5-Letter Words Starting with S

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5-Letter Words Starting with S (17 words)
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salvo (8 points)
Part of colossal volley (wordplay)
Opening round (wordplay)
Blast, perhaps via Twitter
S·1+A·1+L·1+V·4+O·1 = 8 pts
sambo (9 points)
Helen Bannerman's hero, 1900.
Hero of children's tale.
Judo-like wrestling style
S·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+O·1 = 9 pts
schmo (12 points)
Surname for Joe (wordplay)
Average Joe (wordplay)
Inept person (US_informal)
S·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+O·1 = 12 pts
scudo (8 points)
Old Italian coin (anagram of U.S. DOC)
One-time Italian coin.
C.D.'s you owe in old Italian money
S·1+C·3+U·1+D·2+O·1 = 8 pts
secco (9 points)
Painting technique (on dry plaster)
Plaster painting (from "dry": It.)
Plaster painting (from "dry" It.)
S·1+E·1+C·3+C·3+O·1 = 9 pts
segno (6 points)
Composers notational sign
Repeat sign, in music.
English song medley: 'Here we go again!'
S·1+E·1+G·2+N·1+O·1 = 6 pts
servo (8 points)
Mechanism starter (wordplay)
Satisfies ones wanderlust
Mechanism augmenting force or motion
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+O·1 = 8 pts
sexto (12 points)
It's abbreviated 6, to a bookbinder
12-page book size
Book size between quarto and octavo
S·1+E·1+X·8+T·1+O·1 = 12 pts
shako (12 points)
Tall plumed hat (mil.)
An old soldier's cover-up
Stiff military headdress.
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+O·1 = 12 pts
sicko (11 points)
Serial killer say
Sadistic person (informal)
Serial killer, say
S·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+O·1 = 11 pts
sixmo (14 points)
""A paper size, also SEXTO""
S·1+I·1+X·8+M·3+O·1 = 14 pts
socko (11 points)
Show biz for smash
Super, in show biz lingo
Packing a punch, in show biz.
S·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+O·1 = 11 pts
soldo (6 points)
Part of a lira
Paesanos pittance once
Old fivecentesimi coin
S·1+O·1+L·1+D·2+O·1 = 6 pts
sorgo (6 points)
Cereal grass that yields syrup.
Sweet-juiced cereal grass.
Plant used for fodder
S·1+O·1+R·1+G·2+O·1 = 6 pts
spado (8 points)
A castrated male
S·1+P·3+A·1+D·2+O·1 = 8 pts
steno (5 points)
Court reporter, perhaps
Help for a dictator (wordplay)
Pool temp, maybe
S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+O·1 = 5 pts
sulfo (8 points)
Prefix re element
Prefix re element 16
Chemical prefix
S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+O·1 = 8 pts

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