5-Letter Words With S as the Fourth Letter
Looking for five-letter words with S as the fourth letter? There are 359 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like FIRST, THESE, THOSE, 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
- first8
- these8
- those8
- house8
- class7
- press7
- least5
- close7
- cross7
- flash11
- cause7
- glass6
- horse8
- guest6
- trust5
- sense5
- coast7
- whose11
- phase10
- fresh11
All 359 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- abuse 7
- mouse 7
- false 8
- guess 6
- dress 6
- exist 12
- noise 5
- swiss 8
- raise 5
- pulse 7
- lease 5
- worst 8
- nurse 5
- gross 6
- worse 8
- crash 10
- beast 7
- ghost 9
- brass 7
- quest 14
- boost 7
- chest 10
- grass 6
- loose 5
- chase 10
- brush 10
- chose 10
- blast 7
- arise 5
- chess 10
- verse 8
- welsh 11
- twist 8
- trash 8
- flesh 11
- jesse 12
- wrist 8
- yeast 8
- frost 8
- flush 11
- purse 7
- bless 7
- crest 7
- dense 6
- burst 7
- daisy 9
- marsh 10
- waist 8
- plush 10
- pause 7
- salsa 5
- feast 8
- harsh 11
- cease 7
- curse 7
- reuse 5
- crisp 9
- goose 6
- noisy 8
- bliss 7
- parse 7
- moose 7
- crush 10
- clash 10
- gloss 6
- midst 8
- grasp 8
- toast 5
- roast 5
- smash 10
- erase 5
- prose 7
- slash 8
- messy 10
- quasi 14
- prism 9
- arose 5
- morse 7
- tense 5
- crust 7
- gypsy 14
- moist 7
- tease 5
- missy 10
- rinse 5
- kiosk 13
- torso 5
- blush 10
- obese 7
- sassy 8
- stash 8
- hurst 8
- truss 5
- lapse 7
- sissy 8
- palsy 10
- clasp 9
- leash 8
- geese 6
- boast 7
- angst 6
- abyss 10
- flask 12
- lousy 8
- patsy 10
- posse 7
- floss 8
- swish 11
- hoist 8
- rouse 5
- gauss 6
- verso 8
- horst 8
- brisk 11
- guise 6
- massa 7
- roost 5
- whisk 15
- lasso 5
- amuse 7
- pease 7
- passe 7
- grist 6
- chasm 12
- masse 7
- balsa 7
- mossy 10
- brash 10
- avast 8
- fussy 11
- pansy 10
- heist 8
- lense 5
- crass 7
- paisa 7
- durst 6
- lossy 8
- corse 7
- spasm 9
- slush 8
- gipsy 11
- basso 7
- karst 9
- noose 5
- bursa 7
- aviso 8
- feist 8
- mensa 7
- poise 7
- didst 7
- artsy 8
- anise 5
- prise 7
- lyase 8
- terse 5
- tipsy 10
- cress 7
- awash 11
- amiss 7
- alist 5
- swash 11
- frosh 11
- fosse 8
- hansa 8
- cruse 7
- gutsy 9
- tryst 8
- fossa 8
- quash 17
- frise 8
- canst 7
- joist 12
- wrest 8
- amass 7
- gorse 6
- louse 5
- bassi 7
- tress 5
- bossy 10
- whist 11
- prost 7
- joust 12
- ghast 9
- blest 7
- loess 5
- dross 6
- valse 8
- frisk 12
- perse 7
- bitsy 10
- tasse 5
- manse 7
- massy 10
- kissy 12
- whoso 11
- deism 8
- youse 8
- hadst 9
- presa 7
- grosz 15
- wurst 8
- copse 9
- sensa 5
- gesso 6
- hissy 11
- hussy 11
- prest 7
- douse 6
- antsy 8
- bouse 7
- blase 7
- fatso 8
- mosso 7
- tansy 8
- clast 7
- cissy 10
- priss 7
- deist 6
- lassi 5
- hanse 8
- newsy 11
- gassy 9
- poesy 10
- briss 7
- paise 7
- gnash 9
- brose 7
- shush 11
- doest 6
- geest 6
- foist 8
- whish 14
- plasm 9
- wussy 11
- dowse 9
- touse 5
- slosh 8
- mayst 10
- prese 7
- mousy 10
- carse 7
- roose 5
- woosh 11
- canso 7
- sudsy 9
- bassy 10
- proso 7
- hoise 8
- lyssa 8
- smush 10
- mense 7
- cense 7
- burse 7
- dulse 6
- abase 7
- knish 12
- druse 6
- dipso 8
- ditsy 9
- fesse 8
- birse 7
- marse 7
- pross 7
- hawse 11
- tarsi 5
- seism 7
- frass 8
- mussy 10
- curst 7
- drest 6
- torsk 9
- maist 7
- abash 10
- abysm 12
- adust 6
- agism 8
- agist 6
- apish 10
- bousy 10
- bowse 10
- brosy 10
- brusk 11
- byssi 10
- cuish 10
- cusso 7
- deash 9
- donsy 9
- dorsa 6
- egest 6
- erose 5
- eyass 8
- fease 8
- fubsy 13
- gawsy 12
- girsh 9
- glost 6
- goosy 9
- gorsy 9
- gursh 9
- gussy 9
- horsy 11
- knosp 11
- kusso 9
- kvass 12
- lowse 8
- mensh 10
- miasm 9
- neist 5
- nutsy 8
- odist 6
- omasa 7
- peise 7
- plash 10
- popsy 12
- potsy 10
- prase 7
- prosy 10
- pursy 10
- quass 14
- qursh 17
- reest 5
- roust 5
- sayst 8
- seise 5
- shist 8
- skosh 12
- snash 8
- sonsy 8
- souse 5
- stoss 5
- tawse 8
- thesp 10
- torse 5
- torsi 5
- trass 5
- ukase 9
- urase 5
- verst 8
- weest 8
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with S as the fourth letter?
There are 359 five-letter words with S as the fourth letter in the tournament word lists. The most common are FIRST, THESE, THOSE.
What are common five-letter words with S as the fourth letter?
FIRST, THESE, THOSE, HOUSE, CLASS are the most frequently used. The full list of 359 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.