Browse 4-Letter Words by Starting Letter

Most Common 4-Letter Words Starting With S

The most frequently used words in everyday English, most common first.

All 353 4-Letter Words Starting With S (A–Z)

The words come from the ENABLE word list (3,903 four-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

Starting with SA (42)

Starting with SC (15)

Starting with SE (39)

Starting with SH (28)

Starting with SI (33)

Starting with SK (14)

Starting with SL (25)

Starting with SM (5)

Starting with SN (14)

Starting with SO (46)

Starting with SP (21)

Starting with SR (1)

Starting with ST (21)

Starting with SU (29)

Starting with SW (13)

Starting with SY (7)

About 4-Letter Words Starting With S

353
Total words
277
No repeated letters
1 pt
Scrabble value of S

There are 353 four-letter words that start with S. The words come from the ENABLE word list (3,903 four-letter words), the open dictionary that many word games, including Words With Friends, are based on. Official Scrabble dictionaries accept nearly all of them but can differ slightly.

The letters that most often follow S are O (46), A (42), E (39), I (33) and U (29). The biggest groups are words beginning with SO-, SA- and SE-, so if you know the second letter you can jump straight to that group in the list above.

Highest-Scoring Words for Scrabble and Words With Friends

Using standard Scrabble tile values (before bonus squares), the highest-scoring well-known words here are SIZE (13 points), SKEW (11 points), SHOW (10 points), SICK (10 points), SKIP (10 points). S itself is worth 1 point. To search by the exact tiles on your rack, use the word finder or the anagram solver.

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There are 353 four-letter words that start with S in our list (based on the ENABLE word list). The most common are SOME, SAID, SUCH, SAME, SHOW, SURE, SEEN, STOP.
With standard Scrabble tile values: SIZE (13), SKEW (11), SHOW (10), SICK (10), SKIP (10). Bonus squares on the board can increase these scores.
277 of the 353 words use 4 different letters.