13-Letter Words Starting With S
Looking for thirteen-letter words that start with S? There are 719 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like SIGNIFICANTLY, SUBSCRIPTIONS, SPECIFICATION, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- significantly22
- subscriptions19
- specification22
- sophisticated21
- semiconductor20
- substantially18
- strengthening18
- supplementary22
- statistically18
- schizophrenia32
- stabilization24
- skateboarding21
- subcategories18
- substitutions15
- saccharomyces27
- strategically19
- socioeconomic21
- subcontractor19
- solicitations15
- spontaneously18
All 719 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- sterilization 22
- sedimentation 16
- streptococcus 21
- serialization 22
- spectroscopic 23
- socialization 24
- supercomputer 21
- sensitivities 16
- sequestration 22
- substantiated 16
- subcommittees 21
- straightening 18
- synchronizing 31
- schizophrenic 34
- sensibilities 15
- stereotypical 20
- supplementing 20
- sportsmanship 22
- singularities 14
- stratospheric 20
- sensitization 22
- superstitions 15
- subordination 16
- stratigraphic 21
- superstitious 15
- superposition 17
- statisticians 15
- screenwriters 18
- straighteners 17
- standardizing 25
- survivability 24
- spectacularly 22
- subparagraphs 23
- supersymmetry 25
- supercritical 19
- synchronicity 26
- spectrometers 19
- scintillation 15
- suppositories 17
- superficially 23
- summarization 26
- spokespersons 21
- streptococcal 21
- sociocultural 17
- syntactically 23
- signification 19
- sleeplessness 15
- supranational 15
- schoolteacher 23
- substantively 21
- scintillating 16
- specificities 22
- subcontracted 20
- stoichiometry 23
- symmetrically 25
- schematically 25
- soundproofing 20
- sarcastically 20
- synchronously 24
- sadomasochism 23
- somatosensory 18
- silvicultural 18
- seismological 18
- subpopulation 19
- spiritualized 25
- stylistically 21
- southwesterly 22
- semiclassical 19
- strangulation 14
- swashbuckling 28
- superchargers 21
- structuralism 17
- serendipitous 16
- sedimentology 20
- schadenfreude 23
- skateboarders 20
- spectrometric 21
- subsidization 25
- southeasterly 19
- semiautomatic 19
- sigmoidoscopy 24
- subassemblies 19
- staphylococci 27
- surreptitious 15
- sanctimonious 17
- sensitisation 13
- structuralist 15
- salmonellosis 15
- statesmanship 20
- sensorineural 13
- substructures 17
- supplications 19
- satisfactions 18
- sharpshooters 21
- streptokinase 19
- steadfastness 17
- submillimeter 19
- swashbucklers 27
- supernumerary 20
- synthetically 24
- subcomponents 21
- storyboarding 20
- submandibular 20
- spiritualists 15
- syllabication 20
- subdiscipline 20
- supercollider 18
- stenographers 19
- substantiates 15
- semifinalists 18
- sportswriters 18
- standardising 16
- scriptwriters 20
- substitutable 17
- supercharging 22
- synchronising 22
- swordsmanship 24
- stereographic 21
- scarification 20
- speakerphones 24
- sexploitation 22
- supermajority 27
- sophisticates 20
- subordinating 17
- sensitiveness 16
- superimposing 20
- scintillators 15
- scholasticism 22
- speculatively 23
- stratocumulus 17
- straitjackets 26
- seismologists 16
- speleological 18
- signalization 23
- syringomyelia 22
- serologically 19
- sympathectomy 30
- structuration 15
- sulfonylureas 19
- schoolmasters 20
- sharecroppers 22
- smallholdings 20
- segmentations 16
- solemnization 24
- semiempirical 21
- synchronizers 30
- subcommission 21
- significative 22
- supplementals 19
- superordinate 16
- southeastward 20
- superfluidity 22
- statelessness 13
- sharecropping 23
- steroidogenic 17
- sensationally 16
- spectinomycin 24
- solderability 19
- serodiagnosis 15
- superfamilies 20
- stromatolites 15
- speechwriters 23
- spermatocytes 22
- scintigraphic 23
- supernaturals 15
- sulfanilamide 19
- superheroines 18
- symbolization 29
- stratovolcano 18
- stereoisomers 15
- southwestward 23
- selectivities 18
- secessionists 15
- stationmaster 15
- stepdaughters 20
- sportscasters 17
- superannuated 16
- significances 21
- spectrographs 23
- seaworthiness 19
- senselessness 13
- semisynthetic 23
- superintended 17
- sovereignties 17
- spermatogonia 18
- statesmanlike 19
- slipstreaming 18
- shortchanging 23
- semipermeable 21
- spasmodically 23
- sesquiterpene 24
- shamelessness 18
- sentimentally 18
- systematizing 28
- situationally 16
- spermatogenic 20
- sportsmanlike 21
- sacrificially 23
- seismographic 23
- surveillances 18
- seductiveness 19
- semipermanent 19
- stepparenting 18
- squeamishness 27
- secretagogues 17
- superclusters 17
- spectatorship 22
- superhighways 28
- symbiotically 25
- structureless 15
- sledgehammers 22
- superlatively 21
- secretiveness 18
- stereological 16
- superabundant 18
- saccharifying 27
- saccharimeter 22
- saccharometer 22
- sacerdotalism 18
- sacerdotalist 16
- sacramentally 20
- sacrosanctity 20
- sadomasochist 21
- safecrackings 25
- sagaciousness 16
- sailboardings 17
- saintlinesses 13
- salaciousness 15
- salesmanships 20
- salinizations 22
- salmonberries 17
- salmonelloses 15
- salpingitides 17
- salpingitises 16
- salutatorians 13
- salvationisms 18
- salvationists 16
- sandpaintings 17
- sanitizations 22
- sansculottish 18
- sansculottism 17
- saplessnesses 15
- saprogenicity 21
- sarcophaguses 21
- sarsaparillas 15
- saturnalianly 16
- scalariformly 23
- scandalmonger 19
- scapegoatings 19
- scapegoatisms 20
- scatterations 15
- scatterbrains 17
- sceneshifters 21
- scenographers 21
- scenographies 21
- schismatizing 30
- schistosities 18
- schizophrenes 32
- scholasticate 20
- schoolfellows 24
- schoolmarmish 25
- schussboomers 22
- scintillantly 18
- sclerenchymas 25
- sclerodermata 18
- scleroprotein 17
- scrappinesses 19
- scratchboards 23
- scrawninesses 18
- scrimshanders 21
- scruffinesses 21
- scrumptiously 22
- sculpturesque 26
- seasicknesses 19
- seasonalities 13
- secessionisms 17
- seclusiveness 18
- secobarbitals 19
- secondariness 16
- secretaryship 23
- sectarianisms 17
- sectarianized 25
- sectarianizes 24
- sectionalisms 17
- seditiousness 14
- seismographer 21
- seismometries 17
- selectionists 15
- selectiveness 18
- selenocentric 17
- selenological 16
- selenologists 14
- selfishnesses 19
- semasiologies 16
- semiaridities 16
- semicivilized 30
- semiconscious 19
- semidiameters 18
- semievergreen 19
- semilegendary 20
- semiliterates 15
- semimonthlies 20
- semiparasites 17
- semiparasitic 19
- semipolitical 19
- semiporcelain 19
- semireligious 16
- semisedentary 19
- semitonically 20
- sempiternally 20
- sensitometers 15
- sensitometric 17
- sententiously 16
- separableness 17
- separationist 15
- septentrional 15
- sequestrating 23
- serendipities 16
- sericulturist 15
- seriousnesses 13
- serodiagnoses 15
- serpiginously 19
- serriednesses 14
- servilenesses 16
- sexagenarians 21
- sexdecillions 23
- sexlessnesses 20
- sextuplicated 25
- sextuplicates 24
- sexualization 29
- shadowinesses 20
- shallownesses 19
- shapelessness 18
- shapelinesses 18
- sharpshooting 22
- sheepherdings 23
- sheepshearers 21
- sheepshearing 22
- shellcrackers 24
- shepherdesses 22
- shiftlessness 19
- shipbuildings 22
- shortchangers 22
- shuffleboards 25
- shuttlecocked 25
- sickishnesses 22
- sidesplitting 17
- sightlessness 17
- sightlinesses 17
- silhouettists 16
- silverberries 18
- silverinesses 16
- silvicultures 18
- sincerenesses 15
- singularizing 24
- sinlessnesses 13
- sinterability 18
- sinuousnesses 13
- siphonophores 23
- siphonosteles 18
- sizablenesses 24
- skeletonising 18
- skeletonizers 26
- skeletonizing 27
- sketchinesses 22
- skulduggeries 20
- slaveholdings 21
- slavishnesses 19
- slendernesses 14
- slouchinesses 18
- slumpflations 20
- snollygosters 17
- snowboardings 20
- snowmobilings 21
- snowmobilists 20
- sociabilities 17
- sociolinguist 16
- softheartedly 23
- solarizations 22
- solicitorship 20
- solifluctions 18
- soliloquising 23
- soliloquizers 31
- soliloquizing 32
- solvabilities 18
- somatological 18
- somatopleures 17
- somatostatins 15
- somatotrophin 20
- somatotropins 17
- somersaulting 16
- somnambulated 20
- somnambulates 19
- somnambulisms 21
- somnambulists 19
- somnifacients 20
- songfulnesses 17
- sonneteerings 14
- sophistically 23
- sorbabilities 17
- sorrowfulness 19
- soteriologies 14
- sottishnesses 16
- soulfulnesses 16
- southernwoods 20
- sovietization 25
- spaghettilike 23
- sparkplugging 24
- specialnesses 17
- spectrography 26
- spectroscopes 21
- specularities 17
- speedboatings 19
- speleologists 16
- spermatophore 22
- spermatophyte 25
- spermatozoans 26
- spermatozoids 27
- sphygmographs 30
- spiegeleisens 16
- spinelessness 15
- spinsterhoods 19
- spiritualisms 17
- spiritualizes 24
- spiritualness 15
- spiritualties 15
- spirochetoses 20
- spirochetosis 20
- splashinesses 18
- splendiferous 19
- splenectomies 19
- splenectomize 28
- splenetically 20
- spokesmanship 26
- spondylitides 20
- spondylitises 19
- spontaneities 15
- sporopollenin 17
- sportfishings 22
- sportscasting 18
- sportswriting 19
- sprachgefuhls 27
- spreadability 21
- sprightliness 19
- springinesses 16
- squalidnesses 23
- squashinesses 25
- squeezability 36
- squirearchies 27
- squishinesses 25
- stablishments 20
- staggerbushes 20
- stairstepping 18
- standardbreds 18
- standoffishly 26
- standpattisms 18
- starchinesses 18
- statelinesses 13
- staunchnesses 18
- steamrollered 16
- steeplebushes 20
- steeplechaser 20
- steeplechases 20
- stegosauruses 14
- stenographies 19
- stephanotises 18
- stercoraceous 17
- stereographed 20
- stereophonies 18
- stereopticons 17
- stereoregular 14
- stereoscopies 17
- sternforemost 18
- sternutations 13
- stichomythias 26
- stichomythies 26
- stickhandlers 23
- stickhandling 24
- stigmasterols 16
- stigmatically 21
- stiltednesses 14
- stipendiaries 16
- stockbreeders 22
- stockbrokings 26
- stockjobbings 31
- stoloniferous 16
- stonecuttings 16
- storytellings 17
- straightaways 23
- straightbreds 20
- straightedges 19
- straightlaced 20
- straitlacedly 19
- strangenesses 14
- strangleholds 18
- strangulating 15
- stratocracies 17
- stratospheres 18
- streakinesses 17
- streetwalkers 20
- streetwalking 21
- strengtheners 17
- strenuosities 13
- strenuousness 13
- streptococcic 23
- streptolysins 18
- streptomycete 22
- streptomycins 22
- stridulations 14
- strikebreaker 23
- stringcourses 16
- stringinesses 14
- strobilations 15
- stromatolitic 17
- strontianites 13
- strophanthins 21
- structuralize 24
- studiednesses 15
- stuntednesses 14
- stupefactions 20
- stylelessness 16
- stylishnesses 19
- stylographies 22
- suasivenesses 16
- subacidnesses 18
- subadolescent 18
- suballocation 17
- subbituminous 19
- subcategorize 27
- subclassified 21
- subclassifies 20
- subclinically 22
- subclustering 18
- subcollection 19
- subcollegiate 18
- subcontinents 17
- subcontraries 17
- subcoriaceous 19
- subculturally 20
- subdebutantes 18
- subdepartment 20
- subdistricted 19
- subemployment 24
- suberizations 24
- subgeneration 16
- subgovernment 21
- subindustries 16
- subinfeudated 20
- subinfeudates 19
- subinhibitory 23
- subirrigating 17
- subirrigation 16
- subjectivised 28
- subjectivises 27
- subjectivisms 29
- subjectivists 27
- subjectivized 37
- subjectivizes 36
- sublibrarians 17
- sublieutenant 15
- sublimenesses 17
- subliteracies 17
- subliterature 15
- subnetworking 23
- suboptimizing 29
- subordinately 19
- subordinative 19
- subordinators 16
- subprincipals 21
- subreptitious 17
- subsatellites 15
- subsaturation 15
- subserviences 20
- subserviently 21
- subspecialist 19
- subspecialize 28
- substanceless 17
- substantivize 27
- substructural 17
- subterraneous 15
- subtilenesses 15
- subtilization 24
- subtreasuries 15
- suburbanising 18
- suburbanizing 27
- subventionary 21
- subversionary 21
- subvocalizing 30
- sufficiencies 23
- suffocatingly 25
- suitabilities 15
- sulfadiazines 26
- sulfurousness 16
- summabilities 19
- summersaulted 18
- summersetting 18
- sumptuousness 17
- superableness 17
- superabounded 19
- superachiever 23
- superactivity 23
- superaddition 17
- superagencies 18
- superannuates 15
- superathletes 18
- supercabinets 19
- supercalender 18
- supercarriers 17
- supercautious 17
- superchurches 25
- supercolossal 17
- superconducts 20
- supercriminal 19
- supercurrents 17
- superdiplomat 20
- superelevated 19
- superelevates 18
- supereminence 19
- superencipher 22
- superfetation 18
- superfluities 18
- superfluously 21
- supergraphics 23
- superhardened 20
- superhumanity 23
- superinducing 19
- superinfected 21
- superiorities 15
- superlobbyist 22
- superloyalist 18
- superluxuries 22
- supermilitant 17
- superminister 17
- supernational 15
- supernormally 20
- superorganism 18
- superovulated 19
- superovulates 18
- superpatriots 17
- superpersonal 17
- superphysical 25
- superpowerful 23
- superpremiums 21
- superrealisms 17
- superregional 16
- superromantic 19
- supersalesman 17
- supersalesmen 17
- supersaturate 15
- superscribing 20
- supersensible 17
- supersessions 15
- superspecials 19
- superstardoms 18
- superstations 15
- superstrength 19
- supersubtlety 20
- supersurgeons 16
- superterrific 20
- superthriller 18
- superventions 18
- supervirtuosi 18
- supervirtuoso 18
- supplantation 17
- supplementers 19
- suppositional 17
- suprarational 15
- supremenesses 17
- surgeonfishes 20
- surrejoinders 21
- survivorships 24
- suspensefully 21
- sustentations 13
- swarthinesses 19
- swinishnesses 19
- switchbacking 30
- switchgrasses 22
- sybaritically 23
- sycophantisms 25
- syllabicating 21
- syllabicities 20
- sylvicultures 21
- symmetallisms 22
- sympatholytic 28
- sympatrically 25
- symphonically 28
- symphoniously 26
- synaesthesias 19
- synarthrodial 20
- synchromeshes 26
- synchronistic 23
- synchroscopes 25
- syndactylisms 24
- synecdochical 26
- synecological 21
- syringomyelic 24
- systematising 19
- systematizers 27
- systemization 27
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many thirteen-letter words are there that start with S?
There are 719 thirteen-letter words that start with S in the tournament word lists. The most common are SIGNIFICANTLY, SUBSCRIPTIONS, SPECIFICATION.
What are common thirteen-letter words that start with S?
SIGNIFICANTLY, SUBSCRIPTIONS, SPECIFICATION, SOPHISTICATED, SEMICONDUCTOR are the most frequently used. The full list of 719 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.
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