5 letter words starting with S

1,046 words. Add the other letters you know to narrow the list.

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1,046 words, first 200 shown

Best words to try

Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: STARE, STOAE, STALE, SLATE, STANE and SPATE. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 573 of the 1,046 words have none.

Highest-scoring words

  • SOYUZ17 points
  • SQUAW17 points
  • SMAZE16 points
  • SPITZ16 points
  • SQUAB16 points

Patterns in this list

The most common second letter is T (130 words), followed by H (113). 8 of them have no A, E, I, O or U.

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Questions

How many 5 letter words start with S?

There are 1,046 5 letter words that start with S in our word list.

What is the highest scoring 5 letter word that start with S?

SOYUZ, worth 17 points with standard Scrabble letter values.

What is a good Wordle guess that starts with S?

STARE, STALE and SPARE use 5 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.