5-Letter Words With S as the Third Letter
Looking for five-letter words with S as the third letter? There are 351 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like MUSIC, BASED, POSTS, 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
- music9
- based8
- posts7
- visit8
- issue5
- costs7
- cases7
- basic9
- basis7
- lists5
- tests5
- waste8
- laser5
- cisco9
- costa7
- tasks9
- risks9
- asset5
- taste5
- vista8
All 351 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- roses 5
- hosts 8
- essay 8
- basin 7
- discs 8
- reset 5
- mason 7
- oasis 5
- paste 7
- bases 7
- nasty 8
- disco 8
- jesse 12
- disks 10
- buses 7
- pasta 7
- upset 7
- resin 5
- doses 6
- asses 5
- masks 11
- gases 6
- rises 5
- loses 5
- onset 5
- assay 8
- posed 8
- tasty 8
- sushi 8
- desks 10
- poses 7
- visas 8
- messy 10
- rusty 8
- basil 7
- lasts 5
- misty 10
- rests 5
- risen 5
- lesbo 7
- nasal 5
- loser 5
- risky 12
- dusty 9
- pests 7
- vests 8
- bison 7
- missy 10
- aisle 5
- visor 8
- basal 7
- pesos 7
- sassy 8
- vases 8
- casts 7
- husky 15
- hoses 8
- sissy 8
- poser 7
- fused 9
- resid 6
- caste 7
- inset 5
- gusts 6
- nests 5
- tesla 5
- haste 8
- posse 7
- unset 5
- arson 5
- fuses 8
- fists 8
- riser 5
- wiser 8
- paseo 7
- cysts 10
- wists 8
- easel 5
- noses 5
- massa 7
- wasps 10
- bosom 9
- busts 7
- eased 6
- lusty 8
- hasty 11
- fishy 14
- lisle 5
- pesky 14
- eases 5
- nosed 6
- lasso 5
- mises 7
- boson 7
- casas 7
- muses 7
- passe 7
- sysop 10
- pesto 7
- masse 7
- gusto 6
- mossy 10
- mists 7
- bushy 13
- fussy 11
- meson 7
- masts 7
- busby 12
- pasha 10
- lossy 8
- vesta 8
- dusky 13
- basso 7
- cased 8
- lysis 8
- beset 7
- ensue 5
- piste 7
- hosta 8
- posit 7
- testa 5
- sisal 5
- mushy 13
- rosin 5
- pushy 13
- lusts 5
- dusts 6
- musty 10
- pasty 10
- fosse 8
- mused 8
- bests 7
- pisos 7
- miser 7
- zesty 17
- fossa 8
- gasps 8
- gusty 9
- hosed 9
- dosed 7
- wisps 10
- rishi 8
- wushu 11
- bassi 7
- maser 7
- musky 14
- casks 11
- testy 8
- pasts 7
- bossy 10
- mesas 7
- cushy 13
- husks 12
- cesta 7
- vises 8
- fasts 8
- tusks 9
- tasse 5
- nosey 8
- mesic 9
- disci 8
- wests 8
- hosen 8
- wispy 13
- nisus 5
- massy 10
- kissy 12
- washy 14
- fests 8
- raspy 10
- lysed 9
- baste 7
- oases 5
- roshi 8
- kasha 12
- resit 5
- gesso 6
- hissy 11
- coset 7
- cusps 9
- hussy 11
- arses 5
- eosin 5
- bosun 7
- mosso 7
- ousts 5
- esses 5
- cissy 10
- pisco 9
- wises 8
- musts 7
- lassi 5
- mosey 10
- gassy 9
- gests 6
- bused 8
- baser 7
- jests 12
- rasps 7
- opsin 7
- rusts 5
- casus 7
- raser 5
- assai 5
- apsis 7
- wussy 11
- risus 5
- hoser 8
- geste 6
- musks 11
- gists 6
- vised 9
- besom 9
- fusee 8
- nisei 5
- easts 5
- bassy 10
- doser 6
- lyssa 8
- coses 7
- musca 9
- hosey 11
- basks 11
- dashi 9
- dishy 12
- wised 9
- cosey 10
- hosel 8
- hyson 11
- ruses 5
- rusks 9
- roset 5
- arsis 5
- issei 5
- gushy 12
- hasps 10
- moste 7
- fesse 8
- wisha 11
- ossia 5
- justs 12
- ursae 5
- cists 7
- muser 7
- sasin 5
- mussy 10
- fusty 11
- mysid 11
- cesti 7
- fusil 8
- ansae 5
- apses 7
- basts 7
- beses 7
- besot 7
- bises 7
- bisks 11
- bosks 11
- bosky 14
- busks 11
- byssi 10
- casky 14
- cosec 9
- cosie 7
- cusec 9
- cusks 11
- cusso 7
- dashy 12
- desex 13
- disme 8
- dusks 10
- ensky 12
- erses 5
- fiscs 10
- fusel 8
- gasts 6
- gismo 8
- gussy 9
- hests 8
- hists 8
- jisms 14
- kists 9
- kusso 9
- lased 6
- lases 5
- leses 5
- lisps 7
- losel 5
- lusus 5
- lyses 8
- lysin 8
- masas 7
- mashy 13
- meshy 13
- mesne 7
- misdo 8
- misos 7
- mosks 11
- mosts 7
- musth 10
- oasts 5
- ousel 5
- owsen 8
- pases 7
- pesty 10
- puses 7
- rased 6
- rases 5
- resat 5
- resaw 8
- resay 8
- resee 5
- resew 8
- resod 6
- resow 8
- rosed 6
- rushy 11
- sises 5
- unsay 8
- unsew 8
- unsex 12
- ursid 6
- vasal 8
- vasts 8
- vasty 11
- waspy 13
- wasts 8
- xysti 15
- xysts 15
- yeses 8
- zests 14
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with S as the third letter?
There are 351 five-letter words with S as the third letter in the tournament word lists. The most common are MUSIC, BASED, POSTS.
What are common five-letter words with S as the third letter?
MUSIC, BASED, POSTS, VISIT, ISSUE are the most frequently used. The full list of 351 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.