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Five-letter words starting with S.
Browse five-letter English words whose first letter is S. These results come from our curated 8,661-word ESDB / SCOWL-based collection, so totals may differ from other dictionaries.
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1,033 words starting with S
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S combines with more opening consonants than most letters in this collection. SC-, SH-, SK-, SL-, SM-, SN-, SP-, ST-, and SW- make the second position unusually informative on an S puzzle.
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