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9-letter words with S as the 6th letter

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when S is fixed in the 6th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: abolished, abolisher, abolishes.

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1256 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
abolished94
abolisher94
abolishes94
abscessed93
abscesses93
abscising93
abscisins93
abscissae92
abscissas93
accessary94
accessing93
accession93
accessory94
actresses93
addressed93
addressee92
addresser93
addresses93
adenosine94
adiposity95
admeasure93
admission93
admissive93
adversary94
adversely94
adversity94
advowsons93
aforesaid94
agelessly94
agenesias94
aggressed93
aggresses93
aggressor93
agonising94
agonistic94
aimlessly93
airbusses93
alabaster94
alongside93
ambrosial93
ambrosias93
amoristic94
ampersand93
analysand94
analysers94
analysing94
anapestic94
anchusins93
ancresses93
anelastic94
anglesite93
anguished93
anguishes93
animistic94
animosity95
anoopsias93
appeasers93
appeasing93
appressed93
apprisers93
apprising93
aptnesses93
arabesque93
arccosine93
archosaur93
arhatship93
artlessly93
ascension93
ascensive93
aspersers93
aspersing93
aspersion93
aspersors93
assassins93
assessing93
assessors93
assuasive93
atamascos94
atavistic94
atheistic93
atomisers94
atomising94
atomistic94
autopsied93
autopsies93
azotising94
badnesses93
ballasted93
ballistae92
ballistic93
bannister93
baptisias93
baptising93
baptismal93
baptistry93
barbascos93
barrister93
bartisans93
batfishes93
beachside92
beamishly93
bearishly93
beclasped93
becrusted93
becursing93
bekissing93
bethesdas93
bicoastal93
bignesses93
bioassays92
biogasses93
biomasses93
blemished93
blemishes93
blindside92
bloodshed92
bloodshot92
bombastic93
bombesins93
bookishly93
boorishly93
boxfishes93
brainsick92
britzskas92
broadside92
brutishly93
buglosses93
bullishly93
bulrushes93
burgesses93
burlesque92
burnished93
burnisher93
burnishes93
bypassing93
cabrestas93
cabrestos93
caddishly93
cadetship93
callosity94
callusing93
calypsoes93
campesino94
campusing93
cannister93
canvasers93
canvasing93
canvassed93
canvasser93
canvasses93
carassows93
carcasses93
caressers93
caressing93
caressive93
carousals93
carousels93
carousers93
carousing93
carwashes93
casuistic93
casuistry93
catfishes93
caucusing93
caucussed93
caucusses93
censusing93
centesimi94
centesimo94
cerussite93
chainsaws92
chaussure92
chemisorb93
chemistry93
cherished93
cherisher93
cherishes93
chiefship92
chitosans93
chorister93
chorusing93
chorussed93
chorusses93
chubascos93
chymosins93
cineastes93
cladistic93
cleansers92
cleansing92
clerisies93
clerkship92
coalesced93
coalesces93
codfishes93
coexisted93
cognising93
colessees93
colessors93
collision93
collusion93
collusive93
colosseum93
coltishly93
combusted93
combustor93
commissar93
compassed93
compasses93
composers93
composing93
composite93
composted93
composure93
concisely94
concisest93
concision93
concussed93
concusses93
confessed93
confesses93
confessor93
confusing93
confusion93
congested93
consisted93
contested93
contester93
contusing93
contusion93
copresent93
corposant93
corpuscle92
corrasion93
corrasive93
corrosion93
corrosive93
cortisols93
cortisone93
cotrustee92
coulisses93
courtship92
courtside92
coverslip93
cowfishes93
coynesses93
cracksman92
cracksmen92
craftsman92
craftsmen92
crepuscle92
crevassed93
crevasses93
croissant92
cuirassed93
cuirasses93
cultishly93
curassows93
curiosity94
currishly93
curtesies93
cutlasses93
cypresses93
dadaistic93
deathsman92
deathsmen92
deceasing93
declassed93
declasses93
decussate93
defensing93
defensive93
defrosted93
defroster93
degassers93
degassing93
degaussed93
degausser93
degausses93
delousers93
delousing93
demission93
dentistry93
depressed93
depresses93
depressor93
dermestid93
dervishes93
desmosome93
despisers93
despising93
detassels93
detersive93
dialysate93
dialysers93
dialysing93
diapasons93
dichasium93
diffusely94
diffusers93
diffusing93
diffusion93
diffusive93
diffusors93
digressed93
digresses93
dimension93
dimnesses93
diocesans93
disbosoms93
discasing93
discussed93
discusser93
discusses93
diseasing93
disgusted93
dismasted93
dismissal93
dismissed93
dismisses93
disposals93
disposers93
disposing93
disposure93
distasted93
distastes93
diversely94
diversify94
diversion93
diversity94
dogfishes93
doggishly93
dollishly93
doltishly93
donnishly93
draftsman92
draftsmen92
drynesses93
dualistic93
duchesses93
duenesses93
dullishly93
dulnesses93
dunnesses93
earnestly93
earthsets92
earthstar92
ebonising94
ecclesiae92
ecclesial93
eclipsing93
ecosystem94
ecstasies93
egotistic94
egressing93
egression93
eldership93
eldresses93
elegising94
ellipsoid93
embassage93
embassies93
embossers93
embossing93
embrasure93
emphasise93
emphasize93
emphysema94
empoisons93
empresses93
encapsule93
encaustic93
enchasers93
enchasing93
enclasped93
enclosers93
enclosing93
enclosure93
encrusted93
endlessly93
endorsees93
endorsers93
endorsing93
endorsors93
englished93
englishes93
engrossed93
engrosser93
engrosses93
enthusing93
entresols93
entrusted93
entwisted93
epimysium94
espousals93
espousers93
espousing93
espressos93
esthesias93
eupepsias93
eupepsies93
evanesced94
evanesces94
evanished94
evanishes94
excelsior93
excessing93
excessive93
exclusion93
exclusive93
excursion93
excursive93
exhausted93
exhauster93
expansion93
expansive93
expensing93
expensive93
explosion93
explosive93
expressed93
expresser93
expresses93
expressly93
expressos93
expulsing93
expulsion93
expulsive93
exquisite93
extensile93
extension93
extensity94
extensive93
extensors93
extrusion93
extrusive93
eyelashes93
eyewashes93
fairishly93
fantasias93
fantasied93
fantasies93
fantasise93
fantasist93
fantasize93
fantastic93
farnesols93
farnesses93
fascistic93
fatnesses93
faunistic93
fewnesses93
feynesses93
fideistic93
finessing93
finfishes93
fitnesses93
flemished93
flemishes93
floristic93
floristry93
fluorspar92
focussing93
foolisher93
foolishly93
foppishly93
forensics93
foxfishes93
fricassee92
fulnesses93
furbished93
furbisher93
furbishes93
furnished93
furnisher93
furnishes93
gambesons93
gambusias93
gannister93
garfishes93
garnished93
garnishee92
garnishes93
garrisons93
gawkishly93
gaynesses93
geodesics93
geodesies93
geodesist93
gibbosity94
girlishly93
glimpsers92
glimpsing92
glucoside93
glycoside93
glycosyls93
gneissoid92
gneissose92
goddesses93
goulashes93
grandsire92
grandsirs92
grandsons92
grantsman92
grantsmen92
grapeshot93
graveside93
greensand92
greensick92
groomsman92
groomsmen92
grotesque92
guanosine93
guardsman92
guardsmen92
guernseys92
guildship92
guildsman92
guildsmen92
gunnysack93
gymnasium93
gymnastic93
hadrosaur93
hagbushes93
hagfishes93
haplessly93
harassers93
harassing93
harnessed93
harnesses93
harvested93
harvester93
hashishes93
haversack93
hawkishly93
heartsick92
heartsome92
heartsore92
heiresses93
heliostat93
hellishly93
heuristic93
hideosity94
hipnesses93
hocussing93
hogfishes93
hoggishly93
hogwashes93
horseshit93
horseshod93
horseshoe92
hostessed93
hostesses93
hotnesses93
housesits93
hubristic93
hydrosere93
hydroskis93
hydrosols93
icinesses94
idolisers94
idolising94
illnesses93
imagistic94
immensely94
immensest93
immensity94
immersing93
immersion93
impassion93
impassive93
implosion93
implosive93
impressed93
impresses93
imprisons93
impulsing93
impulsion93
impulsive93
incensing93
incessant93
inclasped93
inclosers93
inclosing93
inclosure93
inclusion93
inclusive93
incrossed93
incrosses93
incrusted93
incursion93
indorsees93
indorsers93
indorsing93
indorsors93
inelastic94
ingresses93
innersole93
insensate93
intarsias93
intensely94
intensest93
intensify94
intension93
intensity94
intensive93
intersect93
intrusion93
intrusive93
intrusted93
intwisted93
inversely94
inversion93
inversive93
iodopsins93
itemising94
jackasses93
jalousies93
janissary94
jettisons93
jewfishes93
joylessly93
judgeship93
kaddishim93
karyosome93
kermesses93
kiddushes93
kirmesses93
knavishly93
kolbassis93
koumisses93
koumysses93
kurbashed93
kurbashes93
kyanising93
lacrosses93
laicising93
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lambastes93
largesses93
lawlessly93
laxnesses93
lemniscal93
lemniscus93
leprosies93
leptosome93
lewissons93
licensees93
licensers93
licensing93
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licensure93
lightship92
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limousine93
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lithesome93
lithosols93
loathsome92
loutishly93
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lumpishly93
machismos93
madnesses93
magnesian93
magnesias93
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magnesium93
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mannishly93
mantissas93
marcasite93
marmosets93
matrasses93
mawkishly93
maybushes93
mestesoes93
microsome93
midrashic93
midrashim93
misassays93
moccasins93
molluscan93
molluskan93
monoester93
monopsony94
moonishly93
mortisers93
mortising93
mudfishes93
multisite93
multisize93
multistep93
narcissus93
nebbishes93
necessary94
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necrosing93
nervosity94
newnesses93
nightside92
nightspot92
nigrosins93
nitrosyls93
noblesses93
nonanswer93
noncasual93
nondesert93
nonfossil93
noninsect93
nonissues93
nonkosher93
nonmusics93
nonsystem93
nonvisual93
nourished93
nourisher93
nourishes93
nownesses93
oakmosses93
oarfishes93
obelising94
obsessing93
obsession93
obsessive93
obsessors93
obtrusion93
obtrusive93
obversely94
occlusion93
occlusive93
odalisque93
oddnesses93
offensive93
oldnesses93
ombudsman93
ombudsmen93
onanistic94
onenesses94
onionskin93
onomastic94
opalesced94
opalesces94
operosely95
oppressed93
oppresses93
oppressor93
orchestra93
orgiastic93
orinasals94
ostensive93
otocystic94
outcastes93
outdesign93
outfasted93
outfished93
outfishes93
outgassed93
outgasses93
outgushes93
outhustle92
outkissed93
outkisses93
outlasted93
outmuscle92
outpassed93
outpasses93
outpushed93
outpushes93
outrushed93
outrushes93
outtasked93
outwashes93
outwasted93
outwastes93
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outwishes93
overissue93
overusing94
oviposits94
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ownership93
oxidisers94
oxidising94
ozonising94
paduasoys93
palaestra93
paleosols93
palmistry93
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partisans93
patissier93
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patristic93
paymaster93
peeresses93
peevishly93
peninsula94
pentosans93
percussed93
percusses93
perfusate93
perfusing93
perfusion93
periostea93
persisted93
persister93
pertussis93
pervasion93
pervasive93
pettishly93
pharisaic93
pharisees93
philistia93
photosets93
photostat93
phrensied92
phrensies92
phthisics92
pianistic93
pietistic93
pigfishes93
piggishly93
pinfishes93
plainsman92
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plainsong92
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planosols93
plantsman92
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platesful93
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podcasted93
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poetaster93
poetesses93
poetisers93
poetising93
polyester93
pomposity94
possessed93
possesses93
possessor93
potassium93
prankster92
preassign92
precessed93
precesses93
precisely94
precisest93
precisian93
precising93
precision93
prelusion93
prelusive93
premising93
premisses93
prepasted93
prepastes93
pretasted93
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pretested93
prevising93
prevision93
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priorship92
proboscis93
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processor93
professed93
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professor93
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profusion93
progestin93
prolusion93
prolusory94
promisees93
promisers93
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promisors93
proposals93
proposers93
proposing93
propositi94
protested93
protester93
protestor93
protistan93
protostar93
provision93
provisoes93
provisory94
prowesses93
prudishly93
pterosaur93
published93
publisher93
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puckishly93
pupfishes93
purposely94
purposing93
purposive93
quamashes93
queenship92
queenside92
quicksand92
quicksets92
quickstep92
radwastes93
raffishly93
ratfishes93
rawnesses93
realisers93
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recension93
recessing93
recession93
recessive93
reclasped93
reclusion93
reclusive93
recrossed93
recrosses93
recursion93
recursive93
redfishes93
rednesses93
redressed93
redresser93
redresses93
refreshed93
refreshen93
refresher93
refreshes93
regisseur93
reglossed93
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regressed93
regresses93
regressor93
rehousing93
relapsers93
relapsing93
releasers93
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remeasure93
remission93
remoisten93
repassage93
repassing93
replaster93
repossess93
repousses93
represent93
repressed93
represses93
repressor93
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reprising93
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repulsing93
repulsion93
repulsive93
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requested93
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requestor93
requisite93
reraising93
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retwisted93
reversals93
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reversion93
revulsion93
revulsive93
rhymester93
ridership93
riverside93
roguishly93
roughshod92
roundsman92
roundsmen92
rubbishes93
rulership93
ruttishly93
sacristan93
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saintship92
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sarcosome93
sargassos93
sargassum93
sawfishes93
scarfskin92
schussers92
schussing92
scoopsful92
scrimshaw92
secession93
seclusion93
seclusive93
seeresses93
selfishly93
sequester93
sequestra93
sexlessly93
sharkskin92
sheepskin92
shoreside93
shortstop92
shynesses93
sickishly93
sightseen92
sightseer92
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sinlessly93
sinuosity94
slavishly93
slimpsier92
slingshot92
slungshot92
slynesses93
snakeskin93
sodbuster93
solipsism93
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somersets93
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sophistic93
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sottishly93
spaceship93
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speedster92
spinosity94
spoilsman92
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spokesman93
spokesmen93
spoonsful92
sportsman92
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spritsail92
spymaster93
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stateside93
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statistic93
steamship92
steapsins92
steersman92
steersmen92
stegosaur93
sternsons92
stickseed92
stokesias93
stonished93
stonishes93
storeship93
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streusels92
stylisers93
stylishly93
stylising93
stylistic93
subbasins93
subbasses93
subcastes93
subfossil93
subsisted93
subsystem93
subvassal93
subvisual93
successes93
successor93
succussed93
succusses93
suffusing93
suffusion93
suffusive93
suggested93
suggester93
sunfishes93
supersafe93
supersale93
supersede93
supersell93
supershow93
supersize93
supersoft93
superstar93
superstud93
supposals93
supposers93
supposing93
surmisers93
surmising93
surpassed93
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sweatshop92
sweetshop92
sweetsops92
swinishly93
swordsman92
swordsmen92
symposium93
synapsids93
synapsing93
syngasses93
synopsize93
tablesful93
tachismes93
tachistes93
tarbushes93
tarnished93
tarnishes93
teentsier92
tempested93
thalassic93
thaneship93
thicksets92
threesome92
throwster92
thymosins93
thyristor93
tigresses93
toothsome92
touristic93
trackside92
tracksuit92
tradesman93
tradesmen93
trailside92
traipsing92
transship92
trapesing93
tribesman93
tribesmen93
tricksier92
trickster92
tricuspid93
trimester93
troopship92
tropistic93
trousseau92
trunksful92
tundishes93
tutorship93
ultrasafe93
ultraslow93
ultrasoft93
unabashed94
unamusing94
unawesome94
unblessed93
unbrushed93
unceasing93
unclasped93
unclosing93
uncrossed93
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underseas93
undersell93
undersets93
undershot93
underside93
undersize93
undersold93
underspin93
undressed93
undresses93
unfussily94
unhorsing93
unhousing93
unleashed93
unleashes93
unloosens93
unloosing93
unpersons93
unpressed93
unreasons93
untrussed93
untrusses93
untwisted93
upholster93
upmanship93
upraisers93
upraising93
uprousing93
uptossing93
uselessly94
utilisers94
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utopistic94
vamoosing93
varnished93
varnisher93
varnishes93
vavassors93
verbosely94
verbosity94
vibrissae92
vicarship93
villosity94
viscosity94
votresses93
vouchsafe92
waenesses93
waggishly93
wampished93
wampishes93
wannesses93
waspishly93
watershed93
waterside93
wearisome93
wetnesses93
wheelsman92
wheelsmen92
wholesale93
wholesome93
wholistic93
whoresons93
wiseasses93
witlessly93
witnessed93
witnesses93
woenesses93
wolfishly93
worrisome93
wrynesses93
yachtsman92
yachtsmen92
youngster92
zebrasses93

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