5-Letter Words Ending in IS

All 46 five-letter words ending in IS

A

• aegis6n. A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena...
• aphis10n. An aphid.
• apsis7n. A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a...
• arnis5n. Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.
• arris5n. A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces.
• arsis5n. The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat.
• aspis7n. A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers.

B

• baris7n. A type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile in Ancient Egypt...
• basis7n. A physical base or foundation.
• batis7n. Any of several passerine birds in the genus Batis, related to...
• bolis7n. A bolide or fireball (type of meteor).

C

• camis9n. A light, loose dress or robe.
• casis7n. A Muslim holy man or a saint.
• cutis7n. The true skin, underlying the epidermis.

D

• doris6n. A sea slug.

F

• finis8n. Of a book or other work: the end.

H

• habis10v. To finish or be finished; used to express that something is over or...

K

• kalis9n. A Filipino sword akin to the kris.

L

• lenis5adj. Relatively weakly articulated, hence unaspirated and possibly voiced...
• lewis8n. A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones; used...
• lexis12n. The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of...
• loris5n. Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the subfamily Lorisinae...
• louis5n. Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to...
• lysis8n. A plinth or step above the cornice of the podium in an ancient temple.

M

• magis8n. The philosophy of striving to do more for Jesus Christ, associated with...
• manis7n. The pangolin.
• mavis10n. Song thrush.
• metis7n. A person of mixed-race ancestry.
• mitis7n. A process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought...
• mysis10n. A set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and...

N

• najis12adj. Ritually unclean, such that contact with it puts a Muslim in a state of...
• naris5n. A nostril.

O

• oasis5n. A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation...
• orris5n. Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially Iris ×...

P

• patis7n. A fish sauce, a byproduct of making bagoong, used as an ingredient or...
• pavis10n. Most usually, a very large shield fitted with a stand, like a small...
• polis7n. A Greek city-state.
• powis10n. A black curassow (Crax alector).
• pubis9n. The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the...
• pyxis17n. A small box.

R

• remis7n. A draw.

S

• semis7n. A small bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at half an...
• siris5n. Any tree of the genus Albizia.

T

• tamis7n. A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
• tapis7n. A tapestry.
• taxis12n. The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words ending in IS are there?

Word.ws lists 46 five-letter words ending in IS, plus 17 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words ending in IS?

louis, basis, lewis, doris, oasis, taxis, aegis and semis.

Which of the five-letter words ending in IS has the highest letter score?

pyxis scores 17 points with the standard letter tile values.

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