5 letter words starting with sil

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got quite a few plausible five letter words starting with sil.

  • SILDS
  • SILED
  • SILEN
  • SILER
  • SILES
  • SILEX
  • SILKS
  • SILKY
  • SILLS
  • SILLY
  • SILOS
  • SILTS
  • SILTY
  • SILVA

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:




Definition of silks

silks (noun)

  1. A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
  2. A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
  3. Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.
  4. The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
  5. A Senior (i.e. Queen's or King's) Counsel.
  6. (circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
  7. (usually in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.

silks (verb)

  1. To remove the silk from (corn).

Definition of sills

sills (noun)

  1. (also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.
  2. A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing.
  3. A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.
  4. A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
  5. A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
  6. The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.

sills (noun)

  1. A young herring.

sills (noun)

  1. The shaft or thill of a carriage.