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6-Letter Words With S

There are 6,944 six-letter words containing S in our dictionary; 3,672 of them are common words.

Type your own letters to find only the 6-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.

The 600 most common of 6,944 words

Quick facts

  • Total words: 6,944
  • By usage: 2,441 very common, 1,231 common, 3,272 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. jazzes 31
  2. scuzzy 29
  3. fezzes 27
  4. fizzes 27
  5. fuzzes 27
  6. huzzas 27
  7. snazzy 27
  8. bizzes 26
  9. buzzes 26
  10. cozzes 26

Most common

  1. checks
  2. dozens
  3. knocks
  4. syntax
  5. excess
  6. excuse
  7. quotes
  8. square
  9. adjust
  10. myself

Definitions

dozens (noun)
A large number or amount.
syntax (noun)
The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences.
excess (adjective)
More than is needed, desired, or required.
excuse (noun)
A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

Words that contain the letter S come up constantly in tile games, crosswords and daily letter puzzles, and this page gathers all 6,944 of the six-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. JAZZES is the top scorer here, worth 31 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

If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.

Questions

What is the highest-scoring word among the six-letter words containing S?

JAZZES scores 31 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.

Why are some of these words unfamiliar?

3,272 of the 6,944 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.

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