5-letter words with S as the fourth letter
There are 502 five-letter words with S as the fourth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are QUASH and QURSH, tied at 17 points. P is the most common first letter among them (45), and the average score is 8 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green S in the fourth position leaves these 502 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with S in slot 4, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include QUASH, QURSH, ZOISM, GROSZ and WHISK. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an S in slot 4 further.
For Wordle, ARISE 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 502 words.
5-letter words with S as the fourth letter in numbers
- Words
- 502
- Highest scoring
- QUASH 17 pts
- Average score
- 8.0 pts
- With a definition
- 258 (51%)
- A27
- B43
- C44
- D23
- E7
- F31
- G43
- H22
- I1
- J3
- K9
- L20
- M36
- N12
- O5
- P45
- Q6
- R16
- S43
- T34
- U2
- V4
- W21
- Y3
- Z2
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with s as the fourth letter
5-letter words with S as the fourth letter (502)
These 300 of the 502 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 fourth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 502 five-letter words with S in the fourth position, 4% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fourth tile turned green as S, these 502 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 ARISE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with S as the fourth letter?
QUASH and QURSH tie at 17 points in Scrabble. Next come ZOISM (16), GROSZ (15) and WHISK (15). The average is 8 points.