7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and A as the 3rd letter

7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and A as the 3rd letter: 633 matches.

633 wordsTop pick STARTEDHighest score SWAZZLE 28

84 of 633 are everyday words (13%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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3rd letter
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With S in 1st place, A is the most common 3rd letter (633 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 84 · most-used first

STARTED₈
STATION₇
SMALLER₉
SHARING₁₁
STADIUM₁₀
STAYING₁₁
SEASONS₇
SLAVERY₁₃
SCANDAL₁₀
STATING₈
STARING₈
SHAKING₁₅
SHADOWS₁₄
SHALLOW₁₃
STARTER₇
SMARTER₉
STABBED₁₂
SHARPLY₁₅
SWALLOW₁₃
SKATING₁₂
SMASHED₁₃
STARTUP₉
STATUTE₇
SNAPPED₁₂
STAINED₈
SEATING₈
SPATIAL₉
SHAPING₁₃
STARRED₈
SLAPPED₁₂
SEAFOOD₁₁
STAGING₉
STATUES₇
SCARLET₉
SCALING₁₀
STACKED₁₄
SHAVING₁₄
SLAMMED₁₂
SEASIDE₈
SHAMPOO₁₄
STAMPED₁₂
STAPLES₉
SCANNER₉
SPARKED₁₄
SCANNED₁₀
SEALING₈
SPARROW₁₂
STARVED₁₁

Showing the top 48 of 84 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 633

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

SCABBED₁₄
SCABBLE₁₃
SCABIES₁₁
SCABRID₁₂
SCAFFIE₁₅
SCAGGED₁₂
SCAGLIA₁₀
SCAILED₁₀
SCAITHS₁₂
SCALADE₁₀
SCALADO₁₀
SCALAGE₁₀
SCALARE₉
SCALARS₉
SCALDED₁₁
SCALDER₁₀
SCALDIC₁₂
SCALENE₉
SCALENI₉
SCALERS₉
SCALEUP₁₁
SCALIER₉
SCALING₁₀
SCALLED₁₀
SCALLOP₁₁
SCALPED₁₂
SCALPEL₁₁
SCALPER₁₁
SCAMBLE₁₃
SCAMELS₁₁
SCAMMED₁₄
SCAMMER₁₃
SCAMPED₁₄
SCAMPER₁₃
SCAMPIS₁₃
SCAMTOS₁₁
SCANDAL₁₀
SCANDIA₁₀
SCANDIC₁₂
SCANNED₁₀
SCANNER₉
SCANTED₁₀
SCANTER₉
SCANTLE₉
SCANTLY₁₂
SCAPAED₁₂
SCAPING₁₂
SCAPOSE₁₁
SCAPPLE₁₃
SCAPULA₁₁
SCARABS₁₁
SCARCER₁₁
SCARERS₉
SCARFED₁₃
SCARFER₁₂
SCARIER₉
SCARIFY₁₅
SCARILY₁₂
SCARING₁₀
SCARLET₉
SCARPAS₁₁
SCARPED₁₂
SCARPER₁₁
SCARPHS₁₄
SCARRED₁₀
SCARRES₉
SCARTED₁₀
SCARTHS₁₂
SCARVED₁₃
SCARVES₁₂
SCATHED₁₃
SCATHES₁₂
SCATOLE₉
SCATTED₁₀
SCATTER₉
SCAUDED₁₁
SCAUPED₁₂
SCAUPER₁₁
SCAURED₁₀
SCAVAGE₁₃
SCAZONS₁₈
SDAINED₉
SDAINES₈
SDAYNED₁₂
SEABAGS₁₀
SEABANK₁₃
SEABEDS₁₀
SEABIRD₁₀
SEABOOT₉
SEACOCK₁₅
SEADOGS₉
SEAFOAM₁₂
SEAFOLK₁₄
SEAFOOD₁₁
SEAFOWL₁₃
SEAGIRT₈
SEAGULL₈
SEAHAWK₁₇
SEAHOGS₁₁
SEAKALE₁₁
SEALANT₇
SEALCHS₁₂
SEALERS₇
SEALERY₁₀
SEALGHS₁₁
SEALIFT₁₀
SEALINE₇
SEALING₈
SEALWAX₁₇
SEAMAID₁₀
SEAMARK₁₃
SEAMERS₉
SEAMIER₉
SEAMING₁₀
SEAMSET₉
SEANCES₉
SEANING₈
SEAPORT₉
SEARATS₇
SEARCED₁₀
SEARCES₉
SEAREST₇
SEARING₈
SEASICK₁₃
SEASIDE₈
SEASING₈
SEASONS₇
SEASURE₇
SEATERS₇
SEATING₈
SEAWALL₁₀
SEAWANS₁₀
SEAWANT₁₀
SEAWARD₁₁
SEAWARE₁₀
SEAWAYS₁₃
SEAWEED₁₁
SEAWIFE₁₃
SEAWORM₁₂
SEAZING₁₇
SHABASH₁₅
SHABBLE₁₄
SHACKED₁₇
SHACKLE₁₆
SHACKOS₁₆
SHADDUP₁₄
SHADERS₁₁
SHADFLY₁₇
SHADIER₁₁
SHADILY₁₄
SHADING₁₂
SHADOOF₁₄
SHADOWS₁₄
SHADOWY₁₇
SHADUFS₁₄
SHAFTED₁₄
SHAFTER₁₃
SHAGGED₁₃
SHAGGER₁₂
SHAHADA₁₄
SHAHDOM₁₆
SHAHEED₁₄
SHAHIDS₁₄
SHAIKHS₁₇
SHAIRDS₁₁
SHAIRNS₁₀
SHAITAN₁₀
SHAKERS₁₄
SHAKEUP₁₆
SHAKIER₁₄
SHAKILY₁₇
SHAKING₁₅
SHAKOES₁₄
SHAKUDO₁₅
SHALIER₁₀
SHALING₁₁
SHALLIS₁₀
SHALLON₁₀
SHALLOP₁₂
SHALLOT₁₀
SHALLOW₁₃
SHALOMS₁₂
SHALOTS₁₀
SHALWAR₁₃
SHAMALS₁₂
SHAMANS₁₂
SHAMBAS₁₄
SHAMBLE₁₄
SHAMBLY₁₇
SHAMERS₁₂
SHAMINA₁₂
SHAMING₁₃
SHAMMAS₁₄
SHAMMED₁₅
SHAMMER₁₄
SHAMMES₁₄
SHAMMOS₁₄
SHAMOIS₁₂
SHAMOYS₁₅
SHAMPOO₁₄
SHANDRY₁₄
SHANKED₁₅
SHANTEY₁₃
SHANTIH₁₃
SHANTIS₁₀
SHAPELY₁₅
SHAPERS₁₂
SHAPEUP₁₄
SHAPING₁₃
SHARDED₁₂
SHARERS₁₀
SHARIAH₁₃
SHARIAS₁₀
SHARIAT₁₀
SHARIFS₁₃
SHARING₁₁
SHARKED₁₅
SHARKER₁₄
SHARPED₁₃
SHARPEN₁₂
SHARPER₁₂
SHARPIE₁₂
SHARPLY₁₅
SHARTED₁₁
SHASHED₁₄
SHASHES₁₃
SHASLIK₁₄
SHASTAS₁₀
SHASTER₁₀
SHASTRA₁₀
SHATTER₁₀
SHAUGHS₁₄
SHAULED₁₁
SHAVERS₁₃
SHAVIES₁₃
SHAVING₁₄
SHAWING₁₄
SHAWLED₁₄
SHAWLEY₁₆
SHAWLIE₁₃
SHAYKHS₂₀
SIALIDS₈
SIALOID₈
SIALONS₇
SIAMANG₁₀
SIAMESE₉
SIAMEZE₁₈
SJAMBOK₂₂
SKAILED₁₂
SKAITHS₁₄
SKALDIC₁₄
SKANGER₁₂
SKANKED₁₆
SKANKER₁₅
SKARTHS₁₄
SKATERS₁₁
SKATING₁₂
SKATOLE₁₁
SKATOLS₁₁
SLABBED₁₂
SLABBER₁₁
SLACKED₁₄
SLACKEN₁₃
SLACKER₁₃
SLACKLY₁₆
SLADANG₉
SLAGGED₁₀
SLAHALS₁₀
SLAINTE₇
SLAIRGS₈
SLAKERS₁₁
SLAKING₁₂
SLALOMS₉
SLAMMED₁₂
SLAMMER₁₁
SLANDER₈
SLANGED₉
SLANGER₈
SLANTED₈
SLANTER₇
SLANTLY₁₀
SLAPPED₁₂
SLAPPER₁₁
SLARTED₈
SLASHED₁₁
SLASHER₁₀
SLASHES₁₀
SLATERS₇
SLATHER₁₀
SLATIER₇
SLATING₈
SLATTED₈
SLATTER₇
SLAVERS₁₀
SLAVERY₁₃
SLAVEYS₁₃
SLAVING₁₁
SLAVISH₁₃
SLAYERS₁₀
SLAYING₁₁
SMAAKED₁₄
SMACKED₁₆
SMACKER₁₅
SMALLED₁₀
SMALLER₉
SMALMED₁₂
SMALTOS₉
SMARAGD₁₁
SMARMED₁₂
SMARTED₁₀
SMARTEN₉
SMARTER₉
SMARTIE₉
SMARTLY₁₂
SMASHED₁₃
SMASHER₁₂
SMASHES₁₂
SMASHUP₁₄
SMATTER₉
SNABBLE₁₁
SNACKED₁₄
SNACKER₁₃
SNAFFLE₁₃
SNAFUED₁₁
SNAGGED₁₀
SNAGGER₉
SNAGGLE₉
SNAILED₈
SNAKIER₁₁
SNAKILY₁₄
SNAKING₁₂
SNAKISH₁₄
SNAPPED₁₂
SNAPPER₁₁
SNAPTIN₉
SNARERS₇
SNARFED₁₁
SNARFLE₁₀
SNARIER₇
SNARING₈
SNARKED₁₂
SNARLED₈
SNARLER₇
SNARRED₈
SNASHED₁₁
SNASHES₁₀
SNASTES₇
SNATCHY₁₅
SNATHES₁₀
SNAWING₁₁
SOAKAGE₁₂
SOAKERS₁₁
SOAKING₁₂
SOAPBOX₁₈
SOAPERS₉
SOAPIER₉
SOAPIES₉
SOAPILY₁₂
SOAPING₁₀
SOARERS₇
SOARING₈
SPACERS₁₁
SPACIAL₁₁
SPACIER₁₁
SPACING₁₂
SPACKLE₁₅
SPADERS₁₀
SPADGER₁₁
SPADING₁₁
SPADOES₁₀
SPAEING₁₀
SPAEMAN₁₁
SPAEMEN₁₁
SPAGGED₁₂
SPAHEES₁₂
SPAINED₁₀
SPAINGS₁₀
SPAIRGE₁₀
SPALLED₁₀
SPALLER₉
SPALLES₉
SPALTED₁₀
SPAMBOT₁₃
SPAMMED₁₄
SPAMMER₁₃
SPAMMIE₁₃
SPANCEL₁₁
SPANDEX₁₇
SPANGED₁₁
SPANGLE₁₀
SPANGLY₁₃
SPANIEL₉
SPANING₁₀
SPANKED₁₄
SPANKER₁₃
SPANNED₁₀
SPANNER₉
SPARELY₁₂
SPARERS₉
SPAREST₉
SPARGED₁₁
SPARGER₁₀
SPARGES₁₀
SPARIDS₁₀
SPARING₁₀
SPARKED₁₄
SPARKER₁₃
SPARKES₁₃
SPARKIE₁₃
SPARKLE₁₃
SPARKLY₁₆
SPAROID₁₀
SPARRED₁₀
SPARRER₉
SPARRES₉
SPARROW₁₂
SPARSER₉
SPARTAN₉
SPARTHE₁₂
SPARTHS₁₂
SPASMED₁₂
SPASMIC₁₃
SPASTIC₁₁
SPATHAL₁₂
SPATHED₁₃
SPATHES₁₂
SPATHIC₁₄
SPATIAL₉
SPATTED₁₀
SPATTEE₉
SPATTER₉
SPATULA₉
SPATULE₉
SPATZLE₁₈
SPAULDS₁₀
SPAVIES₁₂
SPAVIET₁₂
SPAVINS₁₂
SPAWLED₁₃
SPAWNED₁₃
SPAWNER₁₂
SPAYADS₁₃
SPAYING₁₃
SPAZZED₂₈
SPAZZES₂₇
SRADDHA₁₂
SRADHAS₁₁
STABBED₁₂
STABBER₁₁
STABILE₉
STABLED₁₀
STABLER₉
STABLES₉
STACHYS₁₅
STACKED₁₄
STACKER₁₃
STACKET₁₃
STACKUP₁₅
STACTES₉
STADDAS₉
STADDLE₉
STADIAL₈
STADIAS₈
STADIUM₁₀
STAFFED₁₄
STAFFER₁₃
STAGERS₈
STAGERY₁₁
STAGGED₁₀
STAGGER₉
STAGGIE₉
STAGIER₈
STAGILY₁₁
STAGING₉
STAIDER₈
STAIDLY₁₁
STAINED₈
STAINER₇
STAIRED₈
STAITHE₁₀
STAITHS₁₀
STAKERS₁₁
STAKING₁₂
STALAGS₈
STALELY₁₀
STALEST₇
STALING₈
STALKED₁₂
STALKER₁₁
STALLED₈
STAMENS₉
STAMINA₉
STAMMEL₁₁
STAMMER₁₁
STAMNOI₉
STAMNOS₉
STAMPED₁₂
STAMPER₁₁
STANCES₉
STANDBY₁₃
STANDEE₈
STANDEN₈
STANDER₈
STANDUP₁₀
STANGED₉
STANIEL₇
STANINE₇
STANING₈
STANKED₁₂
STANNED₈
STANNEL₇
STANNIC₉
STANNUM₉
STANOLS₇
STANYEL₁₀
STANZAS₁₆
STANZES₁₆
STANZOS₁₆
STAPLED₁₀
STAPLER₉
STAPLES₉
STAPPED₁₂
STAPPLE₁₁
STARCHY₁₅
STARDOM₁₀
STARERS₇
STARETS₇
STARETZ₁₆
STARING₈
STARKED₁₂
STARKEN₁₁
STARKER₁₁
STARKLY₁₄
STARLET₇
STARLIT₇
STARNED₈
STARNIE₇
STARRED₈
STARTED₈
STARTER₇
STARTLE₇
STARTLY₁₀
STARTSY₁₀
STARTUP₉
STARVED₁₁
STARVER₁₀
STARVES₁₀
STASHED₁₁
STASHES₁₀
STASHIE₁₀
STASIMA₉
STATANT₇
STATELY₁₀
STATERS₇
STATICE₉
STATICS₉
STATING₈
STATINS₇
STATION₇
STATISM₉
STATIST₇
STATIVE₁₀
STATORS₇
STATUAS₇
STATUED₈
STATUES₇
STATURE₇
STATUSY₁₀
STATUTE₇
STAUNCH₁₂
STAVING₁₁
STAWING₁₁
STAYERS₁₀
STAYING₁₁
STAYNED₁₁
STAYNES₁₀
STAYRES₁₀
SUASION₇
SUASIVE₁₀
SUASORY₁₀
SUAVELY₁₃
SUAVEST₁₀
SUAVITY₁₃
SWABBED₁₅
SWABBER₁₄
SWABBIE₁₄
SWACKED₁₇
SWADDIE₁₂
SWADDLE₁₂
SWAGERS₁₁
SWAGGED₁₃
SWAGGER₁₂
SWAGGIE₁₂
SWAGING₁₂
SWAGMAN₁₃
SWAGMEN₁₃
SWALIER₁₀
SWALING₁₁
SWALLET₁₀
SWALLOW₁₃
SWAMIES₁₂
SWAMPED₁₅
SWAMPER₁₄
SWANKED₁₅
SWANKER₁₄
SWANKEY₁₇
SWANKIE₁₄
SWANNED₁₁
SWANNIE₁₀
SWANPAN₁₂
SWAPPED₁₅
SWAPPER₁₄
SWARDED₁₂
SWARFED₁₄
SWARMED₁₃
SWARMER₁₂
SWARTHS₁₃
SWARTHY₁₆
SWARVED₁₄
SWARVES₁₃
SWASHED₁₄
SWASHER₁₃
SWASHES₁₃
SWATHED₁₄
SWATHER₁₃
SWATHES₁₃
SWATTED₁₁
SWATTER₁₀
SWAYERS₁₃
SWAYFUL₁₆
SWAYING₁₄
SWAYLED₁₄
SWAZZLE₂₈

Letters by positionIn 43% of these words the 6th letter is E.

2nd letter

T21%
H16%
P13%

4th letter

R18%
N10%
L10%

5th letter

I18%
T9%
E9%

6th letter

E43%
N11%
L9%

7th letter

S23%
D21%
R14%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 10 in Scrabble; SWAZZLE tops the list with 28. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 43 words
8 points: 44 words
99 points: 79 words
10 points: 108 words
1111 points: 82 words
12 points: 84 words
1313 points: 72 words
14 points: 62 words
1515 points: 23 words
16 points: 15 words
1717 points: 12 words
18 points: 4 words
1919 points: 0 words
20 points: 1 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 1 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 1 words
28 points: 2 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
SWAZZLE	28	29	Collins only
SJAMBOK	22	26	All three
SHAYKHS	20	17	NWL only
SOAPBOX	18	20	All three
SIAMEZE	18	19	Collins only
SPATZLE	18	20	All three
SCAZONS	18	20	Collins only
SHADOWY	17	15	All three
SPANDEX	17	19	All three
SEAHAWK	17	16	Collins only
SHAKILY	17	16	All three
SHACKED	17	17	Collins · NWL

The pattern is S?A????: S opens every answer and A holds the third position, leaving five slots to solve. STARTED, STATION, SMALLER, and SHARING are familiar examples. Only 84 matches rank among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so many options are specialist vocabulary rather than everyday guesses.

7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and A as the 3rd letter

Exactly 633 seven-letter entries fit S?A????.
Collins counts 616, NWL2023 counts 480, and ENABLE counts 436; dictionary totals overlap.
The average tile score is 11.3 points.
146 end in S; the next most common final letter is D, at 130.

Which familiar words fit S?A?????

STARTED and STATION are crisp pattern examples: both begin with STA, then diverge. SMALLER, STADIUM, STAYING, and STATING show several ways to fill the remaining slots. SHARING, SEASONS, SHALLOW, and SCANDAL offer different internal consonants and endings, so use known letters beyond the first three to narrow choices.

The pattern does not fix the fourth letter. STARTER and SMARTER share the same opening positions but differ in their middles; SHAKING and SHADOWS put K or D in slot four. A crossing letter there can quickly separate otherwise plausible S-A starts.

Which matching words score highest in Scrabble?

SWAZZLE leads the scoring examples at 28 points, followed by SJAMBOK at 22 and SHAYKHS at 20. SOAPBOX, a more recognizable choice, scores 18. These are base tile totals, before any bonus squares.

The average score is 11.3, far below SWAZZLE’s 28. That gap reflects how unusual letter combinations can lift a word’s tile value; a high score alone does not make an unfamiliar play valid in your game.

What should you check before playing one?

Only 84 of the 633 matches fall within the top 25,000 English words by frequency. Treat the count as a clue list, not a promise that every option will feel familiar. STARTED and STATION are easier to recognize than many less common entries.

Dictionary coverage differs: Collins has 616 matches, compared with 480 in NWL2023 and 436 in ENABLE. A total valid in one word list may not carry over to another, so check your game's lexicon before committing to an obscure spelling. Definitions are available for 504 matches.

Questions people ask

How many 7-letter words start with S and have A as the third letter?

There are 633 matching seven-letter words. Each follows the pattern S?A????, with S fixed first and A fixed third; the other five positions can vary. The total includes entries found in at least one tournament dictionary, so the individual dictionary counts overlap.

What are some common examples of this pattern?

STARTED, STATION, SMALLER, and SHARING are recognizable examples. Other matches include STADIUM, STAYING, SEASONS, and SHALLOW. Only 84 matches are among the 25,000 most frequent English words, so many valid entries are less familiar.

Which S-A seven-letter word has the highest Scrabble score?

SWAZZLE is the highest-scoring example at 28 points before board bonuses. SJAMBOK scores 22 and SHAYKHS scores 20. Tile values set those base totals; premium squares can change the score of a particular play.

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7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and A as the 3rd letter

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7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and A as the 3rd letter

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