Words Ending In ANS
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653 of the 172,434 ENABLE words shown on this site are words that end in ANS (about 0.38%). They run from BANS, CANS and FANS at the short end to DISESTABLISHMENTARIANS at the long end. Using commonly used tile values, RHYNCHOCEPHALIANS (35 points) scores the most. 132 of them use no letter twice, which matters in games where every tile is separate. Different games use different dictionaries, so check your game's rules before relying on a word.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 653 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.38% |
| Longest | DISESTABLISHMENTARIANS (22 letters) |
| Shortest | BANS, CANS and FANS and 7 more (4 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | RHYNCHOCEPHALIANS, 35 |
| No repeated letters | 132 |
Most common letter before ANS
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| I | 226 |
| R | 47 |
| E | 45 |
| T | 38 |
| L | 34 |
Useful observations
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 86 leave another word when the final
ANSis taken off, for exampleACARIDANS,ALANS,ANNELIDANS,ANTIPODEANSandBANIANS→ACARID,AL,ANNELID,ANTIPODEandBANI. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 175 of these words.
- The average length is 9.2 letters.
- Before ANS, the letter
Iappears most often (226 words).
All -ANS words
4 letters 10
bans cans fans mans nans pans sans tans vans wans
5 letters 32
alans azans beans brans clans cyans deans elans flans glans grans guans jeans khans koans leans loans means moans naans peans pians plans roans scans spans swans trans ulans weans yeans yuans
6 letters 62
atmans avians bogans burans cleans cotans damans dedans dewans divans diwans furans gleans gobans gowans groans hazans hogans honans humans japans jawans lagans lauans lemans ligans limans logans lorans oceans octans organs paeans pagans pavans pecans pekans pyrans queans ratans redans remans romans rowans sarans sedans sewans skeans solans sowans speans titans tolans tomans uhlans unbans unmans vegans wigans womans xylans yulans
7 letters 100
afghans ajowans anurans ashcans atamans banians banyans bedpans bemeans bemoans brogans caftans caimans callans cancans captans caymans chazans corbans currans deewans demeans desmans dioxans dolmans durians firmans frypans germans glucans glycans gossans hazzans hetmans inspans jordans kaftans kalians kanbans kurgans lallans lochans longans lungans lurdans magians mannans medians messans minyans morgans nonfans oilcans origans orphans outmans paesans paisans parians partans pechans pitmans platans prolans ptisans radians raglans randans rattans reloans replans ryokans sampans seawans sextans shamans shorans silvans simians slogans soldans soudans sovrans suldans sultans suntans sylvans taipans tampans tarpans tartans tarzans teopans titians toucans trapans trepans turbans tympans wangans
8 letters 85
alloxans artisans ataghans barchans begroans bodhrans bogbeans brechans capelans capstans caravans caterans chazzans clachans claypans cooncans courlans crucians cyprians darshans deadpans dextrans dipnoans dishpans dustpans etesians firepans fustians gamelans gentians habitans hanumans hardpans harijans hessians hexosans indicans kneepans lesbians martians medusans minivans misplans monerans oppidans ortolans ottomans outplans outspans overmans pampeans paphians pelicans pemicans preplans proteans pullmans puritans quadrans quartans quintans recleans ruffians salpians saltpans saurians shaitans shebeans sheitans soybeans sporrans stewpans subclans subdeans swanpans tailfans telerans tertians urethans utopians veterans wanigans xanthans yatagans zymosans
9 letters 109
acaridans actinians agrarians aphidians apiarians aquarians arcadians ascidians barbicans bartisans bartizans billycans bluejeans bohemians brainpans bryozoans buckbeans busulfans cardigans ceruleans cesareans cesarians cetaceans chairmans chitosans chlordans civilians comedians conquians cordovans cotqueans countians diocesans dipterans dragomans ectozoans egyptians empyreans entozoans ethicians eulachans furfurans guardians harridans hominians hooligans iguanians isopodans isthmians jerricans jerrycans langshans larrigans logicians lunarians macrurans magicians marzipans meridians metazoans mulligans musicians nonpagans obsidians oolachans ophidians opticians overplans pagurians parazoans partisans partizans pattypans pemmicans pentosans plebeians polyzoans pozzolans precleans prehumans publicans rambutans rataplans rosarians saucepans scalepans shadchans shwanpans sialidans sirenians subhumans suburbans superfans syrphians talismans tarlatans tarletans thespians toboggans tragopans trimarans turbofans valerians venetians vesuvians viridians wannigans wingspans yataghans
10 letters 71
amphibians annelidans anthocyans anthozoans astrakhans balmacaans barbarians brannigans caecilians caesareans caesarians carnelians castellans catamarans charlatans chelonians clinicians cnidarians collegians cornelians courtesans custodians dalmatians decapodans dieticians dietitians epicureans eutherians gorgonians harmattans heliozoans historians horsebeans hydrozoans jellybeans leviathans librarians mammalians manhattans melphalans mercaptans morticians myrobalans nemerteans orangutans overcleans patricians physicians planarians precisians pretorians prosimians protistans protozoans ptarmigans quotidians reptilians sacristans salvarsans samaritans screwbeans sectarians selachians spleuchans sporozoans suctorians suffragans tacticians tragedians unitarians vulgarians
11 letters 43
antinomians antipodeans balbriggans batrachians beauticians benzofurans cladocerans constantans contrarians crustaceans culinarians endosulfans equestrians fruitarians grammarians hemipterans homoousians homopterans housecleans infrahumans infusorians interurbans jubilarians laminarians monogeneans mycetozoans nitrofurans nonveterans pedestrians politicians praetorians protohumans republicans sanitarians scyphozoans seminarians shenanigans subclavians technicians theologians thysanurans tryptophans vegetarians
12 letters 43
abecedarians academicians acousticians alcyonarians antiquarians calypsonians carrageenans centenarians centimorgans ceratopsians chiropterans coleopterans collembolans cosmeticians counterplans crocodilians ctenophorans egalitarians electricians estheticians holothurians homoiousians hyperboreans libertarians lilliputians logisticians madreporians mechanicians millenarians milliradians neuropterans nonmusicians nonpartisans orthopterans phoneticians plecopterans proletarians radiolarians rhetoricians saurischians semioticians utilitarians zoantharians
13 letters 42
aestheticians antediluvians bacchanalians biometricians cosmopolitans dialecticians dibenzofurans equalitarians futilitarians geometricians geriatricians hereditarians humanitarians hymenopterans lepidopterans majoritarians metropolitans nonagenarians nonlibrarians nonphysicians obstetricians octogenarians onomasticians onychophorans pediatricians pogonophorans postdiluvians prehistorians proboscideans proboscidians proteoglycans salutatorians sexagenarians spermatozoans statisticians sublibrarians theoreticians totalitarians trichopterans turbellarians vaudevillians veterinarians
14 letters 23
arithmeticians authoritarians bildungsromans cliometricians communitarians cyberneticians diagnosticians documentarians foraminiferans geopoliticians linguisticians malacostracans mastigophorans mathematicians megalopolitans metaphysicians necessitarians nonpoliticians nonvegetarians ornithischians paediatricians peptidoglycans valedictorians
15 letters 14
disciplinarians econometricians ethnohistorians ichthyosaurians latitudinarians nonutilitarians predestinarians premillenarians protohistorians sabermetricians septuagenarians solitudinarians uniformitarians valetudinarians
16 letters 11
acanthocephalans antilibertarians biostatisticians crossopterygians nonmetropolitans parliamentarians platitudinarians postmillenarians psychohistorians psychometricians tetrahydrofurans
17 letters 4
antihumanitarians biomathematicians nonmathematicians rhynchocephalians
18 letters 1
glycosaminoglycans
19 letters 2
establishmentarians ovolactovegetarians
22 letters 1
disestablishmentarians
Using these words
To find words ending in ANS from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with ANS in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???ANS in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.