Words Ending In ISH
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The open ENABLE word list has 554 words that end in ISH, about 0.32% of the 172,434 words this site shows. The longest is CONTRADISTINGUISH; the shortest are DISH, FISH and PISH. The highest base score belongs to JACKFISH (27 points), using commonly used tile values. 229 of them use no letter twice, which matters in games where every tile is separate. This is a general word list, not any game's official one; always check the rules of your game.
About the suffix -ISH
The suffix ish has several related meanings. On adjectives and nouns it means “somewhat” or “like”: reddish, childish, bookish. It also forms words for nationalities and languages, which are capitalized in ordinary writing and so mostly absent from a lowercase word list like ENABLE. In casual speech it has become a word on its own, but that use is too new for most word lists.
Some common words end in I-S-H without carrying the suffix, such as fish, dish, wish and finish, and many verbs from French end this way too (polish, publish, vanish), where it is part of the verb rather than a suffix with its own meaning.
The statistics below count every word in the list that ends with these three letters, and the observations show how many leave a word when the ending is removed, a quick way to see how often -ish is a true suffix.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 554 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.32% |
| Longest | CONTRADISTINGUISH (17 letters) |
| Shortest | DISH, FISH and PISH and 1 more (4 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | JACKFISH, 27 |
| No repeated letters | 229 |
Most common letter before ISH
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| F | 122 |
| N | 62 |
| R | 53 |
| L | 43 |
| K | 40 |
Useful observations
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 271 leave another word when the final
ISHis taken off, for exampleACTORISH,AMATEURISH,ASPISH,BABYISHandBAIRNISH→ACTOR,AMATEUR,ASP,BABYandBAIRN. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 313 of these words.
- The average length is 7.8 letters.
- Before ISH, the letter
Fappears most often (122 words).
All -ISH words
4 letters 4
dish fish pish wish
5 letters 5
apish cuish knish swish whish
6 letters 54
aguish aspish banish bluish boyish coyish danish dovish dryish dudish elfish elvish famish fetish finish garish goyish impish jadish latish lavish lowish marish minish modish monish mopish mulish newish oafish oddish offish ogrish oldish owlish palish parish perish polish popish punish radish rakish ravish rawish relish squish tonish toyish unwish uppish vanish widish winish
7 letters 195
abolish anguish babyish baldish batfish beamish bearish beauish biggish blemish blueish boarish boggish boobish bookish boorish boxfish brinish brutish buckish bullish burnish caddish carlish catfish cattish cherish clayish cockish codfish coldish coltish coolish cowfish cubbish cultish currish dampish darkish deafish dervish dogfish doggish dollish doltish donnish dronish dullish dumpish duncish duskish english evanish faddish fairish fattish finfish flemish fogyish folkish foolish foppish foxfish furbish furnish garfish garnish gawkish girlish gnomish goatish goodish grayish greyish hagfish haggish hashish hawkish heimish hellish hickish hippish hogfish hoggish hottish huffish hunnish jewfish kaddish kiddish knavish ladyish largish larkish lazyish leftish longish loudish loutish lumpish maddish maidish mannish mawkish minxish mobbish monkish moonish moorish mudfish nebbish nerdish noirish nourish nunnish oarfish ogreish outfish outwish panfish peakish peckish peevish perkish pettish pigfish piggish pinfish pinkish pixyish planish plenish poorish prudish publish puckish puggish punkish pupfish raffish rammish rankish raspish ratfish rattish reddish redfish roguish rompish rubbish runtish ruttish saltish sawfish selfish serfish sickish slavish slowish softish sottish sourish stonish stylish sunfish swinish tallish tannish tarnish tartish tigrish toadish tonnish townish tundish vampish varnish voguish waggish wampish warmish waspish weakish wearish wennish wettish wheyish whitish whorish wildish wimpish wispish wolfish wormish zanyish
8 letters 179
actorish admonish astonish bairnish bakshish billfish blackish blandish bleakish blimpish blockish blondish blowfish bluefish boarfish bonefish brackish brainish brandish brassish brattish broadish broguish brownish cavefish ceorlish cheapish childish churlish clannish clerkish cliquish cloddish clownish clubbish clumpish coalfish crankish crawfish crayfish dandyish dealfish demolish depolish devilish diminish dowdyish draffish dreggish drumfish dwarfish enravish etherish faintish fallfish feeblish feverish fiendish fiftyish filefish flatfish flattish flourish foolfish fortyish freakish frogfish frumpish ghoulish goatfish goldfish grayfish greenish gruffish grumpish gypsyish headfish jackfish jingoish kingfish ladyfish languish lemonish lightish lionfish littlish liverish lumpfish lungfish milkfish monkfish moonfish nabobish ninnyish numbfish orangish overfish paganish pipefish pixieish plumpish prankish priggish puppyish purplish pygmyish quackish qualmish queerish quippish quirkish refinish repolish rockfish rosefish roughish roundish rowdyish sailfish sandfish scampish sheepish shortish shrewish sissyish sixtyish skirmish skittish slobbish sluggish sluttish smallish snappish sniffish snobbish snoutish sparkish spookish squarish squirish stablish standish starfish steepish stiffish stockish stoutish studfish suckfish surffish swainish swampish sweetish sylphish thickish thievish thinnish thuggish ticklish tigerish tilefish toadfish toadyish toughish tovarish trampish trickish unmodish vanquish vaporish vigorish viperish vixenish waterish weakfish wolffish womanish yokelish youngish
9 letters 51
angelfish bitterish blackfish blindfish cleverish copublish devilfish disrelish dragonish embellish establish gibberish giraffish globefish goosefish hoydenish jargonish jellyfish killifish kittenish lickerish platyfish premonish prettyish refurbish refurnish replenish republish sablefish sallowish shellfish spadefish spearfish spiderish squawfish squeamish stockfish stonefish strongish swellfish swordfish thirtyish tomboyish trunkfish unbookish unselfish unstylish vampirish vulturish whitefish yellowish
10 letters 35
accomplish amateurish anglerfish archerfish bounderish buffoonish bumpkinish butterfish candlefish cartoonish cockneyish coquettish countryish cuttlefish damselfish disfurnish extinguish folklorish groundfish guitarfish heathenish hoodlumish impoverish muttonfish needlefish outlandish overlavish paddlefish peacockish picayunish relinquish ribbonfish silverfish unactorish vinegarish
11 letters 18
antitarnish buffalofish distinguish dolphinfish gangsterish horseradish interparish nightmarish novelettish overnourish reestablish spinsterish standoffish straightish surgeonfish textbookish triggerfish vagabondish
12 letters 6
buccaneerish dilettantish disestablish preestablish schoolboyish sycophantish
13 letters 5
guttersnipish leprechaunish overembellish sansculottish schoolmarmish
15 letters 1
schoolmasterish
17 letters 1
contradistinguish
Using these words
To find words ending in ISH from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with ISH in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???ISH 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.