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8-Letter Words Starting with S (49 words)
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schiller (13 points)
Wilhelm Tell playwright
Wallenstein his s-spine-tingler
"Ode to Joy" poet
S·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
schizier (22 points)
Schizy
S·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
schooner (13 points)
Glass of the Hesperus (wordplay)
Hesperus, for one
Draft order (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
schusser (13 points)
One who {schusses=v}
S·1+C·3+H·4+U·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
scorcher (15 points)
For a singer, 'One Fine Day'!
Informally, a really hot day - it burns!
Day of very hot and sunny weather
S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
scouther (13 points)
Toast for the lady by a college servant
S·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
scutcher (15 points)
One that {scutches=v}
S·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
searcher (13 points)
Scare her (anagram)
One trying to find (something)
Customs man, at times
S·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
shabbier (15 points)
More run-down
More in need of a makeover
More moth-eaten
S·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
shackler (17 points)
Policeman, at times
S·1+H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
shadower (15 points)
Private eye on the job
Private eye, often
Stalker sees Bill in the rain
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
shaggier (13 points)
Of hair, more untidy and rough
More untidy
More like far-fetched dog stories (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+A·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
sheather (14 points)
One that {sheathes=v}
S·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
sheenier (11 points)
Sheeny
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
shellier (11 points)
Shelly
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
shelvier (14 points)
Shelvy
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
shielder (12 points)
Ozone layer, for example
Guardian angel
Protector.
S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
shiftier (14 points)
More devious
S·1+H·4+I·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
shingler (12 points)
Roof worker
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
shirtier (11 points)
More irritable, to a Brit
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
shiverer (14 points)
Brr sayer, perhaps
Man in a chill wind
One going 'Brrr!'
S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
shoalier (11 points)
Less navigable, maybe
S·1+H·4+O·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
shoddier (13 points)
More imperfectly made.
More imperfectly made
More trashy
S·1+H·4+O·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
shoulder (12 points)
Ought to get 'er armed, perhaps
Oughter be armed (wordplay)
'Ought to get 'er armed, perhaps (8)'
S·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
shoveler (14 points)
One who clears snow, maybe
Duck with a broad bill
Freshwater duck
S·1+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
shredder (13 points)
Red herds (anagram)
Machine for destroying documents
Important tool in insider trading
S·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
shrewder (15 points)
Not so dumb
More calculating or crafty
More astute
S·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+W·4+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
shrieker (15 points)
Black-tailed godwit.
Young girl at a rock concert
Terrified one
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
shriller (11 points)
Marked by greater intensity
More high-pitched.
More piercing and high-pitched
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
shrimper (15 points)
Boat with a very fine net
Boat catching small edible crustaceans
Certain fisherman
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
shrinker (15 points)
Opposite of an enlarger
Hot water, vis- -vis wool
Hot water, vis-a-vis wool
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
shuffler (17 points)
Changes around the deck in Dodder? Right!
S·1+H·4+U·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
sketcher (17 points)
Empty sack engraver found in drawer
Quick drawer
Vessel placed in middle of maidservant's drawer
S·1+K·5+E·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
sleigher (12 points)
St. Nick, for one
Santa, on his rounds
St. George was one*
S·1+L·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
slighter (12 points)
Less perceptible, as a change
Of lesser importance
Not as substantial
S·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
sloshier (11 points)
More likely to spill over
More likely to spill, as water in a bucket
S·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
sloucher (13 points)
One who {slouches=v}
S·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
slushier (11 points)
Harder to walk on, in the winter
S·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
smoother (13 points)
Not so bumpy
More urbane - put out about nothing
Not so jarring
S·1+M·3+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
snatcher (13 points)
Runner with a purse, maybe
Man carrying a purse (wordplay)
One seizing suddenly
S·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
snitcher (13 points)
Informer Slang
Informer: Slang.
Tattletale
S·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
spherier (13 points)
Sphery
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
splasher (13 points)
Pain in a pool
Annoying kid at the pool
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
squasher (20 points)
One who crushes or squeezes
Ant killer
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
stancher (13 points)
Styptic pencil, for example
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
stitcher (13 points)
One using needle and thread
Sewing needle user
Needle-and-thread user
S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
subahdar (14 points)
""A governor of a subah, also SUBADAR, SUBEDAR""
S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+H·4+D·2+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
swishier (14 points)
Swishy
S·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
switcher (16 points)
One changing sides
No rod sparer
S·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts

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