5-letter words starting with S

Use this list of five-letter words that start with S to build a quick practice set. Ask your child to say each word out loud, clap the syllables, and try to spell it. Choose 5–10 words at a time to keep practice short and positive.

  • saladnoun

    A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.

    2 syllables
  • Salemgeographical name

    City and port on the Atlantic in northeastern Massachusetts northeast of Lynn population 41,340

    2 syllables
  • scalenoun

    An instrument or machine for weighing

    2 syllables
  • scantadjective

    Very little, very few.

    Grade Grade 4Scrabble 7
  • scenenoun

    The location of an event that attracts attention.

    1 syllables
  • seizeverb

    To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

    1 syllables
  • sevennoun

    A number that is one more than six

    2 syllables
  • sevennoun

    A number that is one more than six

    2 syllablesGrade Kindergarten
  • shallverb

    —used to express what is inevitable or seems likely to happen in the future

    1 syllables
  • shallverb

    —used to express what is inevitable or seems likely to happen in the future

    1 syllables
  • shapeverb

    Form, create; especially : to give a particular form or shape to

    1 syllables
  • shapeverb

    Form, create; especially : to give a particular form or shape to

    1 syllables
  • sharpadjective

    Adapted to cutting or piercing: such as

    1 syllables
  • sheepnoun

    Any of various hollow-horned typically gregarious ruminant mammals (genus Ovis) related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male

    1 syllables
  • she'scontraction

    She is : she has

    1 syllables
  • shortadjective

    Having little length

    1 syllables
  • shortadjective

    Having little length

    1 syllables
  • shownverb

    To cause or permit to be seen : exhibit

    1 syllables
  • siegenoun

    (heading) Military action.

    1 syllables
  • sightnoun

    Something that is seen : spectacle

    1 syllables
  • sillynoun

    A silly person.

    2 syllables
  • sinceadverb

    From a definite past time until now

    1 syllables
  • sixthnoun

    One that is number six in a series

    1 syllables
  • sixtynumeral

    The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

    Grade Grade 2Scrabble 15
  • sleepnoun

    The natural, easily reversible periodic state of many living things that is marked by the absence of wakefulness and by the loss of consciousness of one's surroundings, is accompanied by a typical body posture (such as lying down with the eyes closed), the occurrence of dreaming, and changes in brain activity and physiological functioning, is made up of cycles of non-REM sleep and REM sleep, and is usually considered essential to the restoration and recovery of vital bodily and mental functions

    1 syllables
  • sleepnoun

    The natural, easily reversible periodic state of many living things that is marked by the absence of wakefulness and by the loss of consciousness of one's surroundings, is accompanied by a typical body posture (such as lying down with the eyes closed), the occurrence of dreaming, and changes in brain activity and physiological functioning, is made up of cycles of non-REM sleep and REM sleep, and is usually considered essential to the restoration and recovery of vital bodily and mental functions

    1 syllables
  • sleepnoun

    The natural, easily reversible periodic state of many living things that is marked by the absence of wakefulness and by the loss of consciousness of one's surroundings, is accompanied by a typical body posture (such as lying down with the eyes closed), the occurrence of dreaming, and changes in brain activity and physiological functioning, is made up of cycles of non-REM sleep and REM sleep, and is usually considered essential to the restoration and recovery of vital bodily and mental functions

    1 syllables
  • smalladjective

    Having comparatively little size or slight dimensions

    1 syllables
  • smalladjective

    Having comparatively little size or slight dimensions

    1 syllables
  • smalladjective

    Having comparatively little size or slight dimensions

    1 syllables
  • smileverb

    To have, produce, or exhibit a smile

    2 syllables
  • snacknoun

    A light meal : food eaten between regular meals; also : food suitable for snacking

    1 syllables
  • solveverb

    To find a solution, explanation, or answer for

    1 syllables
  • soundnoun

    A particular auditory impression : tone

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • soundnoun

    A particular auditory impression : tone

    1 syllables
  • soundnoun

    A particular auditory impression : tone

    1 syllablesGrade Grade 1
  • southadverb

    To, toward, or in the south

    1 syllables
  • spacenoun

    A period of time; also : its duration

    2 syllables
  • speakverb

    To utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice : talk

    1 syllables
  • speednoun

    Rate of motion: such as

    1 syllables
  • spellverb

    To name the letters of in order; also : to write or print the letters of in order

    1 syllables
  • sportverb

    To amuse oneself : frolic

    1 syllables
  • stairnoun

    A single step in a staircase.

    1 syllables
  • stampnoun

    An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.

    1 syllables
  • standnoun

    A stand is a piece of furniture or support that holds something up, like a table or a shelf.

    1 syllables
  • starenoun

    A persistent gaze.

    1 syllables
  • starsverb

    To play the most prominent or important role in a movie, play, etc.

    1 syllables
  • startverb

    To move suddenly and violently : spring

    1 syllables
  • startverb

    To move suddenly and violently : spring

    1 syllables
  • statenoun

    Mode or condition of being

    1 syllables
  • staysnoun

    Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.

    Grade Grade 1Scrabble 8
  • stealnoun

    The act of stealing.

    1 syllables
  • steelnoun

    An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

    1 syllables
  • stilladjective

    Devoid of or abstaining from motion

    1 syllables
  • stonenoun

    A concretion of earthy or mineral matter:

    1 syllables
  • stood

    past tense and past participle of stand

    1 syllables
  • storeverb

    Lay away, accumulate

    1 syllables
  • stormnoun

    A disturbance of the atmosphere marked by wind and usually by rain, snow, hail, sleet, or thunder and lightning

    1 syllables
  • storynoun

    An account of incidents or events

    2 syllables
  • studynoun

    A state of contemplation : reverie

    2 syllables
  • stumpnoun

    The basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed

    1 syllables
  • swoopverb

    To move with a sweep

    1 syllables