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9-letter words with S as the 5th letter

A curated list of 9-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: abrasions, abrasives, accessary.

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1276 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
abrasions93
abrasives94
accessary94
accessing93
accession93
accessory94
accosting93
accusants93
accustoms93
acoustics93
acrosomal94
acrosomes94
acrostics93
adamsites94
adhesions93
adhesives94
adjusters93
adjusting93
adjustive93
adjustors93
admission93
admissive93
advisable93
advisably94
advisedly94
aerospace93
aerostats93
affusions93
agnostics93
allostery94
allusions93
amassment93
ambuscade93
ambushers93
ambushing93
amidships93
amnesiacs93
amnestied93
amnesties93
ancestors93
ancestral93
andesites94
andesitic94
andesytes94
antisense93
antiserum94
antishark93
antishock93
antisleep93
antismoke93
antisolar94
antistate93
antistick93
antistory94
aphasiacs93
appestats93
arbuscles93
armistice93
arrestant93
arrestees93
arresters93
arresting93
arrestors93
artisanal94
ascospore93
assassins93
assessing93
assessors93
assistant93
assisters93
assisting93
assistors93
attesters93
attesting93
attestors93
augustest93
autistics93
autosomal94
autosomes94
aversions93
avulsions93
babushkas93
backseats92
backsides93
backslaps92
backslash92
backslide92
backspace92
backspins92
backstabs92
backstage92
backstays92
backstops92
backswept92
backswing92
backsword92
bakeshops93
balisaurs93
ballsiest92
balusters93
bandstand92
banishers93
banishing93
banisters93
banksides93
baresarks93
barnstorm92
beanstalk92
bearskins92
beefsteak92
bekissing93
bemisting93
bemusedly94
berascals93
bheesties92
bicuspids93
bimesters93
bioassays92
biopsying92
birdseeds92
birdseyes92
birdshots92
birdsongs92
blesseder93
blessedly93
blessings92
blossomed93
blousiest92
blowsiest92
blueshift92
bluesiest92
bluestems92
bluestone92
boatswain92
bodysuits93
bodysurfs93
bombshell92
bombsight92
bondstone92
bookshelf92
bookshops92
bookstall92
bookstore92
bootstrap92
borescope93
brassages93
brassards92
brassarts92
brasserie92
brassicas93
brassiere92
brassiest92
breasting92
brimstone92
buckshees92
buckshots92
buckskins92
buhrstone92
bullshits92
bullshots92
burnsides93
burrstone92
buttstock92
bypassing93
cabestros93
cadasters93
cadastral93
cadastres93
calcspars92
calfskins92
calisayas93
camisades94
camisados94
camisoles94
campsites93
canescent93
canisters93
capeskins93
carassows93
cardsharp92
caressers93
caressing93
caressive93
celestial93
celestite93
cerusites94
cerussite93
chasseing92
chassepot93
chasseurs92
chaussure92
cheesiest92
chiasmata93
choosiest92
chopstick92
chresards92
chrismons92
christens92
christies92
chrysalid93
chrysalis93
chumships92
cicisbeos93
cityscape93
clamshell92
classical93
classiest92
classisms92
classists92
classless92
classmate92
classroom92
claustral92
claustrum92
clepsydra93
clipsheet92
cloisonne92
cloisters92
cloistral92
clumsiest92
coalsacks92
coalsheds92
coarsened93
coassists92
coassumed93
coassumes93
cockscomb92
cocksfoot92
cockshies92
cockshuts92
cockspurs92
codesigns93
cohesions93
cohostess93
cohosting93
coinsured93
coinsurer93
coinsures93
coleseeds93
coleslaws93
colessees93
colessors93
coliseums93
colistins93
colosseum93
colostomy94
colostral93
colostrum93
coltsfoot92
cookshack92
cookshops92
cookstove92
coonskins92
copasetic94
copastors93
copesetic94
copestone93
corkscrew92
cornstalk92
coruscant93
coruscate93
counseled93
counselee92
counselor93
coursings92
cowlstaff92
crabstick92
crapshoot92
crassness92
creasiest92
creeshing92
creosoted93
creosotes93
crimsoned93
croissant92
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
croustade92
crowsteps92
cruisings92
cryoscope92
cryoscopy93
cryostats92
curassows93
curbsides93
curbstone92
curtseyed92
curtsying92
cutesiest93
cynosures94
cytasters93
cytosines94
cytosolic94
dachshund92
damascene93
damasking93
deanships92
decisions93
decussate93
deemsters92
deerskins92
degassers93
degassing93
degusting93
dehiscent93
dehiscing93
delisting93
delusions93
delusters93
demasting93
demission93
dempsters92
demystify94
deposited94
depositor94
derisions93
desisting93
detassels93
detesters93
detesting93
devastate93
devesting93
devisable93
digastric93
digesters93
digesting93
digestion93
digestive93
digestors93
dinosaurs93
diopsides93
diopsidic93
disasters93
disesteem93
divesting93
divisible93
divisions93
docksides93
dogeships93
domesdays93
domestics93
doomsayer92
doomsdays92
doomsters92
doorsills92
doorsteps92
doorstops92
dopesters93
downscale92
downshift92
downsides93
downsized93
downsizes93
downslide92
downslope92
downspout92
downstage92
downstate92
downswing92
dragsters92
dramshops92
drawshave92
dressages93
dressiest92
dressings92
dripstone92
dropshots92
dropsical93
drossiest92
drowsiest92
drugstore92
drumstick92
dryasdust92
dynasties93
earlships92
eavesdrop93
ecdysiast93
ecdysones94
eclosions93
ecraseurs93
ectosarcs93
effusions93
egressing93
egression93
embassage93
embassies93
embosking93
embosomed94
embossers93
embossing93
emersions93
emissions93
emulsions93
emulsoids93
encashing93
encysting93
endosarcs93
endoscope93
endoscopy94
endosomes94
endosperm93
endospore93
endosteal93
endosteum93
endostyle93
enlistees93
enlisters93
enlisting93
enmeshing93
envisaged94
envisages94
envisions93
equisetum94
evensongs93
eversible93
eversions93
evulsions93
excessing93
excessive93
excisable93
exciseman94
excisemen94
excisions93
excusable93
excusably94
exposited94
expositor94
exposures94
faldstool92
famishing93
farmstead92
feedstock92
feedstuff92
feldshers92
feldspars92
fenestrae92
fenestral93
fetishism93
fetishist93
fetoscope93
fetoscopy94
filisters93
filmstrip92
finessing93
finishers93
finishing93
firesides94
firestone93
firestorm93
flagships92
flagstaff92
flagstick92
flagstone92
flaxseeds92
flimsiest92
flossiest92
flowstone92
focusable93
focusless93
focussing93
folksiest92
foodstuff92
foolscaps92
footslogs92
footsteps92
footstone92
footstool92
foresails93
foreseers93
foreshank93
foresheet93
foreshock93
foreshore93
foreshown93
foreshows93
foresides94
foresight93
foreskins93
forespeak93
forespoke93
forestage93
forestall93
forestays93
foresters93
forestial93
foresting93
foreswear93
foreswore93
foresworn93
fourscore92
foursomes93
freestone92
freestyle92
frowsiest92
frowstier92
frowsting92
fuchsines93
gainsayer92
gallstone92
gamesters93
gangsters92
ganisters93
gapeseeds93
gaposises94
gearshift92
gibbsites93
girasoles94
gladsomer93
gladstone92
glassfuls92
glassiest92
glassines93
glassless92
glassware92
glasswork92
glasswort92
glissaded93
glissader93
glissades93
glissandi93
glissando93
glossator93
glossemes93
glossiest92
glossinas93
glossitis93
gneissoid92
gneissose92
goatskins92
goldsmith92
goldstone92
grassiest92
grassland92
grassless92
grasslike92
grassroot92
greasiest92
grewsomer93
gripsacks92
grogshops92
grossness92
grossular93
grubstake92
gruesomer93
guessable92
guesswork92
guruships93
gyroscope93
gyrostats93
hailstone92
hailstorm92
hairstyle92
handseled93
handshake92
handsomer93
handspike92
handstand92
harassers93
harassing93
hardships92
hardstand92
hartshorn92
hawksbill92
hawkshaws92
headsails92
headships92
headspace92
headstall92
headstand92
headstays92
headstock92
headstone92
heirships92
helistops93
hemistich93
hemostats93
hempseeds92
highspots92
hillsides93
hindsight92
hoarsened93
hockshops92
hocussing93
hodoscope93
holystone93
homesites94
homespuns93
homestays93
homestead93
homosexes94
homospory94
honestest93
honesties93
hoopskirt92
hoopsters92
hornstone92
horoscope93
hucksters92
hypostome93
hypostyle93
ignescent93
illusions93
imbosomed94
immeshing93
impassion93
impassive93
impasting93
impastoed93
imposters93
imposting93
impostors93
impostume93
imposture93
incessant93
incisions93
incisures94
indispose93
infestant93
infesters93
infesting93
infusible93
infusions93
ingesting93
ingestion93
ingestive93
inhesions93
injustice93
inmeshing93
insistent93
insisters93
insisting93
intestacy94
intestate93
intestine93
invasions93
investing93
investors93
invisible93
invisibly94
ironsides94
ironstone93
jackscrew92
jacksmelt92
jackstays92
jackstraw92
janissary94
jarosites94
jockstrap92
jokesters93
jumpsuits92
keepsakes93
kenosises94
kerosenes94
kerosines94
khamseens92
kiboshing93
kickshaws92
kickstand92
kinescope93
kingships92
kingsides93
klatsches92
knapsacks92
kneesocks92
kyboshing93
ladyships93
lakeshore93
lakesides94
lambskins92
lamisters93
lampshell92
landscape92
landsides93
landskips92
landsleit92
landslide92
landslips92
langshans92
langsynes93
larkspurs92
latosolic94
lavishers93
lavishest93
lavishing93
leadscrew92
leafstalk92
legislate93
lewisites94
lewissons93
lickspits92
lifesaver94
lifestyle93
limestone93
limpsiest92
liposomal94
liposomes94
livestock93
loadstars92
loadstone92
locksmith92
locksteps92
lodestars93
lodestone93
logistics93
lonesomes94
longships92
longspurs92
lordships92
lotusland93
lunisolar94
lysosomal94
lysosomes94
maelstrom92
magisters93
magistral93
mahlstick92
mainsails92
mainsheet92
mainstays92
majesties93
majuscule93
makeshift93
maltsters92
marlstone92
mateships93
maulstick92
medusoids93
megaspore93
megastars93
melismata94
meristems93
mesoscale93
mesosomes94
metestrus93
milesimos94
milestone93
milksheds92
millstone92
mimesises94
miniscule93
minishing93
miniskirt93
ministate93
ministers93
minuscule93
misassays93
misesteem93
misusages94
modestest93
modesties93
moleskins93
molesters93
molesting93
monastery94
monastics93
monishing93
monkshood92
monosomes94
monosomic94
monostele93
monostely94
moonsails92
moonscape92
moonseeds92
moonshine92
moonshots92
moonstone92
moresques93
mosasaurs93
moussakas93
muensters92
nainsooks92
namesakes94
nearshore92
nearsides93
necessary94
necessity94
newsstand92
nonissues93
numbskull92
obeisance93
obfuscate93
obsessing93
obsession93
obsessive93
obsessors93
obtesting93
occasions93
oleasters93
omissible93
omissions93
onrushing93
opposable93
opposites94
orrisroot93
ostosises94
outasking93
oversales94
oversalts93
oversauce93
oversaved94
oversaves94
overscale93
overseeds93
overseers93
oversells93
oversewed94
oversexed94
overshirt93
overshoes93
overshoot93
overshots93
oversides94
oversight93
oversized94
oversizes94
overskirt93
oversleep93
overslept93
overslips93
overslipt93
oversmoke93
oversoaks93
oversouls93
overspend93
overspent93
overspill93
overspins93
overstaff93
overstate93
overstays93
oversteer93
oversteps93
overstirs93
overstock93
overstory94
overstrew93
overstuff93
oversweet93
overswing93
overswung93
packsacks92
padishahs93
palestrae92
palestras93
palisaded94
palisades94
pantsuits92
parasangs93
parashoth93
parasites94
parasitic94
patissier93
pawnshops92
pedestals93
peepshows92
perisarcs93
periscope93
perishing93
peristome93
peristyle93
petasoses94
petasuses94
pheasants92
phrasally93
phrasings92
piassabas93
piassavas93
pikestaff93
pilasters93
pinasters93
piousness92
pipestems93
pipestone93
plaisters92
plausible92
plausibly93
playsuits92
pleasance92
pleasured93
pleasures93
pleustons92
plimsoles93
plimsolls92
plowshare92
plussages93
polestars93
polishers93
polishing93
pollsters92
polysomes94
poolsides93
postsyncs92
potassium93
poussette92
praesidia93
preassign92
pressings92
pressmark92
pressroom92
pressruns92
pressured93
pressures93
presswork92
priestess92
priesting92
prissiest92
proestrus92
proustite92
pubescent93
puissance92
punishers93
punishing93
pyrosises94
pyrostats93
quaestors92
quaysides93
queasiest92
quiescent92
quipsters92
rainspout92
rainstorm92
rapeseeds93
ravishers93
ravishing93
reabsorbs92
reassails92
reasserts92
reassigns92
reassorts92
reassumed93
reassumes93
reassured93
reassures93
recasting93
recessing93
recession93
recessive93
recisions93
recusancy94
recusants93
redesigns93
rediscuss93
redisplay93
redispose93
redistill93
refashion93
refastens93
refusenik94
refusniks93
regisseur93
registers93
registrar93
rehashing93
reinserts92
reinspect92
reinspire92
reinstall92
reinstate92
reinsured93
reinsurer93
reinsures93
reissuers92
reissuing92
relishing93
relisting93
remasters93
remission93
renascent93
renesting93
reobserve92
repassage93
repassing93
repasting93
reposeful94
reposited94
repossess93
resistant93
resisters93
resisting93
resistive93
resistors93
retasting93
retesting93
revesting93
revisable93
revisions93
revisited94
rewashing93
rhapsodes93
rhapsodic93
rheostats92
ribosomal94
ribosomes94
rickshaws92
rimesters93
ringsides93
riposting93
roadshows92
roadsides93
roadstead92
roadsters92
robustest93
rockshaft92
rootstock92
roseslugs93
rousseaus92
rucksacks92
rudesbies93
rufescent93
salesgirl93
saleslady94
salesroom93
sandshoes92
sandsoaps92
sandspurs92
sandstone92
sandstorm92
satisfied93
satisfies93
scansions92
schistose92
schussers92
schussing92
scissions92
scissored93
scissures93
sealskins92
seamsters92
secession93
semesters93
semestral93
semisolid94
semisweet93
senescent93
seneschal93
shipshape92
shipsides93
shoeshine92
sideshows93
sideslips93
sidespins93
sidesteps93
sideswipe93
siltstone92
singsongs92
singsongy93
singspiel92
sinistral93
sinusitis94
sinusoids93
skepsises93
slapstick92
slimsiest92
slipslops92
slipsoles93
snapshots92
snowscape92
snowsheds92
snowshoed92
snowshoer92
snowshoes92
snowslide92
snowstorm92
snowsuits92
soapstone92
softshell92
songsmith92
songsters92
sorosises94
soupspoon92
spinsters92
splashers92
splashier92
splashily93
splashing92
sploshing92
sponsions92
sponsored93
squashers92
squashier92
squashily93
squashing92
squishier92
squishing92
squushing92
starships92
staysails92
stressful92
stressing92
stressors92
stunsails92
stypsises93
swansdown92
swanskins92
swimsuits92
swooshing92
synesises94
tailskids92
tailslide92
tailspins92
talismans93
tankships92
teamsters92
tearstain92
teensiest92
telescope93
telestics93
theosophy93
thirsters92
thirstier92
thirstily93
thirsting92
thousands92
thrashers92
thrashing92
threshers92
threshing92
threshold92
throstles92
thrusters92
thrustful92
thrusting92
thrustors92
tickseeds92
timesaver94
timescale93
toadstone92
toadstool92
tombstone92
toolsheds92
townscape92
townsfolk92
townships92
transacts92
transaxle92
transcend92
transduce92
transects92
transepts92
transfect92
transfers92
transfixt92
transform92
transfuse92
tranships92
transient92
transited93
translate92
transmits92
transmute92
transonic93
transpire92
transport92
transpose92
transship92
transuded93
transudes93
treasured93
treasurer93
treasures93
tressiest92
tressours92
tressures93
trousseau92
trussings92
tsktsking91
tuckshops92
tumescent93
tunesmith93
tungstate92
tungstens92
turnsoles93
turnspits92
turnstile92
turnstone92
twinships92
typestyle93
tyrosines94
unbosomed94
undesired94
uneasiest93
unfastens93
unfussily94
unhusking93
uninsured94
unlashing93
unmaskers93
unmasking93
unmeshing93
unmusical94
unreserve93
unrestful93
unvisited94
unwasheds93
unwisdoms93
unwishing93
upcasting93
uprisings93
uprushing93
uptossing93
vanaspati94
vanishers93
vanishing93
varisized94
varistors93
vasospasm93
vavasours93
vavassors93
vigesimal94
virescent93
vivisects93
volkslied92
voussoirs92
wainscots92
wardships92
washstand92
waveshape93
weaksides93
weensiest92
wellsites93
whatsises93
whetstone92
whimsical93
whinstone92
whipsawed93
whipstock92
whooshing92
whoosises93
windsocks92
windstorm92
windsurfs92
windswept92
wineshops93
wineskins93
wingspans92
withstand92
withstood92
wolfsbane92
woodsheds92
woodsiest92
woodstove92
woolsacks92
woolsheds92
woolskins92
wordsmith92
worksheet92
workshops92
wormseeds92
wrassling92
xeroseres94
yardstick92
zygospore93

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.

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