Words Ending In CTS
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The open ENABLE word list has 240 words that end in CTS, about 0.14% of the 172,434 words this site shows. They run from ACTS at the short end to COUNTERPROJECTS at the long end. Using commonly used tile values, COUNTERPROJECTS (28 points) scores the most. 48 have no repeated letter at all. Games use their own dictionaries, so a word here isn't automatically playable everywhere.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 240 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.14% |
| Longest | COUNTERPROJECTS (15 letters) |
| Shortest | ACTS (4 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | COUNTERPROJECTS, 28 |
| No repeated letters | 48 |
Most common letter before CTS
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| E | 110 |
| A | 57 |
| I | 31 |
| U | 30 |
| N | 7 |
What stands out
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 16 leave another word when the final
CTSis taken off, for exampleBISECTS,BRACTS,CONTRACTS,DECOCTSandDELICTS→BISE,BRA,CONTRA,DECOandDELI. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 121 of these words.
- The average length is 8.7 letters.
- Before CTS, the letter
Eappears most often (110 words).
All -CTS words
4 letters 1
acts
5 letters 5
ducts facts pacts sects tacts
6 letters 16
bracts coacts edicts educts ejects elects enacts epacts erects eructs evicts exacts mulcts reacts tincts tracts
7 letters 36
abducts addicts adducts advects affects aspects bisects decocts deducts defects dejects delicts depicts detects didacts directs effects expects exsects impacts indicts inducts infects injects insects misacts objects outacts preacts redacts refects rejects relicts relucts resects selects
8 letters 62
abreacts adjuncts afflicts analects apomicts astricts attracts cathects coenacts coerects collects compacts concocts conducts confects connects contacts convects convicts corrects deflects detracts dialects disjects dissects extincts extracts infarcts inflects inflicts infracts inspects neglects nonfacts overacts oviducts pandects perfects playacts predicts prefects prelects products projects prosects protects reejects reelects reenacts reerects reflects refracts respects retracts subducts subjects subsects suspects trajects trisects verdicts viaducts
9 letters 52
abstracts abstricts acrolects aeroducts aqueducts artefacts artifacts benedicts cataracts codirects coeffects complects conflicts conjuncts contracts derelicts deselects destructs diffracts disjuncts distracts districts idiolects instincts instructs interacts maledicts obstructs praefects praelects precincts preelects preenacts preerects prospects protracts readdicts redefects redirects reindicts reinducts reinfects reinjects reobjects restricts retroacts subtracts transacts transects underacts usufructs vivisects
10 letters 30
architects byproducts constricts constructs coproducts disaffects disinfects entoprocts genuflects imperfects intellects interdicts interjects intersects introjects misdirects nonaddicts noninsects overreacts preselects recollects reconnects recontacts reconvicts reinspects resurrects retrodicts tesseracts transfects ventifacts
11 letters 20
autodidacts contradicts counteracts disconnects disrespects grapholects introspects misconducts misconnects noncontacts nonsubjects overdirects pluperfects redistricts retrospects subcompacts subdialects subproducts subprojects underreacts
12 letters 10
aftereffects deconstructs megaprojects microinjects overcorrects overprotects reconstructs subcontracts subdistricts superinfects
13 letters 6
fluidextracts interconnects nonarchitects overabstracts photoproducts superconducts
14 letters 1
overconstructs
15 letters 1
counterprojects
Using these words
To find words ending in CTS from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with CTS in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???CTS 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.