Best words to try
Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: CEROUS, PAROUS, RAMOUS, CARPUS, CORPUS and MIAOUS. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 72 of the 148 words have none.
Highest-scoring words
- KUDZUS20 points
- QUIPUS17 points
- JOYOUS16 points
- XYSTUS16 points
- BIJOUS15 points
Patterns in this list
The most common third-to-last letter is O (32 words), followed by T (16).
More 6 letter words ending with S
- …ES 1,078
- …RS 457
- …TS 392
- …NS 309
- …AS 271
- …LS 269
- …OS 197
- …DS 168
- …KS 168
- …IS 135
- …PS 119
- …HS 110
- …MS 110
- …YS 70
- …GS 57
- …FS 50
- …CS 49
US at other lengths
Questions
How many 6 letter words end in US?
There are 148 6 letter words that end in US in our word list.
What is the highest scoring 6 letter word that end in US?
KUDZUS, worth 20 points with standard Scrabble letter values.
Which 6 letter words that end in US make good guesses?
MIAOUS, RIMOUS and PAROUS use 6 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.