10 Letter Words Starting with S

There are 2,247 10-letter English words that start with S, ranging alphabetically from SABADILLAS to SYSTEMLESS. Top Scrabble® scorers on this list: SHOWBIZZES (36), SCHNOZZLES (33), SCHIZZIEST (33). The longest entry here is SABADILLAS at 10 letters.

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Showing the first 600 of 2,247 words. Use the pattern search to narrow further, or filter with the unscrambler.

Top 10 highest-scoring words

Scored on letters only (no board bonuses). WWF uses different tile values from Scrabble — J, Q and Z are worth 10 points in WWF; X is worth 8.

#	Word	Scrabble	WWF
1	showbizzes	36	36
2	schnozzles	33	35
3	schizziest	33	33
4	skyjacking	31	35
5	squeezable	30	33
6	skyjackers	30	32
7	smokejacks	29	33
8	scyphozoan	29	30
9	sympathize	29	29
10	schizocarp	28	30

Strategy for this list

S is worth 1 in Scrabble and starts ~13,000 words — the largest slice of the dictionary. S is the game's single most valuable tile because it pluralises almost anything and hooks onto virtually every common noun and verb. S-openers with premium potential include SEIZED, SIZZLE, SIZE. In Wordle, S is common in position 1 and position 5 (SHORE, HORES); an S in either position is a strong information-gathering test.

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How many 10-letter words start with S?

2,247 valid 10-letter English words begin with S in the ENABLE English word list.

Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?

Words on this page come from the ENABLE English word list. UK Scrabble (Collins Scrabble Words) accepts the overwhelming majority; a handful may not be legal in the North American NASPA Word List (NWL2023).

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