3 Letter Words Starting With S
There are 91 three-letter words starting with S. 69 of them are playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends, 39 are everyday English, and the highest scorer is suq at 12 points.
The words
All 91 of them, everyday words first.
Everyday words 39
- see3
- she6
- sex10
- set3
- say6
- san3
- sun3
- six10
- sat3
- sea3
- son3
- saw6
- sub5
- sec5
- spa5
- ski7
- sky10
- sam5
- sum5
- sir3
- spy8
- sit3
- sin3
- sri3
- sad4
- sur3
- sue3
- sox10
- sim5
- sol3
- sap5
- ser3
- sig4
- soc5
- sie3
- sao3
- sip5
- sic5
- sen3
Word-game words 30
- sab5
- sac5
- sae3
- sag4
- sal3
- sau3
- sax10
- seg4
- sei3
- sel3
- sew6
- sha6
- shh9
- shy9
- sib5
- sis3
- ska7
- sly6
- sob5
- sod4
- sop5
- sos3
- sot3
- sou3
- sow6
- soy6
- sty6
- sup5
- suq12
- syn6
Archaic and rare 22
- saa3
- sah6
- sai3
- saj10
- sar3
- sey6
- shi6
- sho6
- sil3
- sla3
- sma5
- sny6
- soe3
- sog4
- soh6
- sok7
- sov6
- ssu3
- sud4
- suz12
- swa6
- sye6
What is in this list
Every word carries its Scrabble score; hover one to see its Words With Friends score, which differs because the two games value tiles differently. Both are raw tile totals and exclude double- and triple-letter squares, since those depend on where you put the word rather than on the word itself.
- Words in total
- 91
- Playable in Scrabble or Words With Friends
- 69 (76%)
- Everyday words
- 39
- Archaic or rare
- 22
- Highest Scrabble score
- suq at 12
- Average Scrabble score
- 5.1
- Letters that turn up most
- S 100%, A 30%, O 21%, E 20%, I 19%, U 13%
Questions
- How many 3 letter words start with S?
- 91, across every dictionary this site merges. 39 of those are everyday English, 30 are valid in word games without being words you would say out loud, and 22 come from Webster's 1913 and are largely obsolete.
- Which of them are valid in Scrabble?
- 62 appear in ENABLE, the word list Scrabble and Words With Friends programs check against. The 22 archaic entries are shown last and labelled, because a word game will usually reject them.
- What is the highest-scoring 3 letter word that start with S?
- suq, worth 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Both are raw tile values, before any double- or triple-letter square.
- Which are the most common?
- By frequency in ordinary English: see, she, sex, set, say, san, sun, six. The list below is in that order, so the words you are most likely to want come first.
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