5-Letter Words Starting with ST

All 128 five-letter words that start with ST

STA

• stack11n. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom...
• stade6n. Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”).
• staff11n. A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to...
• stage6n. A phase.
• stagy9adj. Theatrical.
• staid6adj. Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
• stain5n. A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with...
• stair5n. A single step in a staircase.
• stake9n. A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at...
• stale5adj. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
• stalk9n. The stem or main axis of a plant.
• stall5n. A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
• stamp9n. An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
• stand6v. To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
• stane5n. A dialectal or obsolete form of stone.
• stang6n. A forked ritual staff.
• stank9n. A certain quality, especially to jazz music, which is often desirable...
• stape7n. A staple.
• staph10n. Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes.
• stare5v. To look fixedly (at something).
• stark9adj. Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
• starn5n. A star.
• starr5n. A receipt given by Jews on payment of debt.
• stars5n. Outer space.
• start5n. The beginning of an activity.
• stash8n. A collection, sometimes hidden.
• state5n. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
• stats5n. Attributes of a unit in a game (e.g. health, damage output).
• stave8n. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed...
• stays8n. A corset.

STD

• stdin6n. Standard input: a stream mapped to the primary input device, typically...

STE

• stead6n. The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a...
• steak9n. Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
• steal5v. To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned...
• steam7n. The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the...
• steck11n. A piece or an item.
• steed6n. A bicycle or other vehicle.
• steek9v. To stitch (sew with a needle).
• steel5n. An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than...
• steem7n. A gleam of light; a flame.
• steep7adj. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that...
• steer5v. To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a...
• steez14n. Style; panache.
• stego6adj. Steganographic; relating to or hidden using steganography.
• stein5n. A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
• stela5n. An obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive...
• stele5n. An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted...
• stell5v. To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
• steno5n. A stenographer, someone whose job is to take dictation in shorthand.
• stent5n. A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus...
• steps7n. A course followed by a person in walking or as walking.
• stere5n. A measure of volume used e.g. for cut wood, equal to one cubic metre.
• stern5adj. Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
• steve8v. To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.
• stews8n. A brothel.
• stewy11adj. Stew-like, similar to stew.

STI

• stian5n. A stye.
• stich10n. A part of a line of poetry, especially in the distichal poetry of the...
• stick11n. A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
• stiff11adj. Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
• stile5n. A set of one or more steps surmounting a fence or wall, or a narrow...
• still5adj. Not moving; calm.
• stilt5n. Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk...
• sting6n. A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
• stink9v. To have a strong bad smell.
• stint5v. To be sparing or mean.
• stipa7n. Any grass of the genus Stipa.
• stipe7n. The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
• stirk9n. A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.
• stith8n. An anvil; a stithy.
• stive8n. The floating dust in a flour mill caused by the operation of grinding.

STO

• stoat5n. Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native...
• stock11n. A store or supply.
• stoep7n. A raised veranda in front of a house.
• stoic7n. Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to...
• stoke9n. An act of poking, piercing, thrusting.
• stola5n. The traditional garment of women in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the...
• stole5n. A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck...
• stoll5v. To understand.
• stoma7n. One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which...
• stomp9v. To trample heavily.
• stone5n. A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such...
• stong6n. An area of land equivalent to a quarter of an acre; a rood; a stang.
• stonk9n. A heavy artillery bombardment.
• stony8adj. As hard as stone.
• stook9n. A pile or bundle, especially of straw.
• stool5n. A seat for one person without a back or armrests.
• stoop7n. A stooping, bent position of the body.
• stope7n. A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
• store5n. A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
• stork9n. A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order...
• storm7n. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant...
• story8n. An account of real or fictional events.
• stosh8n. Fish offal.
• stoss5adj. Used to describe one side of roche moutonnée.
• stoup7n. A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of...
• stour5adj. Tall; big; stout.
• stout5adj. Large; bulky.
• stove8n. A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.

STR

• stram7v. To slam; to beat or put down or close violently or noisily.
• strap7n. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
• straw8n. A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
• stray8n. Any domestic animal that lacks an enclosure, proper place, or company...
• strep7n. A streptococcus.
• strew8v. To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially...
• stria5n. A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
• strid6n. A place where a chasm or gorge is narrow enough to be crossed.
• strim7v. To cut using a strimmer/string trimmer.
• strip7n. A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
• strix12n. A bird-like demon feeding on human flesh and blood.
• strop7n. A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably...
• stroy8v. To destroy.
• strub7v. To rob, plunder; clear out completely; to strip.
• strum7v. To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various...
• strut5v. Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail...

STU

• stuck11adj. Unable to move.
• stude6n. A student.
• studs6n. A pair of shoes or boots which have studs on the bottom to aid grip.
• study9v. To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not...
• stuff11n. Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
• stull5n. A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to...
• stump9n. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains...
• stunt5n. A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic...
• stupa7n. A Buddhist monument used to house relics of the Buddha or others...
• stupe7n. A stupid person or (rarely) thing.
• sturt5n. In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the...

STY

• style8n. A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a...
• stylo8n. A stylographic pen.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with ST are there?

Word.ws lists 128 five-letter words that start with ST, plus 34 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words that start with ST?

still, state, start, story, study, stand, stuff and style.

Which of the five-letter words that start with ST has the highest letter score?

steez scores 14 points with the standard letter tile values.

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