Best words to try
Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: MANUS, TALUS, TONUS, TOLUS, TORUS and LOCUS. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 58 of the 87 words have none.
Highest-scoring words
- JUJUS19 points
- ZEBUS16 points
- JEHUS15 points
- NEXUS12 points
- TAXUS12 points
Patterns in this list
The most common third-to-last letter is C (10 words), followed by L (9).
More 5 letter words ending with S
- …ES 531
- …TS 280
- …KS 183
- …LS 181
- …AS 172
- …NS 158
- …DS 153
- …PS 127
- …OS 115
- …RS 111
- …MS 90
- …IS 89
- …GS 84
- …FS 73
- …BS 58
- …WS 50
- …HS 45
US at other lengths
Questions
How many 5 letter words end in US?
There are 87 5 letter words that end in US in our word list.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word that end in US?
JUJUS, worth 19 points with standard Scrabble letter values.
What is a good Wordle guess that ends in US?
TONUS, TORUS and TALUS use 5 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.