5 Letter Words Starting with SL

Every 5-letter English word in the JumbleFix dictionary that starts with SL. Each word links to its definition. Face-value Scrabble and Words With Friends scores are shown so you can pick a high-scoring play without leaving the page.

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  1. slack Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
    n.. Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.
  2. slade Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
    n.. A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground.
  3. slain Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
    p. p.. of Slay
  4. slake Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    a.. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
  5. slang Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
    imp. of Sling. Slung.
  6. slank Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    imp. & p. p. of Slink.
  7. slant Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
    v. i.. To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
  8. slape Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    a.. Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical.
  9. slash Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
    v. t.. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
  10. slask Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    n.. a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland
  11. slate Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
    v. t.. An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
  12. slaty Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
    a.. Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a sl...
  13. slave Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
    n.. See Slav.
  14. slavs Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
    pl.. of Slav
  15. sleek Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    superl.. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
  16. sleep Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    imp. of Sleep. Slept.
  17. sleer Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
    n.. A slayer.
  18. sleet Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
    n.. The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
  19. slent Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
    n. & v.. See Slant.
  20. slept Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    imp. & p. p.. of Sleep
  21. slews Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
    n.. a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
  22. slice Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    v. t.. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
  23. slich Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    n.. Alt. of Slick
  24. slick Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
    n.. See Schlich.
  25. slide Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
    v. t.. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.
  26. slily Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
    adv.. See Slyly.
  27. slime Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    n.. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.
  28. slimy Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    superl.. Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime.
  29. sling Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
    v. t.. An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end...
  30. slink Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
    a.. To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.
  31. slish Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
    n.. A cut; as, slish and slash.
  32. slive Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
    v. i.. To sneak.
  33. sloat Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
    n.. A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; a slat; as, the sloats of a cart.
  34. slock Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
    v. t.. Alt. of Slocken
  35. sloke Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
    n.. See Sloakan.
  36. sloom Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    n.. Slumber.
  37. sloop Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    n.. A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowspr...
  38. slope Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    v. i.. An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.
  39. slops Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
    n.. cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain)
  40. slopy Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    a.. Sloping; inclined.
  41. slosh Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
    Alt. of Sloshy
  42. sloth Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
    n.. Slowness; tardiness.
  43. slows Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
    n.. Milk sickness.
  44. slued Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
    imp. & p. p.. of Slue
  45. slugs Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
    n. pl.. Half-roasted ore.
  46. slump Scrabble 9 · WWF 13
    n.. The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
  47. slung Scrabble 6 · WWF 10
    imp.. of Sling
  48. slunk Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
    imp.. of Slink
  49. slurp Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
    v.. eat noisily; "He slurped his soup"
  50. slush Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
    n.. Soft mud.
  51. slyly Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
    adv.. In a sly manner; shrewdly; craftily.
  52. slype Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
    n.. A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery.