5-letter words starting with ST
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter ST. This section showcases how ST 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 ST, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| still | 5 | to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons | an even (or still) more interesting problem |
| start | 5 | get off the ground | Who started this company? |
| stuff | 11 | informal terms for personal possessions | - |
| story | 8 | a record or narrative description of past events | a history of France |
| stand | 6 | put up with something or somebody unpleasant | - |
| state | 5 | indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | - |
| stick | 11 | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | - |
| store | 5 | an electronic memory device | - |
| study | 9 | a branch of knowledge | anthropology is the study of human beings |
| stuck | 11 | baffled | this problem has me completely stuck |
| stage | 6 | plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | the neighboring tribe staged an invasion |
| steal | 5 | move stealthily | - |
| stole | 5 | a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women | - |
| stone | 5 | United States architect (1902-1978) | - |
| style | 8 | designate by an identifying term | They styled their nation `The Confederate States' |
| stops | 7 | a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card | - |
| storm | 7 | behave violently, as if in state of a great anger | - |
| staff | 11 | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written | - |
| stood | 6 | - | - |
| steps | 7 | a flight of stairs or a flight of steps | - |
| stays | 8 | a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | - |
| stock | 11 | the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun | the rifle had been fitted with a special stock |
| steel | 5 | get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | - |
| strip | 7 | lay bare | - |
| stink | 9 | smell badly and offensively | - |
| stake | 9 | mark with a stake | stake out the path |
| stare | 5 | look at with fixed eyes | The students stared at the teacher with amazement |
| steak | 9 | a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish | - |
| stiff | 11 | very drunk | - |
| steam | 7 | clean by means of steaming | steam-clean the upholstered sofa |
| stunt | 5 | a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth | - |
| stamp | 9 | walk heavily | - |
| stain | 5 | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | - |
| stall | 5 | postpone doing what one should be doing | - |
| sting | 6 | a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | - |
| stove | 8 | a kitchen appliance used for cooking food | dinner was already on the stove |
| straw | 8 | spread by scattering ( | - |
| stray | 8 | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | - |
| stack | 11 | a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated | - |
| strap | 7 | a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag | - |
| stark | 9 | without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | stark staring mad |
| stash | 8 | save up as for future use | - |
| steer | 5 | castrated bull | - |
| stern | 5 | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect | a stern face |
| stool | 5 | have a bowel movement | - |
| steep | 7 | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | - |
| stale | 5 | lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | stale news |
| stein | 5 | a mug intended for serving beer | - |
| stung | 6 | aroused to impatience or anger | - |
| stomp | 9 | walk heavily | The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots |
| stalk | 9 | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | - |
| starr | 5 | rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) | - |
| stank | 9 | - | - |
| steed | 6 | (literary) a spirited horse for state of war | - |
| stump | 9 | the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled | - |
| stoop | 7 | basin for holy water | - |
| strut | 5 | a proud stiff pompous gait | - |
| stair | 5 | support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway | - |
| stork | 9 | large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage | - |
| stoke | 9 | stir up or tend; of a fire | - |
| stead | 6 | the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another | can you go in my stead? |
| stout | 5 | having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships | stout seamen |
| stunk | 9 | - | - |
| stint | 5 | supply sparingly and with restricted quantities | stint with the allowance |
| stony | 8 | hard as granite | - |
| strum | 7 | sound the strings of (a stringed instrument) | strum a guitar |
| stoic | 7 | seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive | stoic courage |
| stave | 8 | (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written | - |
| steen | 5 | Dutch genre painter (1626-1679) | - |
| strep | 7 | spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis | - |
| strew | 8 | spread by scattering ( | strew toys all over the carpet |
| strop | 7 | a leather strap used to sharpen razors | - |
| staid | 6 | characterized by dignity and propriety | - |
| stipe | 7 | supporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom cap | - |
| stele | 5 | an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings | - |
| steno | 5 | - | - |
| stang | 6 | - | - |
| staph | 10 | spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | - |
| stoat | 5 | the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail | - |
| stria | 5 | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color | - |
| stade | 6 | - | - |
| stile | 5 | an upright that is a member in a door or window frame | - |
| stonk | 9 | - | - |
| stela | 5 | an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings | - |
| stoup | 7 | basin for holy water | - |
| stabs | 7 | - | - |
| stags | 6 | - | - |
| stagy | 9 | having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality | stagy heroics |
| staig | 6 | - | - |
| stane | 5 | - | - |
| staps | 7 | - | - |
| starn | 5 | - | - |
| stars | 5 | - | - |
| stats | 5 | - | - |
| staun | 5 | - | - |
| staws | 8 | - | - |
| stean | 5 | - | - |
| stear | 5 | - | - |
| stedd | 7 | - | - |
| stede | 6 | - | - |
| steds | 6 | - | - |
| steek | 9 | - | - |
| steem | 7 | - | - |
| steil | 5 | - | - |
| stell | 5 | - | - |
| steme | 7 | - | - |
| stems | 7 | - | - |
| stend | 6 | - | - |
| stens | 5 | - | - |
| stent | 5 | a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis | - |
| stept | 7 | - | - |
| stere | 5 | - | - |
| stets | 5 | - | - |
| stews | 8 | - | - |
| stewy | 11 | - | - |
| steys | 8 | - | - |
| stich | 10 | - | - |
| stied | 6 | - | - |
| sties | 5 | - | - |
| stilb | 7 | - | - |
| stilt | 5 | long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons | - |
| stime | 7 | - | - |
| stims | 7 | - | - |
| stimy | 10 | - | - |
| stipa | 7 | - | - |
| stire | 5 | - | - |
| stirk | 9 | yearling heifer or bullock | - |
| stirp | 7 | - | - |
| stirs | 5 | - | - |
| stive | 8 | - | - |
| stivy | 11 | - | - |
| stoae | 5 | - | - |
| stoai | 5 | - | - |
| stoas | 5 | - | - |
| stobs | 7 | - | - |
| stoep | 7 | small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house | - |
| stogy | 9 | a cheap cigar | - |
| stoit | 5 | - | - |
| stoln | 5 | - | - |
| stoma | 7 | a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass | - |
| stond | 6 | - | - |
| stong | 6 | - | - |
| stonn | 5 | - | - |
| stook | 9 | - | - |
| stoor | 5 | - | - |
| stope | 7 | - | - |
| stopt | 7 | - | - |
| stoss | 5 | - | - |
| stots | 5 | - | - |
| stott | 5 | - | - |
| stoun | 5 | - | - |
| stour | 5 | - | - |
| stown | 8 | - | - |
| stowp | 10 | - | - |
| stows | 8 | - | - |
| strad | 6 | a violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family | - |
| strae | 5 | - | - |
| strag | 6 | - | - |
| strak | 9 | - | - |
| strig | 6 | - | - |
| strim | 7 | - | - |
| strow | 8 | - | - |
| stroy | 8 | - | - |
| stubs | 7 | - | - |
| stude | 6 | - | - |
| studs | 6 | - | - |
| stull | 5 | - | - |
| stulm | 7 | - | - |
| stumm | 9 | - | - |
| stums | 7 | - | - |
| stuns | 5 | - | - |
| stupa | 7 | a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists | - |
| stupe | 7 | a person who is not very bright | - |
| sture | 5 | - | - |
| sturt | 5 | - | - |
| styed | 9 | - | - |
| styes | 8 | - | - |
| styli | 8 | - | - |
| stylo | 8 | - | - |
| styme | 10 | - | - |
| stymy | 13 | a thwarting and distressing situation | - |
| styre | 8 | - | - |
| styte | 8 | - | - |
