7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter

7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter number 409; savings, samples, and sailing are recognizable entries.

409 wordsTop pick SAVINGSHighest score SAZHENS 19

22 of 409 are everyday words (5%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

1st letter
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2nd letter
A
B
C
D
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G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
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Z

With S in 1st place, T is the most common 2nd letter (518 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 22 · most-used first

SAVINGS₁₁
SAMPLES₁₁
SAILING₈
SANDERS₈
SATISFY₁₃
SADNESS₈
SAUSAGE₈
SAILORS₇
SALVAGE₁₁
SAMURAI₉
SARCASM₁₁
SABBATH₁₄
SANDALS₈
SAMPLED₁₂
SAVAGES₁₁
SAVIOUR₁₀
SATANIC₉
SADDEST₉
SAFFRON₁₃
SAYINGS₁₁
SALIENT₇
SAMPLER₁₁

All valid words 409

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

SABATON₉
SABAYON₁₂
SABBATH₁₄
SABBATS₁₁
SABBING₁₂
SABEING₁₀
SABELLA₉
SABERED₁₀
SABICUS₁₁
SABINES₉
SABKHAH₁₉
SABKHAS₁₆
SABKHAT₁₆
SABLEST₉
SABLING₁₀
SABOTED₁₀
SABREUR₉
SABRING₁₀
SABURRA₉
SACATON₉
SACBUTS₁₁
SACCADE₁₂
SACCATE₁₁
SACCULE₁₁
SACCULI₁₁
SACELLA₉
SACHEMS₁₄
SACHETS₁₂
SACKAGE₁₄
SACKBUT₁₅
SACKERS₁₃
SACKFUL₁₆
SACKING₁₄
SACLESS₉
SACLIKE₁₃
SACQUES₁₈
SACRALS₉
SACRIFY₁₅
SACRING₁₀
SACRIST₉
SACRUMS₁₁
SADDENS₉
SADDEST₉
SADDHUS₁₂
SADDING₁₀
SADDISH₁₂
SADDLED₁₀
SADDLER₉
SADDLES₉
SADDOES₉
SADHANA₁₁
SADIRON₈
SADISMS₁₀
SADISTS₈
SADNESS₈
SAETERS₇
SAFARIS₁₀
SAFFIAN₁₃
SAFFRON₁₃
SAFROLE₁₀
SAFROLS₁₀
SAFTEST₁₀
SAGAMAN₁₀
SAGAMEN₁₀
SAGATHY₁₄
SAGBUTS₁₀
SAGENES₈
SAGGARD₁₀
SAGGARS₉
SAGGERS₉
SAGGIER₉
SAGGING₁₀
SAGIEST₈
SAGITTA₈
SAGOINS₈
SAGOUIN₈
SAGRADA₉
SAGUARO₈
SAGUINS₈
SAHIBAH₁₅
SAHIBAS₁₂
SAHIWAL₁₃
SAHUARO₁₀
SAIDEST₈
SAIKEIS₁₁
SAILERS₇
SAILING₈
SAILORS₇
SAIMINS₉
SAIMIRI₉
SAINING₈
SAINTED₈
SAINTLY₁₀
SAIQUES₁₆
SAIREST₇
SAIRING₈
SAITHES₁₀
SAIYIDS₁₁
SAKERET₁₁
SAKIEHS₁₄
SAKIYEH₁₇
SAKSAUL₁₁
SALAAMS₉
SALABLE₉
SALABLY₁₂
SALADES₈
SALAMIS₉
SALAMON₉
SALBAND₁₀
SALCHOW₁₅
SALFERN₁₀
SALICES₉
SALICET₉
SALICIN₉
SALIENT₇
SALIGOT₈
SALINAS₇
SALINES₇
SALIVAL₁₀
SALIVAS₁₀
SALLADS₈
SALLALS₇
SALLEES₇
SALLETS₇
SALLIED₈
SALLIER₇
SALLIES₇
SALLOWS₁₀
SALLOWY₁₃
SALMONS₉
SALMONY₁₂
SALOONS₇
SALOOPS₉
SALPIAN₉
SALPIDS₁₀
SALPINX₁₆
SALSAED₈
SALSIFY₁₃
SALTANT₇
SALTATE₇
SALTATO₇
SALTBOX₁₆
SALTCAT₉
SALTERN₇
SALTERS₇
SALTERY₁₀
SALTEST₇
SALTIER₇
SALTIES₇
SALTILY₁₀
SALTINE₇
SALTING₈
SALTIRE₇
SALTISH₁₀
SALTOED₈
SALTPAN₉
SALUING₈
SALUKIS₁₁
SALUTED₈
SALUTER₇
SALUTES₇
SALVAGE₁₁
SALVERS₁₀
SALVETE₁₀
SALVIAS₁₀
SALVING₁₁
SALVOED₁₁
SALVOES₁₀
SALVORS₁₀
SALWARS₁₀
SAMAANS₉
SAMADHI₁₃
SAMARAS₉
SAMBAED₁₂
SAMBALS₁₁
SAMBARS₁₁
SAMBHAR₁₄
SAMBHUR₁₄
SAMBOES₁₁
SAMBUCA₁₃
SAMBUKE₁₅
SAMBURS₁₁
SAMECHS₁₄
SAMEKHS₁₆
SAMFOOS₁₂
SAMIELS₉
SAMIEST₉
SAMISEN₉
SAMITES₉
SAMITHI₁₂
SAMITIS₉
SAMLETS₉
SAMLORS₉
SAMMIES₁₁
SAMMING₁₂
SAMOSAS₉
SAMOVAR₁₂
SAMOYED₁₃
SAMPANS₁₁
SAMPIRE₁₁
SAMPLED₁₂
SAMPLER₁₁
SAMPLES₁₁
SAMSARA₉
SAMSHOO₁₂
SAMSHUS₁₂
SAMURAI₉
SANCAIS₉
SANCHOS₁₂
SANCTUM₁₁
SANDALS₈
SANDBAG₁₁
SANDBAR₁₀
SANDBOX₁₇
SANDBOY₁₃
SANDBUR₁₀
SANDDAB₁₁
SANDEKS₁₂
SANDERS₈
SANDFLY₁₄
SANDHIS₁₁
SANDHOG₁₂
SANDIER₈
SANDING₉
SANDLOT₈
SANDMAN₁₀
SANDMEN₁₀
SANDPIT₁₀
SANGARS₈
SANGERS₈
SANGHAS₁₁
SANGHAT₁₁
SANGOMA₁₀
SANGRIA₈
SANICLE₉
SANIOUS₇
SANJAKS₁₈
SANNIES₇
SANNOPS₉
SANNUPS₉
SANPANS₉
SANPROS₉
SANSARS₇
SANSEIS₇
SANTALS₇
SANTERA₇
SANTERO₇
SANTIMI₉
SANTIMS₉
SANTIMU₉
SANTIRS₇
SANTOKU₁₁
SANTOLS₇
SANTONS₇
SANTOOR₇
SANTOUR₇
SANTURS₇
SANYASI₁₀
SAOUARI₇
SAPAJOU₁₆
SAPELES₉
SAPHEAD₁₃
SAPHENA₁₂
SAPIENS₉
SAPIENT₉
SAPLESS₉
SAPLING₁₀
SAPONIN₉
SAPOTAS₉
SAPOTES₉
SAPOURS₉
SAPPANS₁₁
SAPPERS₁₁
SAPPHIC₁₆
SAPPIER₁₁
SAPPILY₁₄
SAPPING₁₂
SAPPLED₁₂
SAPPLES₁₁
SAPROBE₁₁
SAPSAGO₁₀
SAPWOOD₁₃
SARAFAN₁₀
SARANGI₈
SARAPES₉
SARCASM₁₁
SARCINA₉
SARCODE₁₀
SARCOID₁₀
SARCOMA₁₁
SARCOUS₉
SARDANA₈
SARDARS₈
SARDELS₈
SARDINE₈
SARDIUS₈
SARKIER₁₁
SARKILY₁₄
SARKING₁₂
SARMENT₉
SARMIES₉
SARNEYS₁₀
SARNIES₇
SARODES₈
SARONGS₈
SARONIC₉
SAROSES₇
SARSARS₇
SARSDEN₈
SARSENS₇
SARSNET₇
SARTORS₇
SARUSES₇
SASHAYS₁₃
SASHIMI₁₂
SASHING₁₁
SASINES₇
SASSABY₁₂
SASSIER₇
SASSIES₇
SASSILY₁₀
SASSING₈
SASTRAS₇
SATANGS₈
SATANIC₉
SATARAS₇
SATCHEL₁₂
SATCOMS₁₁
SATEENS₇
SATIATE₇
SATIETY₁₀
SATINED₈
SATINET₇
SATIRES₇
SATIRIC₉
SATISFY₁₃
SATORIS₇
SATRAPS₉
SATRAPY₁₂
SATSANG₈
SATSUMA₉
SATYRAL₁₀
SATYRAS₁₀
SATYRIC₁₂
SATYRID₁₁
SAUCERS₉
SAUCIER₉
SAUCILY₁₂
SAUCING₁₀
SAUGERS₈
SAULGES₈
SAULIES₇
SAUNAED₈
SAUNTED₈
SAUNTER₇
SAURELS₇
SAURIAN₇
SAURIES₇
SAUROID₈
SAUSAGE₈
SAUTEED₈
SAUTEES₇
SAUTING₈
SAUTOIR₇
SAVABLE₁₂
SAVAGED₁₂
SAVAGER₁₁
SAVAGES₁₁
SAVANNA₁₀
SAVANTE₁₀
SAVANTS₁₀
SAVARIN₁₀
SAVATES₁₀
SAVELOY₁₃
SAVEYED₁₄
SAVINES₁₀
SAVINGS₁₁
SAVIORS₁₀
SAVIOUR₁₀
SAVORED₁₁
SAVORER₁₀
SAVOURS₁₀
SAVOURY₁₃
SAVVEYS₁₆
SAVVIED₁₄
SAVVIER₁₃
SAVVIES₁₃
SAVVILY₁₆
SAWBILL₁₂
SAWBUCK₁₈
SAWDERS₁₁
SAWDUST₁₁
SAWFISH₁₆
SAWINGS₁₁
SAWLIKE₁₄
SAWLOGS₁₁
SAWMILL₁₂
SAWNEYS₁₃
SAWPITS₁₂
SAWYERS₁₃
SAXAULS₁₄
SAXHORN₁₇
SAXISTS₁₄
SAXTUBA₁₆
SAYABLE₁₂
SAYINGS₁₁
SAYYIDS₁₄
SAZERAC₁₈
SAZHENS₁₉

Letters by positionIn 41% of these words the 7th letter is S.

3rd letter

L17%
N12%
M9%

4th letter

I11%
T10%
D9%

5th letter

I21%
E14%
A13%

6th letter

E21%
N13%
R11%

7th letter

S41%
D7%
G6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; SAZHENS tops the list with 19. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 63 words
8 points: 52 words
99 points: 76 words
10 points: 64 words
1111 points: 52 words
12 points: 36 words
1313 points: 21 words
14 points: 18 words
1515 points: 5 words
16 points: 13 words
1717 points: 3 words
18 points: 4 words
1919 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SAZHENS	19	19	Collins only
SABKHAH	19	18	Collins only
SAZERAC	18	19	Collins only
SAWBUCK	18	21	All three
SACQUES	18	20	All three
SANJAKS	18	21	All three
SANDBOX	17	19	All three
SAXHORN	17	17	All three
SAKIYEH	17	15	Collins only
SAPPHIC	16	18	All three
SAWFISH	16	15	All three
SALTBOX	16	18	All three

With SA fixed in the first two places, five letters remain open; the 409 matches include 344 words with definitions, but only 22 meet the common-word frequency cutoff. Savings, samples, sailing, and sausage give you familiar starting points; the highest-scoring entries are less everyday choices. Dictionary coverage varies: Collins includes 396 matches, compared with 303 in NWL2023 and 271 in ENABLE.

The SA pattern at a glance

There are 409 seven-letter matches for S first and A second.
Collins includes 396, NWL2023 includes 303, and ENABLE includes 271; these counts overlap.
Just 22 matches fall within the common-word frequency cutoff.
The most frequent final letter is S, appearing in 169 matches.
Sazhens and sabkhah lead the scoring results at 19 points each.

Which seven-letter SA words are common?

Only 22 of the 409 matches qualify as common by our frequency cutoff. Savings, samples, sailing, and sausage are familiar examples, while sadness and salvage offer other recognizable choices. That small common-word group is a practical filter when a puzzle calls for SA but a long dictionary list feels unwieldy.

The pattern grows across neighboring lengths: 162 five-letter words and 306 six-letter words share the same first two letters. At seven letters, the total reaches 409. For comparison, 643 seven-letter words begin CA, so SA is a substantial pattern but not the largest second-letter-A group.

7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter

The top scores reward unusual letters more than familiarity: sazhens and sabkhah score 19, while sazerac and sawbuck score 18. Sandbox reaches 17 and is easier to recognize. These are word scores, not guaranteed board totals; premium squares and the rules of your game change the points you actually earn.

Treat 7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter as a broad tournament-dictionary pool, not a promise that every entry fits your game. Only 22 are common, and dictionary totals differ across Collins, NWL2023, and ENABLE. Check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words start with SA?

There are 409 seven-letter words with S first and A second in the tournament-dictionary pool. The count includes entries from ENABLE, Collins, and NWL2023, with overlap between those sources. Only 22 meet the common-word frequency cutoff.

What are some familiar seven-letter words that start with SA?

Savings, samples, sailing, and sausage are familiar seven-letter words beginning with SA. Sadness and salvage are other examples. These everyday choices are a small slice of the 409 matches, since only 22 qualify as common by frequency.

Which seven-letter SA word scores the most?

Sazhens and sabkhah tie for the highest score at 19 points each. Sazerac and sawbuck score 18, while sandbox scores 17. Board premiums can change your final total, and your game's dictionary determines whether an entry is accepted.

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7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter

Common words 22 · most-used first

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The SA pattern at a glance

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7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter

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