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5-letter words starting with S

There are 600 common five-letter words that start with S. Five-letter words are perfect for Wordle and similar daily puzzles – use the list to find a strong starting word or narrow down your next guess.

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Highest-scoring 5-letter words starting with S

Word	Scrabble points
SQUAB	16
SHAKY	15
SIXTH	15
SIXTY	15
SIZED	15
SKIFF	15
SQUAD	15
SQUID	15

All 600 words

Sorted A–Z. The number after each word is its Scrabble score. 180 of these have a vowel as the second letter.

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