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8-letter words with S as the 4th letter

A curated list of 8-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: abasedly, abashing, abusable.

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1417 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
abasedly84
abashing83
abusable83
acescent83
agisting83
ainsells82
airscape82
airscrew82
airsheds82
airships82
airspace82
airspeed82
airstrip82
alastors83
allseeds82
allspice82
alyssums83
amassers83
amassing83
ambsaces83
amesaces84
amosites84
amusable83
amusedly84
anasarca84
anestrus83
angstrom82
aniseeds83
anisette83
anisoles84
anosmias83
antsiest82
apospory84
apostacy84
apostasy84
apostate83
apostils83
apostles83
arcsines83
aristate83
artsiest82
baaskaap82
bakshish82
balsamed83
balsamic83
banshees82
banshies82
barstool82
basseted83
bassetts82
bassinet83
bassists82
bassness82
bassoons82
basswood82
beasties82
bedsheet82
bedsides83
bedsonia83
bedsores83
bedstand82
bedstead82
bedstraw82
beeswing82
berseems82
berserks82
bhisties82
biasedly83
biasness82
biassing82
bilsteds82
bioscope82
bioscopy83
bitstock82
blastema83
blasters82
blastier82
blasties82
blasting82
blastoff82
blastoma83
blastula83
blesboks82
blesbuck82
blessers82
blessing82
blissful82
blissing82
blisters82
blistery83
blossoms82
blossomy83
blushers82
blushful82
blushing82
blusters82
blustery83
boasters82
boastful82
boasting82
bobsleds82
bobstays82
boiserie82
bolshies82
bolsters82
bonspell82
bonspiel82
boosters82
boosting82
borsches82
borschts81
borstals82
bossdoms82
bossiest82
bossisms82
bousouki83
bowshots82
bowsprit82
brashest82
brashier82
brasiers82
brasilin83
brassage82
brassard82
brassart82
brassica83
brassier82
brassies82
brassily83
brassing82
brassish82
brisance82
briskest82
briskets82
brisking82
brisling82
bristled82
bristles82
bristols82
brushers82
brushier82
brushing82
brushoff82
brushups82
bruskest82
brusquer82
bugseeds82
burseeds82
bursitis83
bursters82
bursting82
burstone82
bussings82
byssuses83
cabstand82
caesiums82
caesurae82
caesural83
caesuras83
caesuric83
caissons82
camshaft82
capsicin83
capsicum83
capsidal83
capsized83
capsizes83
capsomer83
capstans82
capstone82
capsular83
capsuled83
capsules83
cassabas83
cassatas83
cassavas83
cassette82
cassinos83
cassises83
cassocks82
catspaws82
causable82
causally83
causerie82
causeway83
caustics82
censored83
censured83
censurer83
censures83
censused83
censuses83
cessions82
cesspits82
cesspool82
chasings82
chasseur82
chastely83
chastens82
chastest82
chastise82
chastity83
chasuble82
chessman82
chessmen82
chestful82
chestier82
chestnut82
chiseled83
chiseler83
cissoids82
clashers82
clashing82
claspers82
clasping82
classers82
classico83
classics82
classier82
classify83
classily83
classing82
classism82
classist82
clastics82
closable82
closeout82
closeted83
closings82
closured83
closures83
clusters82
clustery83
clysters82
coassist82
coassume82
coasters82
coasting82
coesites83
coistrel82
coistril82
comsymps82
consents82
conserve82
consider83
consigns82
consists82
consoled83
consoler83
consoles83
consomme82
consorts82
conspire82
constant82
construe81
consular83
consults82
consumed83
consumer83
consumes83
corsages83
corsairs82
corselet83
corseted83
corsetry83
corslets82
cossacks82
cosseted83
couscous82
cousinly83
cousinry83
cowsheds82
cowskins82
cowslips82
coxswain82
crashers82
crashing82
crassest82
crescent82
crescive82
cressets82
cresting82
cresylic83
crispate82
crispens82
crispers82
crispest82
crispier82
crispily83
crisping82
cristate82
crosiers82
crossarm82
crossbar82
crossbow82
crosscut82
crossers82
crossest82
crossing82
crosslet82
crosstie81
crossway82
crusaded83
crusader83
crusades83
crusados83
crushers82
crushing82
crustier82
crustily83
crusting82
crustose82
crystals82
cuisines83
cumshaws82
curseder83
cursedly83
cursives83
cussedly83
cussword82
cypselae82
dabsters82
daishiki83
danseurs82
danseuse82
dapsones83
darshans82
daysides83
daystars82
deashing82
depsides83
desserts82
diaspora83
diaspore82
diastase82
diastema83
diastems82
diasters82
diastole82
diastral82
dieseled83
diesters82
diestock82
diestrum82
diestrus82
dipsades83
dipstick82
dissaved83
dissaves83
disseats82
dissects82
disseise82
disseize82
dissents82
disserts82
disserve82
dissever83
dissolve82
dissuade82
ditsiest82
doeskins82
dogsbody83
dogsleds82
dorsally83
dosseret83
dossiers82
dowsabel83
dressage82
dressers82
dressier82
dressily83
dressing82
droseras83
droskies82
drossier82
drystone82
dyestuff82
earshots82
earstone82
ecesises84
eftsoons82
egesting83
egestion83
egestive83
eggshell82
einstein82
ekistics83
elastase83
elastics83
elastins83
elisions83
elusions83
emissary84
emission83
emissive83
enisling83
enosises84
episcias83
episcope83
episodes84
episodic84
episomal84
episomes84
epistasy84
epistler83
epistles83
epistome83
epistyle83
erasable83
erasions83
erasures84
eristics83
erosible83
erosions83
etesians83
evasions83
existent83
existing83
exosmose83
exospore83
eyeshade82
eyeshots82
eyesight82
eyesores83
eyespots82
eyestalk82
eyestone82
falsetto83
farsides83
fatstock82
feasance82
feasible82
feasibly83
feasters82
feastful82
feasting82
feistier82
felsites83
felsitic83
felspars82
felstone82
fesswise82
fiascoes82
fissions82
fissiped83
fissured83
fissures83
flashers82
flashgun82
flashier82
flashily83
flashing82
flaskets82
fleshers82
fleshier82
fleshing82
fleshpot82
flossier82
flossies82
flossily83
flossing82
flushers82
flushest82
flushing82
flusters82
flysches82
flyspeck82
foisting82
forsaken83
forsaker83
forsakes83
forsooth82
forspent82
forswear82
forswore82
forsworn82
fossette82
fossicks82
foxskins82
frescoed82
frescoer82
frescoes82
freshens82
freshest82
freshets82
freshing82
freshman82
freshmen82
fresnels82
frisette82
friseurs82
friskers82
friskets82
friskier82
friskily83
frisking82
frissons82
frostbit82
frosteds82
frostier82
frostily83
frosting82
frustule82
frustums82
fubsiest82
fussiest82
fusspots82
gagsters82
gassiest82
gassings82
gelsemia83
gemsboks82
gemsbuck82
gemstone82
gensengs82
ghastful82
ghostier82
ghosting82
ginsengs82
gipsying82
glasnost82
glassful82
glassier82
glassies82
glassily83
glassine82
glassing82
glassman82
glassmen82
glissade82
glistens82
glisters82
glossary83
glosseme82
glossers82
glossier82
glossies82
glossily83
glossina83
glossing82
gnashing82
godsends82
godships82
goosiest82
gorsiest82
gossamer83
gossiped83
gossiper83
gossipry83
gossoons82
gossypol83
graspers82
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grassier82
grassily83
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griseous82
grisette82
griskins82
grislier82
gristles82
grosbeak82
groschen82
grossers82
grossest82
grossing82
guessers82
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guisards82
gumshoed82
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gunships82
gunshots82
gunsmith82
gunstock82
gusseted83
gussying82
gutsiest82
gypseian82
gypseous82
gypsters82
gypsydom83
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gypsyish82
gypsyism82
hamsters82
hanseled83
harshens82
harshest82
harslets82
hassling82
hassocks82
hausfrau82
hayseeds82
haystack82
heisters82
heisting82
herstory83
hessians82
hessites83
hipsters82
hirseled83
hirsling82
hissings82
hogshead82
hoisters82
hoisting82
holstein82
holsters82
hoosegow83
hoosgows82
hopsacks82
horsecar83
horsefly83
horseman83
horsemen83
horsepox83
horsiest82
hotshots82
hotspurs82
houseboy83
housefly83
houseful83
houseled83
houseman83
housemen83
housesat83
housesit83
housetop83
housings82
huisache82
hyoscine82
inkstand82
inkstone82
inosites84
inositol84
isospins83
isospory84
isostasy84
jerseyed82
jigsawed83
joisting82
jousters82
jousting82
joystick82
jussives83
kaiserin83
kamseens82
keeshond82
keesters82
keisters82
keysters82
keystone82
kidskins82
kiesters82
kinsfolk82
kinships82
kipskins82
kirsches82
kissable82
kissably83
kitsches82
klisters82
klystron82
knessets82
lamsters82
lapsable82
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lassoers82
lassoing82
lawsuits82
leasable82
leashing82
leasings82
leisters82
leisured83
leisures83
lensless82
lessened83
lessoned83
linsangs82
linseeds82
linstock82
lipstick82
lissomly83
lobsters82
lobstick82
loessial82
loosened83
loosener83
lopsided83
lopstick82
lousiest82
lugsails82
maestoso83
maestros82
mansards82
mansions82
marsalas83
marshall82
marshals82
marshier82
marsupia83
massacre82
massaged83
massager83
massages83
masscult82
massedly83
masseter83
masseurs82
masseuse82
massicot83
massiest82
massless82
mausolea83
measlier82
measured83
measurer83
measures83
memsahib83
menschen82
mensches82
menseful83
menstrua82
mensural83
menswear82
messaged83
messages83
messiahs82
messiest82
messmate82
messuage82
miasmata83
midships82
midsized83
midsoles83
midspace82
midstory83
minsters82
minstrel82
missable82
misseats82
missends82
missense82
misshape82
missiles83
missilry83
missions82
missises83
missives83
missorts82
missound82
missouts82
misspace82
misspeak82
misspell82
misspelt82
misspend82
misspent82
misspoke82
misstart82
misstate82
missteer82
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misstops82
misstyle82
missuits82
missuses83
mitsvahs82
mitsvoth82
mobsters82
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moisture82
monsieur82
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mossback82
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mudslide82
mudstone82
munsters82
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myoscope82
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myosotes83
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naysayer82
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newspeak82
newsreel82
newsroom82
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nonsense82
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nonsolid83
nonstick82
nonstory83
nonstyle82
nonsugar83
nonsuits82
nuisance82
numskull82
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nursling82
nutsedge82
nutshell82
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odysseys83
oersteds82
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offshore82
offsides83
offstage82
oilseeds82
oilskins82
oilstone82
oldsquaw82
oldsters82
oldstyle82
omission83
omissive83
opossums83
opuscula84
opuscule83
otoscope83
otoscopy84
ouistiti83
outsails82
outsavor83
outscold82
outscoop82
outscore82
outscorn82
outsells82
outserts82
outserve82
outshame82
outshine82
outshone82
outshoot82
outshout82
outsider83
outsides83
outsight82
outsings82
outsized83
outsizes83
outskate82
outskirt82
outsleep82
outslept82
outslick82
outsmart82
outsmile82
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outsnore82
outsoars82
outsoles83
outspans82
outspeak82
outspeed82
outspell82
outspelt82
outspend82
outspent82
outspoke82
outstand82
outstare82
outstart82
outstate82
outstays82
outsteer82
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outstrip82
outstudy83
outstunt82
outsulks82
outsware82
outswear82
outswims82
outswore82
outsworn82
oxysalts83
oxysomes84
padshahs82
paesanos83
paisanas83
paisanos83
paisleys82
palships82
palsying82
pansophy83
parsable82
parsleys82
parslied82
parsnips82
parsonic83
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passades83
passados83
passaged83
passages83
passband82
passbook82
passerby83
passible82
passings82
passions82
passives83
passkeys82
passless82
passover83
passport82
passuses83
password82
peasants82
peascods82
peasecod83
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pensione82
pensions82
pensters82
penstock82
pepsines83
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perspire82
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persuade82
phaseout82
phasmids82
phosgene82
phosphid82
phosphin82
phosphor82
physical83
physique82
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piasavas83
piassaba83
piassava83
piasters82
piastres82
pigskins82
pigsneys82
pigstick82
pigsties82
pilsener83
pilsners82
pinscher82
pissants82
pissoirs82
plashers82
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plashing82
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plastral82
plastron82
plastrum82
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plushest82
plushier82
plushily83
plussage82
podsolic83
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possible82
possibly83
potshard82
potsherd82
potshots82
potstone82
poussies82
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prescind82
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presells82
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preserve82
preshape82
preshown82
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presidia83
presidio83
presifts82
presleep82
preslice82
presoaks82
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pressers82
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pressman82
pressmen82
pressors82
pressrun82
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presters82
prestige82
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priseres83
prismoid82
prisoned83
prisoner83
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prissing82
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pristine82
prosaism82
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prosodic83
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prostate82
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pulsojet83
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pussycat83
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quisling82
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raisonne82
ramshorn82
ransacks82
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rassling82
ratsbane82
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reassort82
reassume82
reassure82
redshank82
redshift82
redshirt82
redskins82
redstart82
reesting82
reissued82
reissuer82
reissues82
retsinas83
reusable82
rhesuses83
riesling82
rikshaws82
rinsable82
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ripstops82
rissoles83
roasters82
roasting82
roisters82
roosters82
roosting82
rousseau82
rousters82
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roysters82
salsilla83
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shashlik82
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shushing82
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tapsters82
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telsonic83
tensible82
tensibly83
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thesauri83
thespian82
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tinsmith82
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tipsters82
tipstock82
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tissular83
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topstone82
torsades83
torsions82
tosspots82
tousling82
toyshops82
trashier82
trashily83
trashing82
trashman82
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trespass82
tressels82
tressier82
tressour82
tressure82
trestles82
triscele82
trisects82
trisemes83
trisemic83
trishaws82
triskele82
trisomes83
trisomic83
tristate82
tristeza83
tristful82
tristich82
trussers82
trussing82
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trustees82
trusters82
trustful82
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trustors82
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trysters82
trysting82
tussises83
tussling82
tussocks82
tussocky83
tussores83
tussucks82
twasomes83
twisters82
twistier82
twisting82
twosomes83
unisexes84
unisonal84
unissued83
unusable83
uroscopy84
urostyle83
urushiol83
versants82
verseman83
versemen83
versicle82
versines83
versions82
vesseled83
voussoir82
waesucks82
waisters82
waisting82
warships82
warslers82
warsling82
warstled82
warstler82
warstles82
wassails82
waysides83
weasands82
weaseled83
weaselly83
websites83
websters82
welshers82
welshing82
wessands82
wetsuits82
whishing82
whishted82
whiskers82
whiskery83
whiskeys82
whiskies82
whisking82
whispers82
whispery83
whisting82
whistled82
whistler82
whistles82
whosever83
whosises83
winsomer83
wooshing82
worsened83
worships82
worsteds82
worsting82
wrassled82
wrassles82
wrastled82
wrastles82
wresters82
wresting82
wrestled82
wrestler82
wrestles82
wristier82
wristlet82
wussiest82
yeasayer82
yeastier82
yeastily83
yeasting82
zemstvos82
zoisites83
zoosperm82
zoospore82

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?
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