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5-letter words starting with SLI
There are 14 5-letter words starting with SLI in the standard word-game list. The most common are slide, slice, slick, slips, slime, slimy. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| slide | a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study | 6 |
| slice | a share of something | 7 |
| slick | made slick by e.g. ice or grease | 11 |
| slips | The area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively | 7 |
| slime | any thick, viscous matter | 7 |
| slimy | covered with or resembling slime | 10 |
| sling | a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice | 6 |
| slink | walk stealthily | 9 |
| slipe | A sledge runner on which a skip is dragged in a mine. | 7 |