6 Letter Words Starting With SO
There are 304 valid 6 letter words that start with SO, drawn from NWL2023, CSW24, and Words With Friends. Sorted below by score, with the single highest scorer called out.
Highest Scoring 6-Letter Words
US Scrabble (NWL)
soaked - 11 points
UK Scrabble (CSW)
soaked - 11 points
Words With Friends
sobful - 14 points
6 Letter Words (304)
View all words starting with SOTop 20 Highest-Scoring 6 Letter Words Starting With so
Point values shown for US Scrabble, UK Scrabble, and Words With Friends. The average across this full 304 word list is 27.6 combined points.
| Rank | Word | US Scrabble | UK Scrabble | WWF Points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | soaked | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
| #2 | soaken | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| #3 | soaker | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| #4 | soally | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| #5 | soaped | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| #6 | soaper | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| #7 | soapie | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| #8 | soared | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| #9 | soarer | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| #10 | soares | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| #11 | soaves | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| #12 | sobbed | 11 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| #13 | sobber | 10 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| #14 | sobeit | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| #15 | sobers | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 🏆 #16 | sobful | 11 | 11 | 14 | 36 |
| #17 | sobole | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| #18 | socage | 9 | 9 | 11 | 29 |
| #19 | soccer | 10 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| #20 | social | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
Where 6 Letter Words Fit on the Board
At 6 letters, a word almost always uses your entire rack plus tiles already on the board these are realistically bingo-adjacent plays rather than everyday moves, which is why the list leans heavily on compound and suffixed forms (-nesses, -ation, -izing). If you're looking for words you can play more often, shorter lengths starting with SO will give you far more flexible options try 6 letter words starting with SO for a more practical middle ground.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the highest-scoring 6 letter word starting with so?
sobful — worth 36 combined points (US Scrabble: 11, UK Scrabble: 11, Words With Friends: 14).
How many 6 letter words start with so?
304 valid words, combining entries from NWL2023, CSW24, and the Words With Friends dictionary.
Are 6 letter words realistic to actually play?
Only occasionally — you'd need most of your rack plus letters already on the board to reach 6 tiles. They're worth knowing for the rare bingo-extension play, but for regular turns, shorter so words will come up far more often.