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Words Ending In BS

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The open ENABLE word list has 236 words that end in BS, about 0.14% of the 172,434 words this site shows. The longest is THINGAMABOBS; the shortest is ABS. Using commonly used tile values, COCKSCOMBS (24 points) scores the most. Words with no repeated letter: 117. Games use their own dictionaries, so a word here isn't automatically playable everywhere.

At a glance

FactValue
Words in this list236
Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site0.14%
LongestTHINGAMABOBS (12 letters)
ShortestABS (3 letters)
Highest base score (common values)COCKSCOMBS, 24
No repeated letters117

Most common letter before BS

LetterWords
M46
A40
U37
O35
R35

Patterns in this list

  • None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
  • 49 leave another word when the final BS is taken off, for example ALBS, ARBS, BARBS, BIBBS and BIBS → AL, AR, BAR, BIB and BI.
  • The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 1, found in 122 of these words.
  • The average length is 6.2 letters.
  • Before BS, the letter M appears most often (46 words).

All -BS words

3 letters 1

abs

4 letters 52

albs arbs bibs bobs bubs cabs cobs cubs dabs debs dibs dubs ebbs fibs fobs fubs gabs gibs gobs hobs hubs jabs jibs jobs kabs kobs labs libs lobs mibs mobs nabs nebs nibs nobs nubs orbs pubs rebs ribs robs rubs sabs sibs sobs subs tabs tubs urbs wabs webs yobs

5 letters 58

barbs bibbs blabs blebs blobs blubs bombs bulbs burbs carbs chubs clubs cobbs combs crabs cribs curbs darbs daubs drabs dribs drubs dumbs flabs flubs forbs gambs garbs globs grabs grubs herbs iambs jambs jibbs kerbs knobs lambs limbs numbs plebs scabs sibbs slabs slobs slubs snibs snobs snubs sorbs stabs stobs stubs swabs swobs tombs verbs wombs

6 letters 33

ardebs blurbs cabobs carobs celebs chimbs climbs coombs crumbs cubebs demobs dweebs exurbs kababs kabobs kebabs kebobs nabobs nawabs plumbs redubs rehabs rhombs rhumbs sahibs scrubs shrubs slurbs squabs squibs throbs thumbs zinebs

7 letters 34

absorbs adsorbs adverbs aplombs baobabs bedaubs bedumbs benumbs bicarbs cherubs cobwebs confabs corymbs desorbs entombs enwombs haboobs hobnobs hubbubs intombs liblabs midribs mihrabs milnebs prefabs recombs resorbs reverbs scarabs serdabs skibobs subdebs suburbs uncurbs

8 letters 21

bathtubs corncobs coulombs cowherbs coxcombs disturbs flubdubs minicabs minilabs overdubs pedicabs perturbs potherbs proverbs replumbs rhubarbs sanddabs succumbs taxicabs upclimbs washtubs

9 letters 21

backstabs catacombs choriambs corncribs divebombs doorjambs doorknobs firebombs forelimbs hecatombs landgrabs memsahibs outclimbs outthrobs reabsorbs sillabubs sillibubs spareribs subshrubs syllabubs wellcurbs

10 letters 13

bafflegabs beachcombs chemisorbs cockscombs currycombs dithyrambs flashbulbs honeycombs lightbulbs nightclubs spiderwebs superbombs superclubs

11 letters 2

heartthrobs undershrubs

12 letters 1

thingamabobs

Using these words

To find words ending in BS from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with BS in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???BS 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.

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