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5-Letter Words (132):
sable (7 points)
Perhaps scan the black - how beastly!
Scan, perhaps, what is furry in the dark
Perhaps scan the fur
S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
sabre (7 points)
Sword (that may be rattled)
A squadron of ravens, say
Cavalry sword (var.)
S·1+A·1+B·3+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
sadhe (9 points)
Hebrew letter (same as tsadi)
th Hebrew letter
Hebrew letter same as tsadi
S·1+A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1 = 9 pts
saice (7 points)
""A male servant in India, also SYCE, SICE""
S·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
salve (8 points)
Calamine lotion, for one
How welcome for it to be so soothing!
Healer hailing from Rome (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+L·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
saree (5 points)
Bengali wrap (var.)
Indian wrap (var.)
Goa garb (Var.)
S·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 5 pts
sarge (6 points)
Military address (wordplay)
Base person (wordplay)
One who knows the drill (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
sauce (7 points)
Cranberry or brandy, say
Soubise, for one.
Hoisin, for one
S·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
saute (5 points)
Recipe direction, perhaps
Recipe direction perhaps
Cook squash perhaps
S·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 5 pts
scale (7 points)
1 to 10, for one
Piece of asp (wordplay)
Prepare to fillet maybe
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
scape (9 points)
Moon attachment (wordplay)
Close to land (wordplay)
End of land or sea (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 9 pts
scare (7 points)
Cure of hiccups, maybe (wordplay)
Say boo to (wordplay)
Cause goose bumps, perhaps
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
scene (7 points)
Chess piece (wordplay)
Part of the act (wordplay)
Days filming perhaps
S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
scone (7 points)
Plain cake (for Scottish kings?)
Tea mate (wordplay)
Darjeeling go-with, perhaps
S·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
scope (9 points)
Room with a view (wordplay)
Room for action by Bobby in Peckham, say
Looking glass (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 9 pts
score (7 points)
Kick a field goal, say
Go home maybe
Make a run (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
scree (7 points)
Sloping mass of rocks
Mass of pebbles at the foot of a slope.
Rock debris at the base of a cliff
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 7 pts
scute (7 points)
Horny plate, as tortoise shell.
Part of a cobra
Horny plate as tortoise shell
S·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
sedge (7 points)
Swamp thing (wordplay)
Umbrella plant for one
Papyrus for one
S·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 7 pts
segue (6 points)
Speaking of which ..., for one
Anyhoo... or "As I was saying..."
Anyhoo or As I was saying
S·1+E·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 6 pts
seine (5 points)
What's held in Paris banks (wordplay)
French flower (wordplay)
Quai d'Orsay vista
S·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 5 pts
seise (5 points)
Take, at law
Take possession, in law
Take possession of Law.
S·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
seize (14 points)
Take (an opportunity)
Grasp hold of
Get one's mitts on
S·1+E·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 14 pts
selle (5 points)
D'Artagnan's saddle
franais sporty horse breed
River in northern France
S·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 5 pts
sense (5 points)
One of five (or six?)
Olfaction, for one
The logic of hearing, say
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
serge (6 points)
Stuff for sweep, say (wordplay)
Suit-able material (wordplay)
Material increase, say
S·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
serve (8 points)
Use English, perhaps
Send toward Venus say
Start a game maybe
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
setae (5 points)
The hairs of a caterpillar
Stiff bristlelike hairs
Plants' coarse hairs
S·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+E·1 = 5 pts
shade (9 points)
Cool place perhaps
Cool place maybe
Cobalt blue, for one.
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
shake (12 points)
Rock salmon starter - and then fish!
Consummate a deal, maybe
Give me your paw!
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 12 pts
shale (8 points)
Hardly hard rock (wordplay)
Not exactly hard rock (wordplay)
Something settled long ago (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
shame (10 points)
Blushers emotion perhaps
Losing feeling (wordplay)
Has me - pity about that!
S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+E·1 = 10 pts
shape (10 points)
Circle or square, say
Pentagon for one
Dodecagon, for one
S·1+H·4+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 10 pts
share (8 points)
Play nice, maybe
Split in two perhaps
Plow follower (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
shave (11 points)
Get rid of a goatee maybe
It's two bits, with a haircut (wordplay)
Lose one's shadow (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
shine (8 points)
Rise's companion (wordplay)
Wanted by a polished fast bowler!
Was it Aswad's brightest (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
shire (8 points)
Hobbits' home (with "The")
Cornwall for one
Devon, for one
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
shive (11 points)
Thin, flat cork
Flax splinter
Splinter.
S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
shone (8 points)
Used high beams perhaps
Deserved an Oscar, say
Deserved an Oscar say
S·1+H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
shore (8 points)
Washing-up spot (wordplay)
Ocean liner (wordplay)
Land line (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
shote (8 points)
Young pig (Var.)
Little pig (var.)
Young hog Var.
S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
shove (11 points)
- - -halfpenny (pub game)
Fistfight prelude, perhaps
Act rudely in line, say
S·1+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
shute (8 points)
Nevil -, author (A Town Like Alice)
Nevil -, novelist (A town like Alice)
On the Beach author Nevil
S·1+H·4+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sidle (6 points)
Approach (with "up to")
Act like a crab (wordplay)
Be crabby (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 6 pts
siege (6 points)
Attack on a fort, maybe
Bruce Willis film (with "The")
Assault on Troy, for one
S·1+I·1+E·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
sieve (8 points)
One who cannot keep a secret (wordplay)
Holey kitchen vessel (wordplay)
One working out the lumps (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
since (7 points)
Is it CSE because of this (wordplay)
Why CSE? Just because!
CSE, perhaps, is 24 across
S·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
singe (6 points)
Take a little hair off maybe
Remove feathers, maybe
Take a little hair off, maybe
S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
siree (5 points)
'Yes, -!' ('For sure!')
Emphatic ending (Var.)
Ending with no
S·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 5 pts
sixte (12 points)
Fencing position or parry
Defensive fencing posture
Fencing parry.
S·1+I·1+X·8+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
skate (9 points)
Ride the rails, say (wordplay)
Make a nice round figure, say
Do a toe loop, say
S·1+K·5+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
skene (9 points)
Proscenium arch of Greek theater
Part of a Greek theater
Part of an old Greek stage
S·1+K·5+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
skite (9 points)
Prank, in Scotland
Move quickly: Dial.
Prank in Scotland
S·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
skive (12 points)
Cut as leather
Cut, as leather
Shirk, avoid work
S·1+K·5+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
slake (9 points)
Wet one's whistle (wordplay)
Quench (one's thirst)
Quench (a thirst)
S·1+L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 9 pts
slate (5 points)
School board (wordplay)
It makes up the school board (wordplay)
Roof top perhaps
S·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 5 pts
slave (8 points)
Ben-Hur, for one
Spartacus, for one
Aida, for one
S·1+L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
slice (7 points)
A piece (of cake)
Beginning golfer's bane, perhaps
Beginning golfers bane perhaps
S·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
slide (6 points)
Get home safely (wordplay)
Head for home (wordplay)
It's electric (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 6 pts
slime (7 points)
Say nasty things about
Lanky character (wordplay)
Rainbow, for one
S·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 7 pts
slipe (7 points)
To {peel=v}
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 7 pts
slope (7 points)
Run down the hill (wordplay)
Trollope's inclination (wordplay)
Boarding place (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 7 pts
slype (10 points)
Cathedral passage: Arch
Narrow passage as in English cathedrals
Covered passage in a cathedral
S·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 10 pts
smaze (16 points)
Sun block (wordplay)
Relative of smog.
New York-New Jersey visitation.
S·1+M·3+A·1+Z·10+E·1 = 16 pts
smile (7 points)
Your umbrella, perhaps (wordplay)
Upturned mug (wordplay)
You're about to be photographed!
S·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
smite (7 points)
Off in biblical lands (wordplay)
Bible belt (wordplay)
Make a big hit (wordplay)
S·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
smoke (11 points)
Treat with mesquite maybe
Set off an airliner alarm, maybe
Drain a pipe (wordplay)
S·1+M·3+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 11 pts
smote (7 points)
Struck with a halberd, say
Struck with a halberd say
Dealt some blow (wordplay)
S·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
snake (9 points)
Asp, perhaps (wordplay)
Moccasin for one
Adder, for one
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 9 pts
snare (5 points)
Game holder (wordplay)
Hare net (wordplay)
It's a trap!
S·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 5 pts
snide (6 points)
Damning with faint praise, perhaps
Said with shade, say
Like a snicker perhaps
S·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 6 pts
snipe (7 points)
Take shots (at)
Tactically target from a rooftop, say
Nitpick anonymously, say
S·1+N·1+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 7 pts
snore (5 points)
REM sound (wordplay)
Night report (wordplay)
Keep everyone awake, maybe
S·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 5 pts
soave (8 points)
Sweetly Mus dir
Winemaking village east of Verona
Wine from Veneto
S·1+O·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
socle (7 points)
Architectural column base
Projecting foundation piece
Architectural support for a column
S·1+O·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
solve (8 points)
Get answer to (a clue)
Work out (a puzzle)
Find answer to (puzzle)
S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
sonde (6 points)
Device, in meteorology.
Balloon-carried probe
Meteorological testing device.
S·1+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1 = 6 pts
souse (5 points)
Drinker taking pint from wife perhaps
One taking a lot of slugs (wordplay)
Drinker taking pint from wife, perhaps
S·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
space (9 points)
Outer area (wordplay)
The last frontier?
23's one single, it's cut see!
S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 9 pts
spade (8 points)
Gardening tool (maybe so called)
Groundbreaking invention (wordplay)
Black suit component (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
spake (11 points)
Talked about the old times (wordplay)
Talked, old-style
Said, old style
S·1+P·3+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 11 pts
spale (7 points)
Ship's temporary cross-timber
Ship builders cross timber
Cross timber in shipbuilding.
S·1+P·3+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spare (7 points)
Consolation for one who doesnt strike
Happy event after a split (wordplay)
The middle tyre, perhaps
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spate (7 points)
Sudden outpouring of PATES (wordplay)
Rush, flood (of river)
Flood in Britain
S·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spice (9 points)
Mace, for one
Girls from England (wordplay)
Food heater (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 9 pts
spike (11 points)
An ear for future agenda (wordplay)
* Lace (the punch)
What's the point of lace (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 11 pts
spile (7 points)
Peg used as a spigot
Sugar-maple spout
Spout used to tap maple trees.
S·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spine (7 points)
Title locale, perhaps
Back of the book (wordplay)
Back line (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spire (7 points)
Minaret, for one
Skyline sight, perhaps
Tower topper, perhaps
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spite (7 points)
Animosity keeps coppers in place!
Treat maliciously (wordplay)
Cause of some grudges
S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spode (8 points)
China from Stokeon-Trent
Fine-china name
Fine English porcelain
S·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
spoke (11 points)
Had one's say
Gave a TED Talk, say
Biker bar (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 11 pts
spore (7 points)
Fern agent (wordplay)
In need of an ice pack, say
Sourdough starter (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spree (7 points)
Mall binge, maybe
Shopping for one
Spending time (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 7 pts
sprue (7 points)
Waste piece from metal casting
Metal left over after casting
Opening to a mold
S·1+P·3+R·1+U·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spume (9 points)
Frothy stuff on liquids
Mass of fine bubbles
Bubbly ocean formation
S·1+P·3+U·1+M·3+E·1 = 9 pts
stade (6 points)
Geological time period
Old Greek measure of length
Geological period of time
S·1+T·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 6 pts
stage (6 points)
Actor's walk-on (wordplay)
Show place (wordplay)
Way out West (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
stake (9 points)
Cash on hand (wordplay)
Bet this would kill vampire!
Ante-post (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 9 pts
stale (5 points)
Past the "sell by" date, maybe
Like bread made into stuffing, perhaps
Told and retold perhaps
S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 5 pts
stane (5 points)
Rock, in Scotland.
Rock to a Glaswegian
Batting coachs concern
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 5 pts
stare (5 points)
Get one's eyes fixed (wordplay)
Fix one's eyes (wordplay)
Look steadily (at)
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 5 pts
state (5 points)
Denial, for one (wordplay)
Say 'Florida', possibly (wordplay)
Say, what a mess!
S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 5 pts
stave (8 points)
Rung, for one
Harriman canonized (wordplay)
Avert (with "off")
S·1+T·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
stele (5 points)
Commemorative pillar (Var.)
Pittsburgh pillar (wordplay)
The Rosetta Stone, for one
S·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+E·1 = 5 pts
stere (5 points)
Anagram for trees
Guide the ride*
Metric measure for cordwood
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 5 pts
stile (5 points)
Customer counter, maybe
Fence feature perhaps
Field pass (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 5 pts
stime (7 points)
South Pacific tune Younger Than
S·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 7 pts
stipe (7 points)
Georgiaborn lead singer
Stem of mushroom.
Man on the Moon singer
S·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 7 pts
stoae (5 points)
Porticos in Greek architecture.
Old Greek colonnades
Arcades for Plato
S·1+T·1+O·1+A·1+E·1 = 5 pts
stoke (9 points)
Add coal to (a furnace)
Add coal to (a fire)
Add fuel to the fire (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 9 pts
stole (5 points)
Got to second base, perhaps
Took second maybe
Made off with a neckpiece (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 5 pts
stone (5 points)
Ex-viewer of Medusa (wordplay)
Second quality diamond, say
Rocky Stereophonics song (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 5 pts
stope (7 points)
Mine excavation of a kind
Miner's excavation
Excavation in a mine.
S·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 7 pts
store (5 points)
Dime for one
Target, for one
Website page, maybe
S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 5 pts
stove (8 points)
Housewarming buy (wordplay)
Potbelly for one
Hand warmer (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
stupe (7 points)
Foolish person slangily
Foolish person, slangily
Simpleton in slang
S·1+T·1+U·1+P·3+E·1 = 7 pts
style (8 points)
Musical "Council" (wordplay)
Field of White (wordplay)
Curl up and dye (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
suave (8 points)
Good with lines (wordplay)
Smooth-mannered, sophisticated
Smooth razor - bend for end of tash
S·1+U·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
sucre (7 points)
Ecuadorean currency; sugar (French)
Bolivia's capital
Legal capital of Bolivia
S·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
suede (6 points)
Leather that swayed Elvis (wordplay)
Material for blue shoes (wordplay)
Leather that swayed Elvis?
S·1+U·1+E·1+D·2+E·1 = 6 pts
suite (5 points)
Nice hotel room!
Room at the top maybe
Nutcracker, for one
S·1+U·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 5 pts
surge (6 points)
Swell material, we hear!
Rogues lose nothing? Swell!
Powerful rush (of emotion)
S·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
swage (9 points)
Metal-shaping tool
Metal shaping tool
Tool for shaping metal
S·1+W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 9 pts
swale (8 points)
Depressed area (wordplay)
Golf course depression perhaps
Golf course depression, perhaps
S·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sware (8 points)
Vowed, old style
Vowed old style
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
swede (9 points)
Volvo factory worker, perhaps
Wilander, for one
Jenny Lind, for one
S·1+W·4+E·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
swine (8 points)
What is new at the pen (wordplay)
Porcine fellow (wordplay)
Pen pals (wordplay)
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
swipe (10 points)
Type of card to pinch (wordplay)
Process (credit card); steal (colloq.)
Use a debit card, perhaps
S·1+W·4+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 10 pts
swive (11 points)
To copulate with
S·1+W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
swore (8 points)
Said "bleep" (nonverbal)
Dropped an F-bomb, say
Needed censoring perhaps
S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sycee (10 points)
Old Chinese money.
Old Chinese money
Silver in ingots used in India
S·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Popular patterns: TH QU CH SH PH WH CK NG NK EE OO EA OU AI IE TION SION
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