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5-Letter Words Starting with SE

There are 66 five-letter words that start with SE on Word.ws, from sealy to sewin. The most common are sense, seven, serve, setup and seize.

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All 66 five-letter words that start with SE

SEA

  • sealy8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a seal (the animal).
  • seamy10adj. Sordid, squalid or corrupt.

SEB

  • sebum9n. A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin...

SEC

  • secco9adj. Dry.
  • secor7n. An interval of 116.7 cents.

SED

  • sedan6n. An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by...
  • seder6n. The ceremonial meal held on the first night or first two nights of...
  • sedes6n. The position a word or phrase occupies within the meter.
  • sedge7n. Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.
  • sedum8n. Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to...

SEE

  • seedy9adj. Containing or full of seeds.
  • seekh12n. Seekh kebab.

SEF

  • sefer8n. A book, especially a religious book.

SEG

  • segno6n. The sign 𝄋, indicating the start of a passage of music to be repeated.
  • segue6v. To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.

SEI

  • seine5n. A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at...
  • seiza14n. A traditional formal way of sitting in Japan, by kneeling with the legs...
  • seize14v. To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

SEL

  • selah8interj. A word occurring between verses or paragraphs in parts of the Hebrew...
  • selar5n. The yellowtail scad.
  • selca7n. A photographic portrait taken by the subject; a selfie.
  • selfy11adj. Relating to the phenomenological human sense of self.
  • sella5n. Synonym of sella turcica.
  • sello5n. Sellotape.
  • selly8adj. Rare; wonderful; admirable.
  • selva8n. Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.
  • selve8v. To become or cause to become a unique self.

SEM

  • semba9n. A genre of traditional music and dance from Angola.
  • semis7n. A small bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at half an...
  • semla7n. A pastry with a cream and almond paste filling, traditionally eaten on...
  • semon7n. A unit of semiology or semantics.

SEN

  • sendy9adj. Daring, intense, going all-out.
  • senet5n. An Ancient Egyptian board game, probably played as a strategy game...
  • senex12n. An older or old man, chiefly as a stock character.
  • sengi6n. Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family...
  • senna5n. Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the...
  • sense5n. Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world...
  • sensu5prep. In the sense of.
  • sente5n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lesotho loti.
  • senti5adj. Sentimental, emotional.

SEP

  • sepal7n. One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such...
  • sepia7n. A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
  • sepoy10n. A native soldier of the East Indies, employed in the service of a...

SER

  • serac7n. Often sérac: a hard, cone-shaped, pale green, strongly flavoured cheese...
  • serai5n. A palace.
  • seral5adj. Being dried or withered.
  • serge6n. A type of worsted cloth.
  • serie5n. Series.
  • serif8n. A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces...
  • serin5n. Any of various small finches in the genus Serinus, with largely yellow...
  • serow8n. Any of several species of Asian ungulates of the genus Capricornis.
  • serra5n. A saw, or saw-like part.
  • serry8v. To crowd, press together, or close (rank).
  • serum7n. Blood serum used as a blood product, in the practice of medicine: blood...
  • serve8v. To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official...
  • servo8n. A servomechanism.

SES

  • sesma7n. A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 13.9 cm.

SET

  • setar5n. A Persian musical instrument.
  • seton5n. A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced...
  • setup7n. Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.

SEV

  • seven8n. The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
  • sever8v. To cut free.

SEW

  • sewed9adj. Having been created through the sewing process.
  • sewel8n. A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to...
  • sewer8n. A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human...
  • sewin8n. Sea trout, a subspecies of brown trout (Salmo trutta morpha trutta).
36 rare five-letter words that start with SE

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with SE are there?
Word.ws lists 66 five-letter words that start with SE, plus 36 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with SE?
sense, seven, serve, setup, seize, serum, sewer and sedan.
Which of the five-letter words that start with SE has the highest letter score?
seize scores 14 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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