Words by starting letters

Words Starting With SYL

There are 117 words that start with SYL, from 4 letters to 15. The highest scoring is SYLLABOGRAPHY at 27 points in Scrabble, and 12 of them carry a J, Q, X or Z.

Words Starting With SYL: What They Mean

The most familiar words on this page and what they mean. Tap any word for its full entry, score and anagrams.

  • SYLLABUS noun an integrated course of academic studies
  • SYLLABLE noun a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
  • SYLPH noun a slender graceful young woman
  • SYLVA noun the forest trees growing in a country or region
  • SYLPHS noun form of SYLPH: a slender graceful young woman
  • SYLVAN noun a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
  • SYLVAS noun form of SYLVA: the forest trees growing in a country or region
  • SYLPHIC adjective (of a woman or girl) slender and graceful like a sylph
  • SYLVANS noun form of SYLVAN: a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
  • SYLVINE noun a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby Lists

SAB · SAC · SAD · SAH · SAI · SAK · SAL · SAM · SAN · SAP · SAR · SAS · SAT · SAU · SAV · SAX · SAY · SCA · SCE · SCH · SCI · SCL · SCO · SCR

All of them: Words by starting letters.

The wider list: words starting with SY.

Just the five letter ones: 5 letter words starting with S.