Words containing S

Our dictionary holds 170,160 words containing s, ranging from 2 to 28 letters. The highest-scoring of them is RAZZAMATAZZES, worth 51 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with S than any other letter — 31,208 of them, about 18% of the list.

7,096 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (4%), including is, this, as, was, us; the remaining 163,064 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.