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5-letter words starting with SC

There are 70 5-letter words starting with SC in the standard word-game list. The most common are scene, screw, scare, scary, score, scale. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
scenethe place where some action occurs7
screwsomeone who guards prisoners10
scaresudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events7
scaryprovoking fear or terror10
scorea number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)7
scalean ordered reference standard7
scouta member of the Scouting movement7
scenta distinctive odor that is pleasant7
scarfa garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration10
scrapa small fragment of something broken off from the whole9
scrub(of domestic animals) not selectively bred9
scoopthe quantity a scoop will hold9
scopean area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:9
scramleave immediately; used usually in the imperative form9
scoldsomeone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault8
scalpthe skin that covers the top of the head9
scootrun or move very quickly or hastily7
scotsof or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic…7
scubaa device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained…9
scornlack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike7
scampone who is playfully mischievous11
scoura place that is scoured (especially by running water)7
scoffshowing your contempt by derision13
sconesmall biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially…7
scuffa slipper that has no fitting around the heel13
scalyrough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf10
scripa certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible…9
scowla facial expression of dislike or displeasure10
sculla long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward7
scantless than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so7
sciona descendant or heir7
scadsa large number or amount8
scalda burn cause by hot liquid or steam8
scallA scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.7
scapeerect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip9
scarpa long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion9
scartTo scratch or scrape.7
scaupdiving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill9
scaurA steep cliff or bank.7
scenaA scene in an opera.7
scendrise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave8
schavA kind of borscht made with sorrel (or occasionally lemongrass).13
schmo(Yiddish) a jerk12
schwaa neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables13
scopsThe scops owl.9
scraga person who is unusually thin and scrawny8
screea sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff7
scrima firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater9
scrodflesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled8
scrum(rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked…9
scudoA former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.8
sculpTo flay.9
scurf(botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts10
scutaA scutum.7
scutelarge bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake7

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