5-Letter Words Starting with S

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5-Letter Words Starting with S (17 words)
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sepal (7 points)
Petal pusher (wordplay)
Part of a flower - peals (anagram)
Part of flower
S·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+L·1 = 7 pts
seral (5 points)
Of ecological stages
Relating to ecological communities
Of an ecological period
S·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 5 pts
setal (5 points)
Like a bristle
Pertaining to bristles
Of a bristle
S·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 5 pts
sheal (8 points)
To {shell=v}
S·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shell (8 points)
Perhaps shades of what's in the tank
Hard to get outside such shades, perhaps
Nut case (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts
sheol (8 points)
The underworld of the Old Testament
Biblical nether world
Hades, in Hebrew theology.
S·1+H·4+E·1+O·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shiel (8 points)
To {shell=v}
S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 8 pts
smell (7 points)
Nosy thing to do (wordplay)
Sense of intangibility (wordplay)
Pick up some perfume (wordplay)
S·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
snell (5 points)
Tackle box item, perhaps
Tackle box item perhaps
Three-time '60s track gold medalist
S·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 5 pts
sorel (5 points)
Alpine bootmaker (anagram of ROLES)
Big name in winter boots
"The Red and the Black" protagonist
S·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+L·1 = 5 pts
speel (7 points)
Act of ascending
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+L·1 = 7 pts
speil (7 points)
""To climb, also SPEEL""
S·1+P·3+E·1+I·1+L·1 = 7 pts
spell (7 points)
Say W-H-E-N (wordplay)
Say "C-H-E-E-S-E" (wordplay)
Say "B-O-O" (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
spiel (7 points)
Hard sell, maybe
Pitch that can't be caught (wordplay)
Pitcher's delivery (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 7 pts
steal (5 points)
Swipe a credit card, say (wordplay)
Take five, perhaps (wordplay)
Take home, perhaps (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 5 pts
steel (5 points)
Drum material, perhaps
Composition of some nerves (wordplay)
Drum material perhaps
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+L·1 = 5 pts
swell (8 points)
Old-style boss (wordplay)
Dilate - jolly good!
Very good little son? Fancy that!
S·1+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts

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