5-letter words containing S
Embark on an exploration of 5-letter words that contain the letter S. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate S within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| sorry | 8 | bad; unfortunate | a sorry state of affairs |
| these | 8 | - | - |
| first | 8 | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) | - |
| still | 5 | to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons | an even (or still) more interesting problem |
| years | 8 | a prolonged period of time | I haven't been there for years and years |
| those | 8 | - | - |
| house | 8 | provide housing for | The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town |
| start | 5 | get off the ground | Who started this company? |
| since | 7 | From a definite past time until now. | he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since |
| guess | 6 | an estimate based on little or no information | - |
| sleep | 7 | a period of time spent sleeping | he felt better after a little sleep |
| cause | 7 | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | - |
| times | 7 | an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed | four times three equals twelve |
| stuff | 11 | informal terms for personal possessions | - |
| music | 9 | punishment for one's actions | you have to face the music |
| hands | 9 | the force of workers available | - |
| speak | 11 | exchange thoughts; talk with | - |
| close | 7 | cease to operate or cause to cease operating | The owners decided to move and to close the factory |
| comes | 9 | - | - |
| story | 8 | a record or narrative description of past events | a history of France |
| means | 7 | considerable capital (wealth or income) | he is a man of means |
| least | 5 | used to form the superlative | The garter snake is the least dangerous snake |
| shall | 8 | - | - |
| stand | 6 | put up with something or somebody unpleasant | - |
| yours | 8 | - | - |
| hours | 8 | an indefinite period of time | they talked for hours |
| jesus | 12 | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) | - |
| small | 7 | not large but sufficient in size or amount | helped in my own small way |
| trust | 5 | complete confidence in a person or plan etc | the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust |
| shoot | 8 | make a film or photograph of something | shoot a movie |
| needs | 6 | in such a manner as could not be otherwise | we must needs by objective |
| lives | 8 | - | - |
| words | 9 | an angry dispute | they had words |
| sound | 6 | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language | - |
| sweet | 8 | not containing or composed of salt water | - |
| class | 7 | a body of students who graduate together | the class of '97 |
| sense | 5 | the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted | the dictionary gave several senses for the word |
| works | 12 | the internal mechanism of a device | - |
| state | 5 | indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | - |
| seven | 8 | the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one | - |
| swear | 8 | have faith or confidence in | - |
| worse | 8 | changed for the worse in health or fitness | I feel worse today |
| short | 8 | of insufficient quantity to meet a need | money is short |
| smell | 7 | any property detected by the olfactory system | - |
| spend | 8 | pay out | spend money |
| smoke | 11 | a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion | the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles |
| smart | 7 | improperly forward or bold | - |
| stick | 11 | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | - |
| visit | 8 | come to see in an official or professional capacity | The governor visited the prison |
| scene | 7 | the context and environment in which something is set | - |
| dress | 6 | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | dress the plants in the garden |
| horse | 8 | a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) | - |
| saved | 9 | guarded from injury or destruction | - |
| store | 5 | an electronic memory device | - |
| miles | 7 | - | - |
| rules | 5 | - | - |
| share | 8 | the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result | they all did their share of the work |
| space | 9 | (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences | - |
| smile | 7 | a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement | - |
| using | 6 | an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | - |
| shoes | 8 | a particular situation | - |
| study | 9 | a branch of knowledge | anthropology is the study of human beings |
| glass | 6 | a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror | - |
| spent | 7 | drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted | - |
| cross | 7 | meet at a point | - |
| stuck | 11 | baffled | this problem has me completely stuck |
| south | 8 | the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees | - |
| upset | 7 | having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom | the upset pitcher of milk |
| whose | 11 | The possessive case of who or which. | - |
| taste | 5 | a strong liking | - |
| press | 7 | a dense crowd of people | - |
| silly | 8 | inspiring scornful pity | how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years |
| paris | 7 | the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce | - |
| stage | 6 | plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | the neighboring tribe staged an invasion |
| waste | 8 | cause to grow thin or weak | - |
| steal | 5 | move stealthily | - |
| worst | 8 | defeat thoroughly | - |
| balls | 7 | - | - |
| raise | 5 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | raise a smile |
| pants | 7 | (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | - |
| fresh | 11 | original and of a kind not seen before | - |
| names | 7 | verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument | sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me |
| ghost | 9 | haunt like a ghost; pursue | - |
| shirt | 8 | a garment worn on the upper half of the body | - |
| stole | 5 | a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women | - |
| shame | 10 | a state of dishonor | one mistake brought shame to all his family |
| folks | 12 | people in general (often used in the plural) | folks around here drink moonshine |
| james | 14 | (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament | - |
| screw | 10 | someone who guards prisoners | - |
| stone | 5 | United States architect (1902-1978) | - |
| spoke | 11 | one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder | - |
| exist | 12 | support oneself | he could barely exist on such a low wage |
| style | 8 | designate by an identifying term | They styled their nation `The Confederate States' |
| super | 7 | a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector | - |
| speed | 8 | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | the project advanced with gratifying speed |
| sight | 9 | the ability to see; the visual faculty | - |
| serve | 8 | mate with | male animals serve the females for breeding purposes |
| heads | 9 | - | - |
| sword | 9 | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | - |
| cards | 8 | a game played with playing cards | - |
| usual | 5 | commonly encountered | the usual greeting |
| slept | 7 | - | - |
| split | 7 | having been divided; having the unity destroyed | a split group |
| noise | 5 | the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience | modern music is just noise to me |
| guest | 6 | a visitor to whom hospitality is extended | - |
| scare | 7 | cause fear in | - |
| lines | 5 | - | - |
| bless | 7 | render holy by means of religious rites | - |
| rings | 6 | gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises | the rings require a strong upper body |
| shake | 12 | move back and forth or sideways | - |
| sugar | 6 | an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain | - |
| spare | 7 | not taken up by scheduled activities | spare time on my hands |
| issue | 5 | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | - |
| tears | 5 | the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | she was in tears |
| bucks | 13 | - | - |
| based | 8 | having a base | firmly based ice |
| stops | 7 | a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card | - |
| loose | 5 | (of textures) full of small openings or gaps | a loose weave |
| pussy | 10 | containing pus | - |
| storm | 7 | behave violently, as if in state of a great anger | - |
| nurse | 5 | a woman who is the custodian of children | - |
| focus | 10 | become focussed or come into focus | The light focused |
| pills | 7 | - | - |
| parts | 7 | the local environment | he hasn't been seen around these parts in years |
| loser | 5 | a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | - |
| shape | 10 | the visual appearance of something or someone | - |
| chest | 10 | the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen | - |
| scary | 10 | provoking fear terror | a scary movie |
| staff | 11 | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written | - |
| crash | 10 | the act of colliding with something | his crash through the window |
| bones | 7 | (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance | - |
| chose | 10 | - | - |
| solve | 8 | find the solution | solve an equation |
| falls | 8 | a steep descent of the water of a river | - |
| shock | 14 | the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat | the armies met in the shock of battle |
| woods | 9 | the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area | - |
| saint | 5 | declare (a dead person) to be a saint | - |
| sucks | 11 | - | - |
| chase | 10 | cut a furrow into a columns | - |
| aside | 6 | out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) | brush the objections aside |
| beast | 7 | a cruelly rapacious person | - |
| rooms | 7 | apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) | - |
| stood | 6 | - | - |
| toast | 5 | a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event | - |
| nasty | 8 | offensive or even (of persons) malicious | in a nasty mood |
| score | 7 | a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages | he studied the score of the sonata |
| sharp | 10 | (of something seen or heard) clearly defined | a sharp photographic image |
| steps | 7 | a flight of stairs or a flight of steps | - |
| talks | 9 | a discussion intended to produce an agreement | talks between Israelis and Palestinians |
| curse | 7 | profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | - |
| snake | 9 | a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition | - |
| trash | 8 | worthless material that is to be disposed of | - |
| spell | 7 | indicate or signify | I'm afraid this spells trouble! |
| false | 8 | adopted in order to deceive | - |
| coast | 7 | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope |
| shout | 8 | utter a sudden loud cry | - |
| terms | 7 | status with respect to the relations between people or groups | on good terms with her in-laws |
| notes | 5 | - | - |
| flesh | 11 | alternative names for the body of a human being | the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
| marks | 11 | English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964) | - |
| shift | 11 | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | - |
| swing | 9 | in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball | - |
| louis | 5 | United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981) | - |
| costs | 7 | pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation | - |
| stock | 11 | the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun | the rifle had been fitted with a special stock |
| stays | 8 | a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | - |
| steel | 5 | get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | - |
| wings | 9 | a means of flight or ascent | necessity lends wings to inspiration |
| grass | 6 | a police informer who implicates many people | - |
| shine | 8 | be bright by reflecting or casting light | - |
| spain | 7 | a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power | - |
| mouse | 7 | to go stealthily or furtively | - |
| virus | 8 | a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer | a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance |
| waves | 11 | - | - |
| boots | 7 | - | - |
| banks | 11 | English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820) | - |
| slave | 8 | work very hard, like a slave | - |
| sweat | 8 | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | Exercise makes one sweat |
| jones | 12 | United States golfer (1902-1971) | - |
| shark | 12 | any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales | - |
| jesse | 12 | - | - |
| shore | 8 | arrive on shore | - |
| flash | 11 | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | - |
| sheep | 10 | a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision | his students followed him like sheep |
| shown | 11 | - | - |
| solid | 6 | the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape | - |
| smith | 10 | Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790) | - |
| flies | 8 | (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains) | - |
| sauce | 7 | add zest or flavor to, make more interesting | sauce the roast |
| sport | 7 | someone who engages in sports | - |
| goods | 7 | - | - |
| gross | 6 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | gross negligence |
| crush | 10 | temporary love of an adolescent | - |
| basic | 9 | reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | a basic story line |
| beats | 7 | a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop) | - |
| penis | 7 | the male sex organ (`member' is a euphemism) | - |
| seats | 5 | an area that includes places where several people can sit | - |
| strip | 7 | lay bare | - |
| squad | 15 | a cooperative unit (especially in sports) | - |
| sunny | 8 | bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer | a gay sunny room |
| lousy | 8 | vile; despicable | a dirty (or lousy) trick |
| sally | 8 | a venture off the beaten path | a sally into the wide world beyond his home |
| texas | 12 | the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico | - |
| blast | 7 | hit hard | - |
| sales | 5 | income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time | - |
| salad | 6 | food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens | - |
| oscar | 7 | an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance | - |
| wives | 11 | - | - |
| sandy | 9 | of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown | - |
| chaos | 10 | a state of extreme confusion and disorder | - |
| purse | 7 | gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | purse ones's lips |
| skull | 9 | the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates | - |
| stink | 9 | smell badly and offensively | - |
| twins | 8 | the third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20 | - |
| hills | 8 | - | - |
| scale | 7 | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | - |
| burns | 7 | celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796) | - |
| chips | 12 | strips of potato fried in deep fat | - |
| asses | 5 | - | - |
| stake | 9 | mark with a stake | stake out the path |
| dates | 6 | - | - |
| gates | 6 | United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955) | - |
| brush | 10 | the act of brushing your teeth | the dentist recommended two brushes a day |
| pulse | 7 | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart | - |
| slide | 6 | move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | - |
| roads | 6 | a partly sheltered anchorage | - |
| shell | 8 | remove the husks from | - |
| stare | 5 | look at with fixed eyes | The students stared at the teacher with amazement |
| skirt | 9 | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | she skirted the problem |
| sammy | 12 | - | - |
| sixth | 15 | coming next after the fifth and just before the seventh in position | - |
| tense | 5 | cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up |
| lewis | 8 | United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951) | - |
| drops | 8 | - | - |
| basis | 7 | the most important or necessary part of something | the basis of this drink is orange juice |
| abuse | 7 | cruel or inhumane treatment | the child showed signs of physical abuse |
| daisy | 9 | any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl | - |
| spoil | 7 | make a mess of, destroy or ruin | - |
| kings | 10 | - | - |
| shave | 11 | cut closely | - |
| sneak | 9 | someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions | - |
| tasty | 8 | pleasing to the sense of taste | a tasty morsel |
| feast | 8 | an elaborate party (often outdoors) | - |
| burst | 7 | force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | - |
| phase | 10 | a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle | - |
| solar | 5 | relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun | solar eclipse |
| sonny | 8 | a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) | - |
| smash | 10 | hit hard | He smashed a 3-run homer |
| steak | 9 | a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish | - |
| lands | 6 | - | - |
| twist | 8 | twist suddenly so as to sprain | The wrestler twisted his shoulder |
| harsh | 11 | unpleasantly stern | wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus |
| loads | 6 | a large number or amount | - |
| skill | 9 | an ability that has been acquired by training | - |
| beers | 7 | - | - |
| siren | 5 | a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | - |
| sheet | 8 | paper used for writing or printing | - |
| shove | 11 | come into rough contact with while moving | - |
| stiff | 11 | very drunk | - |
| spray | 10 | a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | - |
| roots | 5 | the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage | his roots in Texas go back a long way |
| scout | 7 | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | - |
| snack | 11 | eat a snack; eat lightly | She never loses weight because she snacks between meals |
| sperm | 9 | the male reproductive cell; the male gamete | a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material |
| minus | 7 | an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated | four minus three equals one |
| disco | 8 | popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques | - |
| sober | 7 | become sober after excessive alcohol consumption | Keep him in bed until he sobers up |
| slice | 7 | cut into slices | - |
| mates | 7 | a pair of people who live together | - |
| bonus | 7 | an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output | - |
| scent | 7 | any property detected by the olfactory system | - |
| sixty | 15 | being ten more than fifty | - |
| spots | 7 | spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens | - |
| deeds | 7 | performance of moral or religious acts | salvation by deeds |
| risky | 12 | involving risk or danger | extremely risky going out in the tide and fog |
| sarge | 6 | - | - |
| suite | 5 | apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) | - |
| lions | 5 | - | - |
| backs | 13 | - | - |
| rusty | 8 | impaired in skill by neglect | - |
| sweep | 10 | move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions | - |
| goose | 6 | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | - |
| roast | 5 | subject to laughter or ridicule | His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday |
| spoon | 7 | as much as a spoon will hold | he added two spoons of sugar |
| steam | 7 | clean by means of steaming | steam-clean the upholstered sofa |
| swore | 8 | - | - |
| mason | 7 | English film actor (1909-1984) | - |
| smack | 13 | deliver a hard blow to | The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved |
| wrist | 8 | a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones | - |
| worms | 10 | - | - |
| funds | 9 | assets in the form of money | - |
| fries | 8 | strips of potato fried in deep fat | - |
| tales | 5 | - | - |
| swamp | 12 | low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | - |
| kilos | 9 | - | - |
| chess | 10 | weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | - |
| tease | 5 | disentangle and raise the fibers of | tease wool |
| flush | 11 | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | - |
| cease | 7 | put an end to a state or an activity | - |
| messy | 10 | dirty and disorderly | a child's messy eating habits |
| moses | 7 | United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes (1860-1961) | - |
| brass | 7 | the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | - |
| rains | 5 | - | - |
| stunt | 5 | a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth | - |
| spite | 7 | malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | - |
| jeans | 12 | (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear | - |
| shiny | 11 | having a shiny surface or coating | - |
| blues | 7 | a state of depression | he had a bad case of the blues |
| spill | 7 | flow, run or fall out and become lost | The milk spilled across the floor |
| stamp | 9 | walk heavily | - |
| noisy | 8 | attracting attention by showiness or bright colors | a noisy sweater |
| pasta | 7 | shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg | - |
| waist | 8 | the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips | - |
| grasp | 8 | hold firmly | - |
| spicy | 12 | producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves | a spicy sauce |
| salon | 5 | a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work | - |
| erase | 5 | remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong! |
| quest | 14 | the act of searching for something | a quest for diamonds |
| scarf | 10 | a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end | - |
| swell | 8 | expand abnormally | The bellies of the starving children are swelling |
| sworn | 8 | bound by or as if by an oath | according to an early tradition became his sworn brother |
| laser | 5 | an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light | - |
| shade | 9 | a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted |
| missy | 10 | a young female | - |
| sushi | 8 | rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed | - |
| paths | 10 | - | - |
| gypsy | 14 | a person who resembles a Gypsy in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life | - |
| seize | 14 | take possession of by force, as after an invasion | the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants |
| shelf | 11 | a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water | - |
| sting | 6 | a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | - |
| stove | 8 | a kitchen appliance used for cooking food | dinner was already on the stove |
| straw | 8 | spread by scattering ( | - |
| stain | 5 | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | - |
| stall | 5 | postpone doing what one should be doing | - |
| pairs | 7 | - | - |
| punks | 11 | a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes) | - |
| races | 7 | - | - |
| shaft | 11 | an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | she threw shafts of sarcasm |
| spike | 11 | a very high narrow heel on women's shoes | - |
| spark | 11 | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | he had a sparkle in his eye |
| tails | 5 | formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men | - |
| swiss | 8 | the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland | - |
| moose | 7 | large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America | - |
| sissy | 8 | a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive | - |
| skate | 9 | large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins | - |
| spine | 7 | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | - |
| fatso | 8 | a rotund individual | - |
| wells | 8 | prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946) | - |
| judas | 13 | (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver | - |
| bliss | 7 | a state of extreme happiness | - |
| sadly | 9 | in an unfortunate or deplorable manner | he was sadly neglected |
| shawn | 11 | United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) | - |
| shook | 12 | a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment | - |
| spear | 7 | an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | - |
| verse | 8 | a piece of poetry | - |
| pains | 7 | an effortful attempt to attain a goal | - |
| lease | 5 | grant use or occupation of under a term of contract | - |
| stray | 8 | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | - |
| venus | 8 | type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells | - |
| corps | 9 | an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support | - |
| fishy | 14 | not as expected | there was something fishy about the accident |
| costa | 7 | any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) | - |
| ducks | 12 | - | - |
| squid | 15 | (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food | - |
| stack | 11 | a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated | - |
| dusty | 9 | covered with a layer of dust | a dusty pile of books |
| buses | 7 | - | - |
| wages | 9 | a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | the wages of sin is death |
| salty | 8 | engagingly stimulating or provocative | salty language |
| sheer | 8 | not mixed with extraneous elements | sheer wine |
| spice | 9 | make more interesting or flavorful | - |
| traps | 7 | - | - |
| dares | 6 | - | - |
| sauna | 5 | a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks | - |
| slack | 11 | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | - |
| strap | 7 | a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag | - |
| swine | 8 | stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals | - |
| crabs | 9 | infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice | - |
| scrap | 9 | worthless material that is to be disposed of | - |
| shiva | 11 | (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative | the family is sitting shiva |
| stark | 9 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | stark staring mad |
| doris | 6 | a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken | - |
| arise | 5 | result or issue | - |
| setup | 7 | equipment designed to serve a specific function | - |
| scoop | 9 | street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | - |
| sewer | 8 | a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water | - |
| sniff | 11 | sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | - |
| swept | 10 | possessing sweep | the sleek swept wings of the plane |
| pasha | 10 | a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt | - |
| rates | 5 | a local tax on property (usually used in the plural) | - |
| scram | 9 | leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form | - |
| pause | 7 | interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | The speaker paused |
| essay | 8 | make an effort or attempt | The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps |
| scold | 8 | someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault | - |
| elves | 8 | an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere | - |
| lords | 6 | - | - |
| aisle | 5 | passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores | - |
| scrub | 9 | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | - |
| samba | 9 | large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood | - |
| stash | 8 | save up as for future use | - |
| crust | 7 | the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | - |
| flags | 9 | - | - |
| syrup | 10 | a thick sweet sticky liquid | - |
| tubes | 7 | - | - |
| parks | 11 | United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913) | - |
| boost | 7 | an increase in cost | - |
| serge | 6 | a twilled woolen fabric | - |
| slash | 8 | beat severely with a whip or rod | - |
| slick | 11 | having only superficial plausibility | a slick commercial |
| lists | 5 | - | - |
| links | 9 | a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore | - |
| shack | 14 | small crude shelter used as a dwelling | - |
| steer | 5 | castrated bull | - |
| stern | 5 | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect | a stern face |
| frost | 8 | ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) | - |
| bowls | 10 | a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack | - |
| chops | 12 | - | - |
| acres | 7 | extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | - |
| sized | 15 | having a specified size | - |
| squat | 14 | having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground | - |
| leash | 8 | a figurative restraint | kept a tight leash on his emotions |
| stool | 5 | have a bowel movement | - |
| shalt | 8 | - | - |
| haste | 8 | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | in his haste to leave he forgot his book |
| lotus | 5 | native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers | - |
| midst | 8 | the location of something surrounded by other things | in the midst of the crowd |
| semen | 7 | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | - |
| salsa | 5 | spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods | - |
| hooks | 12 | large strong hand (as of a fighter) | wait till I get my hooks on him |
| dense | 6 | hard to pass through because of dense growth | dense vegetation |
| abyss | 10 | a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) | - |
| flats | 8 | footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a very low heel) | - |
| asset | 5 | a useful or valuable quality | - |
| alias | 5 | as known or named at another time or place | Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette |
| psych | 15 | - | - |
| risen | 5 | (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon | the risen sun |
| scope | 9 | electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities | - |
| shady | 12 | not as expected | a shady deal |
| snuck | 11 | - | - |
| swift | 11 | moving very fast | a swift current |
| hicks | 14 | - | - |
| maths | 10 | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | - |
| cuffs | 13 | - | - |
| serum | 7 | an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates | - |
| steep | 7 | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | - |
| paste | 7 | a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes | - |
| mills | 7 | United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855) | - |
| downs | 9 | - | - |
| basil | 7 | leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried | - |
| shite | 8 | obscene terms for feces | - |
| slate | 5 | thin layers of rock used for roofing | - |
| suing | 6 | - | - |
| gents | 6 | - | - |
| baths | 10 | - | - |
| senor | 5 | a Spanish title or form of address for a man; similar to the English `Mr' or `sir' | - |
| slope | 7 | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | - |
| tesla | 5 | United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943) | - |
| bases | 7 | - | - |
| skunk | 13 | American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae | - |
| hasty | 11 | done with very great haste and without due deliberation | hasty marriage seldom proveth well |
| marsh | 10 | low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | thousands of acres of marshland |
| pools | 7 | - | - |
| slimy | 10 | morally reprehensible | a slimy little liar |
| bangs | 8 | - | - |
| props | 9 | proper respect | I have to give my props to the governor for the way he handled the problem |
| sahib | 10 | formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name | - |
| shush | 11 | silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' | - |
| sonar | 5 | a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return | sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging |
| snail | 5 | edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic | - |
| amuse | 7 | occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion | The play amused the ladies |
| piles | 7 | venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter | - |
| clash | 10 | be incompatible; be or come into conflict | These colors clash |
| rinse | 5 | wash off soap or remaining dirt | - |
| siege | 6 | the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack | - |
| tours | 5 | an industrial city in western France on the Loire River | - |
| wiser | 8 | - | - |
| youse | 8 | - | - |
| floss | 8 | a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth | - |
| beads | 8 | several beads threaded together on a string | - |
| quits | 14 | on equal terms by payment or requital | we're now quits |
| shred | 9 | a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | - |
| specs | 9 | (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | - |
| pepsi | 9 | Pepsi Cola is a trademarked cola | - |
| heist | 8 | commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | - |
| scoot | 7 | run or move very quickly or hastily | - |
| spank | 11 | give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | - |
| slain | 5 | killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in | slain warriors |
| stale | 5 | lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | stale news |
| blush | 10 | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by |
| stein | 5 | a mug intended for serving beer | - |
| trans | 5 | - | - |
| gases | 6 | - | - |
| denis | 6 | - | - |
| caste | 7 | a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth | - |
| chaps | 12 | - | - |
| jacks | 18 | a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball | - |
| moist | 7 | slightly wet | a moist breeze |
| crisp | 9 | pleasantly cold and invigorating | crisp clear nights and frosty mornings |
| shaky | 15 | not secure; beset with difficulties | a shaky marriage |
| stung | 6 | aroused to impatience or anger | - |
