- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.0 bits
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Five-letter words starting with SLE
Our Wordle guess list has 9 five-letter words that start with SLE.
9 matching words
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This list has 9 Wordle guesses; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: SLEEK (January 5, 2023); SLEEP (December 7, 2023).
ADAPT does not fit this page's clues. SLEPT keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
Tight family:
SLEE_
SLEEK, SLEEP, SLEET differ only in the fifth position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; ADAPT tests the family more efficiently.
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Where these letters usually land
The SLE prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- S most often the 1st letter (100% of these words), also 5th (44%).
- L most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words).
- E most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (44%).
Word notes
Definitions are sourced or editorially reviewed and do not determine word-list status. Corrections.
SLEEK
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
“sleek hair”
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Past Wordle answer: January 5, 2023.
SLEEP
To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
“You should sleep eight hours a day.”
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Past Wordle answer: December 7, 2023.
SLEET
Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SLEPT
simple past and past participle of sleep
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SLEBS
plural of sleb
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SLEDS
plural of sled
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SLEER
To mock or jeer.
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SLEWS
third-person singular simple present indicative of slew
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
SLEYS
plural of sley
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Not found among the past answers in this archive.
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