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9-Letter Words Starting with S (51 words)
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salesgirl (10 points)
I sell rags, maybe!
She sells a rig-out, maybe
Department store worker, sometimes
S·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+G·2+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 10 pts
sartorial (9 points)
Pertaining to the tailor's art
Re men's clothes
Relating to tailoring
S·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
satirical (11 points)
Like Mad (wordplay)
Like "Utopia" or "Gulliver's Travels"
Juvenalian in style
S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
sceptical (15 points)
Unwilling to give credit
Inclined to doubt accepted opinions
Inclined to disbelieve, not convinced
S·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
schlemiel (16 points)
*Luckless bungler
Habitual bungler
Lifelong bungler
S·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 16 pts
schnitzel (23 points)
Wiener chaser (wordplay)
German veal dish
Dish similar to tonkatsu
S·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+I·1+T·1+Z·10+E·1+L·1 = 23 pts
sciential (11 points)
""Pertaining to, or producing, science.""
S·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
sectional (11 points)
Partial collapse of coastline
Like a prefabricated house
It is stirred into barbiturate in parts
S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
sectorial (11 points)
Adapted for cutting.
S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
semifinal (14 points)
Culmination of a truck race (wordplay)
Not a fully detached game!
A red and blue one approaches!
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
semimetal (13 points)
Arsenic is one
Arsenic or antimony
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
semirural (11 points)
Like some suburbs
Slightly built-up
Between urban and country
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+R·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
semitonal (11 points)
TONAL pertaining to tone
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
semivowel (17 points)
""A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y. w and y.""
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+L·1 = 17 pts
sensorial (9 points)
Of the center of feeling.
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
serotinal (9 points)
SEROTINE a European bat
S·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
sessional (9 points)
A lesson is revised termly
Of a court sitting.
Pertaining to a meeting.
S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
shavetail (15 points)
Recent West Point grad
Second lieutenant, slangily
Second lieutenant: Slang.
S·1+H·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 15 pts
shirttail (12 points)
Young and immature
It may stick out of one's pants
It's usually tucked in
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 12 pts
shlemiehl (17 points)
English word
S·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+H·4+L·1 = 17 pts
sigmoidal (13 points)
Like some growth curves
S·1+I·1+G·2+M·3+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
singspiel (12 points)
An 18th-century German musical comedy featuring songs and ensembles interspersed with dialogue.
S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
sinistral (9 points)
Opposite of dextral
Left-handed.
Left-handed
S·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
skeptical (17 points)
Having one's doubts
American's dubious arrangement of kilt with capes
Doubtful
S·1+K·5+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
slimeball (13 points)
Despicable sort
Repulsive person - slippery sphere (wordplay)
Sleazy weasel
S·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts
spherical (16 points)
Round all around
It's round there
Shaped like Earth
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts
spiritual (11 points)
Go Down Moses, for one
Soul music (wordplay)
Of things of the soul
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
spirituel (11 points)
Having or evidencing a refined mind and wit.
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+E·1+L·1 = 11 pts
spoonbill (13 points)
Charge for a snog with a bird (wordplay)
Large wading bird
One may be roseate
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts
spritsail (11 points)
Extended canvas shows one escaping soul's distress
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 11 pts
stairwell (12 points)
Flight case (wordplay)
Shaft peer report by Spring
Space flight takes one into sun source
S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 12 pts
stapedial (12 points)
Of or pertaining to stapes.
S·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
stational (9 points)
Of or pertaining to a station.
S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
steroidal (10 points)
Such as many hormones
Ideal sort for exercising, enhancing performance
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
stickball (17 points)
Game played on city streets
Vacant lot game
Street competition
S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 17 pts
subaerial (11 points)
AERIAL an {antenna=n}
S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
subapical (15 points)
Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.
S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
subfossil (14 points)
FOSSIL the preserved remains of a plant or animal
S·1+U·1+B·3+F·4+O·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+L·1 = 14 pts
submittal (13 points)
SUBMIT to yield to the power of another
S·1+U·1+B·3+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
subsocial (13 points)
""SOCIAL a friendly gathering, also SOCIABLE""
S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
subvisual (14 points)
VISUAL something that illustrates by pictures of diagrams
S·1+U·1+B·3+V·4+I·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
suctional (11 points)
SUCTION to remove by sucking
S·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
suctorial (11 points)
""Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds. as, the humming birds are suctorial birds.""
S·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
supercoil (13 points)
English word
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+O·1+I·1+L·1 = 13 pts
surficial (14 points)
""SURFIE one who surfs, also SURFER""
S·1+U·1+R·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
surprisal (11 points)
""The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.""
S·1+U·1+R·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
swordtail (13 points)
Saber fish (wordplay)
Fish used in genetic research
Popular aquarium fish
S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+T·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 13 pts
sympodial (17 points)
""Composed of superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial stem. as, a sympodial stem.""
S·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
synclinal (14 points)
""Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.""
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
syncytial (17 points)
SYNCYTIA syncytium
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts
synodical (15 points)
""Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms.as, synodical proceedings or forms.""
S·1+Y·4+N·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts

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