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9-Letter Words Starting with S

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9-Letter Words Starting with S (63 words)

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9-Letter Words (63):

saintlier (9 points)

More long-suffering

More like Mother Seton

More angelic

S·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts

sandpaper (14 points)

Alternative to a plane (wordplay)

Abrasive sheet (DIY)

Wood-smoothing aid

S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

sandpiper (14 points)

Desert musician (wordplay)

Snipe's cousin

Small wading bird

S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+P·3+I·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

saunterer (9 points)

Son, member of family with double hesitation as slow walker

S·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts

scavenger (15 points)

Vulture (or similar character)

Junk collector (wordplay)

Junkyard shopper, say

S·1+C·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

schnauzer (23 points)

Wiry-coated pooch

Furry-muzzled dog

Dog with a bearded muzzle

S·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+A·1+U·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts

schnorrer (14 points)

""One who takes advantage of the generosity of others, also SHNORRER""

S·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

scrawnier (14 points)

More bonier

More sticklike

More rawboned

S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

scrivener (14 points)

Person who draws up contracts etc.

He writes, indeed he does

Melville's Bartleby, for example

S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

scrounger (12 points)

An appealing sponge (wordplay)

New surgeon accepting credit is sponge

He mooches

S·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

semilunar (11 points)

Shaped like a half-moon

Crescent-shaped

S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts

sensibler (11 points)

Sensible

S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts

sequencer (20 points)

Device determining order of events, data, etc

S·1+E·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts

serenader (10 points)

One playing to the balcony (wordplay)

Guitar player outside window

Wooer, perhaps

S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

sharpener (14 points)

Device for making a point (wordplay)

Gadget on the cutting edge (wordplay)

It makes a point or edge

S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

shipowner (17 points)

Onassis, perhaps, captive in the sun (wordplay)

Transport magnate's shown ripe bananas

At sea, person with less time to find big fish in the main (wordplay)

S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+O·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts

shortener (12 points)

In gambling one who causes the odds to become less

Abridger

S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

shunpiker (18 points)

SHUNPIKE to travel on sideroads to avoid expressways

S·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts

sideliner (10 points)

Footballer out of the game: Colloq.

Footballer out of the game Colloq.

Nonparticipant vessel

S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

signaller (10 points)

Without exception resign, upset about the railwayman

He sent 'England expects...' to the fleet; an indication to go for the French

S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

signifier (13 points)

One that signifies.

S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

slanderer (10 points)

Owner of a bad tongue.

One who defames another

One's words may lead to action

S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

slenderer (10 points)

Series about banker, not so fat

Thinner line in poster engineers put up (wordplay)

Less robust.

S·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

sloganeer (10 points)

A coiner of catchphrases

Ad agency specialist

Speaker of trite phrases

S·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

snatchier (14 points)

Snatchy

S·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

snickerer (15 points)

SNICKER to utter a partly stifled giggle

S·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

sniggerer (11 points)

Giggler.

S·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts

snorkeler (13 points)

Vacationer, at times

Certain underwater explorer

Club Med vacationer, at times

S·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

snowmaker (18 points)

Machine on the slopes

S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts

snowshoer (15 points)

One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes.

S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+H·4+O·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

snufflier (15 points)

Snuffly

S·1+N·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

sojourner (16 points)

Temporary resident

Traveler, 7/4/1997

Mars

S·1+O·1+J·8+O·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts

sonneteer (9 points)

Shakespeare, for one

One for fourteen a time

Youth by net always supports linesman

S·1+O·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts

spanglier (12 points)

Spangly

S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

spelunker (15 points)

Cave man (wordplay)

Explorer of sorts

One exploring deeply (wordplay)

S·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

sphincter (16 points)

Riddler endlessly chattering, loathing lost muscle

Muscle inclined to pinch with rest - stopped up

Body part in a "Wayne's World" joke used to get the other guy to say "What?"

S·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts

spindlier (12 points)

Built more like Ichabod Crane

Longer and thinner

More thin and frail

S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

spinnaker (15 points)

Sail suited to Shane Warne (wordplay)

Racing yacht's large triangular sail.

Sail that looks kinda like a parachute

S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

spleenier (11 points)

Spleeny

S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts

splendour (12 points)

Odds on usurer heard to show richness

Show way to spend our pound inside

Half-hearted hostility and dismal dazzle

S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 12 pts

springier (12 points)

A spaniel without one is more resilient

More elastic

More likely to bounce back, more like May might you say (wordplay)

S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

sprinkler (15 points)

Device for lawn owners.

Device for watering

"Let-us-spray" device

S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

squinnier (18 points)

Squinny

S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts

squintier (18 points)

Squinty

S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts

stationer (9 points)

Radio DJ's other job (wordplay)

Paper pusher (wordplay)

Pencil pusher (wordplay)

S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts

stauncher (14 points)

Firmer cane hurts badly

Firmer.

S·1+T·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

stenchier (14 points)

Stenchy

S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

stenciler (11 points)

Sign maker, perhaps

Person of letters (wordplay)

Many a street artist

S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts

stiffener (15 points)

Strong drink - starch (wordplay)

Fortifying alcoholic drink (slang)

Starch, as a laundry agent

S·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

strangler (10 points)

Tree or fig

Nickname of wrestler Lewis.

1960s Boston killer

S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

stringier (10 points)

Less voluminous, as hair

S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

subcenter (13 points)

CENTER to place at the middle point

S·1+U·1+B·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

sunbather (14 points)

Tehran bus broken down on the beach

Burns with heat, if silly, as this

Person lying falsifed heat burns

S·1+U·1+N·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

sundowner (13 points)

Tramp (Australian) - drink (British)

Star needs relaxant - a timely drink

Drink that's the opposite of 5, on paper

S·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

sunflower (15 points)

Star bloomer (wordplay)

Symbol of Kansas

Symbol of Kansas.

S·1+U·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

sunseeker (13 points)

Comparative adjective or agent noun

S·1+U·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+E·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

supinator (11 points)

A muscle which produces the motion of supination.

S·1+U·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts

surrender (10 points)

Submit (to an opponent)

Abandon the resistance (wordplay)

Giving-up Presley song 1961

S·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

suspender (12 points)

Buy-one-get-one-free item (wordplay)

He puts off getting a hanger (wordplay)

This hold up could bring up redness

S·1+U·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

suspenser (11 points)

SUSPENSE a state of mental uncertainty or excitement

S·1+U·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts

suspensor (11 points)

A suspensory.

S·1+U·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts

sustainer (9 points)

Unsponsored radio program

One supporting and backing American composer

S·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts

sweetener (12 points)

Bribe a substitute (wordplay)

Aspartame, for one

Dash of sugar (wordplay)

S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

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Refine to S+: SA SB SC SD SE SF SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SP SQ SR SS ST SU SV SW SX SY SZ

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