7 Letter Words Starting With S
There are 2,904 7-letter words starting with S, sorted alphabetically with Scrabble scores (best 33 pts). Every word is valid in the NWL (NASPA Word List).
sabaton9
armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heel
sabayon12
light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled
sabbath14
a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
- sabbats11
- sabbing12
- sabeing10
- sabered10
- sabicus11
- sabines9
- sabkhas16
- sablest9
- saboted10
- sabring10
- sacaton9
- sacbuts11
saccade12
a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest
saccate11
Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal.
saccule11
a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
- sacculi11
- sachems14
- sachets12
sackbut15
a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
- sackers13
sackful16
the quantity contained in a sack
sacking14
coarse fabric used for bags or sacks
saclike13
shaped like a pouch
- sacques18
- sacrals9
sacring10
a. & n. from Sacre. Sacring bell. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
sacrist9
A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.
- sacrums11
- saddens9
- saddest9
- saddhus12
- saddish12
saddled10
having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal
saddler9
a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
- saddles9
sadiron8
An iron for smoothing clothes; a flatiron.
- sadisms10
- sadists8
sadness8
emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
- safaris10
saffron13
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
- safrole10
- safrols10
- sagaman10
- sagamen10
- sagbuts10
- saggard10
- saggars9
- saggers9
- saggier9
sagging10
hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)
- sagiest8
saguaro8
extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
- sahiwal13
sahuaro10
extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
- sailers7
sailing8
riding in a sailboat
- sailors7
- saimins9
- saining8
sainted8
marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
saintly10
marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
- saiyids11
- salaams9
salable9
capable of being sold; fit for sale
- salably12
- salamis9
- salchow15
salicin9
A glucoside found in the leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.salicyl alcohol glucoside, salicyl alcohol b-D- glucopyranoside…
salient7
(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
- salinas7
- salines7
- salivas10
- sallets7
- sallied8
- sallier7
- sallies7
- sallows10
- sallowy13
- salmons9
- salmony12
- saloons7
- saloops9
salpian9
A salpa.
- salpids10
salpinx16
a tube in the uterus or the ear
salsify13
Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
saltant7
Leaping; jumping; dancing.
saltbox16
a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind
saltern7
A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.
- salters7
- saltery10
- saltest7
saltier7
See Saltire.
- salties7
- saltily10
saltine7
a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking
salting8
the act of adding salt to food
saltire7
a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length
saltish10
somewhat salty
saltpan9
a shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake
- salukis11
- saluted8
saluter7
a person who greets
- salutes7
salvage11
property or goods saved from damage or destruction
- salvers10
- salvias10
salving11
having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
- salvoed11
- salvoes10
- salvors10
- salwars10
- samadhi13
- samaras9
- sambaed12
- sambals11
- sambars11
- sambhar14
- sambhur14
- samboes11
sambuca13
an Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice
sambuke15
An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown.
- samburs11
- samechs14
- samekhs16
- samiels9
- samiest9
samisen9
a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum
- samites9
- samlets9
- samosas9
samovar12
a metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea
samoyed13
Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family
- sampans11
- sampled12
sampler11
a piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches
- samples11
samsara9
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth
- samshus12
samurai9
a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy
sanctum11
a place of inviolable privacy
- sandals8
sandbag11
a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
sandbar10
a bar of sand
sandbox17
a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in
sandbur10
grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
- sanddab11
sanders8
An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
sandfly14
any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
- sandhis11
- sandhog12
- sandier8
- sanding9
sandlot8
a vacant lot used by city boys to play games
sandman10
an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy
- sandmen10
sandpit10
a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug
- sangars8
- sangers8
- sanghas11
sangria8
sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water
sanicle9
a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers
sanious7
of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies
- sanjaks18
- sannops9
- sannups9
- sansars7
- sanseis7
- santera7
- santero7
- santimi9
santims9
100 santimi equal 1 lats in Latvia
- santimu9
- santirs7
- santoku11
- santols7
- santoor7
- santour7
- santurs7
sanyasi10
a Hindu religious mendicant
sapajou16
Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (C. subcristatus), the…
- sapeles9
saphead13
a person who lacks good judgment
- saphena12
sapiens9
of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens
sapient9
acutely insightful and wise
sapless9
destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; - Norman Mailer
sapling10
young tree
saponin9
any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers
- sapotas9
- sapotes9
- sapours9
- sappers11
sapphic16
a meter used by Sappho and named after her
- sappier11
- sappily14
- sapping12
saprobe11
an organism that lives in and derives its nourishment from organic matter in stagnant or foul water
sapsago10
a hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover
sapwood13
newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction
- sarangi8
- sarapes9
sarcasm11
witty language used to convey insults or scorn; ; ; --Jonathan Swift
sarcina9
A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular…
sarcoid10
of or relating to or resembling flesh
sarcoma11
a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer
sarcous9
Fleshy; -- applied to the minute stryctural elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed.
- sardana8
- sardars8
sardine8
a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
sardius8
a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
- sarkier11
- sarkily14
sarment9
A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawbwrry. See Runner.
- sarnies7
- sarodes8
- sarongs8
- saroses7
- sarsars7
- sarsens7
- sarsnet7
- sartors7
- sashays13
sashimi12
very thinly sliced raw fish
- sashing11
sassaby12
a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal
- sassier7
- sassies7
- sassily10
sassing8
an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- satangs8
satanic9
extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
- sataras7
satchel12
luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap
- satcoms11
- sateens7
satiate7
fill to satisfaction
satiety10
the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more
- satined8
satinet7
a fabric with a finish resembling satin but made partly or wholly from cotton or synthetic fiber
- satires7
satiric9
exposing human folly to ridicule
satisfy13
fill or meet a want or need
- satoris7
- satraps9
satrapy12
The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality.
- satsang8
satsuma9
a variety of mandarin orange
satyric12
of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr
- satyrid11
- saucers9
- saucier9
saucily12
in an impudent or impertinent manner
- saucing10
- saugers8
- saunaed8
saunter7
a careless leisurely gait
- saurels7
saurian7
any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
- sauries7
sausage8
a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
sauteed8
fried quickly in a little fat
- sautoir7
savable12
capable of, or admitting of, being saved. In the person prayed for there ought to be the great disposition of being in a savable condition. Jer.
- savaged12
- savager11
- savages11
savanna10
a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
- savants10
savarin10
a sponge cake baked in a ring mold
- savates10
saveloy13
a ready-cooked and highly seasoned pork sausage
- savines10
savings11
a fund of money put by as a reserve
- saviors10
saviour10
a person who rescues you from harm or danger
- savored11
- savorer10
- savours10
savoury13
an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
- savvied14
- savvier13
- savvies13
- savvily16
sawbill12
large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
sawbuck18
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
sawdust11
fine particles of wood made by sawing wood
sawfish16
primitive ray with sharp teeth on each edge of a long flattened snout
- sawlike14
- sawlogs11
sawmill12
a large sawing machine
- sawneys13
- sawyers13
saxhorn17
any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
- saxists14
- saxtuba16
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