9-letter words starting with SU
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter SU. This section showcases how SU 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 SU, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| surprised | 12 | taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment | surprised by her student's ingenuity |
| suffering | 16 | feelings of mental or physical pain | - |
| surrender | 10 | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | - |
| suspected | 14 | believed likely | a suspected thief |
| suspended | 13 | (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment | suspended matter such as silt or mud... |
| supported | 14 | held up or having the weight borne especially from below | supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends |
| substance | 13 | the property of holding together and retaining its shape | - |
| suspicion | 13 | an impression that something might be the case | - |
| submarine | 13 | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | - |
| superstar | 11 | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | - |
| sustained | 10 | (of an electric arc) continuous | - |
| surviving | 16 | still in existence | the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil |
| superhero | 14 | - | - |
| successor | 13 | a person who follows next in order | he was President Lincoln's successor |
| submitted | 14 | - | - |
| suffocate | 17 | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | - |
| supervise | 14 | watch and direct | - |
| sunflower | 15 | any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays | - |
| submerged | 15 | beneath the surface of the water | submerged rocks |
| supposing | 14 | - | - |
| surrogate | 10 | providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties | surrogate father |
| supporter | 13 | a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | - |
| supplying | 17 | the activity of supplying or providing something | - |
| supernova | 14 | a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process | - |
| surfboard | 15 | ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard | - |
| subscribe | 15 | adopt as a belief | I subscribe to your view on abortion |
| succulent | 13 | tender and full of juice | succulent roast beef |
| sugarcane | 12 | juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice | - |
| sunscreen | 11 | a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn | - |
| supremacy | 18 | power to dominate or defeat | - |
| summarize | 22 | be a summary of | The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper |
| subatomic | 15 | of smaller than atomic dimensions | - |
| subsidize | 21 | secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | - |
| surfacing | 15 | emerging to the surface and becoming apparent | - |
| summoning | 14 | calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations | - |
| sugarplum | 14 | any of various small sugary candies | - |
| sumptuous | 13 | ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | - |
| surcharge | 15 | place too much a load on | - |
| surveying | 16 | the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map | he studied surveying at college |
| summation | 13 | the final aggregate | - |
| sunstroke | 13 | sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat | - |
| supremely | 16 | to the maximum degree | he was supremely confident |
| summarily | 16 | without delay; in a summary manner | the suspected spy was summarily executed |
| sunburned | 12 | suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight | - |
| superglue | 12 | - | - |
| sublimate | 13 | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation | - |
| subsystem | 16 | a system that is part of some larger system | - |
| sugarcoat | 12 | coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze | - |
| sugarless | 10 | not containing sugar | - |
| suspender | 12 | elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural) | - |
| subjugate | 19 | make subservient; force to submit or subdue | - |
| subtenant | 11 | - | - |
| subwoofer | 17 | a loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies | - |
| succotash | 16 | fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream | - |
| supersede | 12 | take the place or move into the position of | - |
| subsiding | 13 | a gradual sinking to a lower level | - |
| subsidise | 12 | secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | - |
| sulphuric | 16 | of or relating to or containing sulfur | sulphuric esters |
| summarise | 13 | be a summary of | - |
| supercool | 13 | - | - |
| supersize | 20 | - | - |
| sublimity | 16 | nobility in thought or feeling or style | - |
| subnormal | 13 | a person of less than normal intelligence | - |
| suntanned | 10 | (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun | - |
| subdermal | 14 | - | - |
| summonses | 13 | - | - |
| sundowner | 13 | a drink taken at sundown | - |
| subaltern | 11 | inferior in rank or status | - |
| superfund | 15 | the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; administered by the Environmental Protection Agency | - |
| superheat | 14 | - | - |
| suppurate | 13 | ripen and generate pus | - |
| subdivide | 16 | divide into smaller and smaller pieces | This apartment cannot be subdivided any further! |
| sublimely | 16 | to the maximum degree | He seemed irritated at Edouard's questions but, apart from that, sublimely unconcerned |
| substrate | 11 | any stratum or layer lying underneath another | - |
| sugarloaf | 13 | a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar | - |
| sulfonate | 12 | a salt of sulphonic acid | - |
| sulfurous | 12 | characterized by oppressive heat and humidity | the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm |
| sunbathed | 15 | - | - |
| suability | 14 | - | - |
| suasively | 15 | - | - |
| suaveness | 12 | the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner | - |
| suavities | 12 | - | - |
| subabbots | 15 | - | - |
| subacidly | 17 | - | - |
| subacting | 14 | - | - |
| subaction | 13 | - | - |
| subadults | 12 | - | - |
| subaerial | 11 | - | - |
| subagency | 17 | - | - |
| subagents | 12 | - | - |
| subahdars | 15 | - | - |
| subahdary | 18 | - | - |
| subahship | 19 | - | - |
| subalpine | 13 | growing at high altitudes | - |
| subapical | 15 | - | - |
| subarctic | 15 | of or relating to latitudes just south of the Arctic Circle | - |
| subastral | 11 | - | - |
| subbasins | 13 | - | - |
| subbasses | 13 | - | - |
| subblocks | 19 | - | - |
| subbranch | 18 | - | - |
| subbreeds | 14 | - | - |
| subbureau | 13 | - | - |
| subcantor | 13 | - | - |
| subcastes | 13 | - | - |
| subcaudal | 14 | - | - |
| subcauses | 13 | - | - |
| subcavity | 19 | - | - |
| subcellar | 13 | - | - |
| subcenter | 13 | - | - |
| subcentre | 13 | - | - |
| subchaser | 16 | - | - |
| subchiefs | 19 | - | - |
| subchords | 17 | - | - |
| subclaims | 15 | - | - |
| subclause | 13 | - | - |
| subclerks | 17 | - | - |
| subclimax | 22 | - | - |
| subcolony | 16 | - | - |
| subconsul | 13 | - | - |
| subcooled | 14 | - | - |
| subcortex | 20 | - | - |
| subcostae | 13 | - | - |
| subcostal | 13 | - | - |
| subcounty | 16 | - | - |
| subcrusts | 13 | - | - |
| subdeacon | 14 | a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church | - |
| subdealer | 12 | - | - |
| subdepots | 14 | - | - |
| subdeputy | 17 | - | - |
| subdewing | 16 | - | - |
| subdolous | 12 | - | - |
| subdorsal | 12 | - | - |
| subduable | 14 | susceptible to being subjugated | - |
| subduably | 17 | - | - |
| subducing | 15 | - | - |
| subducted | 15 | - | - |
| subduedly | 16 | - | - |
| subdwarfs | 18 | - | - |
| subechoes | 16 | - | - |
| subedited | 13 | - | - |
| subeditor | 12 | an assistant editor | - |
| subentire | 11 | - | - |
| subepochs | 18 | - | - |
| suberates | 11 | - | - |
| subereous | 11 | - | - |
| suberised | 12 | - | - |
| suberises | 11 | - | - |
| suberized | 21 | - | - |
| suberizes | 20 | - | - |
| subfamily | 19 | (biology) a taxonomic category below a family | - |
| subfeuing | 15 | - | - |
| subfields | 15 | - | - |
| subfloors | 14 | - | - |
| subfolder | 15 | - | - |
| subfossil | 14 | - | - |
| subframes | 16 | - | - |
| subgenera | 12 | - | - |
| subgenres | 12 | - | - |
| subgrades | 13 | - | - |
| subgraphs | 17 | - | - |
| subgroups | 14 | - | - |
| subhedral | 15 | - | - |
| subhumans | 16 | - | - |
| subimagos | 14 | - | - |
| subincise | 13 | - | - |
| subinfeud | 15 | - | - |
| subitised | 12 | - | - |
| subitises | 11 | - | - |
| subitized | 21 | - | - |
| subitizes | 20 | - | - |
| subjacent | 20 | lying nearby but lower | hills and subjacent valleys |
| subjected | 21 | - | - |
| subjoined | 19 | - | - |
| sublating | 12 | - | - |
| sublation | 11 | - | - |
| subleased | 12 | - | - |
| subleases | 11 | - | - |
| sublessee | 11 | - | - |
| sublessor | 11 | - | - |
| sublethal | 14 | - | - |
| subletter | 11 | - | - |
| sublevels | 14 | - | - |
| sublimers | 13 | - | - |
| sublimest | 13 | - | - |
| subliming | 14 | - | - |
| sublimise | 13 | - | - |
| sublimits | 13 | - | - |
| sublimize | 22 | - | - |
| sublinear | 11 | - | - |
| sublunary | 14 | of this earth | transcendental motives for sublunary actions |
| sublunate | 11 | - | - |
| subluxate | 18 | sprain or dislocate slightly | subluxate the hip |
| submarket | 17 | - | - |
| submatrix | 20 | - | - |
| submental | 13 | - | - |
| submentum | 15 | - | - |
| submerges | 14 | - | - |
| submersed | 14 | beneath the surface of the water | - |
| submerses | 13 | - | - |
| submicron | 15 | - | - |
| submissly | 16 | - | - |
| submittal | 13 | - | - |
| submitter | 13 | someone who submits something (as an application for a job or a manuscript for publication etc.) for the judgment of others | he was a prolific submitter of proposals |
| submucosa | 15 | the connective tissue beneath mucous membrane | - |
| submucous | 15 | - | - |
| subneural | 11 | - | - |
| subniches | 16 | - | - |
| subniveal | 14 | - | - |
| subnivean | 14 | - | - |
| subnuclei | 13 | - | - |
| suboctave | 16 | - | - |
| subocular | 13 | situated on or below the floor of the eye socket | - |
| suboffice | 19 | - | - |
| suborders | 12 | - | - |
| suborners | 11 | - | - |
| suborning | 12 | - | - |
| suboscine | 13 | - | - |
| suboxides | 19 | - | - |
| subpanels | 13 | - | - |
| subpenaed | 14 | - | - |
| subperiod | 14 | - | - |
| subphases | 16 | - | - |
| subphylar | 19 | - | - |
| subphylum | 21 | (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class | - |
| subpoenas | 13 | - | - |
| subpotent | 13 | - | - |
| subprimes | 15 | - | - |
| subpriors | 13 | - | - |
| subregion | 12 | - | - |
| subrented | 12 | - | - |
| subrogate | 12 | substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured | - |
| subsacral | 13 | - | - |
| subsample | 15 | - | - |
| subscales | 13 | - | - |
| subschema | 18 | - | - |
| subscript | 15 | written or printed below and to one side of another character | - |
| subsecive | 16 | - | - |
| subsector | 13 | - | - |
| subsellia | 11 | - | - |
| subsenses | 11 | - | - |
| subseries | 11 | - | - |
| subserved | 15 | - | - |
| subserves | 14 | - | - |
| subshafts | 17 | - | - |
| subshells | 14 | - | - |
| subshrubs | 16 | - | - |
| subsiders | 12 | - | - |
| subsidies | 12 | - | - |
| subsisted | 12 | - | - |
| subsister | 11 | one who lives through affliction | - |
| subsizars | 20 | - | - |
| subskills | 15 | - | - |
| subsocial | 13 | - | - |
| subsoiled | 12 | - | - |
| subsoiler | 11 | - | - |
| subspaces | 15 | - | - |
| substages | 12 | - | - |
| substates | 11 | - | - |
| substorms | 13 | - | - |
| substract | 13 | - | - |
| substrata | 11 | - | - |
| substruct | 13 | - | - |
| substylar | 14 | - | - |
| substyles | 14 | - | - |
| subsultus | 11 | - | - |
| subsuming | 14 | - | - |
| subtaxons | 18 | - | - |
| subtended | 13 | - | - |
| subtenses | 11 | - | - |
| subtenure | 11 | - | - |
| subthemes | 16 | - | - |
| subtilely | 14 | - | - |
| subtilest | 11 | - | - |
| subtilins | 11 | - | - |
| subtilise | 11 | make (senses) more keen | - |
| subtility | 14 | - | - |
| subtilize | 20 | make more subtle or refined | - |
| subtitled | 12 | - | - |
| subtitles | 11 | - | - |
| subtonics | 13 | - | - |
| subtopian | 13 | - | - |
| subtopias | 13 | - | - |
| subtopics | 15 | - | - |
| subtorrid | 12 | - | - |
| subtotals | 11 | - | - |
| subtracts | 13 | - | - |
| subtrades | 12 | - | - |
| subtrends | 12 | - | - |
| subtribes | 13 | - | - |
| subtropic | 15 | of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics | even near the equator vegetation at 5000 ft is subtropical rather than tropical |
| subtruded | 13 | - | - |
| subtrudes | 12 | - | - |
| subtunics | 13 | - | - |
| subtweets | 14 | - | - |
| subuculas | 13 | - | - |
| suburbans | 13 | - | - |
| suburbias | 13 | - | - |
| subursine | 11 | - | - |
| subvassal | 14 | - | - |
| subvening | 15 | - | - |
| subversal | 14 | - | - |
| subversed | 15 | - | - |
| subverses | 14 | - | - |
| subverted | 15 | - | - |
| subverter | 14 | a radical supporter of political or social revolution | - |
| subvicars | 16 | - | - |
| subvisual | 14 | - | - |
| subwarden | 15 | - | - |
| subwaying | 18 | - | - |
| subworlds | 15 | - | - |
| subwriter | 14 | - | - |
| succedent | 14 | - | - |
| succeeded | 15 | - | - |
| succeeder | 14 | a person with a record of successes | - |
| succentor | 13 | - | - |
| successes | 13 | - | - |
| succinate | 13 | - | - |
| succinite | 13 | - | - |
| succinyls | 16 | - | - |
| succorers | 13 | - | - |
| succories | 13 | - | - |
| succoring | 14 | - | - |
| succoured | 14 | - | - |
| succourer | 13 | someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty | - |
| succubine | 15 | - | - |
| succubous | 15 | - | - |
| succumbed | 18 | - | - |
| succumber | 17 | - | - |
| succursal | 13 | - | - |
| succussed | 14 | - | - |
| succusses | 13 | - | - |
| suchlikes | 18 | - | - |
| suckeners | 15 | - | - |
| suckering | 16 | - | - |
| suckholed | 19 | - | - |
| suckholes | 18 | - | - |
| suckiness | 15 | - | - |
| sucklings | 16 | - | - |
| sucralose | 11 | - | - |
| suctional | 11 | - | - |
| suctioned | 12 | - | - |
| suctorial | 11 | adapted for sucking or clinging by suction | - |
| suctorian | 11 | - | - |
| sucurujus | 18 | - | - |
| sudaminal | 12 | - | - |
| sudations | 10 | - | - |
| sudatoria | 10 | - | - |
| sudorific | 15 | a medicine that causes or increases sweating | - |
| suedelike | 14 | - | - |
| suedettes | 10 | - | - |
| suettiest | 9 | - | - |
| sufferers | 15 | - | - |
| sufficers | 17 | - | - |
| sufficing | 18 | - | - |
| suffixing | 23 | - | - |
| suffixion | 22 | - | - |
| sufflated | 16 | - | - |
| sufflates | 15 | - | - |
| suffragan | 16 | an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese | - |
| suffrages | 16 | - | - |
| suffusing | 16 | - | - |
| suffusion | 15 | the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance | - |
| suffusive | 18 | spreading through | suffusive purple light |
| sugarally | 13 | - | - |
| sugarbush | 15 | - | - |
| sugariest | 10 | - | - |
| sugarings | 11 | - | - |
| sugarlike | 14 | - | - |
| suggested | 12 | - | - |
| suggester | 11 | someone who advances a suggestion or proposal | the suggester of this absurd strategy was a fool |
| suiciding | 13 | - | - |
| suitcases | 11 | - | - |
| suitoring | 10 | - | - |
| suivantes | 12 | - | - |
| sukiyakis | 20 | - | - |
| sulcalise | 11 | - | - |
| sulcalize | 20 | - | - |
| sulcation | 11 | - | - |
| sulfatase | 12 | - | - |
| sulfating | 13 | - | - |
| sulfation | 12 | - | - |
| sulfinyls | 15 | - | - |
| sulfonium | 14 | - | - |
| sulfonyls | 15 | - | - |
| sulfoxide | 20 | - | - |
| sulfurate | 12 | - | - |
| sulfurets | 12 | - | - |
| sulfurier | 12 | - | - |
| sulfuring | 13 | - | - |
| sulfurise | 12 | - | - |
| sulfurize | 21 | - | - |
| sulfuryls | 15 | - | - |
| sulkiness | 13 | a sullen moody resentful disposition | - |
| sullenest | 9 | - | - |
| sulliable | 11 | - | - |
| sulphated | 15 | - | - |
| sulphates | 14 | - | - |
| sulphatic | 16 | - | - |
| sulphides | 15 | - | - |
| sulphinyl | 17 | - | - |
| sulphites | 14 | - | - |
| sulphitic | 16 | - | - |
| sulphones | 14 | - | - |
| sulphonic | 16 | - | - |
| sulphonyl | 17 | - | - |
| sulphured | 15 | - | - |
| sulphuret | 14 | - | - |
| sulphuryl | 17 | - | - |
| sultanate | 9 | country or territory ruled by a sultan | - |
| sultaness | 9 | - | - |
| sultriest | 9 | - | - |
| summaries | 13 | - | - |
| summarist | 13 | - | - |
| summating | 14 | - | - |
| summative | 16 | of or relating to a summation or produced by summation | - |
| summerier | 13 | - | - |
| summering | 14 | - | - |
| summerset | 13 | an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return | - |
| summiteer | 13 | - | - |
| summiting | 14 | - | - |
| summoners | 13 | - | - |
| summonsed | 14 | - | - |
| sumotoris | 11 | - | - |
| sumpitans | 13 | - | - |
| sumpsimus | 15 | a correct expression that takes the place of a popular but incorrect expression | he preferred his erroneous but pleasing mumpsimus to the correct sumpsimus |
| sumptuary | 16 | regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior | sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots |
| sumpweeds | 17 | - | - |
| sunbaking | 16 | - | - |
| sunbather | 14 | someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan | - |
| sunbathes | 14 | - | - |
| sunbeamed | 14 | - | - |
| sunbeaten | 11 | - | - |
| sunblinds | 12 | - | - |
| sunblocks | 17 | - | - |
| sunbonnet | 11 | a large bonnet that shades the face; worn by girls and women | - |
| sunbright | 15 | - | - |
| sunbursts | 11 | - | - |
| sunchokes | 18 | - | - |
| sunderers | 10 | - | - |
| sundering | 11 | - | - |
| sundowned | 14 | - | - |
| sunfishes | 15 | - | - |
| sungazers | 19 | - | - |
| sungazing | 20 | - | - |
| sungrebes | 12 | - | - |
| sunlessly | 12 | - | - |
| sunlights | 13 | - | - |
| sunniness | 9 | the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | - |
| sunrising | 10 | - | - |
| sunscalds | 12 | - | - |
| sunseeker | 13 | - | - |
| sunsetted | 10 | - | - |
| sunshades | 13 | - | - |
| sunshines | 12 | - | - |
| sunstones | 9 | - | - |
| sunstruck | 15 | lighted by sunlight | violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges |
| superable | 13 | capable of being surmounted or excelled | - |
| superably | 16 | - | - |
| superadds | 13 | - | - |
| superated | 12 | - | - |
| superates | 11 | - | - |
| superatom | 13 | - | - |
| superbank | 17 | - | - |
| superbest | 13 | - | - |
| superbike | 17 | - | - |
| superbity | 16 | - | - |
| superbold | 14 | - | - |
| superbomb | 17 | - | - |
| superbrat | 13 | - | - |
| superbugs | 14 | - | - |
| supercars | 13 | - | - |
| supercede | 14 | - | - |
| supercell | 13 | - | - |
| superchic | 18 | - | - |
| supercity | 16 | - | - |
| superclub | 15 | - | - |
| supercoil | 13 | - | - |
| supercold | 14 | - | - |
| supercops | 15 | - | - |
| supercows | 16 | - | - |
| supercute | 13 | - | - |
| superegos | 12 | - | - |
| superette | 11 | - | - |
| superfans | 14 | - | - |
| superfarm | 16 | - | - |
| superfast | 14 | - | - |
| superfine | 14 | excessively delicate or refined | - |
| superfirm | 16 | - | - |
| superflux | 21 | - | - |
| superfood | 15 | - | - |
| superfuse | 14 | - | - |
| supergene | 12 | - | - |
| supergood | 13 | - | - |
| superguns | 12 | - | - |
| superhard | 15 | - | - |
| superhets | 14 | - | - |
| superhigh | 18 | - | - |
| superhits | 14 | - | - |
| superhive | 17 | - | - |
