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5-Letter Words Starting with S (56 words)
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salal (5 points)
West Coast shrub
Shrub bearing fruit.
Pacific coast shrub.
S·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+L·1 = 5 pts
salol (5 points)
Coating for pills
Suntan-oil ingredient
Suntan-lotion ingredient
S·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+L·1 = 5 pts
scall (7 points)
Skin ailment
Dermal outgrowth
Dandruff
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
schul (10 points)
Bar mitzvah site (Var.)
Hebrew school (Var.)
Synagogue (Var.)
S·1+C·3+H·4+U·1+L·1 = 10 pts
scowl (10 points)
Look that says 'I'm not happy'
Look daggers (at)
Narrow one's brows (at)
S·1+C·3+O·1+W·4+L·1 = 10 pts
scull (7 points)
Henley Royal Regatta boat
Compete on the Charles
Row in a race
S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
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
shall (8 points)
Word of the future (wordplay)
Formal will (wordplay)
Formal-sounding will (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shaul (8 points)
""To become shallow, also SHOAL""
S·1+H·4+A·1+U·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shawl (11 points)
Serape for one
Serape, for one
Cold comfort provider (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+A·1+W·4+L·1 = 11 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
shill (8 points)
Talker-upper, maybe
Casino employee, maybe
Casino employee maybe
S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shoal (8 points)
Bar located near a school (wordplay)
Mass for flock (wordplay)
A load of pollocks (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+O·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shool (8 points)
To {shovel=v}
S·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shorl (8 points)
""A mineral, also SCHORL""
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+L·1 = 8 pts
sibyl (10 points)
Forward-looking woman (wordplay)
Prophetess of legend
Cumae's was famous
S·1+I·1+B·3+Y·4+L·1 = 10 pts
sigil (6 points)
Sect's symbol (wordplay)
Game of Thrones emblem
Seal starts to swim in glacial icy lake
S·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+L·1 = 6 pts
sisal (5 points)
Rope ingredient, perhaps
Rope fiber (anagram of SAILS)
Hemp is a pound on Sunday!
S·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 5 pts
skill (9 points)
Bricklaying for one
Carpentry for one
Carpentry, for one
S·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 9 pts
skirl (9 points)
Play a bagpipe
Shrill tone of the bagpipe.
Sound o' the pipes
S·1+K·5+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 9 pts
skoal (9 points)
Toaster's output (wordplay)
Here's to your health!
Here's mud in your eye!
S·1+K·5+O·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
skull (9 points)
Halloween headgear, maybe
A nut-case (wordplay)
Head of the anatomy class (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+U·1+L·1+L·1 = 9 pts
small (7 points)
Kind of potatoes (wordplay)
For southern shopping? Not much!
Dieter's order, perhaps
S·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 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
snail (5 points)
Creepy one (wordplay)
Sluggish sort (wordplay)
mail Canada Post perhaps
S·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 5 pts
snarl (5 points)
Fighting words from Fido (wordplay)
Angrily say 'Get knotted!'
Don't touch my bone! (nonverbal)
S·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+L·1 = 5 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
snool (5 points)
To yield meekly
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 5 pts
sokol (9 points)
Slavic gymnasts' society
Slavic gymnastic group
Czech gymnastic event.
S·1+O·1+K·5+O·1+L·1 = 9 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
sotol (5 points)
Relative of tequila
Yucca-like plant
New Mexican plant
S·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+L·1 = 5 pts
spail (7 points)
""A splinter or chip, also SPALE""
S·1+P·3+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 7 pts
spall (7 points)
Stone chip (PALLS anagram)
Break up, as concrete
Timothy of "Mr. Turner"
S·1+P·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 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
spill (7 points)
Oil tanker mishap (wordplay)
Drop out of a pot, say
Accident to make light of (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
spoil (7 points)
Turn green, maybe
Make rifts in the loot (wordplay)
Are too nice to? Rot!
S·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+L·1 = 7 pts
spool (7 points)
Bobbin, for one
What has coils going round (wordplay)
Reversed loops (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 7 pts
stall (5 points)
Make time for a friend, say (wordplay)
A starting place, perhaps (wordplay)
Market share (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 5 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
still (5 points)
Calm retort (wordplay)
Quiet yet (wordplay)
I get what you're saying, but
S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 5 pts
stool (5 points)
Poetry slam seat, maybe
Kitchen island seat, perhaps
Aid in reaching a high shelf maybe
S·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 5 pts
stull (5 points)
Mine timber
Mine support
S·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+L·1 = 5 pts
sural (5 points)
Of the calf of the leg: Anat.
Of the calf.
Of the calf of the leg Anat
S·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 5 pts
swail (8 points)
""A tract of low, marshy ground, also SWALE""
S·1+W·4+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 8 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
swill (8 points)
Pig-food; rinse
Leave after second large drink
Rinse - pig food
S·1+W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts
swirl (8 points)
Current event (wordplay)
Ben Jerrys Strawberry Kiwi
Dairy Queen delight
S·1+W·4+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 8 pts

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