5-letter words with S as the fifth letter
There are 3,830 five-letter words with S as the fifth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is ZEZES at 23 points. S is the most common first letter among them (389), and the average score is 8.6 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green S in the fifth position leaves these 3,830 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with S in slot 5, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include ZEZES, ZAXES, ZEXES, FIQHS and WAQFS. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an S in slot 5 further.
For Wordle, RATES is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 3,830 words.
5-letter words with S as the fifth letter in numbers
- Words
- 3,830
- Highest scoring
- ZEZES 23 pts
- Average score
- 8.6 pts
- With a definition
- 2,302 (60%)
- A158
- B273
- C241
- D220
- E73
- F185
- G196
- H175
- I31
- J77
- K152
- L193
- M222
- N114
- O74
- P248
- Q16
- R178
- S389
- T254
- U21
- V73
- W146
- X3
- Y82
- Z36
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with s as the fifth letter
5-letter words with S as the fifth letter (3,830)
These 300 of the 3,830 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 5 letter words have S as the fifth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 3,830 five-letter words with S in the fifth position, 30% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fifth tile turned green as S, these 3,830 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as RATES.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with S as the fifth letter?
ZEZES scores 23 points in Scrabble. Next come ZAXES (21), ZEXES (21) and FIQHS (20). The average is 8.6 points.