Common 8-letter words that start with S
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- services★13performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others
- software★14written or printed data used in computer operations
- shipping★16to transport by a vessel suitable for navigation in deep water
- security★13the state of being secure
- students★9a person formally engaged in learning
- shopping★16the act of one that shops
- standard★10an established measure of comparison
- specific★17applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or…
- supplies★12to furnish with what is needed
- solution★8a homogeneous liquid mixture
- starting★9to set out
- schedule★14to assign to a certain date or time
- selected★11to choose
- searches★13to look through or over carefully in order to find something
- strategy★12a plan for obtaining a specific goal
- southern★11in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the…
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8-letter words starting with SA (454)
Top score: SAMIZDAT, 20 points (tied with one other). a system in the Soviet Union for printing and distributing unauthorized literature
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8-letter words starting with SC (488)
Top score: SCUZZBAG, 31 points. a dirty or contemptible person
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8-letter words starting with SD (5)
Top score: SDAYNING, 13 points
8-letter words starting with SE (447)
Top score: SEQUENCY, 22 points. the following of one thing after another
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8-letter words starting with SF (3)
Top score: SFORZATI, 20 points (tied with one other)
8-letter words starting with SH (485)
Top score: SHIZZLES, 29 points
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8-letter words starting with SI (264)
Top score: SIZZLING, 27 points. to burn or fry with a hissing sound
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8-letter words starting with SJ (1)
Top score: SJAMBOKS, 23 points. to strike with a whip used in South Africa
8-letter words starting with SK (177)
Top score: SKYJACKS, 28 points. to hijack an airplane
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8-letter words starting with SL (233)
Top score: SLAPJACK, 23 points. a pancake
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8-letter words starting with SM (140)
Top score: SMOKEBOX, 23 points. a chamber for producing and containing smoke
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8-letter words starting with SN (209)
Top score: SNAZZILY, 29 points. in a snazzy manner
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8-letter words starting with SO (317)
Top score: SOVKHOZY, 30 points. a state-owned farm in the former Soviet Union
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8-letter words starting with SP (487)
Top score: SPETZNAZ, 28 points
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8-letter words starting with SQ (81)
Top score: SQUIZZES, 35 points
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8-letter words starting with SR (2)
Top score: SRIRACHA, 13 points (tied with one other). a chili sauce
8-letter words starting with ST (739)
Top score: STICKJAW, 24 points
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8-letter words starting with SU (523)
Top score: SUFFIXED, 22 points. to add as a form affixed to the end of end of word
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8-letter words starting with SV (5)
Top score: SVARAJES, 18 points. self-government in British India
8-letter words starting with SW (191)
Top score: SWIZZING, 30 points (tied with one other)
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8-letter words starting with SY (129)
Top score: SYZYGIAL, 24 points (tied with one other). the configuration of the earth, moon, and sun lying in a straight line
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About these words
- 5,380 of the 42,333 8-letter words start with S (13%), the most of any letter.
- 3,908 are good in NWL2023, 5,373 in Collins Scrabble Words, 3,906 in WOW24 and 3,461 in the Words With Friends list. 345 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, squizzes scores the most (35), then scuzzbag (31), then sovkhozy, swizzing and swizzled (30 each).