Words Ending In
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Endings are where English grammar shows up most clearly in a word list: plurals, past tenses, adverbs and comparatives all add letters at the end. Pick a final letter or a common suffix to see every matching word from the open ENABLE word list, with vulgar words left out. All counts are worked out from that list when the site is built. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.
Browse by last letter
- …A 2,906
- …B 242
- …C 3,782
- …D 15,822
- …E 16,914
- …F 345
- …G 13,044
- …H 1,932
- …I 793
- …K 1,405
- …L 5,456
- …M 2,613
- …N 7,637
- …O 1,025
- …P 949
- …R 9,478
- …S 65,314
- …T 8,455
- …U 173
- …W 415
- …X 358
- …Y 13,270
Big groups are split by the letter that comes before, so “words ending in S” leads to lists for -AS, -ES, -RS and so on, and very large ones such as -ES are split once more. Every word in the list appears on at least one page.
Common suffixes
These pages explain what the suffix usually does, with examples, next to the full list and the computed facts. Any word that ends with the letters is counted, suffix or not, and each page shows how many entries leave another word when the ending is removed.
- -ED 13,299
- -ING 12,531
- -ER 7,465
- -LY 6,374
- -EST 1,807
- -NESS 2,871
- -FUL 332
- -LESS 647
- -TION 2,583
- -ABLE 1,476
- -MENT 616
- -OUS 1,201
- -ISH 554
Which letters end the most words
| Last letter | Words | Share of the list |
|---|---|---|
| S | 65,314 | 37.9% |
| E | 16,914 | 9.8% |
| D | 15,822 | 9.2% |
| Y | 13,270 | 7.7% |
| G | 13,044 | 7.6% |
| R | 9,478 | 5.5% |
| T | 8,455 | 4.9% |
| N | 7,637 | 4.4% |
- S ends 65,314 words, far more than any other letter, because the list includes plural nouns and verb forms such as “runs”.
- E (16,914) and D (15,822) come next; the -ed past tense is one reason D ranks high.
- Only 106 words end in J, Q, V, Z combined, too few for pages of their own, so they are listed in full below.
Words ending in rare letters
Ending in J 7
hadj haj hajj raj svaraj swaraj taj
Ending in Q 3
suq tranq umiaq
Ending in V 17
dev ganev guv improv isogriv lav leitmotiv lev luv maglev moshav rev schav shiv spiv tav vav
Ending in Z 79
abuzz adz bezazz biz blintz blitz bortz buzz chalutz chez chintz coz ditz ersatz fez fiz fizz fritz friz frizz futz fuzz geez gigahertz glitz grosz hafiz halutz hertz jazz jeez kibbitz kibbutz kibitz kilohertz klutz kolhoz kolkhoz kolkoz krummholz kuvasz lutz megahertz nertz oyez pazazz phiz pizazz plotz prez putz quartz quiz razz razzamatazz razzmatazz rheumatiz ritz schmaltz schmalz schnoz schnozz shegetz shmaltz showbiz slivovitz solonetz sovkhoz soyuz speltz spitz spritz topaz trooz waltz weltschmerz whiz whizz wiz
Using these lists
Endings matter when a word has to finish on a particular square, or when you want to extend a word that is already on a board. The Word Unscrambler has an Ends with filter, and the Crossword Solver takes patterns like ???ING. For how suffixes and back hooks work in games, read Hooks, Prefixes and Suffixes.