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5-Letter Words Starting with S (10 words)
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5-Letter Words (10):
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
shiny (11 points)
In the buff (wordplay)
In need of powder maybe
Newly detailed, say
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 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
snowy (11 points)
Wintery forecast, perhaps
Covered in winter perhaps
Like January, perhaps
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
sonly (8 points)
Filial
Filial
S·1+O·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sonny (8 points)
Epithet for Junior, maybe
Junior's nickname, perhaps
Juniors nickname perhaps
S·1+O·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sonsy (8 points)
Good-natured, to a Gael.
Attractive in dialect
Good-natured Scot.
S·1+O·1+N·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
spiny (10 points)
Describing a porcupine.
Like sea urchins
Like a cactus
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
stony (8 points)
Cold and detached, say
Taken for granite (wordplay)
Hard to plow, perhaps
S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sunny (8 points)
Cheerful; fine (weather)
Bright and warm
Close role in "Reversal of Fortune"
S·1+U·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts

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