Words Ending In OTS

Last updated: October 1, 2026

267 of the 172,434 ENABLE words shown on this site are words that end in OTS (about 0.15%). Lengths range from 4 letters (BOTS, COTS and DOTS) to 13 (SUPERPATRIOTS and TROUBLESHOOTS). Using commonly used tile values, JACKBOOTS (24 points) scores the most. 63 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.

At a glance

Fact	Value
Words in this list	267
Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site	0.15%
Longest	`SUPERPATRIOTS` and `TROUBLESHOOTS` (13 letters)
Shortest	`BOTS`, `COTS` and `DOTS` and 10 more (4 letters)
Highest base score (common values)	`JACKBOOTS`, 24
No repeated letters	63

Most common letter before OTS

Letter	Words
O	74
L	46
P	36
H	21
C	16

Patterns in this list

None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
31 leave another word when the final OTS is taken off, for example ALLOTS, BALLOTS, BIGOTS, BOOTS and CARROTS → ALL, BALL, BIG, BO and CARR.
The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 112 of these words.
The average length is 7.7 letters.
Before OTS, the letter O appears most often (74 words).

All -OTS words

4 letters 13

bots cots dots hots jots lots mots oots pots rots sots tots wots

5 letters 24

blots boots clots coots foots grots hoots knots loots moots phots plots riots roots ryots scots shots slots snots soots spots swots toots trots

6 letters 34

abbots allots argots ascots besots bhoots bigots cloots depots dicots divots ergots escots gavots gemots gigots griots guyots helots idiots ingots jabots magots picots pilots pinots pivots repots robots sabots scoots shoots snoots tarots

7 letters 40

ballots beknots bowpots brulots burbots cahoots carrots coplots despots diglots drylots enroots fylfots galiots galoots giglots harlots heriots inkpots maggots marmots mascots merlots motmots ocelots parrots reboots replots respots sexpots spigots sublots teapots tricots turbots unknots unroots uproots upshots zealots

8 letters 69

aliquots apricots bibelots bigfoots bowknots bowshots chariots cheroots cheviots complots copilots dashpots disroots dogtrots dovecots earshots eyeshots eyespots feedlots finfoots firepots folkmots foxtrots fusspots galipots galliots galloots gluepots gumboots gunshots haricots hotfoots hotshots inkblots jackpots maillots manihots marplots matelots melilots monocots outfoots outplots outroots outtrots paletots patriots peridots pierrots polycots potshots reallots redroots reshoots sandlots seaboots shallots sheroots slyboots subplots sunspots symbiots talipots taproots topknots tosspots upshoots whatnots woodlots

9 letters 50

alumroots beetroots bergamots birdshots boughpots buckshots bullshots cachalots cachepots clubroots crackpots crowfoots dropshots entrepots escargots eschalots flatfoots fleshpots folkmoots freeboots gallipots hardboots highspots hotchpots jackboots massicots microdots monoglots moonshots offshoots outshoots overplots overshots pinkroots pokeroots polyglots preallots roseroots sheepcots slipknots smokepots snapshots stinkpots stockpots subabbots subdepots tommyrots wainscots wastelots wormroots

10 letters 25

arrowroots autopilots bandicoots birthroots bloodroots chassepots cocksfoots coffeepots colicroots coltsfoots crapshoots flowerpots goosefoots grassroots guillemots nightspots orrisroots overshoots pussyfoots puttyroots slingshots slungshots snakeroots squawroots underplots

11 letters 6

bitterroots compatriots gingerroots immunoblots tenderfoots undershoots

12 letters 4

bumbershoots counterplots countershots witenagemots

13 letters 2

superpatriots troubleshoots

Using these words

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