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Words with S

There are 103,719 words that contain the letter S in our word list. The most common are IS, THIS and WAS. The highest-scoring in Scrabble is RAZZAMATAZZES (51 points).

Words
103,719
Top Scrabble word
RAZZAMATAZZES, 51 pts
Top Words With Friends word
CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES, 53 pts
Lengths
2 to 28 letters
Filters: starts with, ends with, length, leave out

Common words that contain the letter S

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

The 1,000 most common of 103,719 words that contain the letter S

Numbers are Scrabble points, then Words With Friends points. Use the search box above to filter the full list.

2-letter words 4

  • as2/2
  • is2/2
  • so2/2
  • us2/3

3-letter words 30

  • ask7/7
  • bus5/7
  • cos5/6
  • gas4/5
  • has6/5
  • his6/5
  • its3/3
  • las3/4
  • sad4/4
  • sat3/3
  • saw6/6
  • say6/5
  • sea3/3
  • sec5/6
  • see3/3
  • set3/3
  • she6/5
  • shh9/7
  • shy9/7
  • sir3/3
  • sit3/3
  • six10/10
  • sky10/9
  • son3/4
  • spy8/8
  • sue3/4
  • sun3/5
  • use3/4
  • was6/6
  • yes6/5

4-letter words 153

  • also4/5
  • arms6/7
  • asks8/8
  • bags7/9
  • bars6/7
  • base6/7
  • best6/7
  • boss6/7
  • boys9/9
  • bust6/8
  • busy9/10
  • cars6/7
  • case6/7
  • cash9/9
  • cast6/7
  • cats6/7
  • cops8/10
  • cost6/7
  • days8/7
  • desk9/9
  • dies5/5
  • does5/5
  • dogs6/7
  • dust5/6
  • ears4/4
  • ease4/4
  • east4/4
  • easy7/6
  • eggs6/8
  • else4/5
  • ends5/6
  • eyes7/6
  • fast7/7
  • fish10/9
  • gets5/6
  • gods6/7
  • goes5/6
  • gosh8/8
  • guns5/8
  • guts5/7
  • guys8/9
  • hits7/6
  • jess11/13
  • jobs13/16
  • josh14/15
  • just11/14
  • keys11/10
  • kids9/9
  • kiss8/8
  • last4/5
  • laws7/8
  • legs5/7
  • less4/5
  • lets4/5
  • lies4/5
  • lips6/8
  • list4/5
  • lose4/5
  • loss4/5
  • lost4/5
  • lots4/5
  • mask10/11
  • mass6/7
  • mess6/7
  • miss6/7
  • most6/7
  • must6/8
  • news7/8
  • nose4/5
  • nuts4/6
  • odds6/6
  • ones4/5
  • ours4/5
  • owns7/8
  • pass6/7
  • past6/7
  • piss6/7
  • plus6/9
  • post6/7
  • push9/10
  • puts6/8
  • rats4/4
  • rest4/4
  • rise4/4
  • risk8/8
  • rose4/4
  • runs4/6
  • rush7/7
  • safe7/7
  • said5/5
  • sake8/8
  • sale4/5
  • salt4/5
  • same6/7
  • sand5/6
  • save7/8
  • says7/6
  • seat4/4
  • seek8/8
  • seem6/7
  • seen4/5
  • sees4/4
  • sell4/6
  • send5/6
  • sent4/5
  • ship9/9
  • shoe7/6
  • shop9/9
  • shot7/6
  • show10/9
  • shut7/7
  • sick10/11
  • side5/5
  • sign5/7
  • sing5/7
  • sink8/9
  • site4/4
  • size13/13
  • skin8/9
  • skip10/11
  • slip6/8
  • slow7/8
  • snap6/8
  • snow7/8
  • soda5/5
  • soft7/7
  • sold5/6
  • some6/7
  • song5/7
  • sons4/5
  • soon4/5
  • sort4/4
  • soul4/6
  • soup6/8
  • spit6/7
  • spot6/7
  • star4/4
  • stay7/6
  • step6/7
  • stop6/7
  • such9/10
  • suit4/5
  • sure4/5
  • swim9/10
  • test4/4
  • this7/6
  • used5/6
  • wash10/9
  • ways10/9
  • west7/7
  • wins7/8
  • wise7/7
  • wish10/9

5-letter words 254

  • aside6/6
  • asked10/10
  • balls7/10
  • based8/9
  • beast7/8
  • bills7/10
  • birds8/9
  • bless7/9
  • bones7/9
  • books11/12
  • boots7/8
  • bucks13/16
  • burns7/10
  • calls7/10
  • cards8/9
  • cares7/8
  • cases7/8
  • cause7/9
  • cents7/9
  • chase10/10
  • chest10/10
  • chose10/10
  • class7/9
  • close7/9
  • coast7/8
  • comes9/11
  • crash10/10
  • cross7/8
  • crush10/11
  • curse7/9
  • dates6/6
  • doors6/6
  • dress6/6
  • drugs7/9
  • exist12/12
  • faces10/11
  • facts10/11
  • falls8/10
  • false8/9
  • feels8/9
  • files8/9
  • finds9/10
  • first8/8
  • flesh11/11
  • focus10/12
  • folks12/13
  • fresh11/10
  • games8/10
  • ghost9/9
  • girls6/8
  • gives9/11
  • glass6/8
  • grass6/7
  • guess6/8
  • guest6/8
  • hands9/9
  • hates8/7
  • heads9/8
  • helps10/11
  • hills8/9
  • horse8/7
  • hours8/8
  • house8/8
  • hurts8/8
  • ideas6/6
  • issue5/6
  • jesse12/14
  • jokes16/18
  • jones12/15
  • keeps11/12
  • kills9/11
  • kinds10/11
  • knees9/10
  • knows12/13
  • leads6/7
  • least5/6
  • lewis8/9
  • likes9/10
  • lines5/7
  • lives8/10
  • looks9/10
  • loose5/6
  • loser5/6
  • louis5/7
  • lousy8/9
  • loves8/10
  • makes11/12
  • marks11/12
  • means7/9
  • miles7/9
  • minds8/10
  • mouse7/9
  • moves10/12
  • music9/12
  • names7/9
  • nasty8/8
  • needs6/7
  • noise5/6
  • notes5/6
  • nurse5/7
  • opens7/9
  • pants7/9
  • paris7/8
  • parts7/8
  • pills7/10
  • plans7/10
  • plays10/11
  • press7/8
  • pulse7/10
  • purse7/9
  • raise5/5
  • rings6/8
  • rocks11/12
  • rooms7/8
  • rules5/7
  • saint5/6
  • salad6/7
  • sally8/9
  • sandy9/9
  • saved9/10
  • scare7/8
  • scary10/10
  • scene7/9
  • score7/8
  • screw10/11
  • seats5/5
  • seems7/8
  • sense5/6
  • serve8/9
  • seven8/10
  • shake12/11
  • shall8/9
  • shame10/10
  • shape10/10
  • share8/7
  • sharp10/10
  • shift11/10
  • shine8/8
  • ships10/10
  • shirt8/7
  • shock14/14
  • shoes8/7
  • shoot8/7
  • shore8/7
  • short8/7
  • shots8/7
  • shout8/8
  • shows11/10
  • sight9/9
  • signs6/8
  • silly8/9
  • since7/9
  • slave8/10
  • sleep7/9
  • slept7/9
  • slide6/7
  • small7/10
  • smart7/8
  • smell7/10
  • smile7/9
  • smith10/10
  • smoke11/12
  • snake9/10
  • sneak9/10
  • socks11/12
  • solid6/7
  • solve8/10
  • songs6/8
  • sonny8/9
  • sorry8/7
  • sound6/8
  • south8/8
  • space9/11
  • spare7/8
  • speak11/12
  • speed8/9
  • spell7/10
  • spend8/10
  • spent7/9
  • split7/9
  • spoke11/12
  • sport7/8
  • squad15/16
  • staff11/11
  • stage6/7
  • stake9/9
  • stand6/7
  • stars5/5
  • start5/5
  • state5/5
  • stays8/7
  • steal5/6
  • steel5/6
  • steps7/8
  • stick11/12
  • still5/7
  • stock11/12
  • stole5/6
  • stone5/6
  • stood6/6
  • stops7/8
  • store5/5
  • storm7/8
  • story8/7
  • stuck11/13
  • study9/9
  • stuff11/12
  • style8/8
  • sugar6/8
  • suite5/6
  • suits5/6
  • super7/9
  • swear8/8
  • sweat8/8
  • sweet8/8
  • swell8/10
  • swing9/11
  • sword9/9
  • takes9/9
  • talks9/10
  • taste5/5
  • tears5/5
  • tells5/7
  • terms7/8
  • tests5/5
  • texas12/12
  • these8/7
  • those8/7
  • times7/8
  • toast5/5
  • trash8/7
  • trees5/5
  • trust5/6
  • turns5/7
  • units5/7
  • upset7/9
  • using6/9
  • usual5/8
  • virus8/10
  • visit8/9
  • walks12/13
  • walls8/10
  • wants8/9
  • waste8/8
  • weeks12/12
  • whose11/10
  • wings9/11
  • woods9/9
  • words9/9
  • works12/12
  • worse8/8
  • worst8/8
  • years8/7
  • yours8/8

6-letter words 188

  • access10/12
  • across8/9
  • agents7/9
  • almost8/10
  • always12/12
  • answer9/10
  • arrest6/6
  • artist6/6
  • asking11/13
  • asleep8/10
  • assume8/10
  • assure6/7
  • babies10/12
  • begins9/12
  • bishop13/14
  • bodies9/10
  • boston8/10
  • brains8/10
  • breaks12/13
  • brings9/12
  • busted9/11
  • casino8/10
  • castle8/10
  • caused9/11
  • cheers11/11
  • cheese11/11
  • choose11/11
  • chosen11/12
  • circus10/13
  • closed9/11
  • closer8/10
  • closet8/10
  • course8/10
  • cousin8/11
  • crisis8/9
  • desert7/7
  • desire7/7
  • dreams9/10
  • drinks11/12
  • easier6/6
  • easily9/9
  • escape10/12
  • estate6/6
  • events9/11
  • excuse15/17
  • famous11/13
  • faster9/9
  • fellas9/11
  • finest9/10
  • finish12/12
  • forces11/12
  • forest9/9
  • genius7/10
  • guards8/10
  • guests7/9
  • hearts9/8
  • honest9/9
  • horses9/8
  • houses9/9
  • humans11/13
  • insane6/8
  • inside7/8
  • insist6/7
  • island7/9
  • issues6/7
  • itself9/10
  • jersey16/17
  • joseph18/20
  • kissed11/11
  • ladies7/8
  • latest6/7
  • laughs10/12
  • leaves9/11
  • lesson6/8
  • lights10/11
  • listen6/8
  • losing7/10
  • master8/9
  • messed9/10
  • missed9/10
  • mister8/9
  • months11/12
  • mostly11/12
  • movies11/13
  • museum10/14
  • myself14/15
  • nights10/11
  • orders7/7
  • others9/8
  • papers10/12
  • passed9/10
  • person8/10
  • photos11/11
  • pieces10/12
  • pissed9/10
  • places10/13
  • planes8/11
  • please8/10
  • points8/10
  • poison8/10
  • pounds9/12
  • powers11/12
  • priest8/9
  • prints8/10
  • prison8/10
  • pushed12/13
  • raised7/7
  • reason6/7
  • refuse9/10
  • rescue8/10
  • result6/8
  • rights10/10
  • safety12/11
  • saving10/13
  • saying10/11
  • scared9/10
  • school11/12
  • scream10/12
  • screen8/10
  • script10/12
  • search11/11
  • season6/7
  • second9/11
  • secret8/9
  • secure8/10
  • seeing7/9
  • seemed9/10
  • senior6/7
  • series6/6
  • served10/11
  • settle6/7
  • shadow13/12
  • should10/11
  • showed13/12
  • shower12/11
  • signal7/10
  • signed8/10
  • silent6/8
  • silver9/11
  • simple10/13
  • simply13/15
  • single7/10
  • sister6/6
  • slowly12/13
  • smells8/11
  • smooth11/11
  • social8/10
  • sooner6/7
  • sounds7/9
  • source8/10
  • speaks12/13
  • speech13/14
  • spirit8/9
  • spoken12/14
  • sports8/9
  • spread9/10
  • spring9/12
  • square15/16
  • stairs6/6
  • stands7/8
  • starts6/6
  • states6/6
  • stayed10/9
  • steady10/9
  • stolen6/8
  • street6/6
  • strike10/10
  • strong7/9
  • studio7/8
  • stupid9/11
  • sudden8/10
  • suffer12/13
  • summer10/13
  • supper10/13
  • supply13/16
  • surely9/10
  • switch14/14
  • system11/11
  • thanks13/13
  • things10/11
  • thinks13/13
  • tracks12/13
  • tricks12/13
  • troops8/9
  • unless6/9
  • vision9/11
  • wasted10/10
  • wishes12/11

7-letter words 167

  • address9/9
  • against8/10
  • animals9/12
  • answers10/11
  • appears11/13
  • ashamed13/13
  • assault7/9
  • awesome12/13
  • because11/14
  • becomes13/16
  • belongs10/14
  • besides10/11
  • biggest11/14
  • bullets9/13
  • cameras11/13
  • chances14/16
  • changes13/15
  • charges13/14
  • chasing13/15
  • clients9/12
  • closing10/14
  • clothes12/13
  • contest9/11
  • cookies13/14
  • crossed10/11
  • curious9/12
  • custody13/14
  • defense11/12
  • degrees9/10
  • depends11/13
  • deserve11/12
  • destiny11/11
  • destroy11/10
  • details8/9
  • discuss10/12
  • disease8/8
  • doctors10/11
  • dollars8/10
  • dressed9/9
  • enemies9/11
  • english11/13
  • escaped12/14
  • express16/17
  • fashion13/13
  • figures11/13
  • fingers11/13
  • fishing14/15
  • flowers13/14
  • foolish13/13
  • friends11/12
  • glasses8/10
  • happens14/16
  • herself13/13
  • himself15/16
  • history13/11
  • husband13/15
  • instead8/9
  • jealous14/18
  • justice16/20
  • kissing12/14
  • lawyers13/13
  • letters7/8
  • license9/12
  • majesty19/21
  • marshal12/13
  • matters9/10
  • members13/16
  • message10/12
  • minutes9/12
  • missing10/13
  • mission9/11
  • mistake13/14
  • moments11/14
  • monster9/11
  • mystery15/14
  • nervous10/13
  • numbers11/15
  • obvious12/15
  • offense13/14
  • outside8/9
  • parents9/11
  • parties9/10
  • passing10/13
  • passion9/11
  • perhaps14/15
  • plastic11/14
  • players12/13
  • pleased10/12
  • present9/11
  • process11/13
  • promise11/13
  • purpose11/14
  • pushing13/16
  • reasons7/8
  • records10/11
  • release7/8
  • remains9/11
  • reminds10/12
  • reports9/10
  • request16/17
  • respect11/13
  • results7/9
  • science11/14
  • scratch14/15
  • screams11/13
  • screwed13/14
  • seconds10/12
  • secrets9/10
  • section9/11
  • selling8/12
  • senator7/8
  • sending9/12
  • serious7/8
  • service12/14
  • setting8/10
  • settled8/9
  • several10/12
  • sheriff16/15
  • showing14/15
  • silence9/12
  • singing9/13
  • sisters7/7
  • sitting8/10
  • slipped12/15
  • smiling10/14
  • smoking14/17
  • society12/12
  • soldier8/9
  • someday13/13
  • somehow15/15
  • someone9/11
  • sounded9/11
  • special11/14
  • staring8/10
  • started8/8
  • station7/8
  • staying11/12
  • stomach14/15
  • stopped12/14
  • stories7/7
  • strange8/10
  • streets7/7
  • student8/10
  • subject18/23
  • success11/14
  • suggest9/12
  • suicide10/12
  • support11/14
  • suppose11/14
  • surface12/14
  • surgeon8/11
  • surgery11/12
  • survive13/16
  • suspect11/14
  • sweetie10/10
  • systems12/12
  • tickets13/14
  • towards11/11
  • trusted8/9
  • unusual7/12
  • useless7/9
  • usually10/13
  • victims14/17
  • wasting11/13
  • weapons12/14
  • windows14/15
  • witness10/11

8-letter words 107

  • arrested9/9
  • baseball12/16
  • basement12/15
  • believes13/16
  • brothers13/13
  • business10/13
  • confused14/17
  • consider11/13
  • darkness13/14
  • decision11/13
  • describe13/15
  • designed11/13
  • diamonds12/14
  • disaster9/9
  • distance11/13
  • district11/12
  • division12/14
  • exercise17/18
  • fabulous13/17
  • families13/15
  • feelings12/15
  • finished15/15
  • generous9/12
  • goodness10/12
  • gorgeous10/13
  • greatest9/10
  • handsome14/15
  • hercules13/15
  • honestly14/14
  • hospital13/14
  • hundreds13/14
  • instance10/13
  • interest8/9
  • marshall13/15
  • memories12/14
  • messages11/13
  • millions10/14
  • minister10/12
  • mistakes14/15
  • monsieur10/13
  • nonsense8/11
  • occasion12/15
  • officers16/17
  • partners10/12
  • patients10/12
  • personal10/13
  • physical18/19
  • pictures12/15
  • pleasant10/13
  • pleasure10/13
  • politics12/15
  • position10/12
  • positive13/15
  • possible12/15
  • possibly15/17
  • precious12/15
  • presence12/15
  • presents10/12
  • pressure10/12
  • princess12/15
  • prisoner10/12
  • problems14/18
  • progress11/13
  • promised13/15
  • question17/19
  • released9/10
  • research13/13
  • sandwich17/18
  • schedule14/16
  • security13/14
  • sentence10/13
  • separate10/11
  • sergeant9/11
  • services13/15
  • shooting12/13
  • shopping16/19
  • shoulder12/13
  • sleeping11/15
  • soldiers9/10
  • somebody16/17
  • sometime12/14
  • speaking15/18
  • specific17/20
  • spending12/16
  • standard10/11
  • standing10/13
  • starting9/11
  • starving12/15
  • stealing9/12
  • stopping13/17
  • straight12/12
  • stranger9/11
  • strength12/13
  • stronger9/11
  • students9/11
  • studying13/15
  • suddenly13/15
  • supposed13/16
  • surprise10/12
  • swimming16/20
  • thoughts15/15
  • thousand12/13
  • transfer11/12
  • treasure8/9
  • universe11/14
  • upstairs10/12
  • yourself14/15

9-letter words 48

  • assistant9/10
  • basically16/19
  • breakfast18/19
  • continues11/15
  • customers13/16
  • dangerous11/14
  • delicious12/15
  • desperate12/13
  • destroyed14/13
  • disappear14/16
  • expensive21/24
  • explosion18/21
  • fantastic14/16
  • happiness16/18
  • impressed14/16
  • inspector13/16
  • insurance11/15
  • listening10/14
  • miserable13/16
  • mountains11/15
  • necessary14/15
  • neighbors15/17
  • newspaper16/19
  • obviously17/20
  • otherwise15/14
  • ourselves12/15
  • personnel11/15
  • president12/14
  • professor14/15
  • questions18/20
  • sacrifice16/18
  • screaming14/18
  • searching15/17
  • secretary14/14
  • sensitive12/14
  • seriously12/13
  • situation9/11
  • someplace15/19
  • something15/17
  • sometimes13/15
  • somewhere17/17
  • statement11/13
  • subtitles11/14
  • suffering16/19
  • surprised12/14
  • thousands13/14
  • witnesses12/13
  • yesterday16/14

10-letter words 29

  • absolutely15/18
  • assignment13/17
  • basketball18/22
  • cigarettes13/15
  • confession15/18
  • considered14/16
  • discovered17/19
  • disgusting13/17
  • downstairs14/15
  • especially17/20
  • friendship19/20
  • impossible16/20
  • impression14/17
  • impressive17/20
  • interested11/12
  • permission14/17
  • personally15/18
  • previously18/21
  • reasonable12/15
  • restaurant10/12
  • ridiculous13/17
  • successful17/22
  • sweetheart16/15
  • television13/16
  • themselves18/20
  • understand12/15
  • understood12/14
  • university16/18
  • yourselves16/18

11-letter words 7

  • anniversary17/19
  • considering15/19
  • disappeared17/19
  • embarrassed16/18
  • interesting12/15
  • possibility18/20
  • responsible15/19

12-letter words 8

  • conversation17/21
  • disappointed18/21
  • embarrassing17/21
  • headquarters25/25
  • professional17/20
  • relationship17/19
  • surveillance17/23
  • thanksgiving24/28

13-letter words 3

  • circumstances21/27
  • investigation17/21
  • understanding16/21

14-letter words 1

  • responsibility21/24

15-letter words 1

  • congratulations18/24

Longest: ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETATES (28 letters).

Questions people ask

How many words that contain the letter S are there?

Our word list has 103,719 words that contain the letter S.

Which words that contain the letter S score the most points?

In Scrabble it is RAZZAMATAZZES with 51 points. In Words With Friends it is CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES with 53 points. Bonus squares are not counted.

What are common words that contain the letter S?

The most used in everyday English are IS, THIS and WAS.