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9-letter words with S as the 4th letter

A curated list of 9-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: abasement, abashment, abusively.

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1242 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
abasement94
abashment93
abusively95
abysmally94
acescents93
ahistoric94
airscapes93
airscrews92
airspaces93
airspeeds92
airstream92
airstrips92
allspices93
almsgiver93
almshouse92
amassment93
amusement94
amusingly94
anasarcas94
anestrous93
angstroms92
anisettes94
anisogamy95
apishness93
apostates94
apostolic94
aruspices94
avascular94
awesomely95
awestruck93
baaskaaps92
baksheesh92
balsaming93
barstools92
basseting93
bassetted93
bassinets93
basswoods92
beastings92
beastlier92
bedsheets92
bedsoniae92
bedsonias93
bedspread92
bedspring92
bedstands92
bedsteads92
bedstraws92
beestings92
beeswaxes93
beeswings92
berserker93
berserkly93
biosafety94
bioscopes93
biosensor93
biosocial93
biosphere92
bitstocks92
blaspheme92
blasphemy93
blastemal93
blastemas93
blastiest92
blastings92
blastment92
blastoffs92
blastomas93
blastulae92
blastulas93
blesbucks92
blesseder93
blessedly93
blessings92
blistered93
blossomed93
blustered93
blusterer93
boiseries93
bolstered93
bolsterer93
bonspells92
bonspiels92
bossiness93
bousoukia93
bousoukis93
bowsprits92
bowstring92
brashiest92
brashness92
brasilins93
brassages93
brassards92
brassarts92
brasserie92
brassicas93
brassiere92
brassiest92
brisances93
briskness92
brislings92
bristlier92
bristling92
brushback92
brushfire92
brushiest92
brushland92
brushoffs92
brushwood92
brushwork92
brusquely93
brusquest92
bursaries93
burstones93
cabstands92
caesarean93
caesarian93
caestuses93
camshafts92
capsaicin93
capsicins93
capsicums93
capsizing93
capsomers93
capstones93
capsuling93
capsulize93
casserole93
cassettes93
cassimere93
cassoulet93
cassowary94
causalgia93
causalgic93
causality94
causation93
causative93
causeless93
causeries93
causeways93
ceaseless93
censorial93
censoring93
censurers93
censuring93
censusing93
cessation93
cesspools92
chasseing92
chassepot93
chasseurs92
chastened93
chastener93
chastised93
chastiser93
chastises93
chasubles93
chestfuls92
chestiest92
chestnuts92
chiselers93
chiseling93
chiselled93
chiseller93
classical93
classiest92
classisms92
classists92
classless92
classmate92
classroom92
closeable92
closedown93
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closeouts92
closetful93
closeting93
closuring93
clustered93
coassists92
coassumed93
coassumes93
coastings92
coastland92
coastline92
coastward92
coastwise92
coistrels92
coistrils92
conscious92
conscribe92
conscript92
consensus93
consented93
consenter93
conserved93
conserver93
conserves93
considers93
consigned93
consignee92
consignor93
consisted93
consolers93
consoling93
consommes93
consonant93
consorted93
consortia93
conspired93
conspires93
constable92
constancy93
constants92
constrain92
constrict92
construct92
construed92
construes92
consulate93
consulted93
consulter93
consultor93
consumers93
consuming93
corselets93
corseting93
cosseting93
cousinage93
coxswains92
crassness92
crescendi93
crescendo93
crescents92
crestings92
crestless92
crispened93
crispiest92
crispness92
crossable92
crossarms92
crossbars92
crossbeam92
crossbill92
crossbows92
crossbred92
crosscuts92
crossfire92
crosshair92
crosshead92
crossings92
crosslets92
crossness92
crossover93
crossroad92
crossruff92
crosstalk92
crossties92
crosstown92
crosswalk92
crossways92
crosswind92
crosswise92
crossword92
crusaders93
crusading93
crusadoes93
crushable92
crustacea93
crustiest92
crustless92
cursedest93
cursively94
cursorial93
cursorily94
cusswords92
daishikis93
damselfly93
danseuses93
dawsonite93
deistical93
denseness93
densified93
densifies93
densities93
diasporas93
diaspores93
diastases93
diastatic93
diastoles93
diastolic93
dieseling93
dieselize93
diestocks92
diestrous92
diestrums92
dipsticks92
dissaving93
disseated93
dissected93
dissector93
disseised93
disseises93
disseisin93
disseisor93
disseized93
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disseizin93
dissemble92
dissensus93
dissented93
dissenter93
disserted93
disserved93
disserves93
dissevers93
dissident93
dissipate93
dissocial93
dissolute93
dissolved93
dissolver93
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dissonant93
dissuaded93
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dobsonfly93
dosserets93
dowsabels93
dressages93
dressiest92
dressings92
droshkies92
drossiest92
drysalter93
dyestuffs92
earstones93
ecosphere93
ecosystem94
egestions93
eggshells92
einsteins92
elastases94
elastomer94
elusively95
emissions93
episcopal94
episcopes94
epistases94
epistasis94
epistatic94
epistaxes94
epistaxis94
epistemic94
epistlers93
epistoler94
epistomes94
epistyles94
eristical94
erosional94
erosivity95
evasively95
existence93
existents93
exosmoses94
exosphere93
exospores94
exostoses94
exostosis94
eyeshades93
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eyestalks92
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eyestrain92
facsimile93
falsehood93
falseness93
falsettos93
falsework93
falsified93
falsifier93
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falsities93
farseeing92
fatstocks92
feasances93
feistiest92
felstones93
firstborn92
firsthand92
firstling92
fissility94
fissional93
fissioned93
fissipeds93
fissuring93
flashback92
flashbulb92
flashcard92
flashcube92
flashguns92
flashiest92
flashings92
flashlamp92
flashover93
flashtube92
fleshiest92
fleshings92
fleshlier92
fleshment92
fleshpots92
flossiest92
flushable92
flushness92
flustered93
flyspecks92
forsakers93
forsaking93
forswears92
forsythia93
fossettes93
fossicked93
fossicker93
fossilise93
fossilize93
fossorial93
frescoers92
frescoing92
freshened93
freshener93
freshness92
frisettes93
friskiest92
frostbite92
frostiest92
frostings92
frostwork92
frustrate92
frustules93
fulsomely94
fussiness93
gassiness93
gelsemium93
gemsbucks92
gemstones93
geyserite93
ghastlier92
ghostiest92
ghostings92
ghostlier92
ghostlike92
glasnosts92
glassfuls92
glassiest92
glassines93
glassless92
glassware92
glasswork92
glasswort92
glissaded93
glissader93
glissades93
glissandi93
glissando93
glistened93
glistered93
glossator93
glossemes93
glossiest92
glossinas93
glossitis93
goosander93
goosefish93
goosefoot93
gooseneck93
gossamers93
gossamery94
gossipers93
gossiping93
gossipped93
gossypols93
graspable92
grassiest92
grassland92
grassless92
grasslike92
grassroot92
grisaille92
grisettes93
grisliest92
gristlier92
gristmill92
grosbeaks92
grosgrain92
grossness92
grossular93
guessable92
guesswork92
gunsmiths92
gunstocks92
gusseting93
gutsiness93
gypsydoms93
gypsyisms92
hamstring92
hamstrung92
hanseling93
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harshened93
harshness92
hausfraus92
haustella93
haustoria93
hawsehole93
haystacks92
hemstitch92
hessonite93
hirseling93
hirselled93
hirsutism93
hogsheads92
holsteins92
holstered93
hoosegows93
hopscotch92
horseback93
horsebean93
horsecars93
horsehair93
horsehide93
horseless93
horselike93
horsemint93
horseplay93
horseshit93
horseshod93
horseshoe92
horsetail93
horseweed93
horsewhip93
horsiness93
houseboat93
houseboys93
housecarl93
housecoat93
housefuls93
household93
housekeep93
housekept93
houseleek93
houseless93
houseling93
houselled93
housemaid93
housemate93
houseroom93
housesits93
housetops93
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housework93
howsoever93
huisaches93
hyoscines93
inkstands92
inkstones93
inositols94
irascible93
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irksomely94
isosceles94
isosmotic94
isostatic94
jessamine93
jigsawing93
joysticks92
kaiserdom93
kaiserins93
kaiserism93
keeshonds92
keystones93
keystroke92
kieserite93
kinswoman93
kinswomen93
klystrons92
lapstrake92
lassitude93
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leasehold93
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lessoning93
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lousewort93
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maestosos93
mansarded93
manslayer92
marshalcy93
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massagers93
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masscults92
masseters93
masseuses93
massicots93
massively94
mausoleum93
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measurers93
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miasmatic93
midspaces93
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midsummer93
minstrels92
missaying92
misseated93
missenses93
misshaped93
misshapen93
misshapes93
missileer93
missilery94
missioned93
missioner93
missorted93
missounds92
misspaced93
misspaces93
misspeaks92
misspells92
misspends92
misspoken93
misstarts92
misstated93
misstates93
missteers92
misstrike92
misstruck92
misstyled93
misstyles93
missuited93
moistened93
moistener93
moistness92
moistures93
monsignor93
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monsteras93
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morseling93
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mudslides93
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newsbreak92
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newspaper93
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newsprint92
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newsrooms92
newsstand92
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newswomen93
noiseless93
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noisiness93
noisomely94
nonsaline93
nonschool92
nonsecure93
nonselves93
nonsenses93
nonsexist93
nonsexual93
nonshrink92
nonsigner93
nonskater93
nonskiers92
nonsmoker93
nonsocial93
nonsolids93
nonspeech92
nonsteady93
nonstyles93
nonsuches93
nonsugars93
nonsuited93
nonsystem93
noosphere92
nuisances93
numskulls92
nursemaid93
nurseries93
nurslings92
nutsedges93
nutshells92
oarswoman93
oarswomen93
obesities94
oddsmaker93
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offspring92
offstages93
oilstones93
oldsquaws92
oldstyles93
omissible93
omissions93
opuscules94
opusculum94
otoscopes94
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ourselves93
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outsoared93
outspeaks92
outspeeds92
outspells92
outspends92
outspoken93
outspread92
outsprint92
outstands92
outstared93
outstares93
outstarts92
outstated93
outstates93
outstayed92
outsteers92
outstride92
outstrips92
outstrode92
outstunts92
outsulked93
outswears92
palsgrave92
pansexual93
parsimony94
parsleyed92
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passenger93
passerine93
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passional93
passivate93
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passivity94
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passwords92
peasantry93
peasecods93
peesweeps92
pensioned93
pensioner93
pensiones93
pensively94
penstemon93
penstocks92
persecute93
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persister93
personage93
personals93
personate93
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pessaries93
pessimism93
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phasedown93
phaseouts92
phosgenes93
phosphate92
phosphene92
phosphide92
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phosphine92
phosphins92
phosphite92
phosphore92
phosphors92
physicals93
physician93
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physiques93
piassabas93
piassavas93
pigsticks92
pilseners93
pinschers92
pinsetter93
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piosities93
pipsqueak92
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plasmagel93
plasmasol93
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plastisol93
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plastrums92
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pursuance92
pussycats93
pussyfoot93
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redshifts92
redshirts92
redstarts92
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rieslings92
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roisterer93
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sapsucker93
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sassafras93
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scissions92
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seascapes93
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seashells92
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seastrand92
seesawing93
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sessional93
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setscrews92
shashlick92
shashliks92
sissified93
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sloshiest92
slushiest92
solstices93
spasmodic93
suasively94
subsample92
subscales93
subscribe92
subscript92
subsector93
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subseries93
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subshells92
subshrubs92
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subspaces93
substages93
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substrata93
substrate92
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sunscalds92
sunscreen92
sunseeker93
sunshades93
sunshines93
sunstones93
sunstroke92
sunstruck92
swasticas93
swastikas93
swishiest92
tasseling93
tasselled93
teaselers93
teaseling93
teaselled93
teasingly93
teaspoons92
tenseness93
tensility94
tensional93
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tensioner93
tensities93
teosintes93
terseness93
tesseract93
tessitura94
thesaural93
thesaurus93
thespians92
thistlier92
tinseling93
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tinsmiths92
tinstones93
tipsiness93
tipstaffs92
tipstaves93
tipstocks92
toastiest92
tonsillar93
tonsorial93
tonsuring93
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topsoiled93
topstitch92
topstones93
torsional93
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tressiest92
tressours92
tressures93
trisceles93
trisected93
trisector93
triskeles93
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trisomics93
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tristezas93
tristichs92
trussings92
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twistings92
unashamed94
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urostyles94
urushiols93
varsities93
vassalage93
versatile93
versicles93
versified93
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voussoirs92
wadsetted93
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waistcoat92
waistings92
waistline92
warstlers92
warstling92
wassailed93
wassailer93
weaseling93
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whishting92
whiskered93
whispered93
whisperer93
whistlers92
whistling92
whosoever93
winsomely94
winsomest93
worsening93
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worshiper93
wrassling92
wrastling92
wrestlers92
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wristband92
wristiest92
wristlets92
wristlock92
yeasayers92
yeastiest92
zoosperms92
zoospores93
zoosporic93
zoosterol93

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