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5-Letter Words Starting with S (20 words)
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5-Letter Words (20):
shank (12 points)
Cause to go off course maybe
Can opener (wordplay)
Cause to go off course, maybe
S·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 12 pts
skink (13 points)
Type of lizard
Soup made of the hock of beef
Short-limbed lizard
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 13 pts
skunk (13 points)
Pepe Le Pew for one
Pepe Le Pew, for one
One who raises a stink (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 13 pts
slank (9 points)
Slink
S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 pts
slink (9 points)
Move toward ones prey perhaps
Move towards ones prey perhaps
Move towards one's prey, perhaps
S·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 pts
slunk (9 points)
Made a red-faced exit
Stole along quietly.
Stole (away)
S·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 pts
snack (11 points)
Cheese and crackers, maybe
Lays, for one
Cheese and crackers, perhaps
S·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
snark (9 points)
The hunting of the - (Lewis Carroll)
Words from the wise (wordplay)
Hunt creature (Carroll)
S·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 9 pts
sneak (9 points)
Move on tiptoe, say
Step lightly, perhaps
Head for the cookie jar, maybe
S·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+K·5 = 9 pts
sneck (11 points)
Click, as of a latch: Scot
Up North catch son with drink
Catch son having kiss and cuddle
S·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
snick (11 points)
Snee's partner
Glancing blow in cricket
Glancing blow, in cricket
S·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
snook (9 points)
Caribbean game fish
A fish, the robalo
Thumbing-the-nose gesture, by a Brit
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 9 pts
snuck (11 points)
Was a creeper (wordplay)
Walked on tiptoe, say
Approached slyly with up
S·1+N·1+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
spank (11 points)
Rear-end collision (wordplay)
Back slap (wordplay)
Seat-of-the-pants decision (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 11 pts
spunk (11 points)
Precious mettle (wordplay)
Plucky spirit Colloq.
Feistiness or courage
S·1+P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 11 pts
stank (9 points)
Got booed, maybe
Offended the olfactory senses
Nasty attitude, in modern slang
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 pts
stink (9 points)
Be terrible (at something)
Put on a lousy show, say
Need a shower (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 pts
stunk (9 points)
Cleared the room, perhaps
Played really poorly
Was really, really, really bad
S·1+T·1+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 pts
swank (12 points)
Show off (colloq.)
Two-Oscar Hilary
Best Actress of 1999
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 12 pts
swink (12 points)
To {toil=v}
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 12 pts

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