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5 Letter Words Starting with S

Every 5-letter English word in the JumbleFix dictionary that starts with S. Each word links to its definition. Face-value Scrabble and Words With Friends scores are shown so you can pick a high-scoring play without leaving the page.

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  1. scaldScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    v. t.. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.

  2. scaleScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    n.. The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively.

  3. scallScrabble 7 · WWF 10

    a.. A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.

  4. scalpScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    n.. A bed of oysters or mussels.

  5. scalyScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    a.. Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.

  6. scampScrabble 11 · WWF 14

    n.. A rascal; a swindler; a rogue.

  7. scamsScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    noun. plural of scam; fraudulent schemes.

  8. scansScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    verb. Third-person singular present of scan; examines or reads quickly or with a device.

  9. scantScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    superl.. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.

  10. scapeScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    n.. A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

  11. scareScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    v. t.. To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

  12. scarfScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    n.. A cormorant.

  13. scarnScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    n.. Dung.

  14. scarpScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    n.. A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

  15. scarsScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    noun. Plural of scar; marks left on skin or other surfaces after healing.

  16. scartScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    verb. (dialectal) To scratch or scrape.

  17. scaryScrabble 10 · WWF 10

    n.. Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

  18. scaseScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    noun. (obsolete) A case or instance; a happening.

  19. scatsScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    noun. Plural of scat.

  20. scattScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    n.. Tribute.

  21. scaulScrabble 7 · WWF 10

    noun. A scald or burn; a mark left by burning.

  22. scaumScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    noun. A thin layer or film; a scale.

  23. scaupScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    n.. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp.

  24. scaurScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    n.. A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.

  25. scautScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    noun. A dialectal term for a slight or fleeting glance.

  26. scawdScrabble 11 · WWF 12

    noun. A scab or crust on a sore; also a scurfy condition.

  27. scawlScrabble 10 · WWF 12

    noun. A dialectal term for a scowl or frown.

  28. sceatScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    noun. An early Anglo-Saxon coin, typically of silver.

  29. scelpScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    verb. To scratch or scrape, especially with the nails.

  30. scenaScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    n.. A scene in an opera.

  31. scendScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    v.. rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"

  32. sceneScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    n.. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.

  33. scentScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    v. t.. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.

  34. schavScrabble 13 · WWF 14

    noun. A cold soup made from sorrel, often served with sour cream and hard-boiled eggs.

  35. schmoScrabble 12 · WWF 13

    n.. (Yiddish) a jerk

  36. schuhScrabble 13 · WWF 13

    noun. A German shoe, especially a traditional type.

  37. schwaScrabble 13 · WWF 13

    n.. a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables

  38. scianScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    adjective. Of or relating to a shadow; shadowy.

  39. scindScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    verb. To cut or split; to divide.

  40. scionScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    n.. A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker.

  41. sciotScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    a.. Of or pertaining to the island Scio (Chio or Chios).

  42. sclavScrabble 10 · WWF 13

    n.. Alt. of Sclave

  43. sclimScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    verb. To climb with difficulty or awkwardly (dialectal).

  44. scoadScrabble 8 · WWF 9

    noun. A shallow depression or hollow in the ground.

  45. scobsScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    n. sing. & pl.. Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance.

  46. scoffScrabble 13 · WWF 14

    n.. Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

  47. scokeScrabble 11 · WWF 12

    n.. Poke (Phytolacca decandra).

  48. scoldScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    v. i.. To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.

  49. scommScrabble 11 · WWF 14

    n.. A buffoon.

  50. sconeScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    n.. A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal.