Five-letter words starting with S
There are 1,056 five-letter words that start with S in the ENABLE word list used by this site. That is about 12.2% of all five-letter words. The highest-scoring is soyuz, worth 17 points in standard Scrabble tile values.
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All 1,056 five-letter words starting with S
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Highest-scoring five-letter words starting with S
- soyuz 17 points
- squaw 17 points
- smaze 16 points
- spitz 16 points
- squab 16 points
- squib 16 points
- shaky 15 points
- shoji 15 points
- sixth 15 points
- sixty 15 points
- sized 15 points
- skiff 15 points
- skyey 15 points
- squad 15 points
- squeg 15 points
- squid 15 points
- savvy 14 points
- seize 14 points
- shack 14 points
- shock 14 points
- showy 14 points
- shuck 14 points
- shyly 14 points
- sixmo 14 points
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The most common second letters are st (130), sh (114), sa (108), sp (98), se (83). 27 of these words contain three or more vowels, which can make them easier to spot when you are unscrambling.
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