5-Letter Words Ending in S

All 491 five-letter words ending in S: page 1 of 2

A

• abbas9n. Abbot.
• abies7n. A tree of the genus Abies.
• abyss10n. Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
• actus7n. A former Roman unit of length, equal to 120 Roman feet (about 35.5 m).
• adays9adv. In the daytime.
• adios6interj. Goodbye.
• aegis6n. A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena...
• alias5adv. Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called...
• almas7n. Caviar from the albino beluga.
• aloes5n. The resin of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha)...
• amass7v. To collect into a mass or heap.
• amiss7adj. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.
• aphis10n. An aphid.
• apsis7n. A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a...
• arcus7n. A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea.
• argus6n. A watchful guardian.
• arnis5n. Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.
• arras5n. A tapestry or wall hanging.
• 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.
• artos5n. A loaf of leavened bread that is blessed during services in the Eastern...
• ascus7n. A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive...
• aspis7n. A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers.
• atlas5n. A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or...
• aulos5n. Any of a class of ancient Greek musical instruments resembling pipes or...
• avens8n. A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
• avgas9n. Gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.

B

• backs13n. The backyard of the University.
• balas7n. A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby.
• balls7adv. Very. Intensifier.
• bangs8n. Hair hanging over the forehead.
• banns7n. The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a...
• bants7n. Banter, particularly among men.
• baris7n. A type of flat-bottomed freighter used on the Nile in Ancient Egypt...
• basis7n. A physical base or foundation.
• baths10n. A building containing a public swimming pool or shower facilities...
• batis7n. Any of several passerine birds in the genus Batis, related to...
• batts7n. Batteries (power cells).
• beads8n. A beaded necklace.
• beans7n. Pills; drugs in pill form.
• beats7n. An assault by beating.
• bells7n. Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark...
• bends8n. The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales.
• bests7interj. A polite, formulaic end to a letter or email.
• bibbs11n. Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the...
• bigos8n. A traditional Polish stew containing cabbage and meat.
• binos7n. Binoculars.
• bitts7n. A frame composed of two strong oak timbers (bitt-heads) fixed...
• blahs10n. A feeling of boredom and a lack of motivation; depression.
• bless7v. To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
• bliss7n. Perfect happiness.
• blues7n. A feeling of sadness or depression.
• bogus8adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
• bolas7n. A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords...
• bolis7n. A bolide or fireball (type of meteor).
• bolus7n. A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or...
• bonds8n. Imprisonment, captivity.
• bones7n. A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand...
• bonks11adj. Crazy, bonkers.
• bonus7n. Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
• books11n. Accounting records.
• boots7n. A condom.
• botts7n. The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect...
• bowls10n. A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on...
• brads8n. Money.
• brass7n. A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten: a...
• bucks13n. Casual Oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral color.
• bumps11n. The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.
• bunts7n. Money.

C

• cabas9n. A flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag, usually used by women.
• calas7n. Dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs...
• camas9n. Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
• camis9n. A light, loose dress or robe.
• canes7n. Bamboo plants of genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo...
• cards8n. Card games.
• carus7n. Deep coma or lethargy.
• casis7n. A Muslim holy man or a saint.
• casus7n. A possible world, as a starting point for reasoning.
• cates7n. Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies...
• cavus10n. In planetary geology, an irregular steep-sided depression that does not...
• chaos10n. The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
• chaps12n. Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
• chaus10n. Synonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus).
• chess10n. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces...
• chips12n. A carpenter.
• chops12n. Jaws, lips, mouth.
• circs9n. Circumstances.
• claes7n. Clothes.
• class7n. A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or...
• clubs9n. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
• cokes11n. A simpleton; a dupe.
• combs11n. Combinations (underwear).
• comes9n. The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
• conus7n. A cone.
• copus9n. A mug.
• cords8n. Corduroys.
• corps9n. A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
• cours7n. Three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural...
• crabs9n. Pubic lice.
• craps9n. A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make...
• crass7adj. Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or...
• creps9n. Crepitations.
• cress7n. A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a...
• crocs9n. Eggcorn of crux.
• cross7n. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars...
• cubes9n. Testicles.
• curls7n. Specifically, a body of curly hair on someone's head.
• cutes7n. Cuteness.
• cutis7n. The true skin, underlying the epidermis.
• cycas12n. Any member of the plant genus Cycas.

D

• darts6n. A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are...
• deads7n. The substances that enclose the ore on every side.
• debus8v. To alight or get off a bus.
• deets6n. Details.
• degas7v. To remove the gas from.
• delts6n. The deltoid muscles.
• demos8n. An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an...
• dinos6n. An Ancient Greek mixing-bowl or cauldron, without handles or feet.
• docks12n. A collection of docks, wharves, warehouses and offices.
• dolus6n. Evil intent: malice or fraud.
• domus8n. A farmstead with its people, plants and animals, considered as a unit.
• doors6n. Opening time.
• doris6n. A sea slug.
• dregs7n. The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container...
• dress6v. To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a...
• dross6n. Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from...
• dryas9n. Any of several plants of the genus Dryas; the mountain avens.
• ducks12n. A pair of twos.
• dudes7n. Any group of people, regardless of gender.
• dukes10n. One's parents.
• dunks10n. Ziziphus mauritiana, a tropical fruit tree.
• dykes13n. Diagonal cutting pliers; diagonal pliers; diagonal cutters; wire...

E

• eaves8n. The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a...
• edges7n. The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's)...
• eidos6n. Form; essence; type; species.
• emacs9n. Any implementation or reimplementation of Emacs.
• eques14n. A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of...
• esses5n. A sequence of winding turns.
• ethos8n. The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or...
• eurus5n. The east wind.
• evens8n. Odds of 1:1; even money.
• evils8n. Synonym of evil eye (“dirty look”).
• exits12n. Income, returns, revenue.

F

• fairs8interj. Fair enough; fair's fair.
• falls8n. A waterfall.
• feces10n. Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from...
• feels8n. Feelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment.
• fetus8n. An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
• ficus10n. Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of...
• fines8n. Fine particles, whether or not airborne.
• finis8n. Of a book or other work: the end.
• finos8n. Second-best wool from Merino sheep.
• firms10n. The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken...
• fives11n. A ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall.
• flaps10n. A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks...
• flies8n. The open area above a stage where scenery and equipment may be hung.
• flops10n. Flop per second; floating-point operation per second.
• floss8n. A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
• flues8n. Bits of down.
• focus10n. A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
• folks12n. The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents.
• fomes10n. Morbid matter created by a disease.
• fonds9n. The entire collection of the records originating from the same creator...
• foots8n. The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or...
• fours8n. A pair of fours.
• frass8n. The droppings or excrement of insect larvae.
• fress8v. To eat without restraint; eat heartily.
• frons8n. In vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the...
• fucus10n. Any alga of the genus Fucus.
• funds9n. Financial resources.

G

• gains6n. Increase in muscle mass.
• gapes8n. A fit of yawning.
• garms8n. Clothing.
• gauss6n. The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to...
• gents6n. A men's room: a lavatory intended for use by men.
• genus6n. A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family...
• gibus8n. A collapsible top hat.
• girls6n. A woman's breasts.
• gists6n. A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.
• glans6n. The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
• glass6n. An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by...
• gloss6n. A surface shine or luster.
• goods7n. That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally...
• grams8n. Grandmother.
• grass6n. Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise...
• grats6interj. Congratulations.
• greys9n. Grey trousers and/or jackets worn by prisoners on relatively formal...
• grits6n. Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the...
• gross6adj. Remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour)...
• guess6v. To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in...
• gules6n. Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by...
• gyrus9n. A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.

H

• habis10v. To finish or be finished; used to express that something is over or...
• hacks14interj. Used to call attention to another player hacking.
• halls8n. Student accommodation.
• hames10n. A mess.
• haras8n. An establishment that breeds horses; a stud farm.
• hards9n. The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
• harps10n. The side of a coin that bears an image of the Irish harp.
• haves11n. The wealthy or privileged, and those with power and possessions.
• heads9interj. A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your...
• heaps10n. A large amount.
• heats8n. A period of hot weather.
• heels8n. High-heeled shoes.
• hills8n. A region in which there are many hills; a hilly area.
• hives11n. Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in...
• hocus10v. To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
• hoops10n. Basketball.
• horos8n. A stone marking a boundary in Ancient Greece.
• humus10n. A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed...
• hunks12n. A crotchety or surly person.

I

• ictus7n. The pulse.
• ileus5n. Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal...
• incus7n. A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.
• irons5n. Shackles.

J

• jacks18n. A pair of jacks.
• jakes16n. A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
• jeans12n. A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
• jects14n. A multi-story low-income housing development; projects.
• jings13interj. An exclamation of surprise.
• jinks16interj. Indication of surprise or amazement; jinkies.
• jocks18n. Male briefs.
• jokes16adj. Really good.
• jones12n. An addiction or intense craving.
• jorts12n. Jean shorts, a pair of shorts made from denim (especially, mid-thigh or...
• jumps16n. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

K

• kalis9n. A Filipino sword akin to the kris.
• kecks15n. Trousers.
• keeps11n. Only used in for keeps.
• khums14n. A Shi'ite tax of one-fifth of various profits (e.g. one's surplus...
• kicks15n. Shoes.
• kings10n. A pair of kings (playing cards).
• knits9n. Small particles of ore.
• kudos10n. Praise; accolades.
• kurus9n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira.
• kvass12n. A fermented cereal-based low alcoholic beverage, often flavored with...

L

• lames7n. Small steel plates combined so as to slide one upon other and form a...
• lanes5n. Bowling alley.
• lates5n. Any of various large fish of genus Lates, especially the Nile perch...
• latus5n. Synonym of flank.
• leans5n. A dangerous sensory illusion where the pilot of an aircraft believes...
• lenis5adj. Relatively weakly articulated, hence unaspirated and possibly voiced...
• lepas7n. Any of the genus Lepas of pedunculated barnacles found attached to...
• 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...
• limes7n. A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
• lines5n. Words spoken by the actors.
• links9n. A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.
• litas5n. The former currency or money of Lithuania, divided into 100 centai.
• loads6adv. Lots, much, plenty, a great deal.
• locks11n. A head of hair; tresses.
• locus7n. A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a...
• loess5n. Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.
• logos6n. A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logical argument...
• loins5n. The pubic region.
• lomas7n. Fog oases, areas of fog-watered vegetation in the coastal desert of...
• longs6n. Long trousers/pants, as opposed to shorts.
• looks9n. One's appearance or attractiveness.
• loons5n. Synonym of loon pants.
• loris5n. Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the subfamily Lorisinae...
• lotos5n. Dated spelling of lotus.
• lotus5n. Any member of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family...
• louis5n. Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to...
• ludus6n. A gladiatorial training school.
• lumps9n. A beating or verbal abuse.
• lupus7n. Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is...
• 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...
• magus8n. A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is...
• mails7n. The mail delivery system.
• mains7n. The domestic electrical power supply, especially as connected to a...
• malus7n. The loss or return of performance-related compensation originally paid...
• manas7n. The mind; that which distinguishes man from the animals.
• manes7n. The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the...
• manis7n. The pangolin.
• manus7n. A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, or...
• mates7adj. Friendly; having a friendship (with).
• mavis10n. Song thrush.
• means7n. An instrument or condition to achieve a result.
• meets7prep. Forming a combination or nexus of.
• melas7n. Synonym of melasma.
• melos7n. The melody in Ancient Greek music.
• mends8n. Recompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from...
• meros7n. The proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh.
• merus7n. The meropodite; the first segment of the raptorial appendage of a...
• meths10n. Methylated spirits.
• metis7n. A person of mixed-race ancestry.
• migas8n. Any of various traditional Spanish or Portuguese dishes made with...
• miles7n. A great distance in space or time.
• minus7prep. Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or...
• mitis7n. A process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought...
• modus8n. A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some...
• mogas8n. Automotive gasoline suitable for use in some piston-engined gasoline...
• mores7n. A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted...
• moros7n. A dish of black beans and white riced cooked together; congri.
• moves10n. A good ability to dance.
• mucus9n. A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.
• mules7v. To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.
• mumps11n. A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus...
• mysis10n. A set of growth stages in the larvae of Decapoda after protozoea and...

N

• naias5n. Synonym of naiad (“female water deity”).
• nails5n. The four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on...
• najis12adj. Ritually unclean, such that contact with it puts a Muslim in a state of...
• namus7n. A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to...
• naras5n. A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the...
• naris5n. A nostril.
• narks9n. Nitrogen narcosis.
• nasus5n. A horn-like elongated rostrum on the head of soldier termites of the...
• nates5n. The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain...
• needs6adv. Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary...
• neeps7n. Mashed swede (called "turnip" in Scotland), especially when served with...
• negus6n. A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or...
• nemes7n. A headcloth worn by pharaohs.
• neros5n. A period of 600 years.
• nevus8n. Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or...
• nexus12n. A form or state of connection.
• nidus6n. An aggregate of neurons.
• nines5n. A pair of nines.
• nisus5n. A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.
• nixes12n. Nothing.
• nocks11n. Binoculars.
• nodus6n. A difficulty.
• nomos7n. The body of law, especially that governing human behaviour.
• nones5n. The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th...
• noods6n. Noodles.
• noons5adv. At noontimes.

O

• oasis5n. A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation...
• oikos9n. A basic societal unit in Ancient Greece; a household or family line.
• omics9n. Any of several biological subfields that aim to identify or...
• orris5n. Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially Iris ×...

P

• pagus8n. A country district with scattered hamlets.
• pains7n. Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
• pairs7n. Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
• palas7n. A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.
• palus7n. A vertical pillar along the inner septal margin of a coral.
• pamps11n. Synonym of pampers (“a diaper”).
• pants7n. An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards...
• parts7n. Intellectual ability or learning.
• patas7n. A ground-dwelling long-tailed monkey of species Erythrocebus patas...
• 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...
• pedes8n. Pediatrics.
• phats10n. Phat pants.
• piles7n. A large amount of.
• pilus7n. A hair.
• pinks11n. Flowers in the family Caryophyllaceae, sometimes called carnations.
• pinus7n. Any member of the genus Pinus; a pine.
• pious7adj. Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
• pipes9n. A single pipe organ.
• plebs9n. The plebeian class of Ancient Rome or its equivalent in other ancient...
• polis7n. A Greek city-state.
• polls7n. A place where votes are cast in elections.
• porus7n. A pore.
• powis10n. A black curassow (Crax alector).
• prefs10n. Preferences.
• press7n. An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
• priss7n. A prissy person.
• probs9adv. Synonym of probably.
• props9n. Respect for, or recognition of, another person; an expression of...
• pross7n. A prostitute.
• psoas7n. Either of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in...
• pubes9n. The pubic region.
• pubis9n. The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the...
• pucks13n. Plenty; an abundance (of something).
• pyxis17n. A small box.

Q

• qisas14n. Under sharia law, the principle of retaliation in kind, or retributive...
• quads15n. A four of a kind.
• quits14adj. On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.

R

• racks11n. Publication, distribution (of a magazine).
• rains5n. A rainy season; monsoon.
• rajas12n. One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that...
• ramus7n. A small spray or twig.
• rates5n. Taxes, usually on property, levied by local government.
• rebus7n. An arrangement of pictures, symbols, or words representing phrases or...
• regas6v. To refill (an appliance such as an air-conditioning unit) with the...
• reins5n. The lower part of the back.
• remis7n. A draw.
• rings6n. A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of two rings suspended...
• roads6n. A roadstead.
• rocks11n. Money.
• roots5n. Ancestry.
• ropes7n. Basic skills of a job.
• rubus7n. Any of the genus Rubus of flowering plants, including the raspberry and...
• rudas6adj. Bold; masculine; coarse.
• rupes7n. An escarpment on another planet or a moon.

S

• sails5n. The sailmaker on board ship.
• sales5n. The activities involved in selling goods or services.
• sands6n. Sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass...
• saros5n. A quantity of 3600, such as a period of 3600 years.
• scops9n. The scops owl.
• sedes6n. The position a word or phrase occupies within the meter.
• semis7n. A small bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at half an...
• shaws11n. Stalks or leaves of root vegetables.
• sines5n. Pair of sixes of dice.
• sinus5n. A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the...
• siris5n. Any tree of the genus Albizia.
• situs5n. The position, especially the usual, normal position, of a body part or...
• sixes12n. A pair of sixes.
• skins9n. The drums.
• slaps7n. A two-player reaction game in which opponents slap each other's hands.

Questions about these words

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

Word.ws lists 491 five-letter words ending in S, plus 136 rare ones.

What are common five-letter words ending in S?

years, times, means, needs, class, comes, looks and works.

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

zooks scores 18 points with the standard letter tile values.

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