9-Letter Words With S
There are 16,043 nine-letter words containing S in our dictionary; 6,609 of them are common words.
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The 600 most common of 16,043 words
- backwards21 points
- excessive21 points
- exclusive21 points
- expensive21 points
- qualifies21 points
- justified20 points
- sequences20 points
- expressed19 points
- extensive19 points
- justifies19 points
- organizes19 points
- requested19 points
- existence18 points
- expansion18 points
- expresses18 points
- mechanics18 points
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- switching18 points
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- qualities18 points
- requisite18 points
- symmetric18 points
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- communism17 points
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- downwards17 points
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- semantics13 points
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- shoulders13 points
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- admission12 points
- anecdotes12 points
- attorneys12 points
- audiences12 points
- awareness12 points
- beginners12 points
- biologist12 points
- censoring12 points
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- consented12 points
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- crossroad12 points
- databases12 points
- decreases12 points
- delicious12 points
- depresses12 points
- dimension12 points
- directors12 points
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- disregard12 points
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- intensive12 points
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- varieties12 points
- versatile12 points
- witnesses12 points
- additions11 points
- allocates11 points
- alongside11 points
- ancestors11 points
- announces11 points
- anomalies11 points
- assigning11 points
- automates11 points
- barrister11 points
- batteries11 points
- cassettes11 points
- centuries11 points
- consensus11 points
- constants11 points
- constrain11 points
- countless11 points
- countries11 points
- creatures11 points
- deserting11 points
- designate11 points
- designers11 points
- destining11 points
- diagnosis11 points
- disagrees11 points
- disguises11 points
- distorted11 points
- elections11 points
- emulators11 points
- estimates11 points
- graduates11 points
- inclusion11 points
- instances11 points
- instructs11 points
- interacts11 points
- intrinsic11 points
- lecturers11 points
- liberties11 points
- ministers11 points
- mountains11 points
- nominates11 points
- obsession11 points
- omissions11 points
- parallels11 points
- penalties11 points
- personnel11 points
- possesses11 points
- postulate11 points
- pressures11 points
- printouts11 points
- prisoners11 points
- reactions11 points
- realistic11 points
- recursion11 points
- resigning11 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 16,043
- By usage: 3,120 very common, 3,489 common, 9,434 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- showbizzy 38
- jazziness 34
- buzzwords 33
- schizzier 32
- schnozzes 32
- schnozzle 32
- bemuzzles 31
- embezzles 31
- swizzling 31
- bedazzles 30
Most common
- backwards
- excessive
- exclusive
- expensive
- qualifies
- justified
- sequences
- expressed
- extensive
- justifies
Definitions
- backwards (adverb)
- At or to or toward the back or rear.
- excessive (adjective)
- Beyond normal limits.
- exclusive (adjective)
- Not divided or shared with others.
- expensive (adjective)
- High in price or charging high prices.
Here is the complete list of nine-letter words containing S: 16,043 words in total. We sort common words to the top because they are the ones you are most likely to be looking for, whether you are solving a puzzle or checking a play. Words such as BACKWARDS and EXCESSIVE lead the way. If you need something more specific, the search box accepts your own letters with question marks for blanks and applies this page's constraint automatically.
How to use this page
To use this page, start with the search box. Type the letters on your rack, add a question mark for each blank, and press search. The tool keeps this page's constraint and returns only the words you can spell. Below the box, the full list is arranged with common words first, followed by the quick facts, definitions and related lists.
Tips
A blank tile is the most powerful piece on your rack because it stands in for any letter. When you search this list with a blank, the tool underlines the letter the blank replaced so you know which tile to lay down. Spend a blank only when it unlocks a long word or a premium square; using it for a three-letter play is almost always a waste. If you hold two blanks, look for a word from this list that needs both, because a seven-tile play with the bonus outscores nearly everything else.
Questions
How many nine-letter words containing S are there?
Our dictionary has 16,043 nine-letter words containing S, of which 6,609 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 nine-letter words containing S?
SHOWBIZZY scores 38 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.