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Words Ending In SES

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Counting only the ENABLE word list, 5,357 entries are words that end in SES. That is about 3.1% of the list. Lengths range from 4 letters (ESES, OSES and USES) to 23 (CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES and INDISTINGUISHABLENESSES). The highest base score belongs to CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES (47 points), using commonly used tile values. Words with no repeated letter: 0. This is a general word list, not any game's official one; always check the rules of your game.

At a glance

FactValue
Words in this list5,357
Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site3.1%
LongestCARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES and INDISTINGUISHABLENESSES (23 letters)
ShortestESES, OSES and USES (4 letters)
Highest base score (common values)CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSES, 47
No repeated letters0

Most common letter before SES

LetterWords
S3,282
I567
U459
O330
A318

Useful observations

  • None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
  • 207 leave another word when the final SES is taken off, for example ABASES, ABBESSES, ABYSSES, ADVENTURESSES and AGENESES → ABA, ABBES, ABYS, ADVENTURES and AGENE.
  • The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 4, found in 1,704 of these words.
  • The average length is 11.9 letters.
  • Before SES, the letter S appears most often (3,282 words).

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Other -SES words

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5 letters 3

apses erses lyses

6 letters 35

birses bowses burses carses censes copses corses curses dowses dulses gorses hanses hawses horses lapses lenses manses marses menses nurses parses perses physes pulses purses rinses senses sepses sudses tawses tenses torses valses verses worses

7 letters 21

asepses avenses avulses bourses browses chowses corpses courses drowses ecdyses elapses flenses grilses hearses kumyses shikses spenses thyrses tootses tsetses woopses

8 letters 34

analyses appulses asperses becurses bicepses biolyses chintses cleanses defenses dialyses eclipses ellipses endorses expanses expenses expulses glimpses immerses impulses incenses indorses inverses koumyses licenses obverses offenses relapses remorses repulses reverses synapses synopses traipses unhorses

9 letters 57

apophyses asynapses aurochses autolyses caryopses catalyses catharses chlamyses collapses collinses condenses converses convulses cutpurses cytolyses diaphyses dickenses disburses dispenses disperses elevenses epiphyses gallowses hemolyses homolyses hydropses incorpses katharses lamperses lipolyses misparses missenses nonsenses outcurses paralyses perhapses petuntses prerinses pretenses prolapses prolepses pyrolyses recourses redhorses rehearses responses sawhorses submerses subsenses summonses suspenses syllepses symphyses traverses tricepses universes warhorses

10 letters 30

amanuenses anablepses antisepses baudronses cockhorses concourses discourses glycolyses hemoptyses histolyses hydrolyses hypophyses megalopses oversudses packhorses paraphyses photolyses racehorses radiolyses reanalyses reimburses reimmerses relicenses ringhalses solonetses solvolyses stereopses studhorses urinalyses workhorses

11 letters 19

apocalypses frontolyses hendiadyses heterolyses hobbyhorses metanalyses minicourses misanalyses overbrowses peristalses plasmolyses proteolyses racecourses recompenses recondenses sublicenses telecourses transverses wheelhorses

12 letters 11

contredanses electrolyses fibrinolyses hemodialyses intersperses multicourses nonresponses overanalyses quadricepses watercourses zygapophyses

13 letters 9

autocatalyses bacteriolyses chromatolyses clotheshorses cryptanalyses frankincenses microanalyses stringcourses triceratopses

14 letters 4

glycogenolyses omphaloskepses phosphorolyses psychoanalyses

15 letters 5

adenohypophyses electroanalyses electrodialyses neurohypophyses nonintercourses

16 letters 1

counterresponses

A sample of -SES words

An evenly spaced sample of 150 words in alphabetical order (every 35th word), to give a feel for the list.

abacuses accuratenesses adventuresses albatrosses amicablenesses ancestresses apatosauruses arbutuses aspises avenses balminesses benthoses blameworthinesses boneheadednesses brawninesses bullnoses callouses carburises cattinesses changefulnesses chloraloses cladogeneses cocarboxylases comfortablenesses conceptualises containerises corporealnesses cragginesses cruelnesses customarinesses dappernesses defenselessnesses demonstrativenesses detestablenesses diffusenesses discontentednesses disreputablenesses doltishnesses droughtinesses ecchymoses eldresses endocarditises eohippuses estruses excusablenesses exquisitenesses fanaticalnesses felicitousnesses filthinesses flosses forlornnesses fretfulnesses fustinesses gaynesses glasshouses gooeynesses greatheartednesses guilefulnesses haploses heartseases heterozygoses holinesses houselessnesses hypersensitivenesses illimitablenesses impetuousnesses inchoatenesses indigenousnesses inflammablenesses insensiblenesses intolerablenesses ironicalnesses jitterinesses kindlinesses laicises learnednesses lifelessnesses litmuses losablenesses lustinesses manageresses mattrasses meniscuses metropolises miscellaneousnesses molasseses mousinesses myiases necroses nitrocelluloses novelises obsesses ongoingnesses orthoclases outsidernesses oxalises parabioses pathoses pepperinesses pertussises phosphorylases pityriases poeticalnesses portresses precisenesses prettinesses progressivenesses proteolyses puffinesses quantitativenesses rapaciousnesses recluses regresses repletenesses restivenesses rifenesses roughhouses salaciousnesses sawboneses seasonablenesses sensitivenesses shiftlessnesses sinisternesses slipperinesses soapinesses sorosises spitefulnesses staidnesses stiltednesses studiousnesses substantialnesses sunglasses suspiciousnesses syndesmoses tasses tendinitises theses tininesses townhouses trespasses tsimmeses unassumingnesses underclasses unhorses unrestrainednesses uppitinesses vaginitises verglases vitreouses wampuses

Using these words

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