Words Ending In ES

Last updated: October 1, 2026

22,874 of the 172,434 ENABLE words shown on this site are words that end in ES (about 13.3%). They run from ES at the short end to ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETATES at the long end. Using commonly used tile values, RAZZAMATAZZES (51 points) scores the most. 2,402 have no repeated letter at all. 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	22,874
Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site	13.3%
Longest	`ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETATES` (28 letters)
Shortest	`ES` (2 letters)
Highest base score (common values)	`RAZZAMATAZZES`, 51
No repeated letters	2,402

Most common letter before ES

Letter	Words
S	5,357
I	4,978
T	2,343
L	1,415
N	1,330

Useful observations

5 read the same backward and forward, such as SEES, SELLES and SEMEMES.
6,064 leave another word when the final ES is taken off, for example ABACUSES, ABASES, ABASHES, ABATISES and ABATTISES → ABACUS, ABAS, ABASH, ABATIS and ABATTIS.
The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 4, found in 6,928 of these words.
The average length is 10.4 letters.
Before ES, the letter S appears most often (5,357 words).

Browse the full lists

With 22,874 words, this list is split into smaller pages by the letter before. Each page shows its complete list.

…BES 101
…CES 1,028
…DES 753
…EES 320
…GES 663
…HES 823
…IES 4,978
…KES 212
…LES 1,415
…MES 325
…NES 1,330
…OES 207
…PES 255
…RES 819
…SES 5,357
…TES 2,343
…UES 209
…VES 512
…XES 286
…ZES 833

Other -ES words

These groups are too small for a page of their own, so they are listed here in full.

2 letters 1

3 letters 1

yes

4 letters 18

awes ayes byes dyes ewes eyes gaes haes kaes lyes maes owes oyes pyes ryes tyes waes wyes

5 letters 17

abyes braes cafes fifes hajes howes jefes lowes rajes safes snyes spaes styes tajes twaes wifes yowes

6 letters 11

baryes chafes debyes gaffes hadjes hajjes knifes kopjes oxeyes redyes ruffes

7 letters 18

agrafes bigeyes bouffes bugeyes carafes coiffes griffes lechwes mameyes piaffes pouffes rallyes redeyes reggaes strafes strifes sundaes truffes

8 letters 23

agraffes buckeyes cockeyes deadeyes employes fisheyes frogeyes giraffes goldeyes goodbyes huswifes lowlifes midwifes mooneyes overawes overdyes pinkeyes shuteyes sockeyes svarajes swarajes tartufes walleyes

9 letters 9

birdseyes gramaryes highlifes rockabyes tartuffes tigereyes usquabaes usquebaes watcheyes

10 letters 5

goldeneyes jackknifes nightlifes rechauffes vouchsafes

11 letters 1

arborvitaes

12 letters 1

loosestrifes

A sample of -ES words

An evenly spaced sample of 150 words in alphabetical order (every 152th word), to give a feel for the list.

aardwolves achinesses advertizes akees ambergrises andouilles antimonides apprises articulates augmentatives backdates baselines bengalines bioelectricities blowtubes bourgeoisies bronchioles butterfishes canapes carotenes cellobioses chatelaines chordates classmates coequates commingles condensates contemplates cornflakes courses crispnesses curlinesses damages decontaminates demerges deserves diaspores dirigibles disquantities dolomites drosses economises elongates endoperoxides ephemeralities espiegleries examples extensivenesses farragoes feverishnesses flannelettes fondnesses frankpledges furnishes gastronomes gigues goloshes greenhouses gynecocracies hashishes heres hodoscopes houseflies hypermobilities illusivenesses impolicies incongruousnesses inelegances inoperculates interiorises invocates ivories jumpinesses kitties larees leptospires liquates lotteries machineabilities manilles maxes merozoites micromeres misadventures mithridates moonquakes munificences nasopharynges neurotoxicities nondisclosures nucleosides oenophiles oracles outcoaches overcompensates owes papistries patinizes penuckles pertinencies phosphorylates pingrasses plenitudes polypropylenes powerlessnesses preparednesses procaryotes proteases pumices quartes ramosities recalcitrances reedifies reinspires repechages respirometries rhapsodes rooses safroles savories sealeries sensuousnesses sherries simplenesses slypes soliloquies spectroscopes spunkinesses stereoscopes stromatolites subsequences superabundances sustainabilities syzygies techniques testabilities thraves tokologies trades tricepses tryptamines ufologies underpasses unreasonablenesses urologies velleities vigorousnesses voyages weirdies withdrawnnesses

Using these words

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