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5-letter words with S as the 4th letter

A curated list of 5-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when S is fixed in the 4th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: abase, abash, abuse.

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355 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
abase52
abash52
abuse52
abysm52
abyss52
adust52
agism52
agist52
alist52
amass52
amiss52
amuse52
angst51
anise52
antsy52
apish52
arise52
arose52
artsy52
avast52
aviso53
awash52
balsa52
bassi52
basso52
bassy52
beast51
birse51
bitsy52
blase51
blast51
bless51
blest51
bliss51
blush51
boast51
boost51
bossy52
bouse51
bousy52
bowse51
brash51
brass51
brisk51
briss51
brose51
brosy52
brush51
brusk51
bursa52
burse51
burst51
byssi52
canso52
canst51
carse51
cause51
cease51
cense51
chase51
chasm51
chess51
chest51
chose51
cissy52
clash51
clasp51
class51
clast51
close51
coast51
copse51
corse51
crash51
crass51
cress51
crest51
crisp51
cross51
cruse51
crush51
crust51
cuish51
curse51
curst51
cusso52
daisy52
deash51
deism51
deist51
dense51
didst51
dipso52
ditsy52
doest51
donsy52
dorsa52
douse51
dowse51
dress51
drest51
dross51
druse51
dulse51
durst51
egest52
erase52
erose52
exist52
false51
fatso52
fease51
feast51
feist51
fesse51
first51
flash51
flask51
flesh51
floss51
flush51
foist51
fossa52
fosse51
frass51
fresh51
frise51
frisk51
frosh51
frost51
fubsy52
fussy52
gassy52
gauss51
gawsy52
geese51
geest51
gesso52
ghast51
ghost51
gipsy52
girsh51
glass51
gloss51
glost51
gnash51
goose51
goosy52
gorse51
gorsy52
grasp51
grass51
grist51
gross51
grosz51
guess51
guest51
guise51
gursh51
gussy52
gutsy52
gypsy52
hadst51
hansa52
hanse51
harsh51
hawse51
heist51
hissy52
hoise51
hoist51
horse51
horst51
horsy52
house51
hurst51
hussy52
jesse51
joist51
joust51
karst51
kiosk51
kissy52
knish51
knosp51
kusso52
kvass51
lapse51
lasso52
lease51
leash51
least51
lense51
loess51
loose51
lossy52
louse51
lousy52
lowse51
lyase51
lyssa52
maist51
manse51
marse51
marsh51
massa52
masse51
massy52
mayst51
mensa52
mense51
messy52
miasm51
midst51
missy52
moist51
moose51
morse51
mosso52
mossy52
mouse51
mousy52
mussy52
neist51
newsy52
noise51
noisy52
noose51
nurse51
nutsy52
obese52
odist52
omasa53
paisa52
paise51
palsy52
pansy52
parse51
passe51
patsy52
pause51
pease51
peise51
perse51
phase51
plash51
plasm51
plush51
poesy52
poise51
popsy52
posse51
potsy52
prase51
presa52
prese51
press51
prest51
prise51
prism51
priss51
prose51
proso52
pross51
prost51
prosy52
pulse51
purse51
pursy52
pussy52
quash51
quasi52
quass51
quest51
qursh51
raise51
reest51
reuse51
rinse51
roast51
roose51
roost51
rouse51
roust51
salsa52
sassy52
sayst51
seise51
seism51
sensa52
sense51
shist51
shush51
sissy52
skosh51
slash51
slosh51
slush51
smash51
snash51
sonsy52
souse51
spasm51
stash51
stoss51
sudsy52
swash51
swish51
swiss51
tansy52
tarsi52
tasse51
tawse51
tease51
tense51
terse51
these51
those51
tipsy52
toast51
torse51
torsi52
torsk51
torso52
touse51
trash51
trass51
tress51
truss51
trust51
tryst51
twist51
ukase52
urase52
valse51
verse51
verso52
verst51
waist51
weest51
welsh51
whish51
whisk51
whist51
whose51
whoso52
woosh51
worse51
worst51
wrest51
wrist51
wurst51
wussy52
yeast51
youse51

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed S in the 4th 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.