Discover a variety of five-letter words starting with “S” that can enhance your vocabulary and assist in word games.
- Safer- more secure or free from danger.
- Sally- to set out on a journey or to rush forward suddenly.
- Sauce- a liquid or semi-solid substance served with food to add moistness and flavor.
- Scale- a set of numbers, amount, or size; or the instrument for weighing.
- Scare- to cause fear or alarm.
- Scrap- a small piece or amount of something, especially metal.
- Seize- to take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
- Serve- to perform duties or services for another person or an organization.
- Setup- the arrangement or organization of something.
- Shade- slight darkness caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun.
- Shine- to emit light or to be bright.
- Shall- expressing a strong assertion or intention.
- Shear- to cut the wool off a sheep or other animal.
- Shelf- a flat horizontal surface for storing or displaying items.
- Shirk- to avoid or neglect a duty or responsibility.
- Shirt- a garment worn on the upper body, typically with sleeves and a collar.
- Shoal- a large number of fish swimming together; shallow stretch of water.
- Shoot- to fire a weapon or to grow rapidly upwards.
- Short- measuring a small distance from end to end.
- Shout- to yell or scream loudly.
- Shown- past participle of “show.”
- Shove- to push someone or something roughly.
- Shrew- a small mole-like mammal; also a term for a bad-tempered person.
- Shrub- a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches.
- Shunt- to push or shove something.
- Since- from a particular time in the past until now.
- Siren- a device that makes a loud prolonged sound as a signal or warning.
- Skate- footwear that one wears to glide over ice or a smooth surface.
- Skill- the ability to do something well.
- Skimp- to spend less time, money, or material on something than is necessary.
- Skirt- a woman’s outer garment that hangs from the waist.
- Skull- the bone structure forming the head; encloses the brain.
- Slash- to cut with a sweeping movement; a sweeping cut.
- Slate- fine-grained gray, green, or bluish metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat pieces.
- Sleek- smooth and glossy; having an elegant streamlined appearance.
- Sleep- a natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body.
- Sleet- form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow.
- Slice- to cut into thin, broad pieces.
- Slide- to move smoothly along a surface.
- Slink- to move smoothly and quietly, especially in a manner that seems not to attract attention.
- Slump- a noticeable deterioration or decline.
- Smack- a sharp slap or blow, typically given with the palm of the hand.
- Small- of a size that is less than normal or usual.
- Smart- having or showing a quick-witted intelligence.
- Smear- to coat or mark something messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.
- Smell- to perceive or detect the odor or scent of something.
- Smile- to form one’s features into a pleased, kind, or amused expression.
- Smite- to strike with a firm blow.
- Smoke- the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance.
- Snack- a small amount of food eaten between meals.
- Snake- a long limbless reptile.
- Snare- a trap or situation intended to catch someone or something.
- Snarl- to make an aggressive growl with bared teeth.
- Sneak- to move or go stealthily or furtively.
- Sneer- a contemptuous or mocking smile, remark, or tone.
- Sniff- to draw in air audibly through the nose.
- Snipe- to shoot at someone from a concealed position.
- Snore- to breathe noisily during one’s sleep.
- Snout- the projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal.
- Snowy- covered with or characterized by snow.
- Snuck- past and past participle of “sneak.”
- Snuff- to extinguish a small flame.
- Soapy- covered or saturated with, or resembling soap.
- Sober- not affected by alcohol; serious.
- Softy- a person who is sentimentally soft or gentle.
- Solar- relating to or determined by the sun.
- Solid- firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.
- Solve- to find an answer to, explanation for, or way of dealing with a problem.
- Sonar- a system for detecting objects under water.
- Sorry- feeling regret or penitence.
- Sound- vibrations that travel through the air or another medium.
- Spade- a tool for digging, having a typically narrow blade.
- Spank- to slap with one’s open hand or a flat object, especially on the buttocks.
- Spasm- a sudden, involuntary muscular contraction or convulsive movement.
- Spawn- to produce or give birth to.
- Speak- to say words in order to convey information, an opinion, or feel.
- Spear- a weapon with a pointed tip, typically made of metal or wood.
- Spell- to name or write in order the letters constituting a word.
- Spend- to pay out money as a cost of something.
- Spent- exhausted; used up.
- Spice- an aromatic or pungent vegetable substance used for flavoring food.
- Spicy- flavored with or containing strong spices.
- Spill- to let liquid flow accidentally from a container.
- Spine- the flexible vertebral column of vertebrates.
- Spite- a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone.
- Splat- a sound of something wet striking a surface.
- Split- to break or cause to break forcibly into parts.
- Spoil- to diminish or destroy the value or quality of.
- Spoke- past tense of “speak”; one of the series of rods or spokes connecting the hub of a wheel to the rim.
- Spoon- an implement with a shallow bowl and a handle, used for preparing, serving, or eating food.
- Sport- an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which individuals or teams compete against each other.
- Spout- to send out a stream of liquid forcibly.
- Spray- to scatter or release liquid in droplets.
- Spree- a lively or wild outburst of activity.
- Spurn- to reject with disdain or contempt.
- Spurt- to gush out in a sudden and forceful stream.
- Squib- a small firework that burns with a hissing sound before exploding.
- Stack- to arrange in a pile.
- Stain- to mark or discolor with something that is not easily removed.
- Stalk- to follow or approach stealthily.