5-Letter Words With S as the Second Letter
There are 113 five-letter words with S as the second letter, including 22 common puzzle answers. These are the words matching the pattern _S___ (an underscore is any letter). A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words With S as the Second Letter
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- USING Employing something for a purpose
- ISSUE An important question that is in dispute and must be settled
- USUAL Occurring or encountered frequently or regularly
- ASIDE A remark made by an actor to the audience, not to other characters
- ASSET Something useful or valuable that a person or organization has
- ESSAY An analytic or interpretive literary composition
- USAGE The act of using something
- PSALM A sacred song or hymn of praise
- USHER Someone employed to guide people to their seats
- PSYCH To mentally prepare oneself or to intimidate someone psychologically
- ASPEN A type of poplar tree with leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze
- ASSAY A test to determine the components or quality of a substance
More Common Puzzle Answers
- ESTER
- ASCOT
- ASTER
- ISLET
- ASKEW
- USURP
- USURY
- ASHEN
- ASPIC
- PSHAW
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: A (35%), U (13%), O (12%)
- Most common last letter: S (16%), R (12%), E (12%)
- Most common additional vowel: A, in 61% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: A, E, I, O, T
- Most have 2 vowels (73%)
- 43% contain a repeated letter
- 22 of the 113 are common puzzle answers (19%)
Other Valid Words
91 additional dictionary words have S as the second letter — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- ASKED
- USERS
- OSCAR
- ASHES
- ASSES
- ISLES
- ASSAM
- ASSED
- ASADA
- ASURA
- OSTIA
- ISSEI
- ASANA
- TSARS
- ASKER
- PSYOP
- USTAD
- ESSES
- PSOAS
- ASPER
- ASKAR
- PSION
- ASPIE
- ESKER
- ASSAI
- PSEUD
- ASTIR
- USQUE
- OSIER
- ASCUS
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- TSUBA
- ESTRO
- ASHED
- ASSEZ
- OSSIA
- USTER
- ASDIC
- ESTOP
- TSUBO
- USNEA
- ASPRO
- ASPIS
- USNIC
- ASCON
- OSLIN
- ISNAE
- TSKED
- ISHES
- ASHET
- ESILE
- USENS
- ASTUN
- ISLED
- ASITY
- ESCAR
- KSARS
- TSADE
- PSHUT
- PSIAS
- ESNES
- USURE
- OSARS
- ASWAY
- ESCOT
- PSORA
- ISTLE
- OSKIN
- OSONE
- ESKAR
- ASSOT
- USETA
- ESTOC
- NSIMA
- OSETR
- ASKOS
- OSHAC
- OSEYS
- DSOMO
- ASWIM
- TSADI
- MSASA
- DSOBO
- YSAME
- OSMOL
- ASYLA
- OSMIC
- ISBAS
- PSOAI
- PSOAE
- ESROG
- ASKOI
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Generated from the TurnWord word database, the dictionary behind the Word Solver and Word Bot. Common puzzle answers are our curated answer list, the everyday words word puzzles tend to use as answers — not the official answer list of any game; every other word is a valid guess. Counts and statistics are computed from this list. Word database updated September 19, 2026.