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5 letter words starting with S

There are 1,666 five-letter words that start with S.

366 of them were in Wordle's original answer list; the other 1,300 are accepted as guesses.

Words that start with S that were Wordle answers (366)

Other accepted guesses that start with S (1,300)

Good guesses from this list

Words from this list whose letters are the most common among these 1,666 words, so they cut the list down fastest: STARE, STOAE, STALE, SOARE, STANE, SLATE.

Which letters go where

PositionMost common letters (word count)
First letterS (1666)
Second letterT (191), A (186), H (156)
Third letterA (256), O (211), I (196)
Fourth letterE (232), A (140), R (139)
Fifth letterS (416), E (211), Y (115)

Most common second letters after S: T (191), A (186), H (156), P (150), E (140).

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Related lists

Green tiles are in the original Wordle answer list. The game has changed its answers since, so any word on this page can still be a guess, and a few non-green words may now be answers.