5-Letter Words with S

All 2,002 five-letter words with S: page 1 of 6

A

• abase7v. To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause...
• abash10v. To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by...
• abasi7n. The monetary unit of Afghanistan during the 19th century, valued at 1/3...
• abbas9n. Abbot.
• abies7n. A tree of the genus Abies.
• abuse7n. Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an...
• abyss10n. Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
• actus7n. A former Roman unit of length, equal to 120 Roman feet (about 35.5 m).
• adays9adv. In the daytime.
• adios6interj. Goodbye.
• aegis6n. A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena...
• agust6n. The tree Sesbania grandiflora.
• aisle5n. A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave...
• akasa9n. Ether or atmosphere, as one of the elements in Hindu philosophy.
• alias5adv. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called...
• alist5n. An association list.
• almas7n. Caviar from the albino beluga.
• aloes5n. The resin of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha)...
• alosa5n. Shad.
• amass7v. To collect into a mass or heap.
• amiss7adj. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.
• amuse7v. To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to...
• angst6n. Emotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish.
• anise5n. An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt...
• antsy8adj. Restless, apprehensive and fidgety.
• aphis10n. An aphid.
• apish10adj. Resembling or characteristic of an ape.
• apsis7n. A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a...
• arcus7n. A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea.
• argus6n. A watchful guardian.
• arise5v. To come up from a lower to a higher position.
• arist5n. A rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the...
• arnis5n. Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.
• arras5n. A tapestry or wall hanging.
• arris5n. A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces.
• arsey8adj. Unpleasant, especially in a sarcastic, grumpy or haughty manner.
• arsis5n. The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
• arson5n. The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
• artos5n. A loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern...
• asado6n. Any of various dishes made from grilled or barbecued meat originating...
• asana5n. A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
• ascii7n. Ascians.
• ascon7n. A cavity, in the form of a bag or tube, lined with choanocytes, that...
• ascot7n. An instant, wall-mounted water heater, irrespective of brand.
• ascus7n. A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive...
• asham10n. A dessert made from shelled and parched corn pounded into powder.
• ashen8adj. Made from the wood of the ash-tree.
• asher8n. A member of the alt.suicide.holiday newsgroup, which deals with the...
• aside6adv. To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
• askar9n. Police.
• asked10adj. Arsed (bothered; willing to make an effort).
• asker9n. Someone who asks a question.
• askew12adj. Turned or twisted to one side.
• askey12adj. Looking aside.
• aspen7adj. Pertaining to the aspen tree.
• asper7n. Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern...
• aspet7n. Armenian hereditary title borne by the members of the Bagratuni...
• aspic9n. A meat or fish jelly.
• aspie7n. An Aspergerian: a person with Asperger’s syndrome.
• aspin7n. Synonym of askal.
• aspis7n. A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers.
• aspro7n. Associate professor.
• assai5adv. A tempo direction equivalent to "very".
• assay8n. Trial, attempt.
• asset5n. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash...
• assur5adj. Forbidden.
• astar5adj. Covered with bright or sparkling objects.
• aster5n. Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
• astin5n. Any of a group of cyclical pentapeptides originating from the plant...
• astir5adj. In motion; characterized by motion.
• aston5n. A lower third.
• atlas5n. A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or...
• aulos5n. Any of a class of ancient Greek musical instruments resembling pipes or...
• avast8interj. Hold fast! Cease! Stop! Desist!
• avens8n. A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
• avgas9n. Gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
• aviso8n. Advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
• awash11adj. Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an...

B

• backs13n. The backyard of the University.
• bagsy11v. To make a verbal claim to.
• bakso11n. Indonesian meatball.
• balas7n. A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.
• balls7adv. Very. Intensifier.
• balsa7n. A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood...
• bangs8n. Hair hanging over the forehead.
• banns7n. The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a...
• bants7n. Banter, particularly among men.
• baris7n. A type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile in Ancient Egypt...
• barse7n. The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the...
• basal7adj. Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of...
• based8adj. Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.
• basen7v. To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower.
• baser7n. Someone who uses freebase cocaine or other drugs.
• basha10n. A tarpaulin or plastic waterproof sheet.
• basho10n. A sumo tournament of any kind.
• bashy13adj. Intensely percussive.
• basic9adj. Necessary, essential for life or some process.
• basil7n. A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
• basin7n. A wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall.
• basis7n. A physical base or foundation.
• basse7n. The bass voice or part within French music.
• basso7n. A bass singer, especially in opera.
• bassy10adj. Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency...
• basta7interj. (that's) enough; stop!
• baste7v. To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in...
• basti7n. A slum.
• basto7n. A card of the suit clubs in Spanish-suited playing cards.
• baths10n. A building containing a public swimming pool or shower facilities...
• batis7n. Any of several passerine birds in the genus Batis, related to...
• batts7n. Batteries (power cells).
• beads8n. A beaded necklace.
• beans7n. Pills; drugs in pill form.
• beast7n. Any four-footed land mammal.
• beats7n. An assault by beating.
• beest7n. Beestings, colostrum.
• bells7n. Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark...
• bends8n. The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales.
• besan7n. Gram flour, as used in Indian and Burmese cuisine.
• beset7v. To assail or attack (someone) from all sides; to set about.
• besom9n. A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.
• bessa7n. A former copper coin of Ethiopia.
• bests7interj. A polite, formulaic end to a letter or email.
• bibbs11n. Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the...
• bigos8n. A traditional Polish stew containing cabbage and meat.
• binos7n. Binoculars.
• birse7n. Bristle.
• bisht10n. A large flowing Arab cloak.
• bison7n. A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.
• bitsy10adj. Fragmented.
• bitts7n. A frame composed of two strong oak timbers (bitt-heads) fixed...
• blahs10n. A feeling of boredom and a lack of motivation; depression.
• blash10n. A heavy fall of rain.
• blast7n. A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a...
• bless7v. To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
• blisk11n. An aircraft turbine engine rotor that has integral blades.
• bliss7n. Perfect happiness.
• blues7n. A feeling of sadness or depression.
• blush10n. An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by...
• boast7n. A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
• bogus8adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
• bolas7n. A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords...
• bolis7n. A bolide or fireball (type of meteor).
• bolsa7n. An exchange for the transaction of business.
• bolus7n. A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or...
• bonds8n. Imprisonment, captivity.
• bones7n. A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand...
• bonks11adj. Crazy, bonkers.
• bonus7n. Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
• books11n. Accounting records.
• boose7n. A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
• boost7n. A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
• boots7n. A condom.
• bosal7n. A type of noseband used on a horse.
• bosky14adj. Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees.
• bosom9n. The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
• boson7n. A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which...
• bossy10adj. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted...
• botts7n. The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect...
• bouse7v. To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
• bowls10n. A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on...
• brads8n. Money.
• brash10adj. Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive...
• brass7n. A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten: a...
• brise7n. A tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time.
• brisk11adj. Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion...
• brose7n. Oatmeal mixed with boiling water or milk.
• brush10n. An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or...
• bucks13n. Casual Oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral color.
• bugsy11adj. Infested with bugs; buggy.
• buist7n. A box or chest.
• bumps11n. The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.
• bunts7n. Money.
• bursa7n. Any of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a...
• burse7n. A purse.
• burst7v. To break from internal pressure.
• busby12n. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members...
• bushy13adj. Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all...
• bussy10n. A bus driver.
• busto7n. A bust.
• busty10adj. Having large breasts.

C

• cabas9n. A flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag, usually used by women.
• calas7n. Dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs...
• camas9n. Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
• camis9n. A light, loose dress or robe.
• canes7n. Bamboo plants of genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo...
• canso7n. A love song sung by a troubadour.
• cards8n. Card games.
• carse7n. Low, fertile land; a river valley.
• carus7n. Deep coma or lethargy.
• casal7adj. Of or relating to a case.
• casco9n. A flat-bottomed, square-ended boat once used in the Philippines as a...
• cased8adj. Having a case or covering; encased or clad.
• casis7n. A Muslim holy man or a saint.
• casse7n. A fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown...
• casta7n. A hierarchical system of race classification created by Spanish elites...
• caste7n. Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian...
• casus7n. A possible world, as a starting point for reasoning.
• cates7n. Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies...
• cause7n. The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces...
• cavus10n. In planetary geology, an irregular steep-sided depression that does not...
• cease7v. To stop.
• cense7v. To perfume with incense.
• cesta7n. A hook-shaped basket used to catch and throw the ball in jai alai.
• chaos10n. The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
• chaps12n. Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
• chase10n. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
• chasm12n. A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
• chast10v. To chasten.
• chaus10n. Synonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus).
• chess10n. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces...
• chest10n. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
• chips12n. A carpenter.
• chism12n. A shoot or sprout; a bud.
• chops12n. Jaws, lips, mouth.
• chose10n. A thing; personal property.
• circs9n. Circumstances.
• cisco9n. Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus...
• claes7n. Clothes.
• clash10n. A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
• clasp9n. A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together...
• class7n. A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or...
• clast7n. A fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit.
• close7v. To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap...
• clubs9n. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
• cluse7n. A defile or narrow gorge, especially one that cuts transversely through...
• coast7n. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large...
• cokes11n. A simpleton; a dupe.
• combs11n. Combinations (underwear).
• comes9n. The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
• const7n. A variable whose value cannot be changed directly.
• conus7n. A cone.
• copse9n. A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting...
• copus9n. A mug.
• cords8n. Corduroys.
• corps9n. A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
• corse7n. A (living) body.
• coset7n. The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a...
• cosmo9n. A cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice...
• costa7n. Synonym of rib.
• cours7n. Three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural...
• crabs9n. Pubic lice.
• craps9n. A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make...
• crase7v. Early Modern spelling of craze (“break into pieces, crack”).
• crash10n. A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
• crass7adj. Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or...
• creps9n. Crepitations.
• cress7n. A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a...
• crest7n. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
• crisp9adj. Of hair: curling, especially in tight, stiff curls or ringlets; also...
• crocs9n. Eggcorn of crux.
• cross7n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars...
• cruse7n. An oil lamp; a crusy.
• crush10n. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
• crust7n. A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
• cubes9n. Testicles.
• curls7n. Specifically, a body of curly hair on someone's head.
• curse7n. A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
• cushy13adj. Making few demands; comfortable, easy.
• cutes7n. Cuteness.
• cutis7n. The true skin, underlying the epidermis.
• cycas12n. Any member of the plant genus Cycas.

D

• daisy9n. A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family...
• danso6n. A small notched, end-blown vertical flute made of bamboo or plastic...
• darts6n. A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are...
• dasha9n. One of various systems of Hindu astrology based on planetary periods...
• dashi9n. A type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.
• dashy12adj. Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.
• dasia6n. Synonym of rough breathing.
• deads7n. The substances that enclose the ore on every side.
• debus8v. To alight or get off a bus.
• deets6n. Details.
• degas7v. To remove the gas from.
• deism8n. A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable...
• deist6adj. Of or relating to deism and deists.
• delts6n. The deltoid muscles.
• demos8n. An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an...
• dense6adj. Having relatively high density.
• desai6n. In west and south India, a native official in charge of a district...
• desal6n. Desalination.
• deshi9n. A member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho.
• desma8n. An axial filament.
• desmo8adj. Desmodromic.
• despo8adj. Desperate.
• desto6n. A headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display...
• dinos6n. An Ancient Greek mixing-bowl or cauldron, without handles or feet.
• disco8n. A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by...
• dishy12adj. Attractive; good-looking; sexy.
• dispo8n. A marijuana dispensary.
• disso6n. A dissertation.
• ditsy9adj. Tending to fuss over small details.
• docks12n. A collection of docks, wharves, warehouses and offices.
• dolus6n. Evil intent: malice or fraud.
• domus8n. A farmstead with its people, plants and animals, considered as a unit.
• doors6n. Opening time.
• doosh9interj. Imitating a drum sound in electronic music.
• doris6n. A sea slug.
• doser6n. One who administers a dose.
• dosha9n. Any of the three regulatory principles of Ayurveda.
• douse6v. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
• doust6n. Dust.
• dowse9v. To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
• drash9n. An exegesis.
• dregs7n. The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container...
• dress6v. To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a...
• dross6n. Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from...
• druse6n. A rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
• drusy9adj. Having a druse.
• dryas9n. Any of several plants of the genus Dryas; the mountain avens.
• ducks12n. A pair of twos.
• dudes7n. Any group of people, regardless of gender.
• dukes10n. One's parents.
• dulse6n. A seaweed of a reddish-brown color (Palmaria palmata) which is...
• dunks10n. Ziziphus mauritiana, a tropical fruit tree.
• dusky13adj. Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).
• dusty9adj. Covered with dust.
• dykes13n. Diagonal cutting pliers; diagonal pliers; diagonal cutters; wire...

E

• eased6adj. Made easier, more relaxed, or less stressed.
• easel5n. An upright frame, typically on three legs, for displaying or supporting...
• easer5n. A person or thing that eases or relieves.
• eaves8n. The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a...
• edges7n. The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's)...
• egusi6n. Melon seeds that are ground to make soup in West Africa.
• eidos6n. Form; essence; type; species.
• eisel5n. Vinegar, verjuice.
• elsen5n. An awl, a pointed tool.
• emacs9n. Any implementation or reimplementation of Emacs.
• ensue5v. To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.
• eosin5n. A red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains.
• eques14n. A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of...
• erase5v. To remove (markings or information).
• esker9n. A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running...
• esper7n. A person who practices the development of psychic ability.
• essay8n. A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue...
• esses5n. A sequence of winding turns.
• ester5n. A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an...
• estop7v. To impede or bar by estoppel.
• estre5n. The indoor layout or plan of a castle.
• ethos8n. The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or...
• eurus5n. The east wind.
• evens8n. Odds of 1:1; even money.
• evils8n. Synonym of evil eye (“dirty look”).
• exist12v. To be; have existence; have being or reality.
• exits12n. Income, returns, revenue.

F

• fairs8interj. Fair enough; fair's fair.
• falls8n. A waterfall.
• false8adj. Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
• farse8n. A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.
• fasel8v. To unravel or become frayed.
• fashy14adj. Espousing, characteristic of, or relating to fascism.
• fasti8n. The calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc....
• feast8n. A holiday, festival, especially a religious one.
• feces10n. Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from...
• feels8n. Feelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment.
• feist8n. A small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog; a feist dog.
• festa8n. A public holiday or feast day in Italy, Portugal, etc.
• festy11adj. Disgusting.
• fetus8n. An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
• ficus10n. Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of...
• fines8n. Fine particles, whether or not airborne.
• finis8n. Of a book or other work: the end.
• finos8n. Second-best wool from Merino sheep.
• firms10n. The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken...
• first8adj. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
• fishy14adj. Of, from, or similar to fish.
• fisty11adj. Involving the fists; pugilistic.
• fives11n. A ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall.
• flaps10n. A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks...
• flash11v. To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
• flask12n. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as...
• flesh11n. The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
• flies8n. The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.
• flops10n. Flop per second; floating-point operation per second.
• floss8n. A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
• flues8n. Bits of down.
• flush11n. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees...
• focus10n. A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
• foist8v. To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
• folks12n. The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents.
• fomes10n. Morbid matter created by a disease.
• fonds9n. The entire collection of the records originating from the same creator...
• foose8n. The houseleek.
• foots8n. The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or...
• fossa8n. A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
• fosse8n. A ditch or moat.
• fours8n. A pair of fours.
• fouse8v. To tumble, disarrange, rumple.
• frass8n. The droppings or excrement of insect larvae.
• fresh11adj. Newly produced or obtained; recent.
• fress8v. To eat without restraint; eat heartily.
• frisk12n. A little playful skip or leap; a brisk and lively movement.
• frist8n. Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid)...
• frons8n. In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the...
• frosh11n. A frog.
• frost8n. A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air....
• frush11v. To straighten up (the feathers on an arrow).
• fucus10n. Any alga of the genus Fucus.
• funds9n. Financial resources.
• fused9adj. Joined together by fusing.
• fusee8n. Synonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.
• fuser8n. The part of a laser printer that melts the toner onto the medium.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words with S are there?

Word.ws lists 2,002 five-letter words with S, plus 930 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words with S?

first, years, still, state, since, house, start and times.

Which of the five-letter words with S has the highest letter score?

swizz scores 26 points with the standard letter tile values.

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