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5 Letter Words With the Letter S

7,936 5 letter words with s in full, with the 513 you would actually say out loud separated from the rest.

Updated October 28, 2026 ·4 min read
5 Letter Words With the Letter S with answers like ABASE, ABUSE, ABYSS

An S is a tempting letter in any Wordle guess, and 5 letter words with S leave the player deciding where it belongs.

Plural endings are the wrong answer, since Wordle leaves plurals ending in S off its list, and START and STILL spell the letter at the front instead.

Your next guess should keep the S in the opening square, the way START does, and let the final square go to another letter.

List of 5 Letter Words With S

  • ABASE
  • ABUSE
  • ABYSS
  • AISLE
  • AMISS
  • AMUSE
  • ANGST
  • ARISE
  • AROSE
  • ARSON
  • ARTSY
  • ASCOT
  • ASHEN
  • ASIDE
  • ASKEW
  • AWASH
  • BASAL
  • BASIC
  • BASIL
  • BASIN
  • BASIS
  • BASTE
  • BEAST
  • BESET
  • BISON
  • BLAST
  • BLESS
  • BLISS
  • BLUSH
  • BOAST
  • BONUS
  • BOOST
  • BOSOM
  • BOSSY
  • BRASH
  • BRISK
  • BRUSH
  • BURST
  • BUSED
  • BUSHY
  • CASTE
  • CAUSE
  • CEASE
  • CHAOS
  • CHASE
  • CHASM
  • CHESS
  • CHEST
  • CHOSE
  • CLASH
  • CLASP
  • CLOSE
  • COAST
  • COPSE
  • CRASH
  • CRESS
  • CREST
  • CRISP
  • CROSS
  • CRUSH
  • CRUST
  • CURSE
  • DAISY
  • DENSE
  • DISCO
  • DRESS
  • DROSS
  • DUSKY
  • DUSTY
  • EASEL
  • ENSUE
  • ERASE
  • ESSAY
  • ESTER
  • ETHOS
  • EXIST
  • FALSE
  • FEAST
  • FETUS
  • FICUS
  • FIRST
  • FISHY
  • FLASH
  • FLASK
  • FLESH
  • FLOSS
  • FLUSH
  • FOCUS
  • FOIST
  • FRESH
  • FRISK
  • FROST
  • FUSSY
  • GEESE
  • GHOST
  • GIPSY
  • GLOSS
  • GNASH
  • GOOSE
  • GRASP
  • GROSS
  • GUESS
  • GUEST
  • GUISE
  • GUSTO
  • GUSTY
  • GYPSY
  • HARSH
  • HASTE
  • HASTY
  • HEIST
  • HOIST
  • HORSE
  • HOUSE
  • HUMUS
  • HUSKY
  • HUSSY
  • ISLET
  • ISSUE
  • JOIST
  • JOUST
  • KIOSK
  • LAPSE
  • LEASE
  • LEASH
  • LEAST
  • LOCUS
  • LOOSE
  • LOSER
  • LOUSE
  • LOUSY
  • LUPUS
  • LUSTY
  • MARSH
  • MASON
  • MIDST
  • MINUS
  • MISER
  • MISSY
  • MOIST
  • MOOSE
  • MOSSY
  • MOUSE
  • MUCUS
  • MUSHY
  • MUSIC
  • MUSKY
  • MUSTY
  • NASAL
  • NASTY

Common 5 Letter Words With S

  • FIRST
  • THESE
  • STILL
  • THOSE
  • STATE
  • SINCE
  • HOUSE
  • START
  • MUSIC
  • SMALL
  • USING
  • STORY
  • LEAST
  • SOUTH
  • CLOSE
  • CAUSE
  • SHORT
  • STUDY
  • ISSUE
  • SPACE
  • SHARE
  • SENSE
  • SORRY
  • GUESS
  • PRESS
  • SOUND
  • STAND
  • STUFF
  • TRUST
  • STYLE
  • STAGE
  • SEVEN
  • STAFF
  • SUPER
  • WHOSE
  • SLEEP
  • VISIT
  • SHALL
  • SPEAK
  • SPENT
  • STORE
  • CROSS
  • FOCUS
  • SPEED
  • SCENE
  • SPEND
  • STOCK
  • WORST
  • SWEET
  • SHOWN
  • BASIC
  • SMITH
  • WORSE
  • COAST
  • SERVE
  • FRESH
  • SCALE
  • SCORE
  • SMART
  • BASIS

5 Letter Words With S for Wordle

  • DATES
  • DEALS
  • EUROS
  • FIRST
  • THESE
  • STILL
  • THOSE
  • STATE
  • SINCE
  • HOUSE
  • START
  • MUSIC
  • SMALL
  • USING
  • STORY
  • LEAST
  • SOUTH
  • CLOSE
  • CAUSE
  • SHORT
  • STUDY
  • ISSUE
  • SPACE
  • SHARE
  • SENSE
  • SORRY
  • GUESS
  • PRESS
  • SOUND
  • STAND
  • STUFF
  • TRUST
  • STYLE
  • STAGE
  • SEVEN
  • STAFF
  • SUPER
  • WHOSE
  • SLEEP
  • VISIT
  • SHALL
  • SPEAK
  • SPENT
  • STORE
  • CROSS
  • FOCUS
  • SPEED
  • SCENE
  • SPEND
  • STOCK
  • WORST
  • SWEET
  • SHOWN
  • BASIC
  • SMITH
  • WORSE
  • COAST
  • SERVE
  • FRESH
  • SCALE

5 Letter Words With S by Position

5 Letter Words Starting With S

  • STILL
  • STATE
  • SINCE
  • START
  • SMALL
  • STORY
  • SOUTH
  • SHORT
  • STUDY
  • SPACE
  • SHARE
  • SENSE

Full list: 5 Letter Words Starting with S

5 Letter Words With S as the Second Letter

  • USING
  • ISSUE
  • USUAL
  • ASIDE
  • ESSAY
  • USAGE
  • PSALM
  • USHER
  • ASCOT
  • ESTER
  • ISLET
  • ASKEW

5 Letter Words With S in the Middle

  • MUSIC
  • ISSUE
  • VISIT
  • BASIC
  • BASIS
  • WASTE
  • TASTE
  • UPSET
  • ESSAY
  • NASTY
  • MASON
  • BASIN

Full list: 5 Letter Words With S in the Middle

5 Letter Words With S as the Fourth Letter

  • FIRST
  • THESE
  • THOSE
  • HOUSE
  • LEAST
  • CLOSE
  • CAUSE
  • SENSE
  • GUESS
  • PRESS
  • TRUST
  • WHOSE

Full list: 5 Letter Words With S as the Fourth Letter

5 Letter Words Ending in S

  • GUESS
  • PRESS
  • CROSS
  • FOCUS
  • BASIS
  • DRESS
  • BONUS
  • GROSS
  • VIRUS
  • CHAOS
  • BLESS
  • MINUS

Full list: 5 Letter Words Ending in S

5 Letter Words With S and Another Letter

5 Letter Words With A and S

  • STATE
  • START
  • SMALL
  • LEAST
  • CAUSE
  • SPACE
  • SHARE
  • STAND
  • STAGE
  • STAFF
  • SHALL
  • SPEAK

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A and S

5 Letter Words With O and S

  • THOSE
  • HOUSE
  • STORY
  • SOUTH
  • CLOSE
  • SHORT
  • SORRY
  • SOUND
  • WHOSE
  • STORE
  • CROSS
  • FOCUS

Full list: 5 Letter Words With O and S

5 Letter Words With E and S

  • THESE
  • THOSE
  • STATE
  • SINCE
  • HOUSE
  • LEAST
  • CLOSE
  • CAUSE
  • ISSUE
  • SPACE
  • SHARE
  • SENSE

Full list: 5 Letter Words With E and S

5 Letter Words With R and S

  • FIRST
  • START
  • STORY
  • SHORT
  • SHARE
  • SORRY
  • PRESS
  • TRUST
  • SUPER
  • STORE
  • CROSS
  • WORST

Full list: 5 Letter Words With R and S

5 Letter Words With S and U

  • HOUSE
  • MUSIC
  • USING
  • SOUTH
  • CAUSE
  • STUDY
  • ISSUE
  • GUESS
  • SOUND
  • STUFF
  • TRUST
  • SUPER

Full list: 5 Letter Words With S and U

5 Letter Words With I and S

  • FIRST
  • STILL
  • SINCE
  • MUSIC
  • USING
  • ISSUE
  • VISIT
  • BASIC
  • SMITH
  • BASIS
  • STICK
  • RAISE

Full list: 5 Letter Words With I and S

5 Letter Words With L and S

  • STILL
  • SMALL
  • LEAST
  • CLOSE
  • STYLE
  • SLEEP
  • SHALL
  • SCALE
  • SOLID
  • STEEL
  • SPLIT
  • SMILE

Full list: 5 Letter Words With L and S

5 Letter Words With S and T

  • FIRST
  • THESE
  • STILL
  • THOSE
  • STATE
  • START
  • STORY
  • LEAST
  • SOUTH
  • SHORT
  • STUDY
  • STAND

Full list: 5 Letter Words With S and T

5 Letter Words With Two S's

  • ISSUE
  • SENSE
  • GUESS
  • PRESS
  • CROSS
  • BASIS
  • DRESS
  • GROSS
  • ESSAY
  • BLESS
  • CHESS
  • SMASH
  • BLISS
  • SUSHI
  • SLASH
  • STASH
  • SALSA
  • GLOSS
  • ABYSS
  • TRUSS
  • MISSY
  • SISSY
  • FLOSS
  • POSSE
  • FUSSY
  • SLUSH
  • BOSSY
  • AMISS
  • SWISH
  • SPASM
  • SHUSH
  • MOSSY
  • CRESS
  • DROSS
  • SWASH
  • HUSSY
  • SLOSH
  • SEEMS
  • SHOWS
  • CASES
  • SALES
  • JESUS
  • COSTS
  • STARS
  • SONGS
  • USERS
  • SITES
  • SIDES
  • STEPS
  • SIGNS
  • SHOES
  • TESTS
  • POSTS
  • SHOTS
  • SHIPS
  • SEATS
  • STOPS
  • LISTS
  • RISKS
  • SHOPS

Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words With S in Scrabble

  1. PYXIS 17 points
  2. QUASH 17 points
  3. ZESTY 17 points
  4. JAKES 16 points
  5. JINKS 16 points
  6. SQUAB 16 points
  7. GROSZ 15 points
  8. HUSKY 15 points
  9. SHAKY 15 points
  10. SHOJI 15 points

Meanings of 5 Letter Words Containing S

  • SEROW: Short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia.
  • SPILE: A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask.
  • STOEP: Small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house.
  • SCURF: A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin.
  • UNSEX: Make infertile.
  • PHYSA: Any member of the genus Physa.
  • BIGOS: A Polish stew of cabbage and meat.
  • GISMO: A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
  • SALPA: Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
  • TAWSE: A leather strap for punishing children.
  • SIRUP: A thick sweet sticky liquid.
  • PLASH: Interlace the shoots of.
  • SKIRL: Play the bagpipes.
  • VERST: A Russian unit of length (1.067 km).
  • NARIS: Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
  • SOPOR: A torpid state resembling deep sleep.
  • SMARM: Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
  • STAGY: Having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words with S?

There are 7,936 of them. The everyday ones include FIRST, THESE, STILL, THOSE and STATE.

How many 5 letter words have S in them?

7,936 in total, and 600 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words with S are Wordle answers?

600 of them have been answers, among them SINCE, HOUSE, START, MUSIC and SMALL.

Can a Wordle answer contain S?

Yes. FIRST, THESE and STILL all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

Yes. THESE and STILL are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Is ADUST really a word?

Yes. Burned brown by the sun; – Sir Walter Scott. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

FIRST. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Are all of these accepted as guesses?

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. ZYMES and ZURFS are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

Which of these would most players overlook?

ABASE, ASHEN and BASTE. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.

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Letter Combinations With S

Words that hold this letter and one more.

5 Letter Words With A and S5 Letter Words With S and U
5 Letter Words With O and S5 Letter Words With I and S
5 Letter Words With E and S5 Letter Words With L and S
5 Letter Words With R and S5 Letter Words With S and T

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