10 | - | - |
| sleeches | 13 | - | - |
| sleekens | 12 | - | - |
| sleekers | 12 | - | - |
| sleekest | 12 | - | - |
| sleekier | 12 | - | - |
| sleeking | 13 | - | - |
| sleepery | 13 | - | - |
| sleepout | 10 | - | - |
| sleetier | 8 | - | - |
| sleeting | 9 | - | - |
| sleeveen | 11 | - | - |
| sleevers | 11 | - | - |
| sleeving | 12 | - | - |
| sleezier | 17 | - | - |
| sleighed | 13 | - | - |
| sleigher | 12 | - | - |
| sleights | 12 | - | - |
| slenters | 8 | - | - |
| sleuthed | 12 | - | - |
| slicings | 11 | - | - |
| slickens | 14 | - | - |
| slickers | 14 | - | - |
| slickest | 14 | - | - |
| slicking | 15 | - | - |
| slidable | 11 | - | - |
| slidders | 10 | - | - |
| sliddery | 13 | - | - |
| slideway | 15 | sloping channel through which things can descend | - |
| slidings | 10 | - | - |
| slighted | 13 | - | - |
| slimdown | 14 | - | - |
| slimebag | 13 | - | - |
| slimiest | 10 | - | - |
| slimmers | 12 | - | - |
| slimmish | 15 | - | - |
| slimness | 10 | a small margin | - |
| slimsier | 10 | - | - |
| slingers | 9 | - | - |
| slingier | 9 | - | - |
| slinkers | 12 | - | - |
| slinkier | 12 | - | - |
| slinkily | 15 | - | - |
| slinters | 8 | - | - |
| sliotars | 8 | - | - |
| slipcase | 12 | - | - |
| slipform | 15 | - | - |
| slipless | 10 | - | - |
| slipouts | 10 | - | - |
| slipover | 13 | a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head | - |
| slippers | 12 | - | - |
| slippier | 12 | - | - |
| slippily | 15 | - | - |
| sliprail | 10 | - | - |
| slipslop | 12 | - | - |
| slipsole | 10 | - | - |
| slipware | 13 | - | - |
| slipways | 16 | - | - |
| slithers | 11 | - | - |
| slitless | 8 | - | - |
| slitlike | 12 | - | - |
| slitters | 8 | - | - |
| slittier | 8 | - | - |
| slivered | 12 | - | - |
| sliverer | 11 | - | - |
| slivovic | 16 | - | - |
| slobbers | 12 | - | - |
| slobbier | 12 | - | - |
| slobbing | 13 | - | - |
| slobbish | 15 | - | - |
| slobland | 11 | - | - |
| slockens | 14 | - | - |
| sloebush | 13 | - | - |
| sloetree | 8 | - | - |
| sloganed | 10 | - | - |
| sloggers | 10 | - | - |
| slokened | 13 | - | - |
| slommock | 18 | - | - |
| sloomier | 10 | - | - |
| slooming | 11 | - | - |
| slooshed | 12 | - | - |
| slooshes | 11 | - | - |
| slopiest | 10 | - | - |
| slopwork | 17 | - | - |
| slorming | 11 | - | - |
| sloshier | 11 | - | - |
| sloshing | 12 | - | - |
| slotback | 16 | - | - |
| slothful | 14 | disinclined to work or exertion | slothful employees |
| slothing | 12 | - | - |
| slotters | 8 | - | - |
| slouched | 14 | - | - |
| sloucher | 13 | a person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage | - |
| slouches | 13 | - | - |
| sloughed | 13 | - | - |
| sloughis | 12 | - | - |
| slovenry | 14 | - | - |
| slowback | 19 | - | - |
| slowings | 12 | - | - |
| slowworm | 16 | small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind | - |
| slubbers | 12 | - | - |
| slubbest | 12 | - | - |
| slubbier | 12 | - | - |
| slubbing | 13 | - | - |
| sludgier | 10 | - | - |
| sludging | 11 | - | - |
| sluffing | 15 | - | - |
| slugabed | 12 | a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour | - |
| sluggard | 11 | an idle slothful person | - |
| sluggers | 10 | - | - |
| slughorn | 12 | - | - |
| sluglike | 13 | - | - |
| sluicier | 10 | - | - |
| sluicing | 11 | pouring from or as if from a sluice | the sluicing rain |
| slumbers | 12 | - | - |
| slumbery | 15 | inclined to or marked by drowsiness | `slumbery' is archaic |
| slumgums | 13 | - | - |
| slumisms | 12 | - | - |
| slummers | 12 | - | - |
| slummier | 12 | - | - |
| slummock | 18 | - | - |
| slumpier | 12 | - | - |
| slumping | 13 | - | - |
| slurpers | 10 | - | - |
| slurpier | 10 | - | - |
| slurping | 11 | - | - |
| slurried | 9 | - | - |
| slurries | 8 | - | - |
| slushier | 11 | - | - |
| slushies | 11 | - | - |
| slushily | 14 | - | - |
| slushing | 12 | - | - |
| slutches | 13 | - | - |
| sluttery | 11 | - | - |
| sluttier | 8 | - | - |
| sluttily | 11 | - | - |
