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7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and E as the 5th letter

7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and E as the 5th letter number 449, from familiar society and student to rare high-scoring plays.

449 wordsTop pick SOCIETYHighest score SQUEEZY 28

56 of 449 are everyday words (12%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

With S in 1st place, I is the most common 5th letter (648 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 56 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 56 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 449

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

  • SABLEST9
  • SABREUR9
  • SACHEMS14
  • SACHETS12
  • SACKERS13
  • SACLESS9
  • SADDENS9
  • SADDEST9
  • SADNESS8
  • SAETERS7
  • SAFTEST10
  • SAGGERS9
  • SAGIEST8
  • SAIDEST8
  • SAIKEIS11
  • SAILERS7
  • SAIREST7
  • SAKIEHS14
  • SALFERN10
  • SALIENT7
  • SALLEES7
  • SALLETS7
  • SALTERN7
  • SALTERS7
  • SALTERY10
  • SALTEST7
  • SALVERS10
  • SALVETE10
  • SAMIELS9
  • SAMIEST9
  • SAMLETS9
  • SANDEKS12
  • SANDERS8
  • SANGERS8
  • SANSEIS7
  • SANTERA7
  • SANTERO7
  • SAPHEAD13
  • SAPHENA12
  • SAPIENS9
  • SAPIENT9
  • SAPLESS9
  • SAPPERS11
  • SARDELS8
  • SARMENT9
  • SARNEYS10
  • SARSENS7
  • SATEENS7
  • SATIETY10
  • SAUCERS9
  • SAUGERS8
  • SAURELS7
  • SAUTEED8
  • SAUTEES7
  • SAVVEYS16
  • SAWDERS11
  • SAWNEYS13
  • SAWYERS13
  • SAZHENS19
  • SCALENE9
  • SCALENI9
  • SCALERS9
  • SCALEUP11
  • SCAMELS11
  • SCARERS9
  • SCENERY12
  • SCHLEPP16
  • SCHLEPS14
  • SCHMEAR14
  • SCHMECK20
  • SCHMEER14
  • SCHMELZ23
  • SCHNEID13
  • SCHNELL12
  • SCORERS9
  • SCOTERS9
  • SCREECH14
  • SCREEDS10
  • SCREENS9
  • SCREETS9
  • SCREEVE12
  • SCRIECH14
  • SCRIENE9
  • SCRIEVE12
  • SCRYERS12
  • SEABEDS10
  • SEALERS7
  • SEALERY10
  • SEAMERS9
  • SEAREST7
  • SEATERS7
  • SEAWEED11
  • SECKELS13
  • SECRECY14
  • SECRETA9
  • SECRETE9
  • SECRETS9
  • SEEDERS8
  • SEEKERS11
  • SEEMERS9
  • SEERESS7
  • SEGMENT10
  • SEIDELS8
  • SEIKEST11
  • SEINERS7
  • SEISERS7
  • SEITENS7
  • SEIZERS16
  • SELLERS7
  • SEMSEMS11
  • SENDERS8
  • SENNETS7
  • SENSEIS7
  • SEPHENS12
  • SEPTETS9
  • SEQUELA16
  • SEQUELS16
  • SEQUENT16
  • SERGERS8
  • SERIEMA9
  • SERPENT9
  • SERUEWE10
  • SERVERS10
  • SERVERY13
  • SERVEWE13
  • SESTETS7
  • SESTETT7
  • SETNESS7
  • SETTEES7
  • SETTERS7
  • SEXIEST14
  • SEXLESS14
  • SEXPERT16
  • SEXTETS14
  • SEXTETT14
  • SHADERS11
  • SHAHEED14
  • SHAKERS14
  • SHAKEUP16
  • SHAMERS12
  • SHAPELY15
  • SHAPERS12
  • SHAPEUP14
  • SHARERS10
  • SHAVERS13
  • SHEBEAN12
  • SHEBEEN12
  • SHEGETZ20
  • SHEKELS14
  • SHEQELS19
  • SHEREEF13
  • SHEWELS13
  • SHEWERS13
  • SHINERS10
  • SHINESS10
  • SHIVERS13
  • SHIVERY16
  • SHMEERS12
  • SHODERS11
  • SHONEEN10
  • SHORERS10
  • SHOVELS13
  • SHOVERS13
  • SHOWERS13
  • SHOWERY16
  • SHREEKS14
  • SHRIECH15
  • SHRIEKS14
  • SHRIEKY17
  • SHRIEVE13
  • SHUTEYE13
  • SHYNESS13
  • SIAMESE9
  • SIAMEZE18
  • SICKEES13
  • SICKENS13
  • SICKEST13
  • SIDLERS8
  • SIEGERS8
  • SIEMENS9
  • SIEVERT10
  • SIFTERS10
  • SIGHERS11
  • SIGNEES8
  • SIGNERS8
  • SIGNETS8
  • SIGNEUR8
  • SILKENS11
  • SILLERS7
  • SILVERN10
  • SILVERS10
  • SILVERY13
  • SIMMERS11
  • SIMNELS9
  • SIMPERS11
  • SINCERE9
  • SINGERS8
  • SINKERS11
  • SINLESS7
  • SINNERS7
  • SINNETS7
  • SINTERS7
  • SINTERY10
  • SIPPERS11
  • SIPPETS11
  • SIRREES7
  • SISTERS7
  • SITHENS10
  • SITREPS9
  • SITTERS7
  • SIXTEEN14
  • SIZIEST16
  • SKATERS11
  • SKEWERS14
  • SKEWEST14
  • SKIVERS14
  • SKIWEAR14
  • SKREEGH15
  • SKREENS11
  • SKRIECH16
  • SKRIEGH15
  • SKRYERS14
  • SKYIEST14
  • SKYLESS14
  • SLAKERS11
  • SLATERS7
  • SLAVERS10
  • SLAVERY13
  • SLAVEYS13
  • SLAYERS10
  • SLICERS9
  • SLIDERS8
  • SLIVERS10
  • SLOKENS11
  • SLOPERS9
  • SLOVENS10
  • SLOWEST10
  • SLYNESS10
  • SMILERS9
  • SMILETS9
  • SMILEYS12
  • SMITERS9
  • SMOKEHO16
  • SMOKERS13
  • SMOKEYS16
  • SNARERS7
  • SNIDELY11
  • SNIDEST8
  • SNIPERS9
  • SNIVELS10
  • SNORERS7
  • SOAKERS11
  • SOAPERS9
  • SOARERS7
  • SOBBERS11
  • SOCCERS11
  • SOCIETY12
  • SOCKETS13
  • SOCKEYE16
  • SODDENS9
  • SODGERS9
  • SOFTENS10
  • SOFTEST10
  • SOIREES7
  • SOLDERS8
  • SOLFEGE11
  • SOLLERS7
  • SOLVENT10
  • SOLVERS10
  • SOMBERS11
  • SONDELI8
  • SONDERS8
  • SONLESS7
  • SONNETS7
  • SOOGEED9
  • SOOGEES8
  • SOOJEYS17
  • SOONERS7
  • SOONEST7
  • SORBENT9
  • SORBETS9
  • SORCERY12
  • SORNERS7
  • SORRELS7
  • SORTERS7
  • SOUPERS9
  • SOUREST7
  • SOUSERS7
  • SOUTERS7
  • SOVIETS10
  • SOWTERS10
  • SOYBEAN12
  • SOYMEAL12
  • SPACERS11
  • SPADERS10
  • SPAHEES12
  • SPARELY12
  • SPARERS9
  • SPAREST9
  • SPELEAN9
  • SPEWERS12
  • SPHAERE12
  • SPHAERS12
  • SPICERS11
  • SPICERY14
  • SPIDERS10
  • SPIDERY13
  • SPIKERS13
  • SPIKERY16
  • SPINELS9
  • SPINETS9
  • SPIREAS9
  • SPIREME11
  • SPIREMS11
  • SPLEENS9
  • SPLEENY12
  • SPREEZE18
  • SPRIEST9
  • SPRYEST12
  • SQUEEZE25
  • SQUEEZY28
  • SQUIERS16
  • STAGERS8
  • STAGERY11
  • STAKERS11
  • STALELY10
  • STALEST7
  • STAMENS9
  • STARERS7
  • STARETS7
  • STARETZ16
  • STATELY10
  • STATERS7
  • STAYERS10
  • STELENE7
  • STEREOS7
  • STEVENS10
  • STEWERS10
  • STEYEST10
  • STILETS7
  • STIPELS9
  • STIPEND10
  • STIVERS10
  • STOGEYS11
  • STOKERS11
  • STONERN7
  • STONERS7
  • STOPERS9
  • STORERS7
  • STOREYS10
  • STOVERS10
  • STOWERS10
  • STREEKS11
  • STREELS7
  • STREETS7
  • STREETY10
  • STUDENT8
  • STUMERS9
  • STUPEFY15
  • STUPENT9
  • STYLERS10
  • STYLETS10
  • STYRENE10
  • SUAVELY13
  • SUAVEST10
  • SUBCELL11
  • SUBDEAN10
  • SUBDEBS12
  • SUBDEWS13
  • SUBFEUS12
  • SUBHEAD13
  • SUBJECT18
  • SUBLETS9
  • SUBMENU11
  • SUBNETS9
  • SUBPENA11
  • SUBRENT9
  • SUBSECT11
  • SUBSERE9
  • SUBSETS9
  • SUBTEEN9
  • SUBTEND10
  • SUBTEST9
  • SUBTEXT16
  • SUBVENE12
  • SUBVERT12
  • SUBZERO18
  • SUCCEED12
  • SUCCESS11
  • SUCKENS13
  • SUCKERS13
  • SUCKETS13
  • SUDDENS9
  • SUDDERS9
  • SUDSERS8
  • SUFFECT15
  • SUFFERS13
  • SUFFETE13
  • SUGGEST9
  • SUITERS7
  • SULKERS11
  • SULLENS7
  • SUMLESS9
  • SUMMERS11
  • SUMMERY14
  • SUNBEAM11
  • SUNBEAT9
  • SUNBEDS10
  • SUNBELT9
  • SUNDECK14
  • SUNDERS8
  • SUNDEWS11
  • SUNKERS11
  • SUNKETS11
  • SUNLESS7
  • SUNSETS7
  • SUPPERS11
  • SUPREME11
  • SUPREMO11
  • SURBEDS10
  • SURFEIT10
  • SURFERS10
  • SURGENT8
  • SURGEON8
  • SURGERS8
  • SURGERY11
  • SURREAL7
  • SURREYS10
  • SURVEIL10
  • SURVEYS13
  • SUSPECT11
  • SUSPEND10
  • SUSPENS9
  • SUTLERS7
  • SUTLERY10
  • SUTTEES7
  • SWAGERS11
  • SWAYERS13
  • SWEVENS13
  • SWILERS10
  • SWINERY13
  • SWIPERS12
  • SWIVELS13
  • SWIVETS13
  • SWOLEST10
  • SYNDETS11
  • SYNTENY13
  • SYPHERS15
  • SYSTEMS12
Letters by positionIn 61% of these words the 7th letter is S.
2nd letter
  1. U16%
  2. A13%
  3. E11%
3rd letter
  1. A13%
  2. R12%
  3. I11%
4th letter
  1. T10%
  2. L9%
  3. R9%
6th letter
  1. R38%
  2. N11%
  3. S10%
7th letter
  1. S61%
  2. T12%
  3. Y7%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses
Score spreadMost of these words score 9 in Scrabble; SQUEEZY tops the list with 28. Scores before board bonuses.
  1. 77 points: 74 words
  2. 8 points: 32 words
  3. 99 points: 76 words
  4. 10 points: 67 words
  5. 1111 points: 55 words
  6. 12 points: 33 words
  7. 1313 points: 44 words
  8. 14 points: 29 words
  9. 1515 points: 7 words
  10. 16 points: 19 words
  11. 1717 points: 2 words
  12. 18 points: 4 words
  13. 1919 points: 2 words
  14. 20 points: 2 words
  15. 2121 points: 0 words
  16. 22 points: 0 words
  17. 2323 points: 1 words
  18. 24 points: 0 words
  19. 2525 points: 1 words
  20. 26 points: 0 words
  21. 2727 points: 0 words
  22. 28 points: 1 words
WordScrabbleWords With FriendsDictionaries
SQUEEZY2828Collins only
SQUEEZE2526All three
SCHMELZ2325Collins only
SCHMECK2022Collins only
SHEGETZ2020All three
SAZHENS1919Collins only
SHEQELS1919Collins · NWL
SUBJECT1823All three
SUBZERO1820All three
SIAMEZE1819Collins only
SPREEZE1819Collins only
SHRIEKY1715All three

Mark S in the first slot and E in the fifth, leaving four letters open; that fixed pattern covers 449 words, but only 56 meet our common-word cutoff. Examples such as success, subject, and suggest show how varied the middle letters can be. The strongest plays are less ordinary: SQUEEZY leads the scoring list.

At a glance: the S _ _ _ E _ _ pattern

  • There are 449 matching seven-letter words.
  • The average score is 10.6 points.
  • Collins includes 437 matches; NWL2023 includes 349.
  • ENABLE includes 320 matches, and dictionary counts overlap.
  • Only 56 matches meet the common-word cutoff.

7-letter words with S as the 1st letter and E as the 5th letter

The pattern has a strong plural ending: 273 matches finish in S, far more than any other final letter. Systems, streets, sisters, secrets, servers, and screens all fit, so check the last tile before settling on a guess. T is next with 54 words, while Y accounts for 33.

Familiar examples span several kinds of word: society and student are nouns; success names an outcome, while suggest is an action. Succeed and suspect offer different middle-letter arrangements, and squeeze brings a Q into the pattern. That mix makes the fixed E a useful anchor, not a clue to one obvious word.

The dictionary totals are not interchangeable: Collins has 437 matches, compared with 349 in NWL2023 and 320 in ENABLE. A word accepted in one list may not be accepted in another, so check your game's word list before relying on an unfamiliar entry.

Which matching words score the most?

SQUEEZY scores 28 points, SQUEEZE scores 25, and SCHMELZ scores 23. Those leaders owe much of their value to Q or Z; the common-looking SUBJECT still scores a solid 18. When you have a choice, inspect the high-value letters first, then consider whether the board offers a premium square.

Most entries are not everyday vocabulary: 56 are classed as common against 449 total matches. Treat the rare high scorers as dictionary-dependent options rather than safe plays. For a simpler starting point, society, systems, and student are recognizable examples, but the game's accepted word list still decides validity.

For a nearby pattern, compare the same S-first, E-fifth arrangement at six letters, or browse other seven-letter words with E in the fifth position and a different starting letter.

Questions people ask

How many seven-letter words start with S and have E fifth?
There are 449 matching words. Examples include society, success, student, and suggest; each begins with S and places E in the fifth position. The full set includes both familiar vocabulary and less common entries, so a game's dictionary matters for unusual choices.
Which S-first, E-fifth word has the highest score?
SQUEEZY is the top scorer at 28 points. SQUEEZE follows at 25, and SCHMELZ scores 23. The high values come from Q and Z, so these words stand out against familiar matches such as SUBJECT, which scores 18.
How many of these words end in S?
A total of 273 matching words end in S. That ending is much more frequent than T, the next most common final letter with 54 words. Systems, streets, sisters, and secrets are examples that meet the pattern and finish with S.

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