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5 Letter Words Starting With S
This verified list contains 672 CORE words starting with S, plus 177 entries in the broader extended tier.
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What the S list contains
Most common letters immediately after S
- T96 words
- H76 words
- P67 words
- A54 words
- L53 words
Vowels per word
- 0 vowels5 words
- 1 vowel353 words
- 2 vowels302 words
- 3 vowels12 words
Repeated letters
47%
318 of 672 CORE words repeat at least one letter.
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5 Letter Words With Two-Letter Patterns
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5 Letter Words Starting with SA54 CORE · 23 extendedsaber, sacks, sadly, safer5 Letter Words Starting with SC51 CORE · 10 extendedscabs, scald, scale, scalp5 Letter Words Starting with SE44 CORE · 16 extendedseals, seams, sears, seats5 Letter Words Starting with SH76 CORE · 15 extendedshack, shade, shady, shaft5 Letter Words Starting with SI42 CORE · 10 extendedsicks, sided, sides, sidle5 Letter Words Starting with SK23 CORE · 12 extendedskate, skein, skews, skids5 Letter Words Starting with SL53 CORE · 4 extendedslabs, slack, slain, slake5 Letter Words Starting with SM18 CORE · 6 extendedsmack, small, smart, smash5 Letter Words Starting with SN33 CORE · 3 extendedsnack, snags, snail, snake5 Letter Words Starting with SO40 CORE · 22 extendedsoaks, soaps, soapy, soars5 Letter Words Starting with SP67 CORE · 17 extendedspace, spade, spank, spans5 Letter Words Starting with SQ6 CORE · 0 extendedsquad, squat, squid, squab5 Letter Words Starting with ST96 CORE · 19 extendedstabs, stack, staff, stage5 Letter Words Starting with SU25 CORE · 13 extendedsuave, sucks, suede, sugar5 Letter Words Starting with SW38 CORE · 5 extendedswabs, swamp, swans, swaps5 Letter Words Starting with SY6 CORE · 2 extendedsyrup, syncs, synod, sylph
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Use S as the opening anchor
S fixes the first tile while the following four positions remain available for a second letter, ending, or sequence pattern. This page currently contains 672 CORE and 177 extended matches.
Most common letters immediately after S is led by T with 96 CORE matches. Check the most frequent second letters before adding exclusions, especially when several candidates share the same ending.
The largest vowel group has 1 vowel in 353 CORE words; 47% of the CORE cohort repeats at least one letter. Use those figures as filters, not as claims that one word is the intended answer.
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How many 5-letter words start with S?
This verified set contains 672 CORE words and 177 extended words, for 849 total matches.
What is the average Scrabble score for this S group?
The 672 CORE words average 8.2 base Scrabble points. Board multipliers are not included.
Do these S words often repeat letters?
318 of 672 CORE words repeat at least one letter.