5-letter words with S as the third letter
There are 506 five-letter words with S as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is ZESTY at 17 points. M is the most common first letter among them (60), 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 third position leaves these 506 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with S in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include ZESTY, HUSKY, JASEY, XYSTI and XYSTS. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with an S in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, HASTE 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 506 words.
5-letter words with S as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 506
- Highest scoring
- ZESTY 17 pts
- Average score
- 8.0 pts
- With a definition
- 274 (54%)
- A17
- B54
- C32
- D21
- E16
- F22
- G22
- H24
- I5
- J7
- K9
- L32
- M60
- N12
- O10
- P31
- R46
- S14
- T18
- U11
- V17
- W18
- X2
- Y4
- Z2
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with s as the third letter
5-letter words with S as the third letter (506)
These 300 of the 506 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 third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 506 five-letter words with S in the third position, 4% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as S, these 506 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 HASTE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with S as the third letter?
ZESTY scores 17 points in Scrabble. Next come HUSKY (15), JASEY (15) and XYSTI (15). The average is 8 points.