9-letter words starting with SO
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter SO. This section showcases how SO 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 SO, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| something | 15 | An indeterminate or unknown event. | - |
| sometimes | 13 | - | - |
| somewhere | 17 | in or at or to some place | she must be somewhere |
| someplace | 15 | in or at or to some place | - |
| socialist | 11 | advocating or following the socialist principles | socialistic government |
| southeast | 12 | the southeastern region of the United States | - |
| sovereign | 13 | a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right | - |
| southwest | 15 | the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado | - |
| socialism | 13 | an economic system based on state ownership of capital | - |
| sophomore | 16 | used of the second year in United States high school or college | the sophomore class |
| solicitor | 11 | a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes | - |
| sorceress | 11 | a woman sorcerer | - |
| socialize | 20 | take part in social activities; interact with others | He never socializes with his colleagues |
| sociology | 15 | the study and classification of human societies | - |
| sorrowful | 15 | experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss | sorrowful widows |
| sociopath | 16 | someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath') | - |
| socialite | 11 | a socially prominent person | - |
| solitaire | 9 | a card game played by one person | - |
| southland | 13 | any region lying in or toward the south | - |
| socialise | 11 | take part in social activities; interact with others | - |
| softening | 13 | having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | - |
| soldering | 11 | fastening firmly together | - |
| sourdough | 14 | a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread | - |
| sommelier | 13 | a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant | - |
| southerly | 15 | from the south; used especially of wind | a hot southerly wind |
| solemnity | 14 | a trait of dignified seriousness | - |
| soliloquy | 21 | speech you make to yourself | - |
| sodbuster | 12 | a person who operates a farm | - |
| soporific | 16 | inducing mental lethargy | - |
| southward | 16 | toward the south | - |
| soldierly | 13 | (of persons) befitting a warrior | - |
| solipsism | 13 | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist | - |
| sophistry | 17 | a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone | - |
| soundness | 10 | the muscle tone of healthy tissue | - |
| sombreros | 13 | - | - |
| sortilege | 10 | - | - |
| solferino | 12 | a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino | - |
| soulfully | 15 | in a soulful manner | he looked at her soulfully |
| solemnise | 11 | observe or perform with dignity or gravity | - |
| sorrowing | 13 | sorrowful through loss or deprivation | - |
| sojourner | 16 | a temporary resident | - |
| solfeggio | 14 | a voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable | - |
| sorcerous | 11 | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | - |
| sostenuto | 9 | - | - |
| soundless | 10 | marked by absence of sound | soundless footsteps on the grass |
| soakaways | 19 | - | - |
| soakingly | 17 | - | - |
| soapbarks | 17 | - | - |
| soapberry | 16 | a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin | - |
| soapboxed | 21 | - | - |
| soapboxes | 20 | - | - |
| soapiness | 11 | the quality of being soap or being covered with soap | she could smell the soapiness of the doctor's hands |
| soaplands | 12 | - | - |
| soaproots | 11 | - | - |
| soapstone | 11 | a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments | - |
| soapsudsy | 15 | - | - |
| soapworts | 14 | - | - |
| soaringly | 13 | - | - |
| sobbingly | 17 | - | - |
| soberised | 12 | - | - |
| soberises | 11 | - | - |
| soberized | 21 | - | - |
| soberizes | 20 | - | - |
| soberness | 11 | the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol | - |
| sobriquet | 20 | a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | - |
| sociables | 13 | - | - |
| sociality | 14 | the tendency to associate with others and to form social groups | mammals as a class are not strong on sociality |
| sociation | 11 | - | - |
| sociative | 14 | - | - |
| societies | 11 | - | - |
| sociogram | 14 | - | - |
| sociolect | 13 | - | - |
| socketing | 16 | - | - |
| sockettes | 15 | - | - |
| sodalists | 10 | - | - |
| sodalites | 10 | - | - |
| sodamides | 13 | - | - |
| soddening | 12 | - | - |
| sodgering | 12 | - | - |
| sodomised | 13 | - | - |
| sodomises | 12 | - | - |
| sodomists | 12 | - | - |
| sodomites | 12 | - | - |
| sodomitic | 14 | - | - |
| sodomized | 22 | - | - |
| sodomizes | 21 | - | - |
| softbacks | 20 | - | - |
| softballs | 14 | - | - |
| softbound | 15 | - | - |
| softcover | 17 | - | - |
| softeners | 12 | - | - |
| softgoods | 14 | - | - |
| softheads | 16 | - | - |
| softlings | 13 | - | - |
| softpaste | 14 | - | - |
| softscape | 16 | - | - |
| softshell | 15 | - | - |
| softwares | 15 | - | - |
| softwoods | 16 | - | - |
| sogginess | 11 | a heavy wetness | - |
| soilborne | 11 | - | - |
| soiliness | 9 | - | - |
| sojourned | 17 | - | - |
| sokemanry | 18 | - | - |
| solacious | 11 | - | - |
| solanders | 10 | - | - |
| solanines | 9 | - | - |
| solarised | 10 | - | - |
| solarises | 9 | - | - |
| solarisms | 11 | - | - |
| solarists | 9 | - | - |
| solariums | 11 | - | - |
| solarized | 19 | - | - |
| solarizes | 18 | - | - |
| solations | 9 | - | - |
| soldadoes | 11 | - | - |
| solderers | 10 | - | - |
| soldiered | 11 | - | - |
| solecised | 12 | - | - |
| solecises | 11 | - | - |
| solecisms | 13 | - | - |
| solecists | 11 | - | - |
| solecized | 21 | - | - |
| solecizes | 20 | - | - |
| solemness | 11 | a trait of dignified seriousness | - |
| solemnest | 11 | - | - |
| solemnify | 17 | - | - |
| solemnize | 20 | observe or perform with dignity or gravity | The King solemnized this day of morning |
| solenette | 9 | - | - |
| solenodon | 10 | - | - |
| solenoids | 10 | - | - |
| soleplate | 11 | - | - |
| soleprint | 11 | - | - |
| solfatara | 12 | - | - |
| solicited | 12 | - | - |
| solidagos | 11 | - | - |
| solidares | 10 | - | - |
| solidated | 11 | - | - |
| solidates | 10 | - | - |
| solidisms | 12 | - | - |
| solidists | 10 | - | - |
| solidness | 10 | the quality of being substantial or having substance | - |
| solipsist | 11 | - | - |
| soliquids | 19 | - | - |
| solitudes | 10 | - | - |
| sollaring | 10 | - | - |
| sollerets | 9 | - | - |
| sollicker | 15 | - | - |
| soloistic | 11 | - | - |
| solonchak | 18 | - | - |
| solpugids | 13 | - | - |
| solstices | 11 | - | - |
| solutions | 9 | - | - |
| solutives | 12 | - | - |
| solvating | 13 | - | - |
| solvation | 12 | a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound | - |
| solvently | 15 | - | - |
| somascope | 15 | - | - |
| somatisms | 13 | - | - |
| somatists | 11 | - | - |
| somberest | 13 | - | - |
| sombering | 14 | - | - |
| somedeals | 12 | - | - |
| somersets | 11 | - | - |
| somewhats | 17 | - | - |
| somewhile | 17 | - | - |
| somniated | 12 | - | - |
| somniates | 11 | - | - |
| somnolent | 11 | inclined to or marked by drowsiness | the sound had a somnolent effect |
| sonancies | 11 | - | - |
| sonatinas | 9 | - | - |
| songbirds | 13 | - | - |
| songbooks | 16 | - | - |
| songcraft | 15 | - | - |
| songfests | 13 | - | - |
| songfully | 16 | - | - |
| songololo | 10 | - | - |
| songsheet | 13 | - | - |
| songsmith | 15 | - | - |
| songsters | 10 | - | - |
| sonically | 14 | - | - |
| sonicated | 12 | - | - |
| sonicates | 11 | - | - |
| sonicator | 11 | - | - |
| sonnetary | 12 | - | - |
| sonneteer | 9 | a poet who writes sonnets | - |
| sonneting | 10 | - | - |
| sonnetise | 9 | - | - |
| sonnetize | 18 | - | - |
| sonnetted | 10 | - | - |
| sonobuoys | 14 | - | - |
| sonograms | 12 | - | - |
| sonograph | 15 | an instrument that uses the differential transmission and reflection of ultrasonic waves in order to provide an image of a bodily organ | - |
| sonometer | 11 | an instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing | - |
| sonorants | 9 | - | - |
| sonovoxes | 19 | - | - |
| soochongs | 15 | - | - |
| soogeeing | 11 | - | - |
| soogieing | 11 | - | - |
| soopstake | 15 | - | - |
| sooterkin | 13 | - | - |
| sootflake | 16 | - | - |
| soothered | 13 | - | - |
| soothfast | 15 | - | - |
| soothings | 13 | - | - |
| soothlich | 17 | - | - |
| soothsaid | 13 | - | - |
| soothsays | 15 | - | - |
| sootiness | 9 | the state of being dirty with soot | - |
| sopapilla | 13 | - | - |
| sophister | 14 | - | - |
| sophistic | 16 | plausible but misleading | - |
| soppiness | 13 | - | - |
| sopranini | 11 | - | - |
| sopranino | 11 | higher in range than soprano | a sopranino recorder |
| sopranist | 11 | - | - |
| sorbarias | 11 | - | - |
| sorbitans | 11 | - | - |
| sorbitise | 11 | - | - |
| sorbitize | 20 | - | - |
| sorbitols | 11 | - | - |
| sorcerers | 11 | - | - |
| sorceries | 11 | - | - |
| sordidest | 11 | - | - |
| sorediate | 10 | - | - |
| soreheads | 13 | - | - |
| soritical | 11 | - | - |
| sororally | 12 | - | - |
| sororates | 9 | - | - |
| sororised | 10 | - | - |
| sororises | 9 | - | - |
| sororized | 19 | - | - |
| sororizes | 18 | - | - |
| sorosises | 9 | - | - |
| sorptions | 11 | - | - |
| sorriness | 9 | worthlessness due to insignificance | - |
| sorrowers | 12 | - | - |
| sortances | 11 | - | - |
| sortation | 9 | - | - |
| sortieing | 10 | - | - |
| sortilegy | 13 | - | - |
| sortition | 9 | making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn | - |
| sortments | 11 | - | - |
| sostenuti | 9 | - | - |
| sottishly | 15 | in a sottish manner | - |
| sottisier | 9 | - | - |
| soubrette | 11 | a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy | - |
| souchongs | 15 | - | - |
| souffleed | 16 | - | - |
| soukouses | 13 | - | - |
| souldiers | 10 | - | - |
| soulmates | 11 | - | - |
| soulsters | 9 | - | - |
| soundable | 12 | (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth | - |
| soundbars | 12 | - | - |
| soundbite | 12 | - | - |
| soundcard | 13 | - | - |
| soundings | 11 | - | - |
| soundpost | 12 | - | - |
| soupiness | 11 | the property of having the thickness of heavy cream | - |
| soupspoon | 13 | a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup | - |
| sourballs | 11 | - | - |
| sourceful | 14 | - | - |
| sourcings | 12 | - | - |
| sourdines | 10 | - | - |
| sourishly | 15 | - | - |
| sourvelds | 13 | - | - |
| sourwoods | 13 | - | - |
| soutaches | 14 | - | - |
| souteneur | 9 | - | - |
| southered | 13 | - | - |
| southerns | 12 | - | - |
| southings | 13 | - | - |
| southmost | 14 | situated farthest south | - |
| southpaws | 17 | - | - |
| southrons | 12 | - | - |
| southsaid | 13 | - | - |
| southsays | 15 | - | - |
| soutpiels | 11 | - | - |
| souvenirs | 12 | - | - |
| souvlakia | 16 | made of lamb | - |
| souvlakis | 16 | - | - |
| sovenance | 14 | - | - |
| sovietise | 12 | model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | - |
| sovietism | 14 | Soviet communism | - |
| sovietist | 12 | - | - |
| sovietize | 21 | model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | Castro sovietized Cuba |
| sovkhozes | 28 | - | - |
| sowarrees | 12 | - | - |
| sowarries | 12 | - | - |
| sowbreads | 15 | - | - |
| soyburger | 15 | - | - |
| sozzliest | 27 | - | - |
