5-letter words with S as the first letter
There are 1,529 five-letter words with S as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is SWIZZ at 26 points. T is the most common second letter among them (182), and the average score is 8.1 points.
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Every word your letters make appears below, longest first, each with its Scrabble score.
Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green S in the first position leaves these 1,529 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with S in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include SWIZZ, SCUZZ, SQUIZ, SQUAW and SOYUZ. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an S in slot 1 further.
For Wordle, STARE 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 1,529 words.
5-letter words with S as the first letter in numbers
- Words
- 1,529
- Highest scoring
- SWIZZ 26 pts
- Average score
- 8.1 pts
- With a definition
- 831 (54%)
- A162
- C103
- D2
- E123
- H144
- I99
- K72
- L85
- M42
- N63
- O130
- P141
- Q9
- T182
- U71
- W72
- Y29
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with s as the first letter
5-letter words with S as the first letter (1,529)
These 300 of the 1,529 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second 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 first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 1,529 five-letter words with S in the first position, 12% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as S, these 1,529 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 STARE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with S as the first letter?
SWIZZ scores 26 points in Scrabble. Next come SCUZZ (25), SQUIZ (23) and SOYUZ (17). The average is 8.1 points.