6-letter words with S as the 4th letter and S as the 6th letter

6-letter words with S as the 4th and 6th letters number 408, from familiar HOUSES and CAUSES to the high-scoring ZOISMS.

408 wordsTop pick HOUSESHighest score ZOISMS 17

48 of 408 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

4th letter
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C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

6th letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
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Z

With S in 4th place, S is the most common 6th letter (408 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

Length
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Common words 48 · most-used first

HOUSES₉
CAUSES₈
CRISIS₈
EXISTS₁₃
HORSES₉
LOSSES₆
PASSES₈
GUESTS₇
VERSUS₉
CENSUS₈
NURSES₆
RAISES₆
THESIS₉
CLOSES₈
MASSES₈
SENSES₆
BOSSES₈
GHOSTS₁₀
MISSES₈
PHASES₁₁
VERSES₉
TRUSTS₆
LENSES₆
NOISES₆
KISSES₁₀
BEASTS₈
ABUSES₈
ARISES₆
BOASTS₈
CRISES₈
BURSTS₈
TWISTS₉
BLASTS₈
BOOSTS₈
LEASES₆
WRISTS₉
COASTS₈
PULSES₈
BIASES₈
CEASES₈
CURSES₈
MESSES₈
CHASES₁₁
PAUSES₈
THESES₉
CHESTS₁₁
QUESTS₁₅

Showing the top 47 of 48 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 408

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

ABASES₈
ABUSES₈
ABYSMS₁₃
ADUSTS₇
AGISMS₉
AGISTS₇
AMISES₈
AMUSES₈
ANGSTS₇
ANISES₆
ANUSES₆
APISMS₁₀
ARISES₆
AVISES₉
AVISOS₉
AXISES₁₃
BAASES₈
BALSAS₈
BASSES₈
BASSOS₈
BEASTS₈
BIASES₈
BIRSES₈
BLASTS₈
BOASTS₈
BOOSES₈
BOOSTS₈
BOSSES₈
BOUSES₈
BOWSES₁₁
BRASES₈
BRASTS₈
BRISES₈
BRISKS₁₂
BROSES₈
BRUSTS₈
BUISTS₈
BULSES₈
BURSAS₈
BURSES₈
BURSTS₈
BUSSES₈
BUSSUS₈
BYSSUS₁₁
CANSOS₈
CARSES₈
CASSIS₈
CAUSES₈
CEASES₈
CENSES₈
CENSUS₈
CESSES₈
CHASES₁₁
CHASMS₁₃
CHESTS₁₁
CHOSES₁₁
CHUSES₁₁
CISSUS₈
CLASPS₁₀
CLASTS₈
CLOSES₈
COASTS₈
COPSES₁₀
CORSES₈
CORSOS₈
COSSES₈
CRASES₈
CRASIS₈
CRESTS₈
CRISES₈
CRISIS₈
CRISPS₁₀
CRUSES₈
CRUSTS₈
CURSES₈
CURSUS₈
CUSSES₈
CUSSOS₈
CYESES₁₁
CYESIS₁₁
DAISES₇
DEISMS₉
DEISTS₇
DESSES₇
DIESES₇
DIESIS₇
DIPSAS₉
DIPSOS₉
DISSES₇
DORSES₇
DOSSES₇
DOUSES₇
DOWSES₁₀
DRUSES₇
DULSES₇
ECESIS₈
EGESTS₇
EGISES₇
EMESES₈
EMESIS₈
ENOSES₆
ENOSIS₆
EPOSES₈
ERASES₆
EROSES₆
EXISTS₁₃
EYASES₉
FALSES₉
FARSES₉
FATSOS₉
FEASES₉
FEASTS₉
FEESES₉
FEISTS₉
FESSES₉
FIRSTS₉
FLASKS₁₃
FLISKS₁₃
FOISTS₉
FOSSAS₉
FOSSES₉
FRISES₉
FRISKS₁₃
FRISTS₉
FROSTS₉
FRUSTS₉
FUSSES₉
GADSOS₈
GASSES₇
GEESTS₇
GEISTS₇
GESSES₇
GHASTS₁₀
GHOSTS₁₀
GIUSTS₇
GLISKS₁₁
GLOSTS₇
GNOSES₇
GNOSIS₇
GODSOS₈
GOOSES₇
GORSES₇
GOSSES₇
GRASPS₉
GRESES₇
GRISES₇
GRISTS₇
GUESTS₇
GUISES₇
GUTSES₇
GUYSES₁₀
HALSES₉
HANSAS₉
HANSES₉
HAUSES₉
HAWSES₁₂
HEASTS₉
HEISTS₉
HERSES₉
HISSES₉
HOASTS₉
HOISES₉
HOISTS₉
HORSES₉
HORSTS₉
HOSSES₉
HOUSES₉
HURSTS₉
HUSSES₉
IBISES₈
IRISES₆
JASSES₁₃
JESSES₁₃
JOISTS₁₃
JOSSES₁₃
JOUSTS₁₃
KANSES₁₀
KARSTS₁₀
KIOSKS₁₄
KISSES₁₀
KNOSPS₁₂
KOSSES₁₀
KRISES₁₀
KUSSOS₁₀
KVASES₁₃
LAKSAS₁₀
LAPSES₈
LAPSUS₈
LASSES₆
LASSIS₆
LASSOS₆
LASSUS₆
LEASES₆
LEASTS₆
LEESES₆
LENSES₆
LESSES₆
LIASES₆
LISSES₆
LOOSES₆
LOSSES₆
LOUSES₆
LOWSES₉
LUESES₆
LYASES₉
LYSSAS₉
MAASES₈
MAISES₈
MAISTS₈
MANSES₈
MARSES₈
MASSAS₈
MASSES₈
MEASES₈
MENSAS₈
MENSES₈
MERSES₈
MESSES₈
MEUSES₈
MEWSES₁₁
MIASMS₁₀
MIDSTS₉
MIOSES₈
MIOSIS₈
MISSES₈
MISSIS₈
MISSUS₈
MOISTS₈
MORSES₈
MOSSES₈
MOUSES₈
MOUSTS₈
MUISTS₈
MULSES₈
MUSSES₈
MYASES₁₁
MYASIS₁₁
MYOSES₁₁
MYOSIS₁₁
NAOSES₆
NEESES₆
NESSES₆
NEWSES₉
NISSES₆
NKOSIS₁₀
NOESES₆
NOESIS₆
NOISES₆
NOOSES₆
NOUSES₆
NURSES₆
NUTSOS₆
NYASES₉
NYSSAS₉
ODISMS₉
ODISTS₇
ONUSES₆
OPUSES₈
OVISTS₉
OYESES₉
PAISAS₈
PALSAS₈
PARSES₈
PASSES₈
PASSUS₈
PAUSES₈
PEASES₈
PEISES₈
PERSES₈
PEYSES₁₁
PHASES₁₁
PHASIS₁₁
PHESES₁₁
PHYSES₁₄
PHYSIS₁₄
PISSES₈
PLASMS₁₀
PLUSES₈
POISES₈
POSSES₈
POYSES₁₁
PRASES₈
PRESES₈
PRESTS₈
PRISES₈
PRISMS₁₀
PROSES₈
PROSOS₈
PRYSES₁₁
PTOSES₈
PTOSIS₈
PULSES₈
PURSES₈
PUSSES₈
PYOSES₁₁
PYOSIS₁₁
QUESOS₁₅
QUESTS₁₅
QUISTS₁₅
RAISES₆
RASSES₆
REASTS₆
REESTS₆
REISES₆
REISTS₆
REUSES₆
RHESUS₉
RHUSES₉
RINSES₆
ROASTS₆
ROISTS₆
ROOSAS₆
ROOSES₆
ROOSTS₆
ROUSES₆
ROUSTS₆
ROYSTS₉
SALSAS₆
SALSES₆
SANSAS₆
SASSES₆
SCUSES₈
SEASES₆
SEISES₆
SEISMS₈
SENSES₆
SENSIS₆
SEPSES₈
SEPSIS₈
SESSES₆
SHISOS₉
SHISTS₉
SISSES₆
SLUSES₆
SONSES₆
SOSSES₆
SOUSES₆
SOWSES₉
SPASMS₁₀
STASES₆
STASIS₆
SUDSES₇
SUSSES₆
TARSUS₆
TASSES₆
TASSOS₆
TAWSES₉
TEASES₆
TEMSES₈
TENSES₆
THESES₉
THESIS₉
THESPS₁₁
THUSES₉
TMESES₈
TMESIS₈
TOASTS₆
TOISES₆
TORSES₆
TORSKS₁₀
TORSOS₆
TOSSES₆
TOUSES₆
TOWSES₉
TRESTS₆
TRUSTS₆
TRYSTS₉
TUISMS₈
TULSIS₆
TUSSES₆
TUSSIS₆
TUTSES₆
TWISTS₉
UKASES₁₀
ULOSES₆
ULOSIS₆
UPASES₈
URASES₆
URESES₆
URESIS₆
UROSES₆
UROSIS₆
URUSES₆
UTASES₆
UTISES₆
VALSES₉
VERSES₉
VERSOS₉
VERSTS₉
VERSUS₉
WAISTS₉
WEISES₉
WHISKS₁₆
WHISTS₁₂
WHOSIS₁₂
WISSES₉
WOOSES₉
WORSES₉
WORSTS₉
WRASTS₉
WRESTS₉
WRISTS₉
WURSTS₉
WUSSES₉
YEASTS₉
YESSES₉
ZOISMS₁₇
ZOISTS₁₅

Letters by positionIn 56% of these words the 5th letter is E.

1st letter

2nd letter

O18%
E15%
A13%

3rd letter

I17%
S17%
A13%

5th letter

E56%
T19%
I8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 8 in Scrabble; ZOISMS tops the list with 17. Scores before board bonuses.

66 points: 94 words
7 points: 35 words
88 points: 124 words
9 points: 83 words
1010 points: 22 words
11 points: 23 words
1212 points: 5 words
13 points: 13 words
1414 points: 3 words
15 points: 4 words
1616 points: 1 words
17 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
ZOISMS	17	18	Collins only
WHISKS	16	15	All three
QUESTS	15	16	All three
QUESOS	15	16	NWL only
QUISTS	15	16	Collins only
ZOISTS	15	15	Collins only
KIOSKS	14	14	All three
PHYSIS	14	13	All three
PHYSES	14	13	All three
EXISTS	13	13	All three
FLASKS	13	14	All three
JOISTS	13	15	All three

The pattern is _ _ _ S _ S: the fourth position is fixed, and the word ends in S. Familiar choices include HOUSES, CAUSES, CRISIS, EXISTS and HORSES, but the full set stretches well beyond everyday vocabulary. The counts cover entries recognized by at least one of ENABLE, Collins or NWL2023, so dictionary coverage changes the playable total.

The pattern at a glance

All 408 matches fit the six-letter shape _ _ _ S _ S.
Just 48 entries rank as common in the frequency measure.
C and P tie as the most frequent first letters, with 36 matches each; M follows with 33.
ZOISMS leads the scoring examples at 17 points, ahead of WHISKS at 16.
The final letter is always S, while the fifth letter remains open.

6-letter words with S as the 4th and 6th letters

The 408 matches share one exact shape: _ _ _ S _ S. HOUSES, HORSES and NURSES are familiar plural nouns; CAUSES, RAISES, CLOSES and MISSES also read as common inflected forms. That makes the ending easy to recognize, even when the middle letters change.

Other recognizable entries include CRISIS, THESIS, CENSUS and VERSUS. The leading-letter counts are unusually balanced: C and P each start 36 matches, while M starts 33. Try those initials first when the opening letter is unknown, then use the fixed S positions to rule out near-misses.

Treat this as a position clue, not just a search for words ending in S. A six-letter word fails if its fourth letter differs; a matching fourth letter is not enough if the final letter is wrong.

Which matching words score highest?

ZOISMS scores 17 points, with WHISKS at 16; QUESTS, QUESOS, QUISTS and ZOISTS each score 15. Those options rely on high-value letters, not just the repeated S, so a premium square on the Q, Z or W can make a play count. For 6-letter words with S as the 4th and 6th letters, placement matters more than the shared ending.

Dictionary coverage is the catch: Collins includes 402 matches, compared with 293 in NWL2023 and 277 in ENABLE. The combined 408-word count does not guarantee acceptance in every game. Check the active word list before building a play around an uncommon form.

Questions people ask

How many common words match the S pattern?

48 matches are classified as common by the frequency measure. Most of the 408-word set falls outside that category, so expect a mix of everyday forms such as HOUSES and less familiar entries. Start with recognizable examples before testing unusual spellings.

What is the highest-scoring word in this group?

ZOISMS is the top scorer at 17 points under the listed letter values. WHISKS follows at 16, while QUESTS, QUESOS, QUISTS and ZOISTS each score 15. A premium square can change the board result, but not the base ranking.

Why might a matching word be rejected by my game?

Game dictionaries differ: the set has 402 Collins matches, 293 NWL2023 matches and 277 ENABLE matches. A word included in the combined count can still be absent from your chosen lexicon, especially among unusual forms. Confirm the game's dictionary before challenging a play.

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