9-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| screaming | 14 | sharp piercing cry | her screaming attracted the neighbors |
| scientist | 11 | a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences | - |
| scoundrel | 12 | a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | - |
| scheduled | 16 | planned or scheduled for some certain time or times | the scheduled meeting |
| scattered | 12 | lacking orderly continuity | scattered thoughts |
| sculpture | 13 | creating figures or designs in three dimensions | - |
| scratches | 16 | - | - |
| screening | 12 | the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | - |
| scrambled | 16 | thrown together in a disorderly fashion | a scrambled plan of action |
| scapegoat | 14 | someone who is punished for the errors of others | - |
| scarecrow | 16 | an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds | - |
| scripture | 13 | the sacred writings of the Christian religions | - |
| schooling | 15 | the process of being formally educated at a school | - |
| scenarios | 11 | - | - |
| scrubbing | 16 | the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water | - |
| schoolboy | 19 | a boy attending school | - |
| scavenger | 15 | someone who collects things that have been discarded by others | - |
| scrapbook | 19 | an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted | - |
| scorching | 17 | hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface | scorching heat |
| schnitzel | 23 | deep-fried breaded veal cutlets | - |
| sceptical | 15 | marked by or given to doubt | - |
| scholarly | 17 | characteristic of scholars or scholarship | scholarly pursuits |
| sclerosis | 11 | any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue | - |
| scrimmage | 16 | a noisy riotous fight | - |
| schematic | 18 | represented in simplified or symbolic form | - |
| screwball | 16 | a whimsically eccentric person | - |
| scurrying | 15 | moving with great haste | lashed the scurrying horses |
| schoolbag | 17 | a bag for carrying school books and supplies | found just the right dictionary to fit into his schoolbag |
| scrambler | 15 | a lightweight motorcycle equipped with rugged tires and suspension; an off-road motorcycle designed for riding cross country or over unpaved ground | - |
| scrapping | 16 | - | - |
| scoliosis | 11 | an abnormal lateral curve to the vertebral column | - |
| schilling | 15 | formerly the basic unit of money in Austria | - |
| scorecard | 14 | (golf) a record of scores (as in golf) | - |
| scratcher | 16 | a device used for scratching | - |
| scallywag | 18 | one who is playfully mischievous | - |
| scribbler | 15 | a writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read | - |
| schmaltzy | 28 | effusively or insincerely emotional | a schmaltzy song |
| schnauzer | 23 | old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs | - |
| scrounger | 12 | someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) | - |
| scalloped | 14 | having a margin with rounded scallops | - |
| sceneries | 11 | - | - |
| scintilla | 11 | a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | - |
| scrapyard | 17 | - | - |
| schlemiel | 16 | (Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler | - |
| scoreless | 11 | having no points scores | a scoreless inning |
| scheduler | 15 | computer hardware that arranges jobs to be done by the computer in an appropriate order | - |
| scrapheap | 18 | an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter | - |
| screecher | 16 | someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | - |
| scarified | 15 | - | - |
| scatology | 15 | a preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions) | - |
| scannable | 13 | - | - |
| schlepper | 18 | (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person | - |
| schmoozer | 25 | someone skilled at conversation | - |
| schnozzle | 32 | informal terms for the nose | - |
| scrawnier | 14 | - | - |
| scrubland | 14 | an uncultivated region covered with scrub vegetation | - |
| scabbards | 16 | - | - |
| scabbiest | 15 | - | - |
| scabbling | 16 | - | - |
| scabietic | 15 | - | - |
| scabiosas | 13 | - | - |
| scablands | 14 | (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington) | - |
| scaffiest | 17 | - | - |
| scaffolds | 18 | - | - |
| scagliola | 12 | - | - |
| scaithing | 15 | - | - |
| scalation | 11 | - | - |
| scalawags | 15 | - | - |
| scaldfish | 18 | - | - |
| scaldhead | 16 | - | - |
| scaldings | 13 | - | - |
| scaldship | 17 | - | - |
| scaleable | 13 | - | - |
| scaleably | 16 | - | - |
| scaleless | 11 | destitute of scales | - |
| scalelike | 15 | reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale | scalelike leaves |
| scalepans | 13 | - | - |
| scaletail | 11 | - | - |
| scalework | 18 | - | - |
| scaliness | 11 | the property of being scaly | - |
| scallawag | 15 | - | - |
| scallions | 11 | - | - |
| scalloper | 13 | - | - |
| scalogram | 14 | - | - |
| scalpings | 14 | - | - |
| scalpless | 13 | - | - |
| scalprums | 15 | - | - |
| scamblers | 15 | - | - |
| scambling | 16 | - | - |
| scampered | 16 | - | - |
| scamperer | 15 | - | - |
| scampings | 16 | - | - |
| scamsters | 13 | - | - |
| scandaled | 13 | - | - |
| scandiums | 14 | - | - |
| scannings | 12 | - | - |
| scansions | 11 | - | - |
| scantiest | 11 | - | - |
| scantling | 12 | an upright in house framing | - |
| scantness | 11 | the quality of being meager | - |
| scapeless | 13 | - | - |
| scapement | 15 | - | - |
| scaphoids | 17 | - | - |
| scaphopod | 19 | burrowing marine mollusk | - |
| scapolite | 13 | - | - |
| scappling | 16 | - | - |
| scapulars | 13 | - | - |
| scapulary | 16 | 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 | - |
| scarabaei | 13 | - | - |
| scarabees | 13 | - | - |
| scaraboid | 14 | - | - |
| scaredest | 12 | - | - |
| scaredies | 12 | - | - |
| scarehead | 15 | - | - |
| scareware | 14 | - | - |
| scarfings | 15 | - | - |
| scarfpins | 16 | - | - |
| scarfskin | 18 | - | - |
| scarfwise | 17 | - | - |
| scarifier | 14 | - | - |
| scarifies | 14 | - | - |
| scariness | 11 | - | - |
| scarleted | 12 | - | - |
| scarmoges | 14 | - | - |
| scarpaing | 14 | - | - |
| scarpered | 14 | - | - |
| scarpetti | 13 | - | - |
| scarpetto | 13 | - | - |
| scarphing | 17 | - | - |
| scarpines | 13 | - | - |
| scarpings | 14 | - | - |
| scarriest | 11 | - | - |
| scarrings | 12 | - | - |
| scatbacks | 19 | - | - |
| scatheful | 17 | - | - |
| scatterer | 11 | - | - |
| scattiest | 11 | - | - |
| scattings | 12 | - | - |
| scavagers | 15 | - | - |
| scavaging | 16 | - | - |
| scavenged | 16 | - | - |
| scavenges | 15 | - | - |
| scawtites | 14 | - | - |
| scazontes | 20 | - | - |
| scazontic | 22 | - | - |
| sceduling | 13 | - | - |
| scelerate | 11 | - | - |
| scelerats | 11 | - | - |
| scenaries | 11 | - | - |
| scenarise | 11 | - | - |
| scenarist | 11 | a writer of screenplays | - |
| scenarize | 20 | - | - |
| scenester | 11 | - | - |
| scentings | 12 | - | - |
| scentless | 11 | emitting or holding no odor | scentless wisps of straw |
| scepsises | 13 | - | - |
| sceptered | 14 | invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter | - |
| sceptring | 14 | - | - |
| schantzes | 23 | - | - |
| schapskas | 20 | - | - |
| schatchen | 19 | - | - |
| schechita | 19 | - | - |
| schedular | 15 | - | - |
| schedules | 15 | - | - |
| scheelite | 14 | a mineral used as an ore of tungsten | - |
| schellies | 14 | - | - |
| schellums | 16 | - | - |
| schemings | 17 | - | - |
| schiavone | 17 | - | - |
| schiedams | 17 | - | - |
| schillers | 14 | - | - |
| schimmels | 18 | - | - |
| schistose | 14 | - | - |
| schistous | 14 | - | - |
| schiziest | 23 | - | - |
| schizoids | 24 | - | - |
| schizonts | 23 | - | - |
| schizopod | 26 | - | - |
| schizzier | 32 | - | - |
| schlagers | 15 | - | - |
| schlemihl | 19 | - | - |
| schlepped | 19 | - | - |
| schlieren | 14 | - | - |
| schlieric | 16 | - | - |
| schlocker | 20 | - | - |
| schlockey | 23 | - | - |
| schlosses | 14 | - | - |
| schlumped | 19 | - | - |
| schmalzes | 25 | - | - |
| schmattes | 16 | - | - |
| schmeared | 17 | - | - |
| schmecked | 23 | - | - |
| schmecker | 22 | - | - |
| schmeered | 17 | - | - |
| schmelzes | 25 | - | - |
| schmicker | 22 | - | - |
| schmoosed | 17 | - | - |
| schmooses | 16 | - | - |
| schmoozed | 26 | - | - |
| schmoozes | 25 | - | - |
| schmucked | 23 | - | - |
| schmutter | 16 | - | - |
| schmutzes | 25 | - | - |
| schnapper | 18 | - | - |
| schnapses | 16 | - | - |
| schnecken | 20 | rolled dough spread with sugar and nuts then sliced and baked in muffin tins with honey or sugar and butter in the bottom | - |
| schnoodle | 15 | - | - |
| schnorkel | 18 | air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time | - |
| schnorred | 15 | - | - |
| schnorrer | 14 | (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others | - |
| schnozzes | 32 | - | - |
| scholarch | 19 | - | - |
| scholiast | 14 | a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) | - |
| scholiums | 16 | - | - |
| schoolday | 18 | - | - |
| schoolers | 14 | - | - |
| schoolery | 17 | - | - |
| schoolies | 14 | - | - |
| schoolkid | 19 | - | - |
| schoolman | 16 | a scholar in one of the universities of the Middle Ages; versed in scholasticism | - |
| schoolmen | 16 | - | - |
| schooners | 14 | - | - |
| schtupped | 19 | - | - |
| schussers | 14 | - | - |
| schussing | 15 | - | - |
| schvartze | 26 | - | - |
| schvitzed | 27 | - | - |
| schvitzes | 26 | - | - |
| schwartze | 26 | - | - |
| sciaenids | 12 | - | - |
| sciaenoid | 12 | - | - |
| sciamachy | 21 | - | - |
| sciatical | 13 | - | - |
| sciaticas | 13 | - | - |
| sciential | 11 | - | - |
| scientise | 11 | - | - |
| scientism | 13 | - | - |
| scientize | 20 | - | - |
| scimetars | 13 | - | - |
| scimitars | 13 | - | - |
| scimiters | 13 | - | - |
| scincoids | 14 | - | - |
| sciolisms | 13 | - | - |
| sciolists | 11 | - | - |
| sciomachy | 21 | - | - |
| sciomancy | 18 | - | - |
| sciophyte | 19 | - | - |
| sciosophy | 19 | - | - |
| sciroccos | 15 | - | - |
| scirrhoid | 15 | - | - |
| scirrhous | 14 | - | - |
| scissions | 11 | - | - |
| scissored | 12 | - | - |
| scissorer | 11 | - | - |
| scissures | 11 | - | - |
| sciurines | 11 | - | - |
| sclaffers | 17 | - | - |
| sclaffing | 18 | - | - |
| sclaunder | 12 | - | - |
| sclereide | 12 | - | - |
| sclereids | 12 | - | - |
| scleremas | 13 | - | - |
| sclerites | 11 | - | - |
| scleritic | 13 | - | - |
| scleritis | 11 | inflammation of the sclera | - |
| scleromas | 13 | - | - |
| sclerosal | 11 | - | - |
| sclerosed | 12 | relating to or having sclerosis; hardened | - |
| scleroses | 11 | - | - |
| sclerotal | 11 | - | - |
| sclerotia | 11 | - | - |
| sclerotic | 13 | relating to or having sclerosis; hardened | a sclerotic patient |
| sclerotin | 11 | - | - |
| sclimming | 16 | - | - |
| scoffings | 18 | - | - |
| scofflaws | 20 | - | - |
| scoinsons | 11 | - | - |
| scoldable | 14 | - | - |
| scoldings | 13 | - | - |
| scolecids | 14 | - | - |
| scolecite | 13 | - | - |
| scolecoid | 14 | - | - |
| scoliomas | 13 | - | - |
| scolioses | 11 | - | - |
| scoliotic | 13 | - | - |
| scolloped | 14 | - | - |
| scolytids | 15 | - | - |
| scolytoid | 15 | - | - |
| scombrids | 16 | - | - |
| scombroid | 16 | important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters | - |
| sconcheon | 16 | - | - |
| scontions | 11 | - | - |
| scooching | 17 | - | - |
| scoopable | 15 | - | - |
| scoopfuls | 16 | - | - |
| scoopings | 14 | - | - |
| scoopsful | 16 | - | - |
| scooshing | 15 | - | - |
| scootched | 17 | - | - |
| scootches | 16 | - | - |
| scootered | 12 | - | - |
| scopelids | 14 | - | - |
| scopeloid | 14 | - | - |
| scopoline | 13 | - | - |
| scopulate | 13 | - | - |
| scorbutic | 15 | of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy | scorbutic symptoms |
| scorchers | 16 | - | - |
| scoreline | 11 | - | - |
| scorepads | 14 | - | - |
| scorified | 15 | - | - |
| scorifier | 14 | - | - |
| scorifies | 14 | - | - |
| scornings | 12 | - | - |
| scorodite | 12 | - | - |
| scorpioid | 14 | - | - |
| scorpions | 13 | - | - |
| scorrendo | 12 | - | - |
| scotching | 17 | - | - |
| scotomata | 13 | - | - |
| scotomias | 13 | - | - |
| scotomies | 13 | - | - |
| scotophil | 16 | - | - |
| scotopias | 13 | - | - |
| scourgers | 12 | - | - |
| scourging | 13 | - | - |
| scourings | 12 | - | - |
| scoursing | 12 | - | - |
| scouthers | 14 | - | - |
| scouthery | 17 | - | - |
| scoutings | 12 | - | - |
| scowdered | 16 | - | - |
| scowthers | 17 | - | - |
| scrabbing | 16 | - | - |
| scrabbled | 16 | - | - |
| scrabbler | 15 | - | - |
| scrabbles | 15 | - | - |
| scraggier | 13 | - | - |
| scraggily | 16 | - | - |
| scragging | 14 | - | - |
| scraiched | 17 | - | - |
| scraighed | 16 | - | - |
| scrambing | 16 | - | - |
| scrambles | 15 | - | - |
| scramjets | 20 | - | - |
| scramming | 16 | - | - |
| scranched | 17 | - | - |
| scranches | 16 | - | - |
| scrannels | 11 | - | - |
| scrannier | 11 | - | - |
| scrapable | 15 | - | - |
| scrapegut | 14 | - | - |
| scrapings | 14 | - | - |
| scrappage | 16 | - | - |
| scrappers | 15 | - | - |
| scrappier | 15 | - | - |
| scrappily | 18 | in a bellicose contentious manner | - |
| scrapples | 15 | - | - |
| scratched | 17 | - | - |
| scratchie | 16 | - | - |
| scratting | 12 | - | - |
| scrattled | 12 | - | - |
| scrattles | 11 | - | - |
| scrauched | 17 | - | - |
| scraughed | 16 | - | - |
| scraveled | 15 | - | - |
| scrawbing | 17 | - | - |
| scrawlers | 14 | - | - |
| scrawlier | 14 | - | - |
| scrawling | 15 | - | - |
| scrawming | 17 | - | - |
| scrawnily | 17 | - | - |
| scrawping | 17 | - | - |
| screakier | 15 | - | - |
| screaking | 16 | - | - |
| screamers | 13 | - | - |
| screeched | 17 | - | - |
| screeches | 16 | - | - |
| screeders | 12 | - | - |
| screeding | 13 | - | - |
| screeners | 11 | - | - |
| screenful | 14 | - | - |
| screenies | 11 | - | - |
| screeting | 12 | - | - |
| screevers | 14 | - | - |
| screeving | 15 | - | - |
| screiched | 17 | - | - |
| screighed | 16 | - | - |
| screwable | 16 | - | - |
| screwbean | 16 | shrub or small tree of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico having spirally twisted pods | - |
| screwhead | 18 | - | - |
| screwiest | 14 | - | - |
| screwings | 15 | - | - |
| screwlike | 18 | - | - |
| screwtops | 16 | - | - |
| screwworm | 19 | - | - |
| scribable | 15 | - | - |
| scribbled | 16 | - | - |
| scribbles | 15 | - | - |
| scribings | 14 | - | - |
| scribisms | 15 | - | - |
| scrieched | 17 | - | - |
| scrieving | 15 | - | - |
| scriggled | 14 | - | - |
| scriggles | 13 | - | - |
| scrimpers | 15 | - | - |
| scrimpier | 15 | - | - |
| scrimpily | 18 | - | - |
| scrimping | 16 | - | - |
| scrimshaw | 19 | a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers | - |
| scrimures | 13 | - | - |
| scrippage | 16 | - | - |
| scripters | 13 | - | - |
| scripting | 14 | - | - |
| scriptory | 16 | - | - |
| scritched | 17 | - | - |
| scritches | 16 | - | - |
| scrivener | 14 | someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts | - |
| scrobbing | 16 | - | - |
| scrobbled | 16 | - | - |
| scrobbles | 15 | - | - |
| scroddled | 14 | - | - |
| scrofulas | 14 | - | - |
| scroggier | 13 | - | - |
| scroggins | 13 | - | - |
| scrollers | 11 | - | - |
| scrolling | 12 | - | - |
| scrooched | 17 | - | - |
| scrooches | 16 | - | - |
| scrooging | 13 | - | - |
| scrooping | 14 | - | - |
| scrougers | 12 | - | - |
| scrouging | 13 | - | - |
| scrounged | 13 | - | - |
| scrounges | 12 | - | - |
| scrowdged | 17 | - | - |
| scrowdges | 16 | - | - |
| scrowling | 15 | - | - |
| scrubbers | 15 | - | - |
| scrubbier | 15 | - | - |
| scrubbily | 18 | - | - |
| scruffier | 17 | - | - |
| scruffily | 20 | - | - |
| scruffing | 18 | - | - |
| scrumdown | 17 | - | - |
| scrummage | 16 | (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession | - |
| scrummier | 15 | - | - |
| scrummies | 15 | - | - |
| scrumming | 16 | - | - |
| scrumpies | 15 | - | - |
| scrumping | 16 | - | - |
| scrumpled | 16 | - | - |
| scrumples | 15 | - | - |
| scrunched | 17 | - | - |
| scrunches | 16 | - | - |
| scrunchie | 16 | - | - |
| scrunchin | 16 | - | - |
| scruntier | 11 | - | - |
| scruplers | 13 | - | - |
| scrupling | 14 | - | - |
| scrutable | 13 | - | - |
| scrutator | 11 | - | - |
| scrutoire | 11 | - | - |
| scuddaler | 13 | - | - |
| scuddling | 14 | - | - |
| scufflers | 17 | - | - |
| scuffling | 18 | - | - |
| scullings | 12 | - | - |
| scullions | 11 | - | - |
| sculpting | 14 | - | - |
| sculptors | 13 | - | - |
| scultches | 16 | - | - |
| scumballs | 15 | - | - |
| scumbered | 16 | - | - |
| scumbling | 16 | - | - |
| scummiest | 15 | - | - |
| scummings | 16 | - | - |
| scuncheon | 16 | - | - |
| scundered | 13 | - | - |
| scungiest | 12 | - | - |
| scungille | 12 | - | - |
| scungilli | 12 | - | - |
| scunnered | 12 | - | - |
| scuppaugs | 16 | - | - |
| scuppered | 16 | - | - |
| scurfiest | 14 | - | - |
| scurriers | 11 | - | - |
| scurriour | 11 | - | - |
| scurviest | 14 | - | - |
| scutation | 11 | - | - |
| scutcheon | 16 | a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms | - |
| scutchers | 16 | - | - |
| scutching | 17 | - | - |
| scutellar | 11 | - | - |
| scutellum | 13 | - | - |
| scutiform | 16 | - | - |
| scutigers | 12 | - | - |
| scuttered | 12 | - | - |
| scuttlers | 11 | - | - |
| scuttling | 12 | - | - |
| scutworks | 18 | - | - |
