5-Letter Words Starting with S

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5-Letter Words Starting with S (17 words)
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5-Letter Words (17):
scarf (10 points)
See instructions (nonverbal)
Aid in avoiding the draft (wordplay)
Draft avoider's need (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+F·4 = 10 pts
scoff (13 points)
Thumb one's nose (at)
Mock fast food (wordplay)
Say "Yeah, right!," say
S·1+C·3+O·1+F·4+F·4 = 13 pts
scuff (13 points)
Be a bad pitcher (wordplay)
Converse problem (wordplay)
Scrape (shoe leather)
S·1+C·3+U·1+F·4+F·4 = 13 pts
scurf (10 points)
Shed skin flakes
Thin flakes from the skin
Skin exfoliation
S·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+F·4 = 10 pts
serif (8 points)
M-dash (wordplay)
Stroke of the pen (wordplay)
I liner (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+F·4 = 8 pts
sheaf (11 points)
Bundle, of grain stalks say
Cereal box (wordplay)
Bit of a shock (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+F·4 = 11 pts
shelf (11 points)
Keeper of the books (wordplay)
Be quiet on the wall, you sprite!
Walmart stock holder (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+F·4 = 11 pts
skiff (15 points)
Light rowing boat for one person
Boat for one
A little dinghy (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+I·1+F·4+F·4 = 15 pts
sluff (11 points)
Discard in bridge
Discard, in bridge
Discard a card
S·1+L·1+U·1+F·4+F·4 = 11 pts
sniff (11 points)
Check out at the crime scene, maybe
Poke one's nose into (wordplay)
Express disdain (at)
S·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+F·4 = 11 pts
snuff (11 points)
Extinguish (with "out")
A pinch maybe
Extinguish (a candle)
S·1+N·1+U·1+F·4+F·4 = 11 pts
spiff (13 points)
Smarten (up)
Neaten with up
up improve the look of
S·1+P·3+I·1+F·4+F·4 = 13 pts
spoof (10 points)
Scary Movie for one
"Airplane!", for one
The Naked Gun, for one
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+F·4 = 10 pts
staff (11 points)
A flat place (wordplay)
Stick people in a firm (wordplay)
Teachers' cane (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+F·4+F·4 = 11 pts
stiff (11 points)
Needing a massage, perhaps
Like Al Gore some say
Lucky one (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+F·4 = 11 pts
stuff (11 points)
Prepare for mounting, maybe
Prepare for mounting maybe
Fill as with padding
S·1+T·1+U·1+F·4+F·4 = 11 pts
swarf (11 points)
Waste from machining
Machining refuse
Metal filings
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+F·4 = 11 pts

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