3-Letter Words Starting with S

All 91 three-letter words that start with S

SA

• sab5v. To sabotage, especially fox hunts in opposition to blood sports.
• sac5n. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
• sad4adj. Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
• sag4n. The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
• sai3n. A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.
• saj10n. An Asian tree, Terminalia elliptica.
• sal3n. Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree.
• sam5v. To assemble.
• san3n. An Ancient Greek letter representing /s/ (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ)...
• sap5n. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and...
• sat3n. Level of saturation (especially of oxygen in the blood).
• sav6n. A saveloy.
• saw6n. Such a tool with a toothed blade.
• sax10n. An early medieval type of machete common with the Germanic peoples.
• say6v. To pronounce.
• saz12n. The baglama.

SE

• sea3n. A large body of salt water.
• sec5n. Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
• sed4v. To edit a file or stream of text using sed.
• see3v. To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by...
• seg4n. A man; fellow.
• seh6adj. Drunk or inebriated, or appearing so; tipsy.
• sei3n. A sei whale.
• sen3n. Self.
• sep5n. A simple closed curve used to enclose a graph, in the existential graph...
• ser3n. An old Indian unit of weight, equal to 80 tolas, or one fortieth of a...
• set3v. To put (something) down, to rest.
• sev6n. An Indian snack food consisting of small pieces of crunchy noodles made...
• sew6v. To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in...
• sey6n. A cut of beef.

SH

• sha6n. The letter Ш, ш.
• she6pron. The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
• shh9interj. Demanding silence.
• sho6n. A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sheng.
• shy9adj. Easily frightened; timid.

SI

• sia3part. Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise...
• sib5adj. Having kinship or relationship; related by same-bloodedness; kindred.
• sic5adv. Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being...
• sid4n. Sadiki.
• sie3v. To sink; fall; drop.
• sif6adj. Foul, disgusting.
• sig4v. To good-naturedly make fun of someone; to signify.
• sil3n. A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times.
• sim5n. A simulation session or scenario.
• sin3n. A violation of divine will or religious law.
• sip5n. A small mouthful of drink.
• sir3n. A man of a higher rank or position.
• sit3v. To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by...
• six10n. A group or set with six elements.

SK

• ska7n. A style of Jamaican dance music originating in the late 1950s...
• ski7n. One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or...
• sky10n. The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the...

SL

• sly6adj. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

SN

• sny6v. Abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something.

SO

• sob5n. A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
• soc5n. Sociology or social science.
• sod4n. The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots...
• soe3n. A large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried...
• sog4n. Soft, marsh-like or bog-like land; a swamp.
• soi3n. In Thailand, a side-street branching off a major street; an alley or...
• sol3n. In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale...
• som5n. The currency of Kyrgyzstan. Symbol: ⃀.
• son3n. One's male offspring.
• soo3adv. Elongated form of so.
• sop5n. Something entirely soaked.
• sor3n. A sorority (student organization).
• sot3n. Drunkard.
• sou3n. An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve...
• sov6n. Pound sterling.
• sow6n. A female pig.
• soy6n. A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to...

SP

• spa5n. A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.
• spy8n. A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other...

SS

• ssa3n. Filter-avoidance spelling of ass.
• ssh6interj. Be quiet or reduce the volume.
• ssk7n. A left-leaning decrease stitch.
• sss3interj. The hiss of a snake or other reptile.

ST

• std4n. Standard library.
• sty6n. A pen or enclosure for swine.

SU

• sub5v. To substitute for.
• sud4n. A bubble of lather or foam (the singular of suds).
• sue3v. To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal...
• sug4v. To market a product or service by means of purported market research.
• sui3v. To commit a suicide attack.
• sum5n. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
• sun3n. A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
• sup5v. To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth...
• sus3n. Suspicion (in terms of a sus law).
• sux10n. Suxamethonium.

SY

• sye6v. To say.
• syn6adj. That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°.

Questions about these words

How many three-letter words that start with S are there?

Word.ws lists 91 three-letter words that start with S, plus 1 rare ones.

What are common three-letter words that start with S?

she, see, say, set, saw, six, son and sea.

Which of the three-letter words that start with S has the highest letter score?

saz scores 12 points with the standard letter tile values.

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