4-Letter Words Starting with S

All 410 four-letter words that start with S: page 1 of 2

SA

• saad5n. The letter ص in the Arabic script.
• saag5n. An Indian dish made from greens (usually spinach) cooked down to a...
• saas4n. A mother-in-law, especially the mother of the groom, who lives with the...
• saba6n. A sweet grape syrup made from grape must.
• sabe6v. To understand.
• sabo6v. To get someone in trouble, to prank, to sabotage another's efforts.
• sack10n. A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage...
• saco6n. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 111 L.
• sada5adj. Plain, without spices or stuffing.
• sade5v. To tire, weary.
• sads5n. Sadness or melancholy.
• safe7adj. Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
• saga5n. An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with...
• sage5adj. Wise.
• sago5n. A powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp....
• saic6n. A kind of ketch heavily used in the Black Sea, Tisa, Danube and Sava.
• said5adj. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
• saif7n. A type of Arabian sword.
• sail4n. A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes...
• sain4v. To make the sign of the cross.
• sais4n. A groom, or servant with responsibility for the horses.
• sake8n. Cause, interest or account.
• saki8n. Any of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia...
• sala4n. A large hall or reception room.
• sale4n. An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
• salo4n. A type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in...
• salp6n. Any of the free-swimming tunicates of the order Salpida and its single...
• salt4n. A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride...
• sama6n. A Sufi ritual involving music, dancing, and recitation.
• same6adj. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards...
• samp8n. An article of food consisting of coarse ground maize, or a porridge...
• sand5n. Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt...
• sane4adj. Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
• sang5n. Ginseng.
• sans4prep. Without; lacking; especially with regard to something expected or with...
• sapa6n. A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down...
• sapu6v. To eat up.
• sard5n. A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.
• sare4adj. Dry, withered.
• sari4n. The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer...
• sark8n. Synonym of shirt, whether worn against the skin or not.
• sarn4n. A pavement or stepping stone.
• sart4n. An assart, or clearing; land cleared for agriculture.
• sash7n. A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
• sass4n. The quality of being sassy.
• sate4v. To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to fill up.
• saum6n. Fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam.
• saun4n. A male elephant that is not part of a herd; a rogue.
• save7v. To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from...
• sawa7n. Synonym of Japanese millet (“Echinochloa esculenta”).
• sawm9n. Fasting, abstention, abstinence; the third of the five pillars of Islam.
• sawn7adj. That has been subjected to sawing; having a part removed by sawing.
• sawt7n. A style of urban popular music associated mainly with Kuwait and...
• saya7n. A skirt.
• sayd8adj. Said, mentioned earlier.

SC

• scab8n. An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during...
• scad7n. Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western...
• scag7n. Heroin.
• scam8n. A fraudulent or dishonest deal. A swindle.
• scan6v. To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to...
• scap8n. The scapula.
• scar6n. A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a...
• scat6n. A tax; tribute.
• scav9v. To scavenge; to steal.
• scob8n. A flaw in which the weft misses a few warp threads.
• scop8n. A poet or minstrel in Anglo-Saxon England.
• scot6n. A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a...
• scow9n. A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
• scro6n. Scrotum.
• scry9v. To magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict...
• scud7adj. Naked.
• scum8n. A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid...
• scup8n. A common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions...
• scur6n. A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat...
• scut6n. A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.

SE

• seah7n. A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about 7.7 L or 7 quarts.
• seak8n. Soap prepared for use in milling cloth.
• seal4n. A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or...
• seam6n. A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching...
• sear4adj. Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
• seat4n. Something to be sat upon.
• seau4n. A pottery pail.
• seax11n. A short Saxon sword.
• seck10adj. Only used in rent seck.
• sect6n. An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
• seed5n. Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true...
• seek8v. To try to find; to look for; to search for.
• seel4n. Good fortune; happiness; bliss.
• seem6v. To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
• seen4interj. Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.
• seep6v. To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in...
• seer4n. One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or...
• sega5n. A genre of popular music mainly associated with Mauritius.
• sego5n. A perennial bulb lily found in Western North America (Calochortus...
• seif7n. A sand dune that elongates parallel to the prevailing wind.
• seim6n. The hyacinth bean.
• sejm13n. A political assembly or committee in Poland and the surrounding areas.
• seki8n. In the game of Go, a state of impasse where neither player can benefit...
• sele4n. Greeting, salutation.
• self7pron. Myself, oneself.
• sell4v. To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
• selo4n. A village, in various Slavic regions.
• seme6n. Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of...
• semi6n. A semi-detached house.
• send5v. To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to...
• sene4n. A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a Samoan tala.
• sens4n. Marijuana.
• sent4n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Estonian kroon.
• sept6n. A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor...
• sere4n. A natural succession community of organisms in an ecosystem, especially...
• serf7n. A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, attached like a...
• serg5n. A sergal.
• sesh7n. A period of time spent engaged in some group activity.
• sess4n. Marijuana, weed.
• seta4n. A bristle or hair.
• sets4n. Set theory.
• sett4n. The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
• seva7n. Selfless service that is performed without any expectation of reward...

SH

• shab9v. To skulk or sneak away.
• shad8n. Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa...
• shag8n. Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
• shah10n. A king of Persia or Iran.
• sham9adj. Intended to deceive; false.
• shan7adj. Unfair, harsh.
• shat7n. Synonym of shatter (“a pine needle”).
• shaw10n. A thicket; a small wood or grove.
• shay10n. A chaise.
• shea7n. A tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali...
• shed8v. To part, separate or divide.
• shen7n. A deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.
• shep9n. Starling.
• shet7n. Shed.
• shhh13interj. Elongated form of shh.
• shid8n. A piece of firewood four feet long.
• shig8v. At a competitive barbecuing event, to visit a rival's barbecue area in...
• shim9n. A wedge.
• shin7n. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin...
• ship9n. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
• shis7det. Belonging to them; their.
• shiv10n. A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not...
• shod8adj. Wearing shoes.
• shoe7n. A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of...
• shog8n. Jolt, shake (brisk movement).
• shoo7v. To induce someone or something to leave.
• shop9n. An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally...
• shor7n. A salt lake.
• shot7adj. Tired, weary.
• show10v. To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others...
• shox14n. Synonym of shock absorber.
• shud8n. A shed.
• shug8n. A term of endearment.
• shuk11n. An Israeli street market.
• shul7n. An Ashkenazi synagogue.
• shun7v. To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
• shut7v. To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.

SI

• sial4n. The rocks rich in silicon and aluminum that form the upper layer of the...
• siam6v. To move aside; to get out of the way.
• sian4adj. Bored, weary or fed up; tired (of something).
• siao4adj. Mad; crazy.
• sibo6interj. An expression of disbelief, equivalent to Is it so?
• sica6n. A curved dagger used in Ancient Roman times, associated with the...
• sice6v. To excite.
• sich9n. An administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube...
• sick10adj. In poor health; ill.
• sida5n. Any member of species in the genus Sida of flowering plants in the...
• side5n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
• sids5n. Oat husks, or bran with some kernel, used to make sowens.
• sies4interj. Expressing disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
• sift7v. To sieve or strain (something).
• sifu7n. A master or teacher in the context of martial arts, especially kung fu...
• sigh8v. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel...
• sign5n. A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
• sika8n. Cervus nippon, a deer found in the forests of East Asia.
• sike8n. A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the...
• siku8n. A type of traditional panpipe from the Andes.
• sild5n. Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and...
• sile4n. A column; pillar.
• silk8n. A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a...
• sill4n. A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of...
• silo4n. A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of...
• silt4n. Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
• sima6n. The upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.
• simi6n. A short sword or dagger used by the Kikuyu people.
• simp8n. Someone who is not worthy of respect.
• sine4n. In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an...
• sing5v. To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
• sinh7n. A traditional tube skirt worn by Lao and Thai women, particularly...
• sink8v. To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar...
• sipa6n. A traditional Filipino team sport in which players kick a soft ball...
• sipe6n. Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
• sira4n. A traditional Muslim biography of Muhammad.
• sire4n. A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used...
• sise4n. Six.
• siss4n. A hissing noise.
• sist4v. To stay (e.g. judicial proceedings); to delay or suspend; to stop.
• sisu4n. Strength of will in the face of adversity; grit, perseverance or...
• site4n. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position.
• sith7n. A journey, way.
• situ4n. Only used in in situ.
• sitz13v. To take, or place in, a sitz bath.
• siva7n. Any of various birds formerly of genus Siva, now part of genus...
• size13n. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is.
• sizz22n. Fizz, sizzle.

SK

• skag9n. An unattractive woman.
• skar8n. A Tibetan unit of weight, equivalent to one hundredth of a srang.
• skat8n. Alternate spelling of scat: a brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
• sked9n. A schedule.
• skeg9n. A fin-like structure to the rear of the keel of a vessel that supports...
• skep10n. A basket.
• skew11v. To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique...
• skid9n. An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the...
• skil8n. Synonym of sablefish.
• skim10v. To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide...
• skin8n. The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a...
• skip10v. To move by hopping on alternate feet.
• skit8n. A short comic performance done by amateurs.
• skol8interj. A drinking-toast; cheers.
• skua8n. Any of various predatory seabirds of the genus Stercorarius that often...
• skud9v. To hit.
• skyr11n. A yogurt-like product made of curdled milk, curds stored up for food; a...

SL

• slab6n. A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and...
• slag5n. Waste material from a mine.
• slam6v. To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
• slan4n. A fan of science fiction.
• slap6n. A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something...
• slat4n. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
• slaw7n. Coleslaw.
• slay7v. To kill; to murder.
• sled5n. A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by...
• slew7n. The act, or process of slewing.
• slim6adj. Slender in an attractive way.
• slip6v. To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of...
• slit4n. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
• slob6v. To move slowly or cumbersomely.
• sloe4n. The small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
• slog5n. A long, tedious walk or march.
• slop6n. A flip-flop.
• slot4n. A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the...
• slow7adj. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an...
• slub6n. A small thickened portion or knot found in yarn, caused by defects or...
• slue4v. To rotate something on an axis.
• slug5n. Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
• slum6n. Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.
• slur4n. An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under...

SM

• smee6n. The pintail, wigeon, pochard, or smew.
• smeg7interj. Used as a swear word.
• smew9n. A small compact diving duck, Mergellus albellus, that breeds in the...
• smit6v. To infect.
• smog7n. A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban...
• smug7adj. Irritatingly pleased with oneself; offensively self-complacent...
• smut6n. Soot.

SN

• snag5n. A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch...
• snam6v. To snatch with the jaws; snap at something greedily.
• snap6n. A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a...
• sned5n. A cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning.
• snee4n. A large knife.
• snet4v. To clear of mucus; to blow (one's nose).
• snew7v. To snow.
• snip6v. To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
• snit4n. A temper; a bad mood.
• snob6n. A cobbler or shoemaker.
• snog5v. To kiss passionately.
• snot4n. Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
• snow7n. The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the...
• snub6adj. Conspicuously short.
• snug5adj. Warm and comfortable; cosy.
• snus4n. A type of tobacco snuff consumed in the form of a moist powder which is...

SO

• soak8v. To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
• soap6n. A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning...
• soar4v. To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
• soba6n. A Japanese buckwheat noodle.
• soca6n. A genre of music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago in the early...
• sock10n. A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
• soda5n. Sodium bicarbonate.
• sofa7n. An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long...
• soft7adj. Easily giving way under pressure.
• soga5n. A kind of rope made from esparto.
• soho7interj. Ho; halloo; a word used in calling from a distant place.
• soil4n. A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support...
• soju11n. A Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to shochu.
• soke8n. A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).
• soko8n. A species of African ape, supposedly a variety of the chimpanzee.
• sold5adj. Convinced, won over.
• sole4adj. Only.
• soli4n. A passage of music played together by a group of players, usually...
• solo4n. A piece of music for one performer.
• soma6n. The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk...
• some6pron. A certain number (multiple but not all).
• sone4n. A subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the...
• song5n. A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by...
• sook8n. Familiar name for a cow.
• sool4v. To encourage (especially a dog) to attack.
• soon4adj. Short in length of time from the present.
• sooo4adv. Elongated form of so.
• soot4n. Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar...
• sope6n. A traditional Mexican food consisting of a masa base with various...
• sora4n. A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South...
• sorb6n. The service tree, Sorbus domestica.
• sord5n. A flock of mallards.
• sore4adj. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
• sori4n. Copper sulphate, especially combined with other impurities...
• sorn4v. To impose upon another for food and lodging.
• sort4n. A general type.
• sory7n. Iron(II) sulfate, or some earth impregnated with it.
• sosh7n. A social security number.
• soss4n. Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.
• soto4n. A traditional Indonesian soup mainly composed of broth, meat, and...
• soul4n. The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's...
• soup6n. Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water...
• souq13n. A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries...
• sour4adj. Tasting of acidity.
• sown7n. Cultivated land inhabited by sedentary agriculturalists, in contrast to...

SP

• spad7n. A government adviser, often in a political or media role.
• spam8n. A large quantity or multitude of anything done repetitively or...
• span6n. The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of...
• spar6n. A rafter of a roof.
• spat6n. The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
• spay9v. To destroy or remove the ovaries or uterus (of a female animal) to...
• spec8v. To specify, especially in a formal specification document.
• spet6v. To spit; to throw out.
• spew9v. To eject forcibly and in a stream.
• spim8n. Unsolicited messages sent to cellular phones.
• spin6v. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or...
• spit6n. A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often...
• spiv9n. A smartly dressed person who trades in illicit, black-market or stolen...
• spod7n. One who studies excessively and is disliked by fellow students because...
• spoo6v. To spew (in several senses).
• spot6n. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different...
• spry9adj. Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
• spud7n. A potato.
• spur6n. A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel...
• sput6n. An annular reinforcement in a steam boiler, to strengthen a place where...

ST

• stab6n. An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object to hurt or kill someone.
• stad5n. Town, village.
• stag5n. An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high...
• stam6v. To confound.
• stan4v. To act as a stan (for); to be an obsessive fan (of).
• star4n. Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night...
• stat4adv. Immediately; now.
• stau4n. A slepton which is the hypothetical superpartner of a tau lepton.
• stay7v. To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short...
• stee4n. A ladder.
• steg5v. To conceal (data) by means of steganography.
• stem6n. The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
• step6n. An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
• stet4n. A symbol used by proofreaders and typesetters to indicate that a word...
• stew7n. A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
• stig5n. An electronic cigarette or vape.
• stim6n. Sensory stimulation.
• stip6v. To stipulate.
• stir4v. To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or...
• stoa4n. In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often...
• stob6n. A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
• stop6v. To cease moving.
• stow7v. To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper...
• stub6n. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
• stud5n. A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
• stum6n. Unfermented grape juice; must.
• stun4v. To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or...
• stye7n. A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

SU

• suay7adj. Unlucky, unfortunate.
• such9det. Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something...
• suck10n. An instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into...
• suco6n. A village in East Timor.
• sudd6n. A floating mass of plant matter, such as reeds, which obstructs the...
• sudo5n. A Unix command that allows a user to run a program with the security...
• suds5n. Lather; foam or froth formed by mixing soap and water.
• suer4n. Someone who sues; a suitor.
• suet4n. The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep...
• suey7n. Suicide (act of self-killing).
• sugi5n. Wood of the Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica).
• suid5n. Any of the family Suidae: a pig or a taxonomically related animal.
• suit4n. A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching...
• suji11n. Wheat that is granulated but not pulverized; a kind of semolina.
• suki8n. A favored customer; a regular who receives preferential treatment.
• sulk8v. To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or...
• sull4v. Of an animal: to stop; to refuse to go on.
• sulu4n. An all-purpose skirt-like garment worn by men and women in Fiji.
• sumi6n. A Japanese inkstick.
• sumo6n. A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he...
• sump8n. A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit...
• suni4n. A small antelope of Southern Africa, Nesotragus moschatus.
• sunn4n. An East Indian leguminous plant of species Crotalaria juncea, yielding...
• supa6n. A superchat.
• supp8n. A support (in a competitive video game, a player or character who...
• sura4n. Any of the 114 chapters of the Quran.
• surd5n. An irrational number, especially one expressed using the √ symbol.
• sure4adj. Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
• surf7n. Waves that break on an ocean shoreline.
• sush7n. Sushi.
• suss4adj. Suspicious; suspect.
• susu4n. An informal money pooling scheme practised in Africa, the Caribbean...
• suya7n. A marinated spicy kebab from Nigeria.

SW

• swab9n. A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such as gauze, used to clean...
• swad8n. A bunch, clump, mass.
• swag8v. To (cause to) sway.
• swai7n. Synonym of iridescent shark (“a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon...
• swan7n. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus...
• swap9v. To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for...
• swat7v. To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit.

Questions about these words

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

Word.ws lists 410 four-letter words that start with S, plus 59 rare ones.

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

some, said, such, same, show, sure, seen and stop.

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

sizz scores 22 points with the standard letter tile values.

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