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8-letter words starting with SL
There are 151 8-letter words starting with SL in the standard word-game list. The most common are sleeping, slightly, slipping, slippery, slamming, slapping.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| sleeping | lying with head on paws as if sleeping | 11 |
| slightly | to a small degree or extent | 15 |
| slipping | moving as on a slippery surface | 13 |
| slippery | causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide | 15 |
| slamming | Great; awesome. | 13 |
| slapping | The act of giving a slap or slaps | 13 |
| slurping | A sound or motion that slurps. | 11 |
| slurring | A slur mark in music. | 9 |
| slacking | the evasion of work or duty | 15 |
| slashing | as if striking with slashing blows | 12 |
| slumming | A period of associating with people or engaging in activities with a status below one's own. | 13 |
| sluggish | slow or slothful | 13 |
| slinging | throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling) | 10 |
| sloshing | A motion or action that sloshes. | 12 |
| slimming | Making a person seem or become slimmer. | 13 |
| sledding | the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh | 11 |
| slowpoke | someone who moves slowly | 17 |
| slugging | A blow or blows with the fist; a beating. | 11 |
| slitting | The act by which something is slit. | 9 |
| slabbery | Like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy. | 15 |
| slakable | Capable of being slaked. | 14 |
| slangily | with slang; in a slangy manner | 12 |
| slanting | having an oblique or slanted direction | 9 |
| slapdash | marked by great carelessness | 14 |
| slapjack | A type of pancake, or flapjack. | 23 |
| slattern | a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | 8 |
| slatting | An arrangement of slats. | 9 |
| slaverer | A driveler; an idiot. | 11 |
| sleazily | In a sleazy manner. | 20 |
| sledging | The act of using a sledge to travel over snow. | 11 |
| sleeking | A process of making smooth or glossy. | 13 |
| sleepily | in a sleepy manner | 13 |
| sleeving | Hollow flexible tube used as insulation for wires and cables. | 12 |
| sleigher | One who rides or drives a sleigh. | 12 |
| slicking | A narrow vein of ore. | 15 |
| slideway | sloping channel through which things can descend | 15 |
| slighted | Cheated; short-changed; ripped off. | 13 |
| slighter | One who slights. | 12 |
| slimness | a small margin | 10 |
| slinkily | In a slinky way. | 15 |
| slinking | The act of one who slinks. | 13 |
| slipcase | A box, open on one end, for keeping a set of books together. | 12 |
| slipform | A type of process for setting concrete which uses moveable forms that are moved and reused once the concrete… | 15 |
| slipknot | a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made | 14 |
| slipless | Without physical slippage. | 10 |
| slipover | a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head | 13 |
| slippage | a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping | 13 |
| slipshod | marked by great carelessness | 14 |
| slipslop | Nonsense; gibberish; twaddle. | 12 |
| slipsole | A sock-like lining for the inside of a shoe. | 10 |
| slipware | A type of pottery identified by its primary decorating process where slip is placed onto the dry surface by… | 13 |
| slithery | having a slippery surface or quality | 14 |
| slitless | Lacking a slit. | 8 |
| sliverer | One who cuts material into slivers. | 11 |
| slobbery | Wet and slimy, containing slobber, having the consistency of slobber. | 15 |
| slobbish | Like a slob; slovenly. | 15 |
| slogging | An act or an instance of slogging or working laboriously. | 11 |
| sloppily | in a sloppy manner | 15 |
| slopping | Liquid that has been slopped. | 13 |
| slopwork | The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing. | 17 |
All 151 words
- sleeping
- slightly
- slipping
- slippery
- slamming
- slapping
- slurping
- slurring
- slacking
- slashing
- slumming
- sluggish
- slinging
- sloshing
- slimming
- sledding
- slowpoke
- slugging
- slitting
- slabbers
- slabbery
- slabbing
- slablike
- slackens
- slackers
- slackest
- slaggier
- slagging
- slakable
- slalomed
- slammers
- slanders
- slangier
- slangily
- slanging
- slanting
- slapdash
- slapjack
- slappers
- slashers
- slatches
- slathers
- slatiest
- slatings
- slattern
- slatting
- slavered
- slaverer
- sleaving
- sleazier
- sleazily
- sledders
- sledging
- sleekens
- sleekest
- sleekier
- sleeking
- sleepers
- sleepier
- sleepily
- sleetier
- sleeting
- sleeving
- sleighed
- sleigher
- sleights
- sleuthed
- slickers
- slickest
- slicking
- slidable
- slideway
- slighted
- slighter
- slimiest
- slimmers
- slimmest
- slimness
- slimsier
- slingers
- slinkier
- slinkily
- slinking
- slipcase
- slipform
- slipknot
- slipless
- slipouts
- slipover
- slippage
- slippers
- slippier
- slipshod
- slipslop
- slipsole
- slipware
- slipways
- slithers
- slithery
- slitless
- slitters
- slivered
- sliverer
- slivovic
- slobbers
- slobbery
- slobbier
- slobbish
- sloggers
- slogging
- sloppier
- sloppily
- slopping
- slopwork
- sloshier
- slotback
- slothful
- slotting
- slouched
- sloucher
- slouches
- sloughed
- slovenly
- slowdown
- slowness
- slowworm
- slubbers
- slubbing
- sludgier
- sluffing
- slugabed
- slugfest
- sluggard
- sluggers
- sluicing
- slumbers
- slumbery
- slumgums
- slumisms
- slumlord
- slummers
- slummier
- slumping
- slurried
- slurries
- slushier
- slushily
- slushing
- sluttier
- sluttish
- slyboots