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5-Letter Words Starting with S (28 words)
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5-Letter Words (28):
sadly (9 points)
How to say 'alas'
Sorry to say . . .
'I'm sorry to say...'
S·1+A·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
saggy (10 points)
Needing a lift maybe
Needing a lift, maybe
Drooping, as an old roof
S·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
sally (8 points)
A girl's party quip (wordplay)
Ride in a spaceship (wordplay)
Ride in space (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
salty (8 points)
Seasoned to last? Why (wordplay)
Old sailor's demeanor (wordplay)
Coarse or caustic
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sandy (9 points)
A gritty Scot (wordplay)
Like a beach perhaps
He says "arf"
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
sappy (12 points)
Like some trees in Vermont (wordplay)
Like maple trees and pigeons (wordplay)
Like sentimental trees (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
sarky (12 points)
Like a biting remark, to a Brit
Like a biting remark in British slang
Like a biting remark, in British slang
S·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
sassy (8 points)
Impertinent (US colloq.)
Likely to react (wordplay)
Cheeky (US colloq.)
S·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
satay (8 points)
Wok and roll (wordplay)
Stick on the grill (wordplay)
Sticky food (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
saucy (10 points)
Like some smart responses
Like many brats' replies
Not very impolite
S·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
saury (8 points)
Beaked sea fish
Longbeaked Atlantic fish
Long-beaked fish.
S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
savoy (11 points)
Restaurant for the Greens (wordplay)
Stompin' place (wordplay)
Stompin' ground (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+V·4+O·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
savvy (14 points)
Get it (wordplay)
Shrewdness, understanding (slang)
Get the idea.
S·1+A·1+V·4+V·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
scaly (10 points)
Totally flaking (wordplay)
Like dishpan hands
Like an alligator's skin
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
scary (10 points)
Shriek-inducing, perhaps
Metal lyrics (wordplay)
Alarming, maybe paranormal
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
seamy (10 points)
Disreputable (side)
Like a citys underbelly
Really run-down
S·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
shady (12 points)
Pleasantly dark, perhaps
Not so hot (wordplay)
Dubious (of character)
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
shaky (15 points)
Likely to fall
Far from firm
Ready to collapse
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
shaly (11 points)
Like certain rocks
Resembling fissile rock
Containing fissile rock.
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
slaty (8 points)
Somewhat bluish-gray
Of a grayish cast
Of a grayish hue
S·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
snaky (12 points)
Like conga lines
Twisting and turning
Like mountain roads
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
soapy (10 points)
Ivory-coated, perhaps
Needing rinsing, perhaps
Not rinsed perhaps
S·1+O·1+A·1+P·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
spacy (12 points)
Constantly daydreaming say
Like Mork (wordplay)
Constantly daydreaming, say
S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
splay (10 points)
Spread out as ones fingers
Spread out, as fingers
Spread apart, as feet
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
spray (10 points)
Apply deodorant maybe
Result of an overdramatic wound, perhaps
Fix one's hair (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
stagy (9 points)
Unnatural, in a way
Broadly done on Broadway
Unnatural, as a play
S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
stray (8 points)
Lab at large perhaps
Alley cat for one
Dogie, for one
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
swamy (13 points)
""A Hindu religious teacher, also SWAMI""
S·1+W·4+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts

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