4 Letter Words Starting with S

Common four-letter words that start with S

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• some 6/7 (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
• said 5/5 being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
• sure 4/5 having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty
• stop 6/7 come to a halt, stop moving
• stay 7/6 stay the same
• show 10/9 give an exhibition of to an interested audience
• same 6/7 same in identity
• seen 4/5
• says 7/6 (form of say) express in words
• such 9/10 of so extreme a degree or extent
• shut 7/7 move so that an opening or passage is obstructed
• soon 4/5 in the near future
• shot 7/6 the act of firing a projectile
• side 5/5 a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
• send 5/6 cause to go somewhere
• sick 10/11 affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
• save 7/8 save from ruin, destruction, or harm
• sort 4/4 a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
• safe 7/7 free from danger or the risk of harm
• seem 6/7 give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
• sent 4/5 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
• sign 5/7 a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
• step 6/7 any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
• ship 9/9 a vessel that carries passengers or freight
• sing 5/7 deliver by singing
• song 5/7 a short musical composition with words
• sell 4/6 exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
• star 4/4 (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
• seat 4/4 a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
• soul 4/6 the immaterial part of a person
• slow 7/8 lose velocity
• suit 4/5 be agreeable or acceptable to
• sake 8/8 a reason for wanting something done
• spot 6/7 a point located with respect to surface features of some region
• shop 9/9 a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
• sold 5/6 disposed of to a purchaser
• size 13/13 the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
• skin 8/9 a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
• sees 4/4 (form of see) perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
• soft 7/7 yielding readily to pressure or weight
• swim 9/10 travel through water
• snow 7/8 precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
• shoe 7/6 footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of…
• slip 6/8 move stealthily
• sale 4/5 a particular instance of selling
• soup 6/8 liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
• skip 10/11 bypass
• sand 5/6 a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
• soda 5/5 a sodium salt of carbonic acid
• salt 4/5 a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

All 346 four-letter words that start with S

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points.