Browse 6-Letter Words by Starting Letter

Most Common 6-Letter Words Starting With S

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

All 1,801 6-Letter Words Starting With S (A–Z)

The words come from the ENABLE word list (15,232 six-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 (195)

Starting with SC (127)

Starting with SE (172)

Starting with SH (185)

Starting with SI (114)

Starting with SK (51)

Starting with SL (89)

Starting with SM (45)

Starting with SN (61)

Starting with SO (125)

Starting with SP (170)

Starting with SQ (21)

Starting with SR (1)

Starting with ST (242)

Starting with SU (114)

Starting with SV (2)

Starting with SW (59)

Starting with SY (28)

About 6-Letter Words Starting With S

1,801
Total words
689
No repeated letters
1 pt
Scrabble value of S

There are 1,801 six-letter words that start with S. The words come from the ENABLE word list (15,232 six-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 T (242), A (195), H (185), E (172) and P (170). The biggest groups are words beginning with ST-, SA- and SH-, 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 SUFFIX (19 points), SQUASH (18 points), SLEAZY (18 points), SPHINX (18 points), SEIZED (16 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 1,801 six-letter words that start with S in our list (based on the ENABLE word list). The most common are SHOULD, SCHOOL, SECOND, SYSTEM, STATES, SEASON, SOCIAL, SINGLE.
With standard Scrabble tile values: SUFFIX (19), SQUASH (18), SLEAZY (18), SPHINX (18), SEIZED (16). Bonus squares on the board can increase these scores.
689 of the 1,801 words use 6 different letters.