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10-letter words with S as the 5th letter

A curated list of 10-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when S is fixed in the 5th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: abrasively, accessible, accessibly.

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1055 words

Word	Length	Syllables
abrasively	10	5
accessible	10	3
accessibly	10	4
accessions	10	3
accusation	10	4
accusative	10	4
accusatory	10	5
accusingly	10	4
accustomed	10	4
acoustical	10	4
acrostical	10	4
adhesional	10	4
adhesively	10	5
adjustable	10	3
adjustment	10	3
admissible	10	3
admissions	10	3
advisement	10	4
advisories	10	4
aerosolize	10	4
aerospaces	10	4
allosaurus	10	4
allosteric	10	4
allusively	10	5
altostrati	10	4
amassments	10	3
ambassador	10	4
ambisexual	10	4
ambuscaded	10	4
ambuscader	10	4
ambuscades	10	4
ambushment	10	3
amnestying	10	3
ancestored	10	4
ancestress	10	3
ancestries	10	3
antisepses	10	4
antisepsis	10	4
antiseptic	10	4
antiserums	10	4
antisexist	10	4
antisexual	10	4
antismoker	10	4
antisocial	10	4
antistatic	10	4
antistress	10	3
antistrike	10	3
appositely	10	5
apposition	10	4
appositive	10	4
armistices	10	4
arrestants	10	3
arrestment	10	3
artistries	10	3
asbestoses	10	4
asbestosis	10	4
asbestuses	10	4
ascospores	10	4
ascosporic	10	4
assessable	10	3
assessment	10	3
assistance	10	3
assistants	10	3
atmosphere	10	3
augustness	10	3
autosexing	10	4
autostrada	10	4
autostrade	10	3
averseness	10	4
aversively	10	5
babesioses	10	4
babesiosis	10	4
babysitter	10	4
backslider	10	3
backslides	10	3
backspaced	10	3
backspaces	10	3
backsplash	10	2
backstairs	10	2
backstitch	10	2
backstreet	10	2
backstroke	10	2
backswings	10	2
backswords	10	2
balustrade	10	3
bandstands	10	2
banishment	10	3
banistered	10	4
barnstorms	10	2
beanstalks	10	2
beefsteaks	10	2
bemusement	10	4
berascaled	10	4
bestseller	10	3
bioassayed	10	2
blessedest	10	3
blissfully	10	3
blossoming	10	3
blueshifts	10	2
bluestones	10	3
bluishness	10	2
boatswains	10	2
bodysurfed	10	4
bodysurfer	10	4
bombshells	10	2
bombsights	10	2
bondstones	10	3
bonesetter	10	4
bookseller	10	3
bookstalls	10	2
bookstores	10	3
bootstraps	10	2
borescopes	10	4
boyishness	10	2
brassbound	10	2
brasseries	10	3
brassieres	10	3
brassiness	10	3
breastbone	10	2
breastwork	10	2
brimstones	10	3
buhrstones	10	3
burrstones	10	3
buttstocks	10	2
camisadoes	10	4
cardsharps	10	2
celestials	10	3
celestites	10	4
cerussites	10	4
chassepots	10	3
chaussures	10	3
cheesecake	10	3
cheesiness	10	3
chessboard	10	2
chiasmatic	10	3
chopsticks	10	2
christened	10	3
chrysalids	10	3
chrysolite	10	3
chrysotile	10	3
cicisbeism	10	3
cityscapes	10	4
clamshells	10	2
classicism	10	3
classicist	10	3
classicize	10	3
classified	10	3
classifier	10	3
classifies	10	3
classiness	10	3
classmates	10	3
classrooms	10	2
clepsydrae	10	2
clepsydras	10	3
clipsheets	10	2
cloisonnes	10	3
cloistered	10	3
cloistress	10	2
clumsiness	10	3
coarseness	10	3
coarsening	10	3
coassisted	10	3
coassuming	10	3
cockscombs	10	2
cocksfoots	10	2
cocksucker	10	3
cocksurely	10	4
codesigned	10	4
codiscover	10	4
cohesively	10	5
coinsurers	10	3
coinsuring	10	3
colossally	10	4
colosseums	10	3
colossuses	10	4
colostrums	10	3
coltsfoots	10	2
comestible	10	3
cookshacks	10	2
cookstoves	10	3
copestones	10	4
coresident	10	4
corkscrews	10	2
cornstalks	10	2
cornstarch	10	2
coruscated	10	4
coruscates	10	4
counselees	10	3
counseling	10	3
counselled	10	3
counsellor	10	3
counselors	10	3
courseware	10	3
cowlstaffs	10	2
cowlstaves	10	3
crabsticks	10	2
crapshoots	10	2
crassitude	10	3
creaseless	10	3
creosoting	10	3
crimsoning	10	3
crisscross	10	2
croissants	10	2
crossbeams	10	2
crossbills	10	2
crossbones	10	3
crossbreds	10	2
crossbreed	10	2
crosscourt	10	2
crossfires	10	3
crosshairs	10	2
crosshatch	10	2
crossheads	10	2
crossovers	10	3
crosspatch	10	2
crosspiece	10	2
crossroads	10	2
crossruffs	10	2
crosstalks	10	2
crosstrees	10	2
crosswalks	10	2
crosswinds	10	2
crosswords	10	2
croustades	10	3
cryoscopes	10	3
cryoscopic	10	3
cryostatic	10	3
curbstones	10	3
curtseying	10	2
cytostatic	10	4
dachshunds	10	2
damascened	10	4
damascenes	10	4
debasement	10	4
decisional	10	4
decisioned	10	4
decisively	10	5
decussated	10	4
decussates	10	4
dehiscence	10	3
delusional	10	4
delusively	10	5
delustered	10	4
demissions	10	3
depositary	10	5
depositing	10	4
deposition	10	4
depositors	10	4
depository	10	5
derisively	10	5
desistance	10	3
detasseled	10	4
detestable	10	3
detestably	10	4
devastated	10	4
devastates	10	4
devastator	10	4
digestible	10	3
digestions	10	3
digestives	10	4
disastrous	10	3
disesteems	10	3
divestment	10	3
divisional	10	4
divisively	10	5
doomsayers	10	2
doomsaying	10	2
doomsdayer	10	2
dovishness	10	3
downscaled	10	3
downscales	10	3
downshifts	10	2
downsizing	10	3
downslides	10	3
downspouts	10	2
downstages	10	3
downstairs	10	2
downstater	10	3
downstates	10	3
downstream	10	2
downstroke	10	2
downswings	10	2
drawshaves	10	3
drawstring	10	2
dressiness	10	3
dressmaker	10	3
dripstones	10	3
drowsiness	10	3
drugstores	10	3
drumsticks	10	2
dryasdusts	10	2
dullsville	10	2
dumbstruck	10	2
duopsonies	10	3
eavesdrops	10	3
ecdysiasts	10	3
effusively	10	5
egoistical	10	4
egressions	10	3
eicosanoid	10	4
embassages	10	4
embosoming	10	4
embossable	10	3
embossment	10	3
emissaries	10	4
emissivity	10	5
emulsified	10	4
emulsifier	10	4
emulsifies	10	4
emulsoidal	10	4
encasement	10	4
encashable	10	3
encashment	10	3
encystment	10	3
endoscopes	10	4
endoscopic	10	4
endosmoses	10	4
endosperms	10	3
endospores	10	4
endostyles	10	4
endosulfan	10	4
enlistment	10	3
enmeshment	10	3
envisaging	10	4
envisioned	10	4
equestrian	10	3
equisetums	10	4
ergosterol	10	4
excisional	10	4
excusatory	10	5
expositing	10	4
exposition	10	4
expositive	10	4
expositors	10	4
expository	10	5
faldstools	10	2
famishment	10	3
farmsteads	10	2
fearsomely	10	4
feedstocks	10	2
feedstuffs	10	2
fenestrate	10	3
fetishisms	10	3
fetishists	10	3
fetoscopes	10	4
filmsetter	10	3
filmstrips	10	2
firestones	10	4
firestorms	10	3
flagstaffs	10	2
flagstaves	10	3
flagsticks	10	2
flagstones	10	3
flimsiness	10	3
flowstones	10	3
folksiness	10	3
folksinger	10	3
foodstuffs	10	2
footstones	10	3
footstools	10	2
foreseeing	10	3
foreshadow	10	4
foreshanks	10	3
foresheets	10	3
foreshocks	10	3
foreshores	10	4
foreshowed	10	4
foresights	10	3
forespeaks	10	3
forespoken	10	4
forestages	10	4
forestalls	10	3
forestland	10	3
forestries	10	3
foreswears	10	3
foursquare	10	2
freestones	10	3
freestyler	10	3
freestyles	10	3
frowstiest	10	2
furosemide	10	4
gainsayers	10	2
gainsaying	10	2
gallstones	10	3
gamesomely	10	5
garishness	10	3
gearshifts	10	2
gladsomely	10	4
gladsomest	10	3
gladstones	10	3
glasshouse	10	2
glassiness	10	3
glassmaker	10	3
glasspaper	10	3
glasswares	10	3
glassworks	10	2
glassworts	10	2
glissaders	10	3
glissading	10	3
glissandos	10	3
glossarial	10	3
glossaries	10	3
glossarist	10	3
glossators	10	3
glossiness	10	3
goatsucker	10	3
goldsmiths	10	2
goldstones	10	3
grasslands	10	2
grassroots	10	2
greaseball	10	3
greaseless	10	3
greasewood	10	3
greasiness	10	3
grewsomest	10	3
grossulars	10	3
grubstaked	10	3
grubstaker	10	3
grubstakes	10	3
gruesomely	10	4
gruesomest	10	3
guessworks	10	2
gulosities	10	4
gyroscopes	10	4
gyroscopic	10	4
hailstones	10	3
hailstorms	10	2
hairspring	10	2
hairstreak	10	2
hairstyles	10	3
handseling	10	3
handselled	10	3
handshakes	10	3
handsomely	10	4
handsomest	10	3
handspikes	10	3
handspring	10	2
handstands	10	2
harassment	10	3
hardstands	10	2
hartshorns	10	2
haruspices	10	4
hawksbills	10	2
headspaces	10	3
headspring	10	2
headstalls	10	2
headstands	10	2
headstocks	10	2
headstones	10	3
headstream	10	2
headstrong	10	2
heatstroke	10	2
hemisphere	10	3
hemistichs	10	3
hemostases	10	4
hemostasis	10	4
hemostatic	10	4
heresiarch	10	3
hibiscuses	10	4
hindsights	10	2
hoarseness	10	3
hoarsening	10	3
hodoscopes	10	4
holystoned	10	4
holystones	10	4
homeschool	10	3
homesteads	10	3
homosexual	10	4
hoopskirts	10	2
hornstones	10	3
horoscopes	10	4
huckstered	10	3
hypostases	10	4
hypostasis	10	4
hypostatic	10	4
hypostomes	10	4
hypostyles	10	4
illusional	10	4
illusively	10	5
illusorily	10	5
illustrate	10	3
imbosoming	10	4
immiscible	10	3
impassable	10	3
impassably	10	4
impassible	10	3
impassibly	10	4
impassions	10	3
impishness	10	3
imposingly	10	4
imposition	10	4
impossible	10	3
impossibly	10	4
imposthume	10	3
impostumes	10	4
impostures	10	4
incessancy	10	4
incestuous	10	3
incisively	10	5
indiscreet	10	3
indisposed	10	4
indisposes	10	4
indistinct	10	3
industrial	10	3
industries	10	3
infestants	10	3
infusorian	10	4
ingestible	10	3
ingestions	10	3
injustices	10	4
insistence	10	3
insistency	10	4
intestates	10	4
intestinal	10	4
intestines	10	4
invasively	10	5
investable	10	3
investment	10	3
invisibles	10	4
ionosphere	10	3
ironstones	10	4
irresolute	10	4
jackscrews	10	2
jacksmelts	10	2
jackstraws	10	2
janisaries	10	4
jockstraps	10	2
jocoseness	10	4
jocosities	10	4
kickstands	10	2
kinescoped	10	4
kinescopes	10	4
klebsiella	10	3
knapsacked	10	3
lacustrine	10	3
lakeshores	10	4
lamaseries	10	4
lampshells	10	2
landscaped	10	3
landscaper	10	3
landscapes	10	3
landslides	10	3
lanosities	10	4
lavishness	10	3
leadscrews	10	2
leafstalks	10	2
legislated	10	4
legislates	10	4
legislator	10	4
lifesavers	10	4
lifesaving	10	4
lifestyles	10	4
limestones	10	4
livestocks	10	3
loadstones	10	3
locksmiths	10	2
lockstitch	10	2
lodestones	10	4
logistical	10	4
lonesomely	10	5
longsomely	10	4
lotuslands	10	3
lovastatin	10	4
lutestring	10	3
maelstroms	10	2
magistracy	10	4
magistrate	10	3
mahlsticks	10	2
mainsheets	10	2
mainspring	10	2
mainstream	10	2
majuscular	10	4
majuscules	10	4
makeshifts	10	3
manuscript	10	3
maraschino	10	4
marasmuses	10	4
markswoman	10	3
markswomen	10	3
marlstones	10	3
maulsticks	10	2
meerschaum	10	2
megascopic	10	4
megaspores	10	4
megasporic	10	4
melismatic	10	4
meniscuses	10	4
mesosphere	10	3
metastable	10	3
metastably	10	4
metastases	10	4
metastasis	10	4
metastatic	10	4
milestones	10	4
millstones	10	3
millstream	10	2
minestrone	10	3
minischool	10	3
miniscules	10	4
miniseries	10	4
miniskirts	10	3
ministates	10	4
ministered	10	4
ministrant	10	3
ministries	10	3
minuscules	10	4
misassayed	10	3
misesteems	10	3
modishness	10	3
molasseses	10	4
monestrous	10	3
monkshoods	10	2
monosomics	10	4
monosomies	10	4
monosteles	10	4
monostelic	10	4
moonscapes	10	3
moonshiner	10	3
moonshines	10	3
moonstones	10	3
moonstruck	10	2
moroseness	10	4
morosities	10	4
mousseline	10	3
mucosities	10	4
mulishness	10	3
nanosecond	10	4
newsstands	10	2
nodosities	10	4
nonascetic	10	4
nonaspirin	10	4
nonesuches	10	4
numbskulls	10	2
numismatic	10	4
oafishness	10	3
obeisances	10	4
obeisantly	10	4
obfuscated	10	4
obfuscates	10	4
obsessions	10	3
obsessives	10	4
obtuseness	10	4
obtusities	10	4
occasional	10	4
occasioned	10	4
offishness	10	3
omniscient	10	3
opposeless	10	4
oppositely	10	5
opposition	10	4
orrisroots	10	3
otioseness	10	4
otiosities	10	4
oversalted	10	4
oversauced	10	4
oversauces	10	4
oversaving	10	4
overscaled	10	4
overseeded	10	4
overseeing	10	3
oversewing	10	4
overshadow	10	4
overshirts	10	3
overshoots	10	3
oversights	10	3
oversimple	10	3
oversimply	10	4
overskirts	10	3
overslaugh	10	3
oversleeps	10	3
oversmoked	10	4
oversmokes	10	4
oversoaked	10	4
overspends	10	3
overspills	10	3
overspread	10	3
overstaffs	10	3
overstated	10	4
overstates	10	4
overstayed	10	3
oversteers	10	3
overstocks	10	3
overstrain	10	3
overstress	10	3
overstrewn	10	3
overstrews	10	3
overstride	10	3
overstrike	10	3
overstrode	10	3
overstruck	10	3
overstrung	10	3
overstuffs	10	3
oversubtle	10	3
oversudsed	10	4
oversudses	10	4
oversupped	10	4
oversupply	10	4
overswings	10	3
owlishness	10	3
pacesetter	10	4
packsaddle	10	2
palisading	10	4
pantsuited	10	3
papistries	10	3
parasexual	10	4
parashioth	10	3
parasitise	10	4
parasitism	10	4
parasitize	10	4
parasitoid	10	4
patisserie	10	3
patissiers	10	3
pedestaled	10	4
pedestrian	10	3
pentstemon	10	3
periscopes	10	4
periscopic	10	4
perishable	10	3
peristomes	10	4
peristyles	10	4
picosecond	10	4
pikestaffs	10	3
pikestaves	10	4
pilosities	10	4
pipestones	10	4
plaistered	10	3
pleasances	10	3
pleasanter	10	3
pleasantly	10	3
pleasantry	10	3
pleasingly	10	3
pleasuring	10	3
pleustonic	10	3
plowshares	10	3
poinsettia	10	3
polysemies	10	4
polysemous	10	4
porosities	10	4
postscript	10	2
postseason	10	3
poststrike	10	2
postsynced	10	3
potassiums	10	3
poussetted	10	3
poussettes	10	3
praesidium	10	3
preassigns	10	2
pressboard	10	2
pressingly	10	3
pressmarks	10	2
pressrooms	10	2
pressuring	10	3
pressurise	10	3
pressurize	10	3
pressworks	10	2
priesthood	10	2
priestlier	10	2
prissiness	10	3
proustites	10	3
pubescence	10	3
puissances	10	3
punishable	10	3
punishment	10	3
queasiness	10	3
quiescence	10	2
rainspouts	10	2
rainsquall	10	2
rainstorms	10	2
rakishness	10	3
ramosities	10	4
ravishment	10	3
reabsorbed	10	3
reassailed	10	3
reassemble	10	2
reassembly	10	3
reasserted	10	3
reassessed	10	3
reassesses	10	3
reassigned	10	3
reassorted	10	3
reassuming	10	3
reassuring	10	3
recessions	10	3
recessives	10	4
redescribe	10	3
redesigned	10	4
rediscount	10	3
rediscover	10	4
redisplays	10	3
redisposed	10	4
redisposes	10	4
redissolve	10	3
redistills	10	3
redistrict	10	3
refashions	10	3
refastened	10	4
refuseniks	10	4
regisseurs	10	3
registered	10	4
registrant	10	3
registrars	10	3
registries	10	3
reinserted	10	3
reinspects	10	2
reinspired	10	3
reinspires	10	3
reinstalls	10	2
reinstated	10	3
reinstates	10	3
reinsurers	10	3
reinsuring	10	3
relishable	10	3
remastered	10	4
remissible	10	3
remissibly	10	4
remissions	10	3
remissness	10	3
renascence	10	3
reobserved	10	3
reobserves	10	3
repassages	10	4
repositing	10	4
reposition	10	4
repository	10	5
resistance	10	3
resistants	10	3
resistible	10	3
resistless	10	3
revisiting	10	4
rhapsodies	10	3
rhapsodist	10	3
rhapsodize	10	3
rheostatic	10	3
rimosities	10	4
roadsteads	10	2
robustious	10	3
robustness	10	3
rockshafts	10	2
rootstocks	10	2
rotisserie	10	3
rugosities	10	4
salesclerk	10	3
salesgirls	10	3
salesrooms	10	3
saleswoman	10	4
saleswomen	10	4
saltshaker	10	3
sandstones	10	3
sandstorms	10	2
satisfying	10	3
schismatic	10	3
scissoring	10	3
seamstress	10	2
secessions	10	3
seersucker	10	3
semestrial	10	3
semisacred	10	4
semisecret	10	4
semisolids	10	4
sempstress	10	2
senescence	10	3
seneschals	10	3
serosities	10	4
shoeshines	10	3
shoestring	10	2
sidesaddle	10	3
sidestream	10	3
sidestroke	10	3
sideswiped	10	4
sideswipes	10	4
siltstones	10	3
singspiels	10	2
sinisterly	10	4
sinistrous	10	3
sinusoidal	10	4
sitosterol	10	4
slapsticks	10	2
slipstream	10	2
snowscapes	10	3
snowshoers	10	2
snowslides	10	3
snowstorms	10	2
soapstones	10	3
softshells	10	2
songsmiths	10	2
songstress	10	2
soupspoons	10	2
sparseness	10	3
sparsities	10	3
spinsterly	10	3
splashdown	10	2
splashiest	10	2
sponsorial	10	3
sponsoring	10	3
squashiest	10	2
squishiest	10	2
starstruck	10	2
stepsister	10	3
stressless	10	2
swansdowns	10	2
synostoses	10	4
synostosis	10	4
tailslides	10	3
talismanic	10	4
tanistries	10	3
tapestried	10	3
tapestries	10	3
tearstains	10	2
telescoped	10	4
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telescopic	10	4
tenesmuses	10	4
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themselves	10	3
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thousandth	10	2
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thresholds	10	2
timesavers	10	4
timesaving	10	4
timescales	10	4
timeserver	10	4
tiresomely	10	5
toadstones	10	3
toadstools	10	2
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tombstones	10	3
torosities	10	4
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townswoman	10	3
townswomen	10	3
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transactor	10	3
transaxles	10	3
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transcribe	10	2
transcript	10	2
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transducer	10	3
transduces	10	3
transected	10	3
transeptal	10	3
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transferal	10	3
transferee	10	2
transferor	10	3
transfixed	10	3
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transforms	10	2
transfused	10	3
transfuses	10	3
transgenic	10	3
transgress	10	2
transience	10	2
transiency	10	3
transients	10	2
transistor	10	3
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transition	10	3
transitive	10	3
transitory	10	4
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translator	10	3
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transpolar	10	3
transports	10	2
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transposes	10	3
transposon	10	3
transshape	10	2
transships	10	2
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transudate	10	3
transuding	10	3
transvalue	10	2
transverse	10	2
treasonous	10	3
treasurers	10	3
treasuries	10	3
treasuring	10	3
trousseaus	10	2
trousseaux	10	2
tumescence	10	3
tunesmiths	10	3
tungstates	10	3
turfskiing	10	2
turnstiles	10	3
turnstones	10	3
typescript	10	3
typesetter	10	4
typestyles	10	4
tyrosinase	10	4
unabsorbed	10	4
unanswered	10	4
unassailed	10	4
unassigned	10	4
unassisted	10	4
unassuaged	10	4
unassuming	10	4
unbosoming	10	4
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uneasiness	10	4
unfastened	10	4
uninspired	10	4
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unobserved	10	4
unpassable	10	3
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unreserved	10	4
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unresolved	10	4
unrestored	10	4
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uppishness	10	3
vanaspatis	10	4
vasospasms	10	3
venosities	10	4
vinosities	10	4
virescence	10	3
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vivisector	10	4
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waveshapes	10	4
wellspring	10	2
whatsoever	10	3
whensoever	10	3
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whinstones	10	3
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whipstocks	10	2
whomsoever	10	3
widespread	10	3
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windshield	10	2
windstorms	10	2
windsurfed	10	3
wingspread	10	2
withstands	10	2
wolfsbanes	10	3
woodstoves	10	3
wordsmiths	10	2
worksheets	10	2
yardsticks	10	2
yourselves	10	3
zygosities	10	4
zygospores	10	4

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed S in the 5th slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping S locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
We compile from a broad English list. Skim the top rows for more common picks.