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6-Letter Words Starting with S (47 words)
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sarape (8 points)
Ranchero's wrap (Var.)
Mexican shawl (Var.)
Sonoran shawl (Var.)
S·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 8 pts
sarode (7 points)
Lute of India
Indian lute
S·1+A·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 7 pts
satire (6 points)
Best in Show, for one
"Gulliver's Travels," for one
Gulliver's Travels, for one
S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 6 pts
scarce (10 points)
Go and make it oneself? Not much!
Way to make yourself (wordplay)
Seldom met with.
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
scrape (10 points)
Barely make it (by)
Scratch; just make (living)
Tight spot (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 10 pts
scribe (10 points)
Writer (before printing was developed)
Document copier (hist.)
Copy writer (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 10 pts
scrive (11 points)
To {engrave=v}
S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
secure (8 points)
All tied up (wordplay)
Like online banking (hopefully)
Guard dog - watch out!
S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sempre (10 points)
Without varying, in music
Always, to Mehta
Always, in Italy.
S·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
serape (8 points)
It's a wrap (wordplay)
Wrap with a sombrero, perhaps
Garment of a sort.
S·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 8 pts
serene (6 points)
Like Lake Placid (wordplay)
Calm (rhymes with 'green')
Like a sleeping baby, perhaps
S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 6 pts
serine (6 points)
Crystalline amino acid
Certain amino acid
Protein derivative, like gelatin.
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 6 pts
severe (9 points)
Cute, perhaps, strictly speaking
Strictly speaking, cute, perhaps
Strictly speaking, cute perhaps
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
shrike (13 points)
Shriek at this bird (wordplay)
Prey-impaling songbird
Hikers disturbed bird
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
shrine (9 points)
Iconic building (wordplay)
Jim Morrison's grave, to some (... why?)
Tomb of saint (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
shrive (12 points)
I have so got to grant pardon at last
Confess to a priest
Pardon, old style.
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
shrove (12 points)
Give a push about R (wordplay)
Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
Imposed penance on
S·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
sirree (6 points)
Word often addressed to Bob (wordplay)
Yes/no answer follower (wordplay)
It may follow "yes" or "no"
S·1+I·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 6 pts
soiree (6 points)
Holiday party, say
Shindig of sorts
Where to wear a night gown (wordplay)
S·1+O·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 6 pts
sombre (10 points)
Down in the rubbish dumps (wordplay)
After spades lead card game gets serious
Gloomy and dismal
S·1+O·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sortie (6 points)
Type that is breaking out (wordplay)
Sally is so kind, that is to say
How kind - that is to say, so outgoing
S·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1 = 6 pts
source (8 points)
Root of nerve, say
Where'd you read that (wordplay)
Deep Throat, for one
S·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+C·3+E·1 = 8 pts
sparge (9 points)
Splash or sprinkle (anagram of GRAPES)
Bespatter
Sprinkle.
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 9 pts
sparse (8 points)
Scattered here and there
Meagre sum originally held in reserve
Opposite of plentiful
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sphere (11 points)
Place for influence (wordplay)
Field a ball, perhaps
You're on one now!
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
splore (8 points)
""A boisterous drinking party, also CAROUSAL""
S·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sprite (8 points)
Robin Goodfellow, for one
Puck, for one.
Shakespeare's Puck, for one
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
spruce (10 points)
Smart and neat as a tree (wordplay)
Christmas tree, perhaps
A smart-looking tree (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
spurge (9 points)
Poinsettia, for one
Two eggs overlapping in plant (wordplay)
Plant in soil initially clean
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 9 pts
square (15 points)
Fair in the market-place (wordplay)
Trafalgar, for one
One for one, for one
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
squire (15 points)
Knight's aide
Local landowner; knight's attendant
Sancho Panza, to Don Quixote
S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
starve (9 points)
Completely stop funding, say
Make fast (wordplay)
More than fast (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+V·4+E·1 = 9 pts
stoure (6 points)
""Dust, also STOUR""
S·1+T·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 6 pts
strafe (9 points)
Do a line of shots (wordplay)
Shoot machine guns
Fly low and attack
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+F·4+E·1 = 9 pts
strake (10 points)
A street scraper on the wheel (wordplay)
Line of planking on a ship's hull.
Ship's planking
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 10 pts
striae (6 points)
Grooves or channels
Artie's bands
Stretch marks, to a dermatologist
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 6 pts
stride (7 points)
What some things are taken in (wordplay)
Walk in street / take bus (wordplay)
What some losses are taken in (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 7 pts
strife (9 points)
Where to find her, perhaps - not out
Contention or contest
How Londoner found his wife with trouble
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+E·1 = 9 pts
strike (10 points)
Test match, I say!
What a blow that it's not working!
What a blow that it won't work!
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 10 pts
stripe (8 points)
Pin follower (wordplay)
Bass feature, maybe
Single's Number1? Rubbish band!
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 8 pts
strive (9 points)
Try and try
Make a valiant effort
Labour, try hard
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 9 pts
strobe (8 points)
Night club flasher (wordplay)
Light up at a dance (wordplay)
Flash light (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+E·1 = 8 pts
strode (7 points)
Stretched one's legs (wordplay)
Took serious steps (wordplay)
Took major steps (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 7 pts
stroke (10 points)
Butterfly, for one
What a blow for a row!
Seizure of one of eight (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 10 pts
strove (9 points)
Went all-out
Went for it
Made a concerted effort
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 9 pts
suture (6 points)
Have one in stitches (wordplay)
Hospital closing (wordplay)
Surgeon's closing line (wordplay)
S·1+U·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 6 pts
swerve (12 points)
Try to avoid an accident, maybe
Avoid a pothole, maybe
Avoid an accident, perhaps
S·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts

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