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5-Letter Words Starting with STR

There are 16 five-letter words that start with STR on Word.ws, from stram to strut. The most common are strip, straw, strap, stray and strut.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 16 five-letter words that start with 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...
1 rare five-letter words that start with STR

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with STR are there?
Word.ws lists 16 five-letter words that start with STR, plus 1 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with STR?
strip, straw, strap, stray, strut, strep, strum and strix.
Which of the five-letter words that start with STR has the highest letter score?
strix scores 12 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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