5-Letter Words With S as the Fourth Letter
There are 354 five-letter words with S as the fourth letter in our dictionary; 216 of them are common words.
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All 354 words
- exist12 points
- flash11 points
- fresh11 points
- whose11 points
- chose10 points
- crash10 points
- messy10 points
- phase10 points
- crisp9 points
- false8 points
- first8 points
- horse8 points
- house8 points
- noisy8 points
- these8 points
- those8 points
- trash8 points
- worse8 points
- worst8 points
- abuse7 points
- amuse7 points
- cause7 points
- cease7 points
- class7 points
- close7 points
- cross7 points
- pause7 points
- press7 points
- glass6 points
- gross6 points
- guess6 points
- arise5 points
- least5 points
- loose5 points
- noise5 points
- raise5 points
- sense5 points
- trust5 points
- quest14 points
- flesh11 points
- flush11 points
- fussy11 points
- harsh11 points
- brush10 points
- chase10 points
- chess10 points
- chest10 points
- clash10 points
- crush10 points
- smash10 points
- ghost9 points
- grasp8 points
- lousy8 points
- slash8 points
- twist8 points
- verse8 points
- wrist8 points
- beast7 points
- blast7 points
- bless7 points
- bliss7 points
- boost7 points
- brass7 points
- burst7 points
- coast7 points
- crass7 points
- curse7 points
- mouse7 points
- parse7 points
- prose7 points
- pulse7 points
- dense6 points
- dress6 points
- grass6 points
- guest6 points
- arose5 points
- erase5 points
- nurse5 points
- reuse5 points
- tense5 points
- terse5 points
- toast5 points
- quash17 points
- whisk15 points
- kiosk13 points
- chasm12 points
- flask12 points
- frisk12 points
- brisk11 points
- newsy11 points
- swish11 points
- abyss10 points
- blush10 points
- bossy10 points
- brash10 points
- marsh10 points
- mossy10 points
- mousy10 points
- pansy10 points
- plush10 points
- pussy10 points
- tipsy10 points
- clasp9 points
- daisy9 points
- gnash9 points
- prism9 points
- spasm9 points
- feast8 points
- floss8 points
- foist8 points
- frost8 points
- hoist8 points
- leash8 points
- midst8 points
- sassy8 points
- sissy8 points
- slosh8 points
- slush8 points
- waist8 points
- weest8 points
- wrest8 points
- yeast8 points
- amass7 points
- amiss7 points
- boast7 points
- crest7 points
- crust7 points
- lapse7 points
- moist7 points
- moose7 points
- obese7 points
- poise7 points
- purse7 points
- angst6 points
- douse6 points
- dross6 points
- geese6 points
- gloss6 points
- goose6 points
- guise6 points
- lease5 points
- louse5 points
- noose5 points
- rinse5 points
- roast5 points
- roost5 points
- rouse5 points
- tease5 points
- torso5 points
- gypsy14 points
- awash11 points
- shush11 points
- welsh11 points
- abash10 points
- gassy9 points
- gutsy9 points
- artsy8 points
- heist8 points
- stash8 points
- posse7 points
- lasso5 points
- salsa5 points
- quasi14 points
- joist12 points
- joust12 points
- hussy11 points
- swash11 points
- whist11 points
- mussy10 points
- palsy10 points
- patsy10 points
- poesy10 points
- prosy10 points
- copse9 points
- dowse9 points
- sudsy9 points
- avast8 points
- deism8 points
- tansy8 points
- tryst8 points
- abase7 points
- balsa7 points
- basso7 points
- cress7 points
- manse7 points
- gorse6 points
- grist6 points
- anise5 points
- souse5 points
- tress5 points
- truss5 points
- frosh11 points
- antsy8 points
- dipso8 points
- fatso8 points
- verso8 points
- roust5 points
- knish12 points
- whoso11 points
- wussy11 points
- apish10 points
- mayst10 points
- plash10 points
- ditsy9 points
- gussy9 points
- hadst9 points
- ukase9 points
- fossa8 points
- wurst8 points
- bursa7 points
- canst7 points
- cruse7 points
- didst7 points
- deist6 points
- durst6 points
- tarsi5 points
- grosz15 points
- quass14 points
- whish14 points
- fubsy13 points
- abysm12 points
- kvass12 points
- skosh12 points
- hawse11 points
- bowse10 points
- massy10 points
- missy10 points
- pursy10 points
- goosy9 points
- karst9 points
- plasm9 points
- torsk9 points
- fosse8 points
- horst8 points
- hurst8 points
- lyssa8 points
- valse8 points
- verst8 points
- bouse7 points
- brose7 points
- burse7 points
- canso7 points
- carse7 points
- cense7 points
- corse7 points
- morse7 points
- omasa7 points
- paisa7 points
- perse7 points
- prase7 points
- presa7 points
- prese7 points
- seism7 points
- adust6 points
- agist6 points
- druse6 points
- dulse6 points
- egest6 points
- gauss6 points
- geest6 points
- gesso6 points
- erose5 points
- loess5 points
- reest5 points
- roose5 points
- seise5 points
- stoss5 points
- tasse5 points
- torse5 points
- trass5 points
- qursh17 points
- gawsy12 points
- jesse12 points
- kissy12 points
- popsy12 points
- brusk11 points
- gipsy11 points
- hissy11 points
- horsy11 points
- knosp11 points
- woosh11 points
- bassy10 points
- bitsy10 points
- bousy10 points
- brosy10 points
- byssi10 points
- cissy10 points
- cuish10 points
- potsy10 points
- deash9 points
- donsy9 points
- ghast9 points
- girsh9 points
- gorsy9 points
- gursh9 points
- kusso9 points
- miasm9 points
- agism8 points
- aviso8 points
- fease8 points
- feist8 points
- fesse8 points
- frass8 points
- frise8 points
- hansa8 points
- hanse8 points
- hoise8 points
- lossy8 points
- lowse8 points
- lyase8 points
- nutsy8 points
- sayst8 points
- shist8 points
- snash8 points
- sonsy8 points
- swiss8 points
- tawse8 points
- youse8 points
- bassi7 points
- birse7 points
- blase7 points
- blest7 points
- clast7 points
- curst7 points
- cusso7 points
- maist7 points
- marse7 points
- massa7 points
- masse7 points
- mensa7 points
- mense7 points
- mosso7 points
- paise7 points
- passe7 points
- pease7 points
- peise7 points
- prest7 points
- prise7 points
- priss7 points
- proso7 points
- pross7 points
- prost7 points
- doest6 points
- dorsa6 points
- drest6 points
- glost6 points
- odist6 points
- alist5 points
- lense5 points
- neist5 points
- sensa5 points
- torsi5 points
- touse5 points
- urase5 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 354
- By usage: 149 very common, 67 common, 138 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- quash 17
- qursh 17
- grosz 15
- whisk 15
- gypsy 14
- quasi 14
- quass 14
- quest 14
- whish 14
- fubsy 13
Most common
- exist
- flash
- fresh
- whose
- chose
- crash
- messy
- phase
- crisp
- false
Definitions
- exist (verb)
- Have an existence, be extant.
- flash (adjective)
- Tastelessly showy.
- fresh (adjective)
- Recently made, produced, or harvested.
- crash (noun)
- A loud resonant repeating noise.
Words that have S in the fourth position come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 354 of the five-letter ones. The most useful are the common words at the top of the list; the rare ones at the bottom are worth knowing when you need to hook onto an awkward board position. QUASH is the top scorer here, worth 17 points before any board multiplier.
How to use this page
Read the list from the top if you want the everyday words, or jump to the quick facts for the highest scorers. Click any word with a link to see every shorter word hidden inside it. When you have a specific rack, the search box at the top filters the list down to the words you can play right now.
Tips
Most of the time you are not building a word in empty space but playing through a letter already on the board. That is where a list like this one earns its keep. Find the letter you need to play through, then filter these words with the contains box so only the ones with that letter remain. The best plays are usually the ones where the board letter sits in the middle of your word, because that leaves both ends free for future hooks and keeps the premium squares within reach.
Questions
How many five-letter words with S as the fourth letter are there?
Our dictionary has 354 five-letter words with S as the fourth letter, of which 216 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words with S as the fourth letter?
QUASH scores 17 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.