4-letter words starting with S
487 4-letter words starting with S, sorted alphabetically with Scrabble & Words With Friends scores.
Here are 487 4-letter words that begin with S, pulled from our 270,000-word dictionary. They're handy when you've locked the opening letter in Wordle, or when S is the only tile you can lead with on a Scrabble or Words With Friends board.
Each word shows its Scrabble and Words With Friends point values so you can spot the highest-scoring openers at a glance.
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British slang for a swindle
to act insanely
marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital…
the fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon
erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil…
turn or place at an angle
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
a knife used as a weapon
an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment
a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
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Definitions from Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0), incorporating Princeton WordNet data