6-Letter Words Starting with S: page 2

All 1,109 six-letter words that start with S: page 2 of 3

SH

• shmita11n. A sabbatical year.
• shochu14n. A Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley...
• shocky18adj. In a state of shock; suffering from shock.
• shodan10n. The lowest black belt rank in Japanese martial arts.
• shoddy14adj. Of poor quality or construction.
• shofar12n. A ram’s-horn trumpet, used for Jewish ritual purposes.
• shogun10n. The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
• shomer11n. A male who watches over the body of a deceased person in the ritual of...
• shonen9n. A style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male...
• shonky16adj. Of poor or dubious quality, shoddy, unreliable; deviously dishonest...
• shoosh12interj. A whooshing noise.
• shoots9adj. Alright; ok; of course.
• shooty12adj. Involving the shooting of weapons.
• shoppe13n. A fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to...
• shored10adj. Having a shore, often one of a specified type.
• shorts9n. A garment worn over the pelvic area ending above the knees, not...
• shorty12n. A term of endearment for a child, younger sibling, shorter person, etc.
• shotta9n. An armed gangster.
• shotty12n. A gauzeless pipe for smoking cannabis, more like a Vietnamese Duc Lau...
• should10v. Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force...
• shouse9n. An outhouse; an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
• shouty12adj. Characterized by shouting; prone to shouting.
• shovel12n. A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as...
• shower12n. A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of...
• shrank13n. A large highly decorative German/Dutch-style piece of furniture, which...
• shreds10n. A state of great damage.
• shrewd13adj. Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
• shriek13n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or...
• shrift12n. The act of going to or hearing a religious confession.
• shrike13n. Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known...
• shrill9adj. High-pitched and piercing.
• shrimp13n. Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the...
• shrine9n. A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero...
• shrink13v. To cause to become smaller.
• shrive12v. To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.).
• shroff15n. A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent...
• shroom11n. A magic mushroom: a hallucinogenic fungus.
• shroud10n. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
• shrove12v. To join in the festivities of Shrovetide.
• shrunk13adj. Shrunken.
• shruti9n. The smallest interval of pitch that can be detected or produced.
• shtetl9n. A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe.
• shtick15n. A generally humorous routine.
• shucks15interj. Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment.
• shunga10n. A style of Japanese erotic art.
• shutup11n. A steep canyon in the Solitario region of Texas in the United States.
• shying13n. The act of one who shies or turns aside in fear.

SI

• sialic8adj. Of or pertaining to saliva.
• sichel11n. A fish, the ziege (Pelecus cultratus).
• sicken12v. To make ill.
• sicker12adj. Certain.
• sickie12n. A day, or time, off work due to (supposed) illness.
• sickle12n. An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for...
• sickly15adj. Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.
• sicula8n. The hard, triangular apex of a graptolite from which it grows.
• siddha11n. One who has achieved a high degree of physical and spiritual...
• siddhi11n. Spiritual power or psychic ability.
• siddur8n. A prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.
• siding8n. A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or...
• sieger7n. A besieger.
• sienna6n. A form of clay containing iron and manganese.
• sierra6n. A rugged range of mountains.
• siesta6n. A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the...
• sieved10adj. Passed through a sieve.
• siever9n. One who sieves.
• sifaka13n. Any of several endangered medium-sized lemurs that comprise genus...
• sifted10adj. Having undergone sifting.
• sifter9n. A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.
• siglos7n. A silver coin of Achaemenid Persia worth one twentieth of a daric and...
• signal7n. A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication...
• signed8adj. Having a signature; endorsed.
• signee7n. One who is signed (signed up, enlisted) by someone else; thus, one who...
• signer7n. One who signs their name (applies their signature to something).
• signet7n. An object (especially a ring) formerly used to impress a picture into...
• signum9n. A sign, mark, or symbol.
• silage7n. Fermented green forage fodder stored in an airtight silo or clamp.
• silane6n. Any of a group of silicon hydrides that are analogous to alkanes (the...
• silene6n. A molecule containing a silicon atom which forms a double bond.
• silent6adj. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
• silica8n. Silicon dioxide.
• silken10adj. Made of silk.
• silkie10n. A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers...
• sillon6n. A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.
• siloed7adj. Pertaining to silos.
• silvan9n. Tellurium.
• silver9n. A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight...
• simcha13n. Joy.
• simian8adj. Of or pertaining to apes and monkeys.
• simile8n. A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to...
• simkin12n. Champagne.
• simmer10v. To cook or undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.
• simnel8n. Synonym of simnel cake.
• simony11n. The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as...
• simoom10n. A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind of the desert, particularly of...
• simper10v. To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or...
• simple10adj. Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
• simply13adv. In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition...
• simran8n. The continuous remembrance of the finest aspect of the self, or of God...
• simsim10n. Synonym of sesame.
• sinewy12adj. Tough; having strong sinews.
• sinful9adj. Having sinned; guilty of sin.
• singer7n. A person who sings, often professionally.
• single7adj. Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
• singly10adv. In a single or unaccompanied manner; without a companion.
• sinker10n. That which sinks or descends.
• sinner6n. A person who, by one particular action, has sinned.
• sinter6n. An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring.
• sipahi11n. An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
• siphon11n. A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which...
• sipper10n. One who sips.
• sipple10v. To drink by taking frequent sips.
• sirdar7n. A high-ranking person in India and other areas of west-central Asia; a...
• sirene6n. A slightly crumbly brined cheese made of cow, sheep, or goatmilk...
• siring7n. An act of procreation, especially between animals.
• sirrah9n. A term of address to an inferior male or more commonly a child. A...
• siskin10n. A small green and yellow European finch, Carduelis spinus spinus or...
• sister6n. A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
• sitcom10n. Syllabic abbreviation of situation comedy.
• siting7n. The act of finding a site for something.
• sitrep8n. A situation report: a periodic report on the current military situation.
• sitten6adj. Seated.
• sitter6n. Someone who sits, e.g. for a portrait.
• sizing16n. A gelatinous glue for glazing or sizing canvas, paper, plaster or wood...
• sizzle24v. To make the sound of water boiling on a hot surface.

SK

• skanky17adj. Dirty; smutty or scabby.
• skater10n. A person who skates.
• skeeve13v. To disgust or disturb.
• skeevy16adj. Disgusting or distasteful.
• skeezy22adj. Despicable, tasteless.
• skelly13v. To squint.
• skerry13n. A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or...
• sketch15v. To make a brief, basic drawing.
• skewed14adj. Twisted at an angle.
• skewer13n. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during...
• skiddy15adj. Likely to skid, or cause skidding.
• skidoo11v. To depart, especially to depart quickly.
• skiing11n. A group of sports using skis as primary equipment.
• skimpy17adj. Small or inadequate; not generous; diminutive.
• skinny13adj. Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin...
• skippy17adj. Characterized by skipping movements.
• skitch15v. To hitch a ride by holding on to a motor vehicle while riding on a...
• skitty13adj. Skittish.
• skiver13n. A slacker.
• skivvy19n. A female domestic servant, especially one employed for menial work.
• skopos12n. The function of a written or spoken text, especially in the context of...
• skully13n. A street game in which players attempt to flick caps into a series of...
• skunky17adj. Mean, contemptible.
• skutch15n. A pest; an annoying person or thing; a bother.
• skybox22n. A seating area for VIPs in a stadium.
• skycam17n. A camera mounted or flying in the sky, taking aerial pictures or video...
• skycap17n. A porter at an airport.
• skylab15n. An outer space laboratory.
• skylit13adj. Receiving all or most light from the sky.
• skyway19n. An aeroplane route.

SL

• slabby13adj. Of a liquid: thick; viscous.
• slacks12n. Semi-formal trousers which are less formal than those that are part of...
• slaggy11adj. Resembling or containing slag.
• slaked11adj. Allayed; quenched; extinguished.
• slalom8n. The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates.
• slangy10adj. Including or given to slang.
• slanty9adj. Slanted.
• slappy13adj. Resembling a slap, especially of sound.
• slashy12adj. Involving lots of cutting with blades, or swordwork.
• slated7adj. Scheduled.
• slaten6adj. Made of slate.
• slater6n. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
• slaver9v. To drool saliva from the mouth; to slobber.
• slavey12n. A male servant.
• slayer9n. A killer; a murderer; someone who slays.
• sleave9v. To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.
• sleaze15n. Low moral standards.
• sleazy18adj. Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
• sledge8n. A sledgehammer.
• sleepy11adj. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
• sleety9adj. Covered in sleet; full of sleet.
• sleeve9n. The part of a garment that covers the arm.
• sleigh10n. A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice...
• sleuth9n. A detective.
• slewed10adj. Somewhat drunk; tipsy.
• sliced9adj. That has been cut into slices.
• slicer8n. Someone or something that slices.
• slider7n. A potentiometer with a linearly sliding control.
• slidey10adj. Tending to slide or cause sliding; slippery.
• slight10adj. Minor; small in amount.
• slimer8n. A worker who guts fish.
• slinky13adj. Furtive, stealthy or catlike.
• slippy13adj. Slippery.
• slithy12adj. Lithe and slimy or slithery.
• sliver9n. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
• slobby13adj. Slobbish.
• slogan7n. A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people (such as a movement...
• sloped9adj. That has or have a slope.
• sloper8n. Something which angles or slopes, as distinguished from one that is...
• sloppy13adj. Composed of or covered in slop; very wet.
• sloshy12adj. That sloshes or splashes.
• slouch11n. A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance.
• slough10n. The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
• sloven9n. A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of...
• slower9n. That which slows.
• slowly12adv. At a slow pace.
• sludge8n. Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
• sludgy11adj. Characteristic of sludge; slimy or mucky.
• sluggy11adj. Resembling or characteristic of a slug (gastropod mollusk).
• sluice8n. An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for...
• slummy13adj. Like a slum; run-down, dirty, decrepit.
• slurpy11adj. Sloppy; sounding or feeling like the slurping of liquid.
• slurry9n. Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
• slushy12adj. Covered in slush.

SM

• smalls8n. Underwear.
• smally11adv. In a small way.
• smarmy13adj. Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
• smarts8n. Intelligence; smartness.
• smarty11n. An obnoxiously clever or quick-witted person.
• smeary11adj. Having or showing smears.
• smeeth11v. To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot.
• smegma11n. A whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and...
• smelly11adj. Having a bad smell.
• smidge10n. Synonym of smidgen.
• smilax15n. Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers; usually vines.
• smiler8n. Someone who smiles.
• smiley11adj. Cheerful and happy; smiling.
• smirch13n. A chirp of radiation power from an astronomical body that has a smeared...
• smirky15adj. Smirking, or as if smirking.
• smiter8n. One who smites.
• smithy14n. The location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works; a forge.
• smoggy13adj. Having smog.
• smoked13adj. Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of...
• smoken12v. To make or become smoked or smoky.
• smoker12n. A person who smokes tobacco habitually.
• smokey15n. A state trooper.
• smokie12n. A type of smoked sausage, often used for hot dogs.
• smooch13n. A kiss, especially that which is on the cheek.
• smooth11adj. Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
• smudge10n. A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
• smudgy13adj. Marked with smudges.
• smugly12adv. In a self-satisfied manner.
• smurfy14adj. Short and blue.
• smutty11adj. Soiled with smut; blackened, dirty.

SN

• snacky15adj. Resembling or characteristic of a snack; suitable as a snack.
• snakes10interj. Synonym of snakes alive (“an expression of surprise”).
• snappy13adj. Rapid and without delay.
• snarky13adj. Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
• snarly9adj. Given to snarling or growling.
• snatch11v. To grasp and remove quickly.
• snazzy27adj. Appealing or stylish in appearance or manner; classy, flashy.
• sneaky13adj. Elusive; difficult to capture or observe due to constantly outwitting...
• sneeze15v. To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
• sneezy18adj. Prone to sneeze with little (if any) nasal agitation.
• snidey10adj. Snide.
• sniffy15adj. Disdainful; haughty.
• sniper8n. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a...
• snippy13adj. Fragmentary; snipped.
• snitch11v. To inform on someone, especially in betrayal of others.
• snivel9v. To breathe heavily through the nose while it is congested with nasal...
• snobby13adj. Characteristic of a snob.
• snoopy11adj. Given to snooping.
• snooty9adj. Haughty, pompous, snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose.
• snooze15v. To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.
• snoozy18adj. Sleep-inducing; tedious.
• snopes8v. To check (information) on the Web site snopes.com for accuracy.
• snorer6n. A person who snores (or is snoring).
• snotty9adj. Running or dirtied with mucus.
• snuffy15adj. Soiled with snuff.
• snugly10adv. Tightly; with limited space to move; in a snug manner.

SO

• soaked11adj. Drenched with water, or other liquid.
• soaker10n. One who, or that which, soaks.
• soaper8n. A soapmaker.
• soapie8n. A soap opera.
• soarer6n. One who soars.
• socage9n. In the Middle Ages (and chiefly but not exclusively medieval England)...
• soccer10n. Association football.
• social8adj. Being extroverted or outgoing.
• socius8n. Any of the autonomous tribes and city states of the Italian Peninsula...
• socked13adj. Wearing a sock or socks.
• socker12n. Dated spelling of soccer.
• socket12n. An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to...
• sodden8adj. Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.
• sodium9n. The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic...
• sodomy12n. Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural...
• soever9adv. In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how...
• soffit12n. The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase...
• soften9v. To make something soft or softer.
• softie9n. Synonym of soft girl.
• softly12adv. In a soft manner; gently.
• soiled7adj. Dirty, defiled, stained.
• soiree6n. A formal evening party.
• solace8n. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
• solano6n. A certain east wind of the Mediterranean.
• soldan7n. The ruler of a major Muslim state in the Middle Ages, especially the...
• solder7n. Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are...
• soleil6n. Sun.
• solely9adv. Alone; exclusively.
• solemn8adj. Of or pertaining to religious ceremonies and rites; (generally)...
• solera6n. A method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines...
• soleus6n. A broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the...
• solute6adj. Free; liberal; loose.
• solved10adj. Having a solution, having been explained or answered.
• solver9n. One who or that which solves.
• sombre10adj. Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.
• somite8n. One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the...
• sommer10interj. Just because; answer to questions (especially "why" questions) that you...
• somner8n. A summoner; especially, one who summons to an ecclesiastical court.
• somoni8n. The official currency of Tajikistan, equal to 100 dirams.
• sonata6n. A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is...
• sonate6v. To make a sound.
• sonder7n. The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers...
• sonics8n. The science and technology of sound.
• sonnet6n. A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that...
• sontag7n. A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.
• sooner6adv. Rather.
• soorma8n. A preparation of antimony with which Muslim men historically anointed...
• soothe9v. To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet...
• sorbet8n. Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert...
• sorbic10adj. Of, or relating to the rowan tree (the sorb).
• sorbus8n. Any plant of the genus Sorbus.
• sordid8adj. Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
• sorely9adv. In a sore or desperate manner.
• soring7n. The practice of making it painful for a horse's feet to touch the...
• sorrel6n. Any of various plants with acidic leaves of the genus Rumex, especially.
• sorrow9n. Unhappiness, woe.
• sorted7adj. Put into some order by sorting.
• sorter6n. A person employed to sort.
• sortes6n. Divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a...
• sortie6n. An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
• souled7adj. Furnished with a soul.
• souped9adj. Excited.
• souper8n. Someone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to...
• source8n. The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods...
• soured7adj. That has become or been made sour.
• sourer6n. That which makes something sour.
• sourly9adv. In a sour manner.
• soused7adj. Inebriated, drunk.
• souter6n. A shoemaker or cobbler.
• soviet9n. A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian...
• sowing10n. The act or process by which something is sown.

SP

• spaced11adj. Formatted so that there is a space separating two or more words.
• spacer10n. An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads...
• spader9n. One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
• spades9n. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
• spadix16n. A fleshy spike (inflorescence) with reduced flowers, usually enclosed...
• spammy15adj. Resembling or characteristic of spam (the meat product).
• spanky15adj. Brand spanking new.
• sparer8n. One who or that which spares.
• sparge9v. To sprinkle or spray.
• sparks12n. An electrician, specifically, the radio operator on a ship of the...
• sparky15adj. Lively and animated.
• sparse8adj. Having widely spaced intervals.
• spatha11n. A type of straight sword originating from the first-century Roman...
• spathe11n. A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence...
• spazzy29adj. Clumsy, inept.
• speccy15n. Synonym of spectacular mark.
• specie10n. Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
• specky17adj. Resembling a speck, minuscule.
• speech13n. The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate...
• speedo9n. A speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile.
• speedy12adj. Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid.
• spence10n. A buttery or pantry.
• spendy12adj. Expensive, costly.
• spenny11adj. Expensive.
• sphere11n. A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from...
• sphinx18n. A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal...
• spiced11adj. Having spice added, spicy.
• spicer10n. One who seasons with spice.
• spider9n. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order...
• spidey12n. A spider.
• spiffy17adj. Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other...
• spigot9n. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
• spiked13adj. Containing alcohol or drugs, often without the knowledge of those who...
• spiker12n. One who spikes.
• spikes12n. A pair of athletic shoes equipped with spikes on the sole and heel for...
• spinal8adj. Of or relating to the spine.
• spined9adj. Having spines, spiny.
• spinel8n. Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of...
• spinet8n. A short, compact harpsichord or piano.
• spinny11adj. Associated with spinning; moving with a spinning motion.
• spinor8n. An element of the fundamental representation of a Clifford algebra that...
• spiral8n. A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point...
• spirea8n. Any of the many flowering shrubs of the genus Spiraea, that have...
• spired9adj. Having a spire.
• spirit8n. The soul of a person or other creature.
• spital8n. A charitable house to receive and care for sick people, later...
• spitty11adj. Characterised by spitting.
• splain8v. Apheretic form of explain.
• splash11n. The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
• spleen8n. In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in...
• splice10n. A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
• spliff14n. A cannabis cigarette.
• spline8n. A long, thin piece of metal or wood.
• splint8n. A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
• splish11n. A light splashing sound.
• splits8n. A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and...
• splosh11v. To splash with a heavy splashing sound.
• splunk12interj. The sound of something heavy landing in a liquid.
• spoils8n. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder...
• spoilt8adj. Having lost its original value.
• spoked13adj. Having spokes.
• spoken12adj. Expressed in speech.
• spolia8n. Old objects, artifacts, and/or sculptural elements reused in a later...
• sponge9n. Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a...
• spongy12adj. Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy...

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