Common 4-letter words that start with S
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- site★4the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
- said★5to utter
- send★5to cause to go
- show★10to cause or permit to be seen
- sign★5to write one's name on
- same★6resembling in every relevant respect
- size★13the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
- shop★9a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
- save★7to rescue from danger, injury, or loss
- sale★4the act or an instance of selling
- side★5a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- sell★4to give up to another for money or other valuable consideration
- star★4a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions…
- self★7the total, essential, or particular being of one person
- sure★4free from doubt
- says★7to utter
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4-letter words starting with SA (57)
Top score: SAXE, 11 points. a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession…
4-letter words starting with SC (21)
Top score: SCOW, 9 points (tied with three others). to transport by flat-bottomed boat
4-letter words starting with SE (58)
Top score: SEXT, 11 points (tied with one other). to send an explicit text message
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4-letter words starting with SH (32)
Top score: SHHH, 13 points. used to urge silence
4-letter words starting with SI (48)
Top score: SIZY, 16 points. thick and adhesive
4-letter words starting with SJ (1)
Top score: SJOE, 11 points
4-letter words starting with SK (27)
Top score: SKYF, 14 points
4-letter words starting with SL (28)
Top score: SLOW, 7 points (tied with four others). moving with little speed
4-letter words starting with SM (8)
Top score: SMEW, 9 points. a bird of species Mergellus albellus*
4-letter words starting with SN (20)
Top score: SNOW, 7 points (tied with two others). precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
4-letter words starting with SO (66)
Top score: SOJA, 11 points (tied with one other). the soybean
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4-letter words starting with SP (28)
Top score: SPEK, 10 points
4-letter words starting with SR (1)
Top score: SRIS, 4 points. sir -- used as a Hindu title of respect
4-letter words starting with ST (28)
Top score: STAY, 7 points (tied with five others). to continue in a place or condition
4-letter words starting with SU (38)
Top score: SUQS, 13 points. a marketplace in northern Africa and the Middle East
4-letter words starting with SW (17)
Top score: SWIZ, 16 points. British slang for a swindle
4-letter words starting with SY (12)
Top score: SYPH, 12 points. a venereal disease
About these words
- 490 of the 5,641 4-letter words start with S (9%), the most of any letter.
- 371 are good in NWL2023, 490 in Collins Scrabble Words, 371 in WOW24 and 353 in the Words With Friends list. 99 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, sizy and swiz share the top score (16), then skyf (14), then four words on 13.