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5-Letter Words Starting with STA

There are 30 five-letter words that start with STA on Word.ws, from stack to stays. The most common are state, start, stand, stage and staff.

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All 30 five-letter words that start with 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.
3 rare five-letter words that start with STA

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with STA are there?
Word.ws lists 30 five-letter words that start with STA, plus 3 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with STA?
state, start, stand, stage, staff, stars, stats and stays.
Which of the five-letter words that start with STA has the highest letter score?
staff scores 11 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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