8-letter words starting with SC
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter SC. This section showcases how SC 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 SC, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| schedule | 14 | a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | - |
| screwing | 14 | slang for sexual intercourse | - |
| scissors | 10 | a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze | - |
| scenario | 10 | an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work) | - |
| scorpion | 12 | the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21 | - |
| scraping | 13 | a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility) | all that bowing and scraping did not impress him |
| scolding | 12 | rebuking a person harshly | - |
| scanning | 11 | the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission | - |
| scramble | 14 | climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | - |
| scrabble | 14 | an aimless drawing | - |
| schnapps | 17 | any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes | - |
| scarcely | 15 | almost not | they scarcely ever used the emergency generator |
| scouting | 11 | exploring in order to gain information | scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous |
| scheming | 16 | acting with a specific goal | - |
| sculptor | 12 | an artist who creates sculptures | - |
| scariest | 10 | - | - |
| scrubbed | 15 | made clean by scrubbing | fresh-scrubbed floors |
| scruples | 12 | motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions | - |
| scorched | 16 | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | the earth was scorched and bare |
| scrutiny | 13 | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | - |
| schiller | 13 | German romantic writer (1759-1805) | - |
| screamer | 12 | a very hard hit ball | - |
| scribble | 14 | an aimless drawing | - |
| scaffold | 17 | a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) | - |
| scoffing | 17 | showing your contempt by derision | - |
| sculpted | 13 | cut into a desired shape | - |
| scarcity | 15 | a small and inadequate amount | - |
| scripted | 13 | written as for a film or play or broadcast | - |
| scratchy | 18 | causing abrasion | - |
| scouring | 11 | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | - |
| scorcher | 15 | a very hard hit ball | - |
| scatting | 11 | - | - |
| sciatica | 12 | neuralgia along the sciatic nerve | - |
| scrounge | 11 | obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling | - |
| scalping | 13 | - | - |
| schooner | 13 | a large beer glass | - |
| scornful | 13 | expressing extreme contempt | - |
| scullery | 13 | a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done | - |
| schmooze | 24 | talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | - |
| scimitar | 12 | a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade | - |
| scrubber | 14 | a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning | - |
| scavenge | 14 | collect discarded material | She scavenged the garbage cans for food |
| schizoid | 23 | of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia | - |
| scabbard | 15 | a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet | - |
| scathing | 14 | marked by harshly abusive criticism | his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists |
| scowling | 14 | sullen or unfriendly in appearance | - |
| scullion | 10 | a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing) | - |
| screener | 10 | a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint | - |
| scurried | 11 | - | - |
| scantily | 13 | in a skimpy manner | scantily clad |
| schmaltz | 24 | (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music | - |
| scraggly | 15 | being very thin | - |
| scrapper | 14 | someone who fights (or is fighting) | - |
| scalawag | 14 | one who is playfully mischievous | - |
| scabrous | 12 | rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf | - |
| scalable | 12 | capable of being scaled; possible to scale | the scalable slope of a mountain |
| scrapple | 14 | scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying | - |
| scrolled | 11 | - | - |
| scapular | 12 | garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit | - |
| screechy | 18 | having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | - |
| scabbier | 14 | - | - |
| scabbily | 17 | - | - |
| scabbing | 15 | - | - |
| scabbled | 15 | - | - |
| scabbles | 14 | - | - |
| scabiosa | 12 | any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa | - |
| scabious | 12 | any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa | - |
| scabland | 13 | - | - |
| scablike | 16 | - | - |
| scaffier | 16 | - | - |
| scaffies | 16 | - | - |
| scaffing | 17 | - | - |
| scagging | 13 | - | - |
| scaglias | 11 | - | - |
| scailing | 11 | - | - |
| scaithed | 14 | - | - |
| scalably | 15 | - | - |
| scalades | 11 | - | - |
| scalados | 11 | - | - |
| scalages | 11 | - | - |
| scalares | 10 | - | - |
| scalders | 11 | - | - |
| scalding | 12 | - | - |
| scaldini | 11 | - | - |
| scaldino | 11 | - | - |
| scalenes | 10 | - | - |
| scalenus | 10 | any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib; involved in moving the neck and in breathing | - |
| scalepan | 12 | - | - |
| scaleups | 12 | - | - |
| scaliest | 10 | - | - |
| scalings | 11 | - | - |
| scallies | 10 | - | - |
| scallion | 10 | plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum | - |
| scallops | 12 | - | - |
| scalpels | 12 | - | - |
| scalpers | 12 | - | - |
| scalpins | 12 | - | - |
| scalprum | 14 | - | - |
| scambled | 15 | - | - |
| scambler | 14 | - | - |
| scambles | 14 | - | - |
| scammers | 14 | - | - |
| scamming | 15 | - | - |
| scammony | 17 | tropical American morning glory | - |
| scampers | 14 | - | - |
| scampies | 14 | - | - |
| scamping | 15 | - | - |
| scampish | 17 | - | - |
| scamster | 12 | - | - |
| scandals | 11 | - | - |
| scandent | 11 | used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb | plants of a creeping or scandent nature |
| scandias | 11 | - | - |
| scandium | 13 | a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite | - |
| scanners | 10 | - | - |
| scansion | 10 | analysis of verse into metrical patterns | - |
| scantest | 10 | - | - |
| scantier | 10 | - | - |
| scanties | 10 | - | - |
| scanting | 11 | - | - |
| scantity | 13 | - | - |
| scantled | 11 | - | - |
| scantles | 10 | - | - |
| scapaing | 13 | - | - |
| scaphoid | 16 | shaped like a boat | - |
| scappled | 15 | - | - |
| scapples | 14 | - | - |
| scapulae | 12 | - | - |
| scapulas | 12 | - | - |
| scarabee | 12 | - | - |
| scarcest | 12 | - | - |
| scareder | 11 | - | - |
| scarfers | 13 | - | - |
| scarfing | 14 | - | - |
| scarfish | 16 | - | - |
| scarfpin | 15 | a pin used to hold the tie in place | - |
| scariose | 10 | - | - |
| scarious | 10 | - | - |
| scarless | 10 | - | - |
| scarlets | 10 | - | - |
| scarmoge | 13 | - | - |
| scarpaed | 13 | - | - |
| scarpers | 12 | - | - |
| scarphed | 16 | - | - |
| scarping | 13 | - | - |
| scarrier | 10 | - | - |
| scarring | 11 | - | - |
| scarting | 11 | - | - |
| scatback | 18 | - | - |
| scatches | 15 | - | - |
| scatoles | 10 | - | - |
| scatters | 10 | - | - |
| scattery | 13 | - | - |
| scattier | 10 | - | - |
| scattily | 13 | - | - |
| scauding | 12 | - | - |
| scaupers | 12 | - | - |
| scauping | 13 | - | - |
| scauries | 10 | - | - |
| scauring | 11 | - | - |
| scavaged | 15 | - | - |
| scavager | 14 | - | - |
| scavages | 14 | - | - |
| scawtite | 13 | - | - |
| sceattas | 10 | - | - |
| sceduled | 12 | - | - |
| scedules | 11 | - | - |
| scelerat | 10 | - | - |
| scending | 12 | - | - |
| sceneman | 12 | - | - |
| scenemen | 12 | - | - |
| scenical | 12 | - | - |
| scentful | 13 | - | - |
| scenting | 11 | - | - |
| scepters | 12 | - | - |
| sceptics | 14 | - | - |
| sceptral | 12 | - | - |
| sceptred | 13 | invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter | - |
| sceptres | 12 | - | - |
| scerning | 11 | - | - |
| schanses | 13 | - | - |
| schantze | 22 | - | - |
| schanzes | 22 | - | - |
| schapped | 18 | - | - |
| schappes | 17 | - | - |
| schapska | 19 | - | - |
| schellum | 15 | - | - |
| schemata | 15 | - | - |
| schemers | 15 | - | - |
| schemies | 15 | - | - |
| scherzos | 22 | - | - |
| schiedam | 16 | - | - |
| schimmel | 17 | - | - |
| schismas | 15 | - | - |
| schizier | 22 | - | - |
| schizont | 22 | - | - |
| schlager | 14 | - | - |
| schlepps | 17 | - | - |
| schleppy | 20 | - | - |
| schlichs | 18 | - | - |
| schliere | 13 | - | - |
| schlocks | 19 | - | - |
| schlocky | 22 | - | - |
| schlongs | 14 | - | - |
| schlumps | 17 | - | - |
| schlumpy | 20 | - | - |
| schmalzy | 27 | effusively or insincerely emotional | - |
| schmatte | 15 | - | - |
| schmears | 15 | - | - |
| schmecks | 21 | - | - |
| schmeers | 15 | - | - |
| schmelze | 24 | - | - |
| schmocks | 21 | - | - |
| schmoose | 15 | talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | - |
| schmoozy | 27 | - | - |
| schmucks | 21 | - | - |
| schmucky | 24 | - | - |
| schnecke | 19 | - | - |
| schneids | 14 | - | - |
| schnooks | 17 | - | - |
| schnorrs | 13 | - | - |
| schnozes | 22 | - | - |
| scholars | 13 | - | - |
| scholion | 13 | - | - |
| scholium | 15 | a marginal note written by a scholiast (a commentator on ancient or classical literature) | - |
| schooled | 14 | - | - |
| schooler | 13 | - | - |
| schooles | 13 | - | - |
| schoolie | 13 | - | - |
| schticks | 19 | - | - |
| schtooks | 17 | - | - |
| schtucks | 19 | - | - |
| schussed | 14 | - | - |
| schusser | 13 | - | - |
| schusses | 13 | - | - |
| sciaenid | 11 | widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound | - |
| sciarids | 11 | - | - |
| sciatics | 12 | - | - |
| scienced | 13 | - | - |
| sciences | 12 | - | - |
| scienter | 10 | (law) deliberately or knowingly | - |
| scilicet | 12 | - | - |
| scimetar | 12 | - | - |
| scimiter | 12 | - | - |
| scincoid | 13 | - | - |
| sciolism | 12 | pretentious superficiality of knowledge | - |
| sciolist | 10 | an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge | - |
| sciolous | 10 | - | - |
| scirocco | 14 | - | - |
| scirrhus | 13 | - | - |
| scissels | 10 | - | - |
| scissile | 10 | - | - |
| scissils | 10 | - | - |
| scission | 10 | the act of dividing by cutting or splitting | - |
| scissure | 10 | a long narrow opening | - |
| sciurids | 11 | - | - |
| sciurine | 10 | - | - |
| sciuroid | 11 | - | - |
| sclaffed | 17 | - | - |
| sclaffer | 16 | - | - |
| sclating | 11 | - | - |
| sclereid | 11 | - | - |
| sclerema | 12 | - | - |
| sclerite | 10 | hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods | - |
| scleroid | 11 | - | - |
| scleroma | 12 | - | - |
| sclerose | 10 | - | - |
| sclerous | 10 | - | - |
| sclimmed | 15 | - | - |
| scodiest | 11 | - | - |
| scoffers | 16 | - | - |
| scofflaw | 19 | one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses | - |
| scogging | 13 | - | - |
| scoinson | 10 | - | - |
| scolders | 11 | - | - |
| scoleces | 12 | - | - |
| scolecid | 13 | - | - |
| scolices | 12 | - | - |
| scolioma | 12 | - | - |
| scollops | 12 | - | - |
| scolytid | 14 | - | - |
| scombrid | 15 | - | - |
| scomfish | 18 | - | - |
| sconcing | 13 | - | - |
| scontion | 10 | - | - |
| scoobies | 12 | - | - |
| scooched | 16 | - | - |
| scooches | 15 | - | - |
| scooging | 12 | - | - |
| scoopers | 12 | - | - |
| scoopful | 15 | the quantity a scoop will hold | - |
| scooping | 13 | - | - |
| scooshed | 14 | - | - |
| scooshes | 13 | - | - |
| scooters | 10 | - | - |
| scooting | 11 | - | - |
| scopelid | 13 | - | - |
| scopulae | 12 | - | - |
| scopulas | 12 | - | - |
| scorches | 15 | - | - |
| scordato | 11 | - | - |
| scorepad | 13 | - | - |
| scorings | 11 | - | - |
| scorious | 10 | - | - |
| scorners | 10 | - | - |
| scorning | 11 | - | - |
| scorpers | 12 | - | - |
| scorsers | 10 | - | - |
| scorsing | 11 | - | - |
| scotched | 16 | - | - |
| scotches | 15 | - | - |
| scotomas | 12 | - | - |
| scotomia | 12 | - | - |
| scotopia | 12 | - | - |
| scotopic | 14 | - | - |
| scotties | 10 | - | - |
| scouging | 12 | - | - |
| scouping | 13 | - | - |
| scourers | 10 | - | - |
| scourged | 12 | - | - |
| scourger | 11 | a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) | - |
| scourges | 11 | - | - |
| scouries | 10 | - | - |
| scoursed | 11 | - | - |
| scourses | 10 | - | - |
| scousers | 10 | - | - |
| scouters | 10 | - | - |
| scouther | 13 | - | - |
| scowders | 14 | - | - |
| scowlers | 13 | - | - |
| scowping | 16 | - | - |
| scowrers | 13 | - | - |
| scowries | 13 | - | - |
| scowther | 16 | - | - |
| scrabbed | 15 | - | - |
| scrabbly | 17 | sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush | - |
| scragged | 13 | - | - |
| scraichs | 15 | - | - |
| scraighs | 14 | - | - |
| scrambed | 15 | - | - |
| scramjet | 19 | - | - |
| scrammed | 15 | - | - |
| scrannel | 10 | - | - |
| scrapers | 12 | - | - |
| scrapies | 12 | - | - |
| scrapped | 15 | - | - |
| scratted | 11 | - | - |
| scrattle | 10 | - | - |
| scrauchs | 15 | - | - |
| scraughs | 14 | - | - |
| scravels | 13 | - | - |
| scrawbed | 16 | - | - |
| scrawled | 14 | - | - |
| scrawler | 13 | a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read | - |
| scrawmed | 16 | - | - |
| scrawped | 16 | - | - |
| screaked | 15 | - | - |
| screamed | 13 | - | - |
| screamos | 12 | - | - |
| screeded | 12 | - | - |
| screeder | 11 | - | - |
| screened | 11 | - | - |
| screenie | 10 | - | - |
| screeted | 11 | - | - |
| screeved | 14 | - | - |
| screever | 13 | - | - |
| screeves | 13 | - | - |
| screichs | 15 | - | - |
| screighs | 14 | - | - |
| screwers | 13 | - | - |
| screwier | 13 | - | - |
| screwtop | 15 | the top of a container that must be screwed off and on | - |
| screwups | 15 | - | - |
| scribbly | 17 | - | - |
| scribers | 12 | - | - |
| scribing | 13 | - | - |
| scribism | 14 | - | - |
| scriechs | 15 | - | - |
| scrienes | 10 | - | - |
| scrieved | 14 | - | - |
| scrieves | 13 | - | - |
| scriggle | 12 | - | - |
| scriggly | 15 | - | - |
| scriking | 15 | - | - |
| scrimped | 15 | - | - |
| scrimper | 14 | - | - |
| scrimpit | 14 | - | - |
| scrimply | 17 | - | - |
| scrimure | 12 | - | - |
| scripter | 12 | - | - |
| scriving | 14 | - | - |
| scrobbed | 15 | - | - |
| scrobble | 14 | - | - |
| scrofula | 13 | a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands | - |
| scroggie | 12 | - | - |
| scroggin | 12 | - | - |
| scroller | 10 | - | - |
| scroming | 13 | - | - |
| scrooged | 12 | - | - |
| scrooges | 11 | - | - |
| scrooped | 13 | - | - |
| scrootch | 15 | - | - |
| scrotums | 12 | - | - |
| scrouged | 12 | - | - |
| scrouger | 11 | - | - |
| scrouges | 11 | - | - |
| scroungy | 14 | - | - |
| scrowdge | 15 | - | - |
| scrowled | 14 | - | - |
| scrowles | 13 | - | - |
| scroyles | 13 | - | - |
| scruffed | 17 | - | - |
| scrummed | 15 | - | - |
| scrummie | 14 | - | - |
| scrumped | 15 | - | - |
| scrumple | 14 | - | - |
| scrumpox | 21 | - | - |
| scrunchy | 18 | - | - |
| scrupled | 13 | - | - |
| scrupler | 12 | - | - |
| scruzing | 20 | - | - |
| scryings | 14 | - | - |
| scubaing | 13 | - | - |
| scuchins | 15 | - | - |
| scudders | 12 | - | - |
| scudding | 13 | the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale) | - |
| scuddled | 13 | - | - |
| scuddles | 12 | - | - |
| scudlers | 11 | - | - |
| scuffers | 16 | - | - |
| scuffing | 17 | - | - |
| scuffled | 17 | - | - |
| scuffler | 16 | - | - |
| scuffles | 16 | - | - |
| scugging | 13 | - | - |
| sculches | 15 | - | - |
| sculkers | 14 | - | - |
| sculking | 15 | - | - |
| scullers | 10 | - | - |
| sculling | 11 | rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell | - |
| sculping | 13 | - | - |
| sculpins | 12 | - | - |
| sculpsit | 12 | - | - |
| scumbags | 15 | - | - |
| scumball | 14 | - | - |
| scumbers | 14 | - | - |
| scumbled | 15 | - | - |
| scumbles | 14 | - | - |
| scumfish | 18 | - | - |
| scumless | 12 | - | - |
| scumlike | 16 | - | - |
| scummers | 14 | - | - |
| scummier | 14 | - | - |
| scummily | 17 | - | - |
| scumming | 15 | - | - |
| scungier | 11 | - | - |
| scungile | 11 | - | - |
| scungili | 11 | - | - |
| scunging | 12 | - | - |
| scunners | 10 | - | - |
| scuppaug | 15 | - | - |
| scuppers | 14 | - | - |
| scurfier | 13 | - | - |
| scurrier | 10 | - | - |
| scurries | 10 | - | - |
| scurrile | 10 | - | - |
| scurring | 11 | - | - |
| scurvier | 13 | - | - |
| scurvies | 13 | - | - |
| scurvily | 16 | in a despicable, ignoble manner | - |
| scutages | 11 | - | - |
| scutched | 16 | - | - |
| scutcher | 15 | - | - |
| scutches | 15 | - | - |
| scutella | 10 | - | - |
| scutiger | 11 | - | - |
| scutters | 10 | - | - |
| scuttled | 11 | - | - |
| scuttler | 10 | - | - |
| scuttles | 10 | - | - |
| scutwork | 17 | - | - |
| scuzzbag | 31 | - | - |
| scuzzier | 28 | - | - |
| scybalum | 17 | - | - |
| scyphate | 18 | - | - |
| scytales | 13 | - | - |
| scythers | 16 | - | - |
| scything | 17 | - | - |
