8-Letter Words With S
There are 16,462 eight-letter words containing S in our dictionary; 7,009 of them are common words.
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The 600 most common of 16,462 words
- quickest23 points
- acquires19 points
- examples19 points
- projects19 points
- sequence19 points
- subjects19 points
- excludes18 points
- physical18 points
- examines17 points
- executes17 points
- exercise17 points
- explains17 points
- packages17 points
- question17 points
- realizes17 points
- requests17 points
- requires17 points
- specific17 points
- switched17 points
- achieves16 points
- brackets16 points
- existing16 points
- graphics16 points
- shopping16 points
- somebody16 points
- somewhat16 points
- switches16 points
- approves15 points
- assembly15 points
- branches15 points
- cheapest15 points
- commands15 points
- composed15 points
- confirms15 points
- emphasis15 points
- finished15 points
- flashing15 points
- holidays15 points
- improves15 points
- likewise15 points
- machines15 points
- networks15 points
- nowadays15 points
- performs15 points
- possibly15 points
- purchase15 points
- slightly15 points
- speaking15 points
- sticking15 points
- suffered15 points
- survived15 points
- thoughts15 points
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- choosing14 points
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- crashing14 points
- develops14 points
- discover14 points
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- problems14 points
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- yourself14 points
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- guessing10 points
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- increase10 points
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- lectures10 points
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- operates10 points
- opinions10 points
- patterns10 points
- personal10 points
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- sessions8 points
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- squeezed27 points
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- highways21 points
- squashed21 points
- sympathy21 points
- symphony21 points
- analyzes20 points
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- workshop20 points
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- citizens19 points
- keywords19 points
- churches18 points
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- exposing18 points
- sexually18 points
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- adjusted17 points
- bicycles17 points
- childish17 points
- contexts17 points
- expenses17 points
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- exposure17 points
- extracts17 points
- extremes17 points
- freeways17 points
- hardship17 points
- inquires17 points
- laziness17 points
- provokes17 points
- quarters17 points
- quietest17 points
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- sketches17 points
- skipping17 points
- symbolic17 points
- symptoms17 points
- archives16 points
- classify16 points
- dynamics16 points
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- swimming16 points
- synonyms16 points
- vehicles16 points
- weekends16 points
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- advisory15 points
- chapters15 points
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- composer14 points
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- comprise14 points
- concepts14 points
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- honestly14 points
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- offenses14 points
- password14 points
- phrasing14 points
- polished14 points
- punished14 points
- reckless14 points
- schedule14 points
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- shedding14 points
- smashing14 points
- specimen14 points
- spectrum14 points
- sufferer14 points
- survival14 points
- swallows14 points
- sweeping14 points
- syndrome14 points
- usefully14 points
- vanishes14 points
- verifies14 points
- visually14 points
- wasteful14 points
- whistles14 points
- absorbed13 points
- accessed13 points
- accusing13 points
- breathes13 points
- brothers13 points
- chestnut13 points
- condemns13 points
- conducts13 points
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- consumed13 points
- converse13 points
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- courtesy13 points
- crystals13 points
- darkness13 points
- delights13 points
- deserved13 points
- devising13 points
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- domestic13 points
- drawings13 points
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- escaping13 points
- families13 points
- feminist13 points
- finances13 points
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- historic13 points
- hopeless13 points
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- infamous13 points
- inhabits13 points
- inhibits13 points
- kindness13 points
- launches13 points
- obscured13 points
- observer13 points
- perverse13 points
- pitfalls13 points
- polishes13 points
- portrays13 points
- postcard13 points
- precedes13 points
- predicts13 points
- presumed13 points
- proceeds13 points
- profiles13 points
- punishes13 points
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- sampling13 points
- scholars13 points
- screamed13 points
- secretly13 points
- sighting13 points
- slipping13 points
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- sneaking13 points
- socially13 points
- stamping13 points
- stepping13 points
- stripped13 points
- stumbled13 points
- subtlety13 points
- succeeds13 points
- surfaces13 points
- teachers13 points
- theorems13 points
- typesets13 points
- abstract12 points
- accesses12 points
- acoustic12 points
- advisers12 points
- advisors12 points
- applause12 points
- appoints12 points
- ascended12 points
- assemble12 points
- asterisk12 points
- balances12 points
- basement12 points
- biscuits12 points
- calculus12 points
- capitals12 points
- captures12 points
- circuits12 points
- classics12 points
- conceals12 points
- concerts12 points
- consumer12 points
- consumes12 points
- contacts12 points
- councils12 points
- defaults12 points
- descends12 points
- deserves12 points
- diagrams12 points
- disabled12 points
- discards12 points
- disposed12 points
- envisage12 points
- feelings12 points
- herrings12 points
- imprison12 points
- inspects12 points
- licences12 points
- lightest12 points
- matrices12 points
- memories12 points
- miracles12 points
- misguide12 points
- misprint12 points
- musician12 points
- obscures12 points
- obstruct12 points
- outcomes12 points
- passport12 points
- percents12 points
- politics12 points
- postpone12 points
- precious12 points
- premises12 points
- presumes12 points
- promotes12 points
- resemble12 points
- resolved12 points
- reversed12 points
- revising12 points
- seconded12 points
- semantic12 points
- shooting12 points
- shoulder12 points
- shouting12 points
- skeleton12 points
- slighter12 points
- speeding12 points
- splendid12 points
- starving12 points
- steadily12 points
- stumbles12 points
- sunlight12 points
- supplier12 points
- suppress12 points
- swearing12 points
- sweating12 points
- twisting12 points
- upgrades12 points
- villages12 points
- visiting12 points
- warnings12 points
- wondrous12 points
- writings12 points
- youngest12 points
- abandons11 points
- analyses11 points
- atheists11 points
- bastards11 points
- blasting11 points
- blessing11 points
- bursting11 points
- catalogs11 points
- censored11 points
- classing11 points
- condense11 points
- congests11 points
- crossing11 points
- cruising11 points
- declines11 points
- degrades11 points
- dialects11 points
- disables11 points
- discrete11 points
- disposal11 points
- disposes11 points
- distract11 points
- educates11 points
- enclosed11 points
- episodes11 points
- failures11 points
- faintest11 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 16,462
- By usage: 3,627 very common, 3,382 common, 9,453 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- zyzzyvas 44
- bezazzes 37
- pazazzes 37
- pizazzes 37
- quizzers 35
- jazziest 33
- buzzwigs 32
- whizzers 32
- chazzans 31
- chazzens 31
Most common
- quickest
- acquires
- examples
- projects
- sequence
- subjects
- excludes
- physical
- examines
- executes
Definitions
- quickest (adverb)
- Most quickly.
- sequence (noun)
- Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern.
- physical (adjective)
- Involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit.
The eight-letter words that contain the letter S number 16,462 in our dictionary. About 7,009 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is ZYZZYVAS, at 44 points.
How to use this page
This page works as both a reference and a tool. As a reference, it lists every word that contain the letter S, sorted by familiarity. As a tool, it accepts your own letters in the search box and returns the subset you can play, with scores. The related links at the end cover neighbouring letters and lengths.
Tips
The list puts common words first for a reason: they are the ones an opponent is least likely to challenge and the ones you will remember next time. When two plays score about the same, prefer the common word. Save the rare entries for situations where they are clearly better, such as a triple-word square that only an obscure word can reach. If you are learning vocabulary or solving a puzzle for a newspaper, stick to the very common words marked with a dot; they are the ones the setter almost certainly had in mind.
Questions
Which eight-letter words containing S are the most common?
QUICKEST, ACQUIRES and EXAMPLES are among the most familiar. The list is sorted with everyday words first, and the very common ones carry a small dot, so you can read the top of the page and skip the obscure entries at the bottom.
Can I search this list with my own letters?
Yes. Type your letters into the search box at the top of the page, using a question mark for a blank, and the tool will show only the eight-letter words containing S you can actually spell from that rack, with scores.