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5 Letter Words With S as the Fourth Letter

Five-letter words with S as the fourth letter make up 4% of the 9,032 five-letter words in our dictionary: 363 words. 41% of them are common words, such as first, these, those, house.

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Common 5-letter words with S as the fourth letter (149)

Everyday words, most common first. Only these can be the answer in our daily puzzle.

The letter before the S is most often A (63 words), and the one after it E (103 words). On average a word here has 1.7 vowels, and the most frequent vowel is E (in 153 words). 42% repeat a letter, like these. The most common first letter is P (38 words).

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All 5-letter words with S as the fourth letter (363)

From A to Z, including plurals and other forms that count as guesses.

abase abash abuse abysm abyss adust agism agist alist amasi amass amiss amuse angst anise antsy apish arise arose artsy avast aviso awash balsa bassi basso bassy beast birse bitsy blase blast bless blest bliss blush boast boost bossy bouse bousy bowse brash brass brisk brose brosy brush brusk bursa burse burst byssi canso canst carse cause cease cense chase chasm chess chest chose cissy clash clasp class clast close coast copse corse crash crass cress crest crisp cross cruse crush crust cuish curse curst cusso daisy deash deism deist dense didst dipso ditsy doest donsy dorsa douse dowse dress drest dross druse dulse durst egest erase erose exist false fatso fease feast feist fesse first flash flask flesh floss flush foist fossa fosse frass fresh frise frisk frosh frost fubsy fussy gassy gauss gawsy geese geest gesso ghast ghost gipsy girsh glass gloss glost gnash goose goosy gorse gorsy grasp grass grist gross grosz guess guest guise gursh gussy gutsy hadst hansa hanse harsh hawse heist hissy hoise hoist horse horst horsy house hurst hussy jesse jessy joist joust karst kiosk kissy knish knosp kusso kvass lapse lassi lasso lease leash least lense lesso loess loose lossy lotsa louse lousy lowse lyase lyssa maist manse marse marsh massa masse massy mayst mensa mense messy miasm midst missy moist moose morse mosso mossy mouse mousy mumsy mussy neist newsy noise noisy noose nurse nutsy obese odist omasa paisa paise palsy pansy parse passe patsy pause pease peise perse phase phish plash plasm plush poesy poise popsy posse potsy prase presa prese press prest prise prism priss prose proso pross prost prosy pulse purse pursy pussy quash quasi quass quest qursh raise reest reuse rinse roast roose roost rouse roust salsa sansa sassy sayst seise seism sensa sense shist shush sissy skosh slash slosh slush smash snash sonsy souse spasm stash stoss sudsy swash swish swiss tansy tarsi tasse tawse tease tense terse these those tipsy toast torse torsi torsk torso touse trash trass tress truss trust tryst twist ukase urase valse versa verse verso verst waist weest welsh wersh whish whisk whist whose whoso woosh worse worst wrest wrist wurst wussy yeast youse

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More 5-letter word lists with S

Starting with S (1,079)Ending in S (2,792)Second letter S (68)Third letter S (360) With E and S (1,645)With A and S (1,573)With O and S (1,122)With I and S (1,008)With S and U (748)

Frequently asked questions

How many five-letter words have S as the fourth letter?

Our dictionary has 363, which is 4% of all five-letter words. 149 of them are common words that can be the daily answer; the rest are valid guesses.

What is the most common five-letter word with S as the fourth letter?

Going by how often words appear in everyday English, first, followed by these and those.

Which letters most often sit next to the S?

The letter before the S is most often A (63 words), and the one after it E (103 words).

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