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8-Letter Words Starting with S (49 words)
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8-Letter Words (49):
sardonyx (19 points)
A stone; dry Saxon (anagram)
Dry Saxon (anagram)
Candidate for a cameo
S·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+Y·4+X·8 = 19 pts
saucebox (19 points)
Impudent person putting slug on dressing
S·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+B·3+O·1+X·8 = 19 pts
saxatile (15 points)
Growing among rocks
S·1+A·1+X·8+A·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
saxhorns (18 points)
Brass band members
Band instruments.
Tuba relatives
S·1+A·1+X·8+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 18 pts
saxonies (15 points)
Saxony
S·1+A·1+X·8+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
saxtubas (17 points)
Bass horns.
S·1+A·1+X·8+T·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+S·1 = 17 pts
sexiness (15 points)
Screen idol's trait
Erotically attractive quality
Hot quality
S·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 15 pts
sexology (19 points)
Study for a Masters (wordplay)
Forte of Johnson and Masters
Field for Alfred Kinsey
S·1+E·1+X·8+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 19 pts
sextains (15 points)
Sextain
S·1+E·1+X·8+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
sextants (15 points)
Instruments still around in a ship!
Quadrant's relatives
Instruments for navigators
S·1+E·1+X·8+T·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
sextarii (15 points)
Ancient Roman units of liquid measure
S·1+E·1+X·8+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+I·1 = 15 pts
sextette (15 points)
Number in "Lucia"
Mae West's final film
Mae West's swan song
S·1+E·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
sextiles (15 points)
Sextile
S·1+E·1+X·8+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
sextuple (17 points)
Increase from 5 to 30, say
Multiply by six
Increase many times
S·1+E·1+X·8+T·1+U·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
sextuply (20 points)
To six times as much
S·1+E·1+X·8+T·1+U·1+P·3+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
sexually (18 points)
In a sexual manner
S·1+E·1+X·8+U·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
siloxane (15 points)
A chemical compound
S·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+X·8+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
silvexes (18 points)
Silvex
S·1+I·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
sixpence (19 points)
Money in a classic song title
Sing a Song of one
Old British coin
S·1+I·1+X·8+P·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 19 pts
sixpenny (20 points)
Cheap - worthless - worth a tanner once
Twice as much as a cheap opera (wordplay)
Nail size
S·1+I·1+X·8+P·3+E·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
sixteens (15 points)
Sweet times (wordplay)
Sweet and tons
Two make thirty-two
S·1+I·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
sixtieth (18 points)
Diamond (anniversary)
Diamond wedding is one such
That's the diamond one
S·1+I·1+X·8+T·1+I·1+E·1+T·1+H·4 = 18 pts
smallpox (19 points)
Highly contagious viral disease
Its last U.S. case was in 1949
Health scourge now deemed eradicated
S·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+P·3+O·1+X·8 = 19 pts
smilaxes (17 points)
Vines with bright-green leaves.
Popular potted plants
Ornamental shrubs
S·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
snuffbox (23 points)
Blow out chest for nosey type perhaps
Ornamental tobacco holder
Bijou for a Beau Brummell.
S·1+N·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+B·3+O·1+X·8 = 23 pts
soundbox (18 points)
Body of violin or acoustic guitar
Gramophone component needs solid case
Violin part
S·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+B·3+O·1+X·8 = 18 pts
spadixes (18 points)
Spadix
S·1+P·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
sphinxes (20 points)
Man-lions of mythology
Mythical creatures with lions' bodies
Inscrutable ones
S·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts
spinifex (20 points)
Porcupine grass
Leg one female shows in hanky-panky in the grass
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+X·8 = 20 pts
storaxes (15 points)
Storax
S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
styraxes (18 points)
Styrax
S·1+T·1+Y·4+R·1+A·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
subaxial (17 points)
Somewhat axial
S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+X·8+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
subfixes (20 points)
Subfix
S·1+U·1+B·3+F·4+I·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts
subindex (18 points)
Secondary listing
S·1+U·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+X·8 = 18 pts
suboxide (18 points)
An oxide containing little oxygen
S·1+U·1+B·3+O·1+X·8+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 18 pts
subtaxon (17 points)
A subdivision of a taxon
S·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+A·1+X·8+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
subtexts (17 points)
Underlying themes
Hidden themes in books about U-boats (wordplay)
S·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+E·1+X·8+T·1+S·1 = 17 pts
suffixal (21 points)
Pertaining to a suffix
S·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+X·8+A·1+L·1 = 21 pts
suffixed (22 points)
Appended
S·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+X·8+E·1+D·2 = 22 pts
suffixes (21 points)
Word add-ons
They're added to ends of words
Additions to word stems
S·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 21 pts
superfix (20 points)
A recurrent pattern of stress in speech
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+I·1+X·8 = 20 pts
supersex (17 points)
A type of sterile organism
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+X·8 = 17 pts
supertax (17 points)
Levy on high incomes
Plan ups extra revenue
Penalty for the ultrarich
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+X·8 = 17 pts
surtaxed (16 points)
Like luxury cars and expensive jewelry, often
S·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+X·8+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
surtaxes (15 points)
Additional economic burdens.
Additional levies
S·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
sweatbox (20 points)
Spinks's way to lose weight?
Turkish bath, say
Spinks's way to lose weight (wordplay)
S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+B·3+O·1+X·8 = 20 pts
swinepox (20 points)
A disease of swine
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+X·8 = 20 pts
syntaxes (18 points)
Sets of grammatical rules
Grammarian's topics
Sentence structures
S·1+Y·4+N·1+T·1+A·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
syrinxes (18 points)
Syrinx
S·1+Y·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts

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