5-Letter Words Starting with S
There are 420 common five-letter words starting with S in Hintwordo's list, and 631 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are STILL, STATE, SINCE, START, STORY, STUDY. Words are ranked by how often they appear in real-world writing, so the ones at the top are the likeliest answers in a daily five-letter puzzle.
Apart from the letter in the name, the most common letters in this list are E (in 39% of words), A (38%) and T (33%) — good letters to test next.
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Common words (420)
Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).
Showing 240 of 420
- very common: still
- very common: state
- very common: since
- very common: start
- very common: story
- very common: study
- very common: space
- very common: share
- very common: sense
- very common: sorry
- very common: sound
- very common: stand
- very common: stuff
- very common: style
- very common: stage
- very common: seven
- very common: staff
- very common: super
- very common: sleep
- very common: shall
- very common: speak
- very common: spent
- very common: store
- very common: speed
- very common: scene
- very common: spend
- very common: stock
- very common: shown
- very common: serve
- very common: scale
- very common: score
- very common: smart
- very common: stick
- very common: shoot
- very common: solid
- very common: sport
- very common: shape
- very common: small
- very common: steel
- very common: stuck
- very common: sugar
- very common: smoke
- very common: squad
- very common: storm
- very common: split
- very common: smile
- very common: shirt
- very common: spoke
- very common: south
- very common: shift
- very common: stood
- very common: shame
- very common: sight
- very common: short
- very common: solar
- very common: steam
- very common: swear
- very common: smell
- very common: shock
- very common: skill
- very common: solve
- very common: saint
- very common: steal
- very common: sheet
- very common: silly
- very common: sixth
- very common: scary
- very common: spell
- very common: sword
- very common: strip
- very common: swing
- very common: shake
- very common: shore
- very common: slave
- very common: sauce
- very common: slide
- very common: spare
- very common: scope
- very common: screw
- very common: stole
- very common: sheep
- very common: sadly
- very common: slept
- very common: spray
- very common: suite
- very common: shine
- very common: shade
- very common: salad
- very common: stake
- very common: sweat
- very common: sweet
- very common: stamp
- very common: shark
- very common: safer
- very common: setup
- very common: skull
- very common: smash
- very common: scare
- very common: sunny
- very common: shout
- very common: shook
- very common: stack
- very common: spite
- very common: shelf
- very common: sheer
- very common: stone
- very common: slice
- very common: sneak
- very common: spark
- very common: steep
- very common: straw
- very common: scout
- very common: steak
- very common: sweep
- very common: skirt
- very common: spike
- very common: sober
- very common: spice
- very common: swept
- very common: siege
- very common: sixty
- very common: sonic
- very common: spine
- very common: stare
- very common: scrap
- very common: shaft
- very common: slope
- very common: snack
- very common: stiff
- very common: sworn
- very common: shiny
- very common: spoon
- very common: salon
- very common: stunt
- very common: spill
- very common: swamp
- very common: shave
- very common: scent
- very common: slate
- very common: surge
- very common: spoil
- very common: seize
- very common: spicy
- very common: sting
- very common: stall
- very common: strap
- very common: syrup
- very common: salty
- very common: serum
- very common: skate
- very common: stray
- very common: stoke
- very common: steer
- very common: shady
- very common: slack
- very common: slick
- very common: stove
- very common: spear
- very common: stain
- common: scoop
- common: scrub
- common: shale
- common: sharp
- common: scarf
- common: sushi
- common: snail
- common: shove
- common: slash
- common: sewer
- common: smack
- common: swell
- common: stint
- common: shell
- common: swipe
- common: savvy
- common: spree
- common: sedan
- common: slang
- common: slain
- common: stash
- common: salsa
- common: swore
- common: stool
- common: sigma
- common: suing
- common: scalp
- common: squat
- common: shire
- common: swung
- common: siren
- common: smear
- common: snowy
- common: stalk
- common: stink
- common: swine
- common: shaky
- common: stump
- common: sniff
- common: squid
- common: swarm
- common: snake
- common: shack
- common: stale
- common: shear
- common: snoop
- common: satin
- common: slime
- common: spawn
- common: slump
- common: swift
- common: synth
- common: shalt
- common: sheen
- common: sleek
- common: sling
- common: smoky
- common: spade
- common: shred
- common: synod
- common: scuba
- common: shrug
- common: sonar
- common: stony
- common: sinus
- common: stung
- common: saver
- common: silky
- common: stair
- common: sauna
- common: scrum
- common: snare
- common: stomp
- common: suede
- common: shone
- common: stark
- common: sassy
- common: skier
- common: swoop
- common: shrub
- common: stead
Letter patterns in these words
Most common other letters
- e39%
- a38%
- t33%
- r27%
- i24%
- l23%
Most common letter by position
| Position 1 | Position 2 | Position 3 | Position 4 | Position 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s100% | t17% | a21% | r12% | e21% |
A strong first guess from this list: stare
Puzzle tips
- If you know the first letter is S, spend your next guess on common vowels and consonants you haven't tried rather than on another S-word.
- Check the “most common letter by position” table below: it shows which second and last letters are most likely.
- Enter your guesses in the solver to combine this with everything else you know, including yellow letters.
Less common valid words (631)
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