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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. scendScrabble 8 · WWF 10

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

  2. 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.

  3. scentScrabble 7 · WWF 9

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

  4. schavScrabble 13 · WWF 14

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

  5. schmoScrabble 12 · WWF 13

    n.. (Yiddish) a jerk

  6. schuhScrabble 13 · WWF 13

    noun. A German shoe, especially a traditional type.

  7. schwaScrabble 13 · WWF 13

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

  8. scianScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    adjective. Of or relating to a shadow; shadowy.

  9. scindScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    verb. To cut or split; to divide.

  10. scionScrabble 7 · WWF 9

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

  11. sciotScrabble 7 · WWF 8

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

  12. sclavScrabble 10 · WWF 13

    n.. Alt. of Sclave

  13. sclimScrabble 9 · WWF 12

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

  14. scoadScrabble 8 · WWF 9

    noun. A shallow depression or hollow in the ground.

  15. scobsScrabble 9 · WWF 11

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

  16. scoffScrabble 13 · WWF 14

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

  17. scokeScrabble 11 · WWF 12

    n.. Poke (Phytolacca decandra).

  18. 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.

  19. scommScrabble 11 · WWF 14

    n.. A buffoon.

  20. sconeScrabble 7 · WWF 9

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

  21. scoonScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    verb. To skim or glide over a surface; to skip.

  22. scoopScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    n.. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.

  23. scootScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    v. i.. To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away.

  24. scopeScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.

  25. scopsScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    noun. A small owl of the genus Otus, especially the scops owl.

  26. scoreScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    n.. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

  27. scornScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    n.. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

  28. scotsScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    a.. Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.).

  29. scottScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    n.. United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)

  30. scoukScrabble 11 · WWF 13

    verb. To look sullen or scowling; to frown.

  31. scoupScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    verb. To scoop or ladle out; to bail.

  32. scourScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    v. t.. To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress.

  33. scoutScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    n.. A swift sailing boat.

  34. scowlScrabble 10 · WWF 12

    v. i.. To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.

  35. scowsScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    noun. Plural of scow.

  36. scrabScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    noun. A scratch or scrape; a mark made by scraping.

  37. scraeScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    noun. A scree or steep slope of loose rock, especially in Scottish dialect.

  38. scragScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    n.. Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.

  39. scramScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    v.. leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!"

  40. scranScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    noun. Food or provisions, especially of a simple or hearty kind.

  41. scrapScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    v. t.. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

  42. scratScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    v. t.. To scratch.

  43. scrawScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    n.. A turf.

  44. scrayScrabble 10 · WWF 10

    n.. A tern; the sea swallow.

  45. screeScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    n.. A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky debris.

  46. screwScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    n.. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.

  47. scrimScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    n.. A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim.

  48. scripScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    n.. A small bag; a wallet; a satchel.

  49. scritScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    n.. Writing; document; scroll.

  50. scrobScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    noun. A small, often insignificant or contemptible person or thing.