9-letter words starting with SA
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter SA. This section showcases how SA at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with SA, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| sacrifice | 16 | the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity | - |
| satisfied | 13 | allayed | - |
| satellite | 9 | man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon | - |
| salvation | 12 | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil | - |
| sanctuary | 14 | area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing | - |
| sarcastic | 13 | expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds | - |
| sasquatch | 23 | large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada | - |
| saxophone | 21 | a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore | - |
| sabotaged | 13 | - | - |
| samaritan | 11 | a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times | - |
| safeguard | 14 | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | an insurance policy is a good safeguard |
| sacrament | 13 | a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction | - |
| saturated | 10 | being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance | a saturated solution |
| saltwater | 12 | water containing salts | the water in the ocean is all saltwater |
| sacrilege | 12 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | - |
| salesgirl | 10 | a woman salesperson | - |
| sandpaper | 14 | stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand | - |
| sandstone | 10 | a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.) | - |
| sandstorm | 12 | a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | - |
| salacious | 11 | suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | salacious limericks |
| saltpeter | 11 | (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive | - |
| sainthood | 13 | saints collectively | - |
| satirical | 11 | exposing human folly to ridicule | a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine |
| sassafras | 12 | yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America | - |
| salvaging | 14 | - | - |
| sanitized | 19 | made sanitary | - |
| sacristan | 11 | an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects | - |
| saddlebag | 14 | a large bag (or pair of bags) hung over a saddle | - |
| sagebrush | 15 | any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium | - |
| savouring | 13 | taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | - |
| sanitizer | 18 | - | - |
| sackcloth | 20 | a coarse cloth resembling sacking | - |
| saleslady | 13 | a woman salesperson | - |
| saccharin | 16 | a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener | - |
| sanitised | 10 | made sanitary | - |
| sauceboat | 13 | a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce | - |
| sailcloth | 14 | a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making sails and tents | - |
| saltiness | 9 | language or humor that is down-to-earth | the saltiness of their language was inappropriate |
| sarabande | 12 | - | - |
| saskatoon | 13 | edible purple or red berries | - |
| sauciness | 11 | inappropriate playfulness | - |
| sabadilla | 12 | - | - |
| sabbatics | 15 | - | - |
| sabbatine | 13 | - | - |
| sabbatise | 13 | - | - |
| sabbatism | 15 | - | - |
| sabbatize | 22 | - | - |
| saberlike | 15 | - | - |
| sablefish | 17 | - | - |
| sabotages | 12 | - | - |
| saboteurs | 11 | - | - |
| sabotiers | 11 | - | - |
| sabrelike | 15 | - | - |
| sabrewing | 15 | - | - |
| saccharic | 18 | - | - |
| saccharum | 18 | tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane | - |
| sacciform | 18 | - | - |
| sacculate | 13 | formed with or having saclike expansions | the alimentary tract is partially sacculated |
| sachemdom | 19 | - | - |
| sackaging | 17 | - | - |
| sackloads | 16 | - | - |
| sacralgia | 12 | - | - |
| sacralise | 11 | - | - |
| sacrality | 14 | - | - |
| sacralize | 20 | - | - |
| sacrarial | 11 | - | - |
| sacrarium | 13 | - | - |
| sacredest | 12 | - | - |
| sacrifide | 15 | - | - |
| sacrified | 15 | - | - |
| sacrifies | 14 | - | - |
| saddening | 12 | - | - |
| saddlebow | 16 | handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle | - |
| sadnesses | 10 | - | - |
| saeculums | 13 | - | - |
| safariing | 13 | - | - |
| safarists | 12 | - | - |
| safelight | 16 | - | - |
| safetying | 16 | - | - |
| safetyman | 17 | - | - |
| safetymen | 17 | - | - |
| safflower | 18 | thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil | - |
| saffroned | 16 | - | - |
| safranine | 12 | any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes | - |
| safranins | 12 | - | - |
| safronals | 12 | - | - |
| sagacious | 12 | acutely insightful and wise | observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions |
| sagamores | 12 | - | - |
| sagapenum | 14 | - | - |
| sagathies | 13 | - | - |
| sagehoods | 14 | - | - |
| sagenites | 10 | - | - |
| sagenitic | 12 | - | - |
| saggaring | 12 | - | - |
| saggering | 12 | - | - |
| saginated | 11 | - | - |
| saginates | 10 | - | - |
| sagittary | 13 | - | - |
| sagittate | 10 | (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes | - |
| saiblings | 12 | - | - |
| sailboard | 12 | - | - |
| sailboats | 11 | - | - |
| sailmaker | 15 | a maker of sails | - |
| sailoring | 10 | - | - |
| sailpasts | 11 | - | - |
| sailplane | 11 | aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces | - |
| sailrooms | 11 | - | - |
| sainfoins | 12 | - | - |
| saintdoms | 12 | - | - |
| saintfoin | 12 | - | - |
| saintisms | 11 | - | - |
| saintless | 9 | - | - |
| saintlier | 9 | - | - |
| saintlike | 13 | marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | - |
| saintlily | 12 | - | - |
| saintling | 10 | - | - |
| saintship | 14 | - | - |
| salaaming | 12 | - | - |
| saladangs | 11 | - | - |
| saladings | 11 | - | - |
| salangane | 10 | - | - |
| salariats | 9 | - | - |
| salarying | 13 | - | - |
| salaryman | 14 | - | - |
| salarymen | 14 | - | - |
| saleratus | 9 | a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid | - |
| salerings | 10 | - | - |
| salerooms | 11 | - | - |
| salesroom | 11 | an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed | in Britain a showroom is called a salesroom |
| saleyards | 13 | - | - |
| saliaunce | 11 | - | - |
| salicetum | 13 | - | - |
| salicines | 11 | - | - |
| salicylic | 16 | - | - |
| saliences | 11 | - | - |
| saliently | 12 | - | - |
| salifying | 16 | - | - |
| salimeter | 11 | - | - |
| salimetry | 14 | - | - |
| salinised | 10 | - | - |
| salinises | 9 | - | - |
| salinized | 19 | - | - |
| salinizes | 18 | - | - |
| salivated | 13 | - | - |
| salivates | 12 | - | - |
| salivator | 12 | - | - |
| sallowest | 12 | - | - |
| sallowier | 12 | - | - |
| sallowing | 13 | - | - |
| sallowish | 15 | - | - |
| sallyport | 14 | - | - |
| salmonets | 11 | - | - |
| salmonids | 12 | - | - |
| salmonier | 11 | - | - |
| salmonoid | 12 | - | - |
| salometer | 11 | - | - |
| salpicons | 13 | - | - |
| salpiform | 16 | - | - |
| salpinges | 12 | - | - |
| salpinxes | 18 | - | - |
| salsifies | 12 | - | - |
| salsillas | 9 | - | - |
| saltandos | 10 | - | - |
| saltating | 10 | - | - |
| saltation | 9 | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | - |
| saltatory | 12 | - | - |
| saltboxes | 18 | - | - |
| saltchuck | 20 | - | - |
| salteries | 9 | - | - |
| saltishly | 15 | - | - |
| saltpetre | 11 | (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive | - |
| saltworks | 16 | a plant where salt is produced commercially | - |
| saltworts | 12 | - | - |
| salubrity | 14 | the quality of being salubrious and invigorating | - |
| saluretic | 11 | - | - |
| salvagees | 13 | - | - |
| salvagers | 13 | - | - |
| salvarsan | 12 | - | - |
| salvatory | 15 | - | - |
| samariums | 13 | - | - |
| sameyness | 14 | - | - |
| samizdats | 21 | - | - |
| samphires | 16 | - | - |
| samplings | 14 | - | - |
| samskaras | 15 | - | - |
| sanatoria | 9 | - | - |
| sanbenito | 11 | - | - |
| sanctions | 11 | - | - |
| sandaling | 11 | - | - |
| sandalled | 11 | shod with sandals | - |
| sandarach | 15 | a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes | - |
| sandaracs | 12 | - | - |
| sandbanks | 16 | - | - |
| sandblast | 12 | a blast of wind laden with sand | - |
| sandboxes | 19 | - | - |
| sandburrs | 12 | - | - |
| sandcrack | 18 | - | - |
| sanderses | 10 | - | - |
| sandflies | 13 | - | - |
| sandglass | 11 | timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage | - |
| sandheaps | 15 | - | - |
| sandhills | 13 | - | - |
| sandiness | 10 | a texture resembling that of sand | - |
| sandivers | 13 | - | - |
| sandlings | 11 | - | - |
| sandpeeps | 14 | - | - |
| sandpiles | 12 | - | - |
| sandpiper | 14 | any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers | - |
| sandpumps | 16 | - | - |
| sandshoes | 13 | - | - |
| sandsoaps | 12 | - | - |
| sandspits | 12 | - | - |
| sandspout | 12 | - | - |
| sandspurs | 12 | - | - |
| sandworms | 15 | - | - |
| sandworts | 13 | - | - |
| sangarees | 10 | - | - |
| sangfroid | 14 | - | - |
| sangliers | 10 | - | - |
| sangrails | 10 | - | - |
| sangreals | 10 | - | - |
| sanguined | 11 | - | - |
| sanguines | 10 | - | - |
| sanidines | 10 | - | - |
| sanifying | 16 | - | - |
| sanitaria | 9 | - | - |
| sanitated | 10 | - | - |
| sanitates | 9 | - | - |
| sanitiser | 9 | - | - |
| sanitises | 9 | - | - |
| sanitizes | 18 | - | - |
| sanitoria | 9 | - | - |
| sannyasin | 12 | a Hindu religious mendicant | - |
| sannyasis | 12 | - | - |
| sanserifs | 12 | - | - |
| santalins | 9 | - | - |
| santalols | 9 | - | - |
| santerias | 9 | - | - |
| santolina | 9 | genus of Mediterranean subshrubs with rayless flower heads | - |
| santonica | 11 | - | - |
| santonins | 9 | - | - |
| sapanwood | 15 | - | - |
| sapheaded | 16 | - | - |
| saphenous | 14 | - | - |
| sapidless | 12 | - | - |
| sapidness | 12 | a pleasant flavor | - |
| sapiences | 13 | - | - |
| sapiently | 14 | in a shrewd manner | - |
| sapodilla | 12 | large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras | - |
| sapogenin | 12 | - | - |
| saponaria | 11 | mostly perennial Old World herbs | - |
| saponated | 12 | - | - |
| saponines | 11 | - | - |
| saponites | 11 | - | - |
| saporific | 16 | - | - |
| sapphired | 17 | - | - |
| sapphires | 16 | - | - |
| sapphisms | 18 | - | - |
| sapphists | 16 | - | - |
| sappiness | 13 | - | - |
| sapraemia | 13 | blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter | - |
| sapraemic | 15 | - | - |
| sapremias | 13 | - | - |
| saprobial | 13 | - | - |
| saprobity | 16 | - | - |
| saprolite | 11 | a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place | - |
| sapropels | 13 | - | - |
| saprozoic | 22 | (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter | - |
| sapsucker | 17 | small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees | - |
| sapucaias | 13 | - | - |
| sarabands | 12 | - | - |
| sarbacane | 13 | - | - |
| sarcenets | 11 | - | - |
| sarcocarp | 15 | - | - |
| sarcology | 15 | - | - |
| sarcomata | 13 | - | - |
| sarcomere | 13 | one of the segments into which a myofibril is divided | - |
| sarconets | 11 | - | - |
| sarcoptic | 15 | - | - |
| sarcosome | 13 | a large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber | - |
| sardelles | 10 | - | - |
| sardining | 11 | - | - |
| sardiuses | 10 | - | - |
| sardonian | 10 | - | - |
| sargassos | 10 | - | - |
| sargassum | 12 | brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea | - |
| sarkiness | 13 | - | - |
| sarmentum | 13 | - | - |
| sarodists | 10 | - | - |
| sarrasins | 9 | - | - |
| sarrazins | 18 | - | - |
| sarsenets | 9 | - | - |
| sartorial | 9 | of or relating to the sartorius muscle | - |
| sartorian | 9 | - | - |
| sartorius | 9 | a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body | - |
| sasanquas | 18 | - | - |
| sasararas | 9 | - | - |
| sashaying | 16 | - | - |
| sassabies | 11 | - | - |
| sassarara | 9 | - | - |
| sassiness | 9 | - | - |
| sassolins | 9 | - | - |
| sassolite | 9 | - | - |
| sasswoods | 13 | - | - |
| sassywood | 16 | - | - |
| satanical | 11 | - | - |
| satanisms | 11 | - | - |
| satanists | 9 | - | - |
| satcheled | 15 | - | - |
| satedness | 10 | - | - |
| satiating | 10 | - | - |
| satiation | 9 | the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more | - |
| satieties | 9 | - | - |
| satinetta | 9 | - | - |
| satinette | 9 | a fabric with a finish resembling satin but made partly or wholly from cotton or synthetic fiber | - |
| satiniest | 9 | - | - |
| satinpods | 12 | - | - |
| satinwood | 13 | West Indian tree with smooth lustrous and slightly oily wood | - |
| satirised | 10 | - | - |
| satiriser | 9 | - | - |
| satirises | 9 | - | - |
| satirists | 9 | - | - |
| satirized | 19 | - | - |
| satirizer | 18 | - | - |
| satirizes | 18 | - | - |
| satisfice | 14 | decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal | optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice |
| satisfier | 12 | any agent capable of producing satisfaction | - |
| satisfies | 12 | - | - |
| satrapies | 11 | - | - |
| saturable | 11 | - | - |
| saturants | 9 | - | - |
| saturater | 9 | - | - |
| saturates | 9 | - | - |
| saturator | 9 | - | - |
| saturniid | 10 | large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons | - |
| saturnine | 9 | showing a brooding ill humor | a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius |
| saturnism | 11 | toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system | - |
| saturnist | 9 | - | - |
| satyrical | 14 | of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr | - |
| satyrisks | 16 | - | - |
| satyrlike | 16 | - | - |
| sauceless | 11 | - | - |
| saucepans | 13 | - | - |
| saucepots | 13 | - | - |
| saucerful | 14 | - | - |
| saucisses | 11 | - | - |
| saucisson | 11 | - | - |
| saufgards | 14 | - | - |
| sauntered | 10 | - | - |
| saunterer | 9 | someone who walks at a leisurely pace | - |
| sauropods | 12 | - | - |
| sauteeing | 10 | - | - |
| sauternes | 9 | semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California | - |
| sautoires | 9 | - | - |
| savagedom | 16 | - | - |
| savagisms | 15 | - | - |
| savannahs | 15 | - | - |
| savasanas | 12 | - | - |
| savegards | 14 | - | - |
| savoriest | 12 | - | - |
| savorless | 12 | lacking taste or flavor or tang | - |
| savourers | 12 | - | - |
| savourier | 12 | - | - |
| savouries | 12 | - | - |
| savourily | 15 | - | - |
| savoyards | 16 | - | - |
| savveying | 19 | - | - |
| savviness | 15 | - | - |
| sawblades | 15 | - | - |
| sawdering | 14 | - | - |
| sawdusted | 14 | - | - |
| sawfishes | 18 | - | - |
| sawhorses | 15 | - | - |
| sawmiller | 14 | - | - |
| sawsharks | 19 | - | - |
| sawtimber | 16 | - | - |
| saxifrage | 20 | any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga | - |
| saxitoxin | 23 | a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans | - |
| saxonites | 16 | - | - |
| sayonaras | 12 | - | - |
