5,719 words

5-Letter Words Containing S

All verified five-letter words where S appears in at least one position. This containing-letter group covers 45.8% of the full dataset and is most useful when you know S is present but not fixed. Use Word Finder to apply more filters.

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Yellow tile in Wordle? In Wordle, a yellow tile on S means the letter is in the answer but not in the position you guessed. All 5719 words below contain S somewhere. Use the Wordle Solver to filter by known and eliminated letters.
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All 5,719 Five-Letter Words Containing S

ABACSABASEABASHABASKABBASABBESABETSABIESABLESABRISABSEYABSITABUSEABUTSABYESABYSMABYSSACAISACCASACERSACHESACIDSACMESACNESACRESACYLSADAWSADAYSADIOSADITSADSUMADUSTADZESAEDESAEGISAEONSAEROSAESIRAFARSAFROSAGARSAGASTAGERSAGHASAGIOSAGISMAGISTAGLUSAGMASAGONSAGUESAIDESAIDOSAIGASAIRNSAIRTSAISLEAITUSAKEESAKKASALANSALAPSALAYSALBASALCOSALECSALEFSALEWSALFASALGASALIASALIFSALISTALKOSALLISALMASALMESALODSALOESALTOSALUMSAMAHSAMASSAMBOSAMENSAMIASAMIDSAMIESAMINSAMIRSAMISSAMLASAMMOSAMOKSAMUSEAMYLSANGASANGSTANILSANISE

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Share of dataset
45.8%

5,719 of 12,478 verified words

Five unique letters
66.1%

3,781 words without repeats

Average vowel count
1.6

Most common bucket: 2 vowels

Average Scrabble score
8.5

Calculated from standard English tile values

How To Narrow Words That Contain S

Containing-letter pages are the bridge between a yellow tile and a fully specified pattern. S appears somewhere in 5,719 verified five-letter words, with the most common opening letters at S (1,521), B (342), and P (323) and the most common endings at S (3,805), E (378), and Y (236).

From here, the useful next step is to split the pool by position. If the letter is ruled out from one or two slots, the related position pages and Wordle Solver cut the set down much faster than browsing the full alphabetical list.

Example Words From This List

CAMUS

french writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960)

2 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 9
LISPS

a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'

1 vowels | Has repeat | Scrabble 7
LUCKS

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

1 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 11
POLOS

venetian traveler who explored asia in the 13th century and served kublai khan (1254-1324)

2 vowels | Has repeat | Scrabble 7
SEROW

short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern asia

2 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 8
SHOCK

the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

1 vowels | No repeats | Scrabble 14
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