5 letter words starting with SL
There are 88 five-letter words that start with SL.
28 of them were in Wordle's original answer list; the other 60 are accepted as guesses.
Words that start with SL that were Wordle answers (28)
- SLACK
- SLAIN
- SLANG
- SLANT
- SLASH
- SLATE
- SLAVE
- SLEEK
- SLEEP
- SLEET
- SLEPT
- SLICE
- SLICK
- SLIDE
- SLIME
- SLIMY
- SLING
- SLINK
- SLOOP
- SLOPE
- SLOSH
- SLOTH
- SLUMP
- SLUNG
- SLUNK
- SLURP
- SLUSH
- SLYLY
Other accepted guesses that start with SL (60)
- SLABS
- SLADE
- SLAES
- SLAGS
- SLAID
- SLAKE
- SLAMS
- SLANE
- SLANK
- SLAPS
- SLART
- SLATS
- SLATY
- SLAWS
- SLAYS
- SLEBS
- SLEDS
- SLEER
- SLEWS
- SLEYS
- SLIER
- SLILY
- SLIMS
- SLIPE
- SLIPS
- SLIPT
- SLISH
- SLITS
- SLIVE
- SLOAN
- SLOBS
- SLOES
- SLOGS
- SLOID
- SLOJD
- SLOKA
- SLOMO
- SLOOM
- SLOOT
- SLOPS
- SLOPY
- SLORM
- SLOTS
- SLOVE
- SLOWS
- SLOYD
- SLUBB
- SLUBS
- SLUED
- SLUES
- SLUFF
- SLUGS
- SLUIT
- SLUMS
- SLURB
- SLURS
- SLUSE
- SLUTS
- SLYER
- SLYPE
Good guesses from this list
Words from this list whose letters are the most common among these 88 words, so they cut the list down fastest: SLATE, SLOPE, SLAVE, SLIME, SLIDE, SLANT.
Which letters go where
| Position | Most common letters (word count) |
|---|---|
| First letter | S (88) |
| Second letter | L (88) |
| Third letter | A (22), O (21), U (17) |
| Fourth letter | E (10), P (9), N (8) |
| Fifth letter | S (27), E (14), T (7) |
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Related lists
Green tiles are in the original Wordle answer list. The game has changed its answers since, so any word on this page can still be a guess, and a few non-green words may now be answers.