4-letter words with S in the middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter S is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of S in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how S in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| just | 11 | (used for emphasis) absolutely | I just can't take it anymore |
| must | 6 | the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy | - |
| last | 4 | persist for a specified period of time | The bad weather lasted for three days |
| else | 4 | - | - |
| best | 6 | Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978) | - |
| also | 4 | in addition | - |
| most | 6 | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded |
| used | 5 | (of persons) taken advantage of | after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used |
| lost | 4 | deeply absorbed in thought | lost in thought |
| easy | 7 | not hurried or forced | an easy walk around the block |
| case | 6 | a specific size and style of type within a type family | - |
| rest | 4 | sit, as on a branch | - |
| wish | 10 | prefer or wish to do something | - |
| lose | 4 | fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind | - |
| fast | 7 | unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause | fast friends |
| past | 6 | a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past | - |
| busy | 9 | (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line) | her line is busy |
| fish | 10 | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces | - |
| test | 4 | trying something to find out about it | - |
| cash | 9 | money in the form of bills or coins | there is a desperate shortage of hard cash |
| list | 4 | give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of | - |
| push | 9 | press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action | He pushed her to finish her doctorate |
| nose | 4 | catch the scent of; get wind of | The dog nosed out the drugs |
| cost | 6 | be priced at | These shoes cost $100 |
| east | 4 | the countries of Asia | - |
| wash | 10 | the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway) | from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water |
| west | 7 | United States film actress (1892-1980) | - |
| risk | 8 | the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred | - |
| rose | 4 | any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses | - |
| post | 6 | a job in an organization | he occupied a post in the treasury |
| base | 6 | a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries | - |
| rush | 7 | a sudden forceful flow | - |
| rise | 4 | get up and out of bed | - |
| desk | 9 | a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments | - |
| gosh | 8 | - | - |
| wise | 7 | United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949) | - |
| dust | 5 | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | - |
| cast | 6 | the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel | - |
| bush | 9 | 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946) | - |
| josh | 14 | be silly or tease one another | - |
| mask | 10 | a party of guests wearing costumes and masks | - |
| task | 8 | a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | the endless task of classifying the samples |
| bust | 6 | an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | they went on a bust that lasted three days |
| ease | 4 | make easier | - |
| dish | 8 | an activity that you like or at which you are superior | marriage was scarcely his dish |
| host | 7 | a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) | - |
| arse | 4 | vulgar slang for anus | - |
| nest | 4 | move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | - |
| hush | 10 | cause to be quiet or not talk | - |
| fist | 7 | a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting) | - |
| vast | 7 | unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope | at vast (or immense) expense |
| visa | 7 | an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it | - |
| pose | 6 | introduce | This poses an interesting question |
| lust | 4 | have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | - |
| dash | 8 | the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code | - |
| dose | 5 | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | - |
| rash | 7 | marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest |
| disk | 9 | draw a harrow over (land) | - |
| vase | 7 | an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers | - |
| hose | 7 | a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas | - |
| fuse | 7 | any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | - |
| vest | 7 | provide with power and authority | They vested the council with special rights |
| gasp | 7 | a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open | she gave a gasp and fainted |
| disc | 7 | sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove | - |
| bash | 9 | hit hard | - |
| hash | 10 | purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | - |
| posh | 9 | elegant and fashionable | a posh restaurant |
| pest | 6 | any epidemic disease with a high death rate | - |
| nosy | 7 | offensively curious or inquisitive | he flipped through my letters in his nosy way |
| mist | 6 | become covered with mist | The windshield misted over |
| rust | 4 | the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water | - |
| psst | 6 | - | - |
| dusk | 9 | the time of day immediately following sunset | - |
| casa | 6 | - | - |
| rosy | 7 | having the pinkish flush of health | - |
| muse | 6 | reflect deeply on a subject | - |
| tsar | 4 | a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) | - |
| user | 4 | a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically | - |
| mush | 9 | writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental | - |
| cosy | 9 | a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm | - |
| fest | 7 | - | - |
| lest | 4 | - | - |
| mast | 6 | any sturdy upright pole | - |
| wasp | 9 | a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination | - |
| isle | 4 | a small island | - |
| hast | 7 | - | - |
| lush | 7 | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | - |
| tosh | 7 | pretentious or silly talk or writing | - |
| mash | 9 | to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | - |
| miso | 6 | a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces | - |
| jest | 11 | activity characterized by good humor | - |
| lash | 7 | leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip | - |
| peso | 6 | the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos | - |
| masa | 6 | an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages | - |
| mesa | 6 | flat tableland with steep edges | the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water |
| dost | 5 | - | - |
| gust | 5 | a strong current of air | the tree was bent almost double by the gust |
| musk | 10 | an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative | - |
| wisp | 9 | a flock of snipe | - |
| ruse | 4 | a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) | - |
| mesh | 9 | the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component | - |
| gash | 8 | a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument | - |
| cusp | 8 | a thin triangular flap of a heart valve | - |
| zest | 13 | a tart spicy quality | - |
| tusk | 8 | remove the tusks of animals | tusk an elephant |
| gist | 5 | the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | - |
| tush | 7 | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | - |
| bask | 10 | derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | She relished her fame and basked in her glory |
| gush | 8 | issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth | - |
| cyst | 9 | a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) | - |
| wast | 7 | - | - |
| husk | 11 | remove the husks from | husk corn |
| posy | 9 | an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | - |
| lisp | 6 | a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists | - |
| rusk | 8 | slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp | - |
| bish | 9 | - | - |
| vise | 7 | a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place | - |
| bosh | 9 | pretentious or silly talk or writing | - |
| nosh | 7 | eat a snack; eat lightly | - |
| mosh | 9 | dance the slam dance | - |
| disa | 5 | a combat support agency in the Department of Defense responsible for developing and operating and supporting information systems to serve the needs of the President and the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff | - |
| bast | 6 | (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes | - |
| ursa | 4 | - | - |
| pash | 9 | - | - |
| espy | 9 | catch sight of | - |
| pish | 9 | - | - |
| bist | 6 | - | - |
| mise | 6 | - | - |
| ashy | 10 | of a light grey | - |
| oust | 4 | remove from a position or office | The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds |
| cush | 9 | - | - |
| vasa | 7 | - | - |
| hist | 7 | - | - |
| esse | 4 | - | - |
| fash | 10 | - | - |
| gest | 5 | - | - |
| cose | 6 | - | - |
| cosh | 9 | a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people | - |
| apse | 6 | a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar | - |
| cask | 10 | a cylindrical container that holds liquids | - |
| busk | 10 | play music in a public place and solicit money for it | three young men were busking in the plaza |
| cist | 6 | - | - |
| pase | 6 | - | - |
| kish | 11 | - | - |
| asea | 4 | in the direction of the sea | - |
| asar | 4 | - | - |
| tost | 4 | - | - |
| ossa | 4 | - | - |
| tase | 4 | - | - |
| dosa | 5 | - | - |
| fusk | 11 | - | - |
| huso | 7 | - | - |
| isit | 4 | - | - |
| isna | 4 | - | - |
| isba | 6 | - | - |
| hask | 11 | - | - |
| hasp | 9 | a fastener for a door or lid; a hinged metal plate is fitted over a staple and is locked with a pin or padlock | - |
| hish | 10 | - | - |
| hisn | 7 | - | - |
| hesp | 9 | - | - |
| hest | 7 | - | - |
| kist | 8 | - | - |
| kesh | 11 | - | - |
| kest | 8 | - | - |
| ksar | 8 | - | - |
| jism | 13 | - | - |
| jasp | 13 | - | - |
| jasy | 14 | - | - |
| fisc | 9 | a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse | - |
| fisk | 11 | - | - |
| eish | 7 | - | - |
| erst | 4 | at a previous time | her erstwhile writing |
| esky | 11 | - | - |
| esne | 4 | - | - |
| gism | 7 | - | - |
| fusc | 9 | - | - |
| fust | 7 | - | - |
| gast | 5 | - | - |
| lusk | 8 | - | - |
| lyse | 7 | - | - |
| losh | 7 | - | - |
| masu | 6 | - | - |
| mase | 6 | - | - |
| lase | 4 | - | - |
| lisk | 8 | - | - |
| muso | 6 | - | - |
| nish | 7 | - | - |
| nisi | 4 | not final or absolute | the decree is nisi and not absolute |
| nesh | 7 | - | - |
| mese | 6 | - | - |
| mose | 6 | - | - |
| mosk | 10 | - | - |
| cusk | 10 | elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth | - |
| dosh | 8 | - | - |
| dush | 8 | - | - |
| desi | 5 | - | - |
| apso | 6 | - | - |
| ansa | 4 | - | - |
| arsy | 7 | - | - |
| asci | 6 | - | - |
| aesc | 6 | - | - |
| bosk | 10 | a small wooded area | - |
| bisk | 10 | - | - |
| bise | 6 | a dry cold north wind in southeastern France | - |
| xyst | 14 | - | - |
| wost | 7 | - | - |
| yest | 7 | - | - |
| yesk | 11 | - | - |
| tosa | 4 | - | - |
| tose | 4 | - | - |
| tash | 7 | - | - |
| wasm | 9 | - | - |
| wase | 7 | - | - |
| wist | 7 | - | - |
| upsy | 9 | - | - |
| risp | 6 | - | - |
| rusa | 4 | - | - |
| rost | 4 | - | - |
| owse | 7 | - | - |
| oast | 4 | a kiln for drying hops | - |
| odso | 5 | - | - |
| oose | 4 | - | - |
| oosy | 7 | - | - |
| osar | 4 | - | - |
| onst | 4 | - | - |
| resh | 7 | the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
| rase | 4 | tear down so as to make flat with the ground | - |
| rasp | 6 | uttering in an irritated tone | - |
| rast | 4 | - | - |
| piso | 6 | - | - |
| pise | 6 | - | - |
