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5-Letter Words Starting with S (20 words)
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5-Letter Words (20):
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
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
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
seely (8 points)
Fortunate
S·1+E·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 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
shily (11 points)
In a shy manner
S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
shyly (14 points)
With pause, perhaps
In a reserved way
la a wallflower
S·1+H·4+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
silky (12 points)
Like a jockey's attire, perhaps
Like alpaca fleece
Adjective in shampoo ads
S·1+I·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
silly (8 points)
Putty modifier (wordplay)
Inane; very close (fielder)
Off-the-wall
S·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
silty (8 points)
Why list regarding sediment (wordplay)
Overly sedimental (wordplay)
Like flood waters
S·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 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
slily (8 points)
With cunning (Var.)
In an artful, clever way (Var.)
In a cunning way (var.)
S·1+L·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
slimy (10 points)
Covered in goo perhaps
Like someone slugged (wordplay)
Covered with slippery stuff, say mud
S·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
slyly (11 points)
How Stallone acts (wordplay)
With a wink, perhaps
With a wink perhaps
S·1+L·1+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
sonly (8 points)
Filial
Filial
S·1+O·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 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
sulky (12 points)
Two-wheeled vehicle
Vehicle in the Hambletonian.
Two-wheeled vehicle.
S·1+U·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
sully (8 points)
Stain or tarnish
2016 title role for Hanks
2009 newsmaking pilot, familiarly
S·1+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
surly (8 points)
Like a curmudgeon
Inclined to anger
Prone to sullen moods
S·1+U·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts

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