Words Ending In WS
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Counting only the ENABLE word list, 360 entries are words that end in WS. That is about 0.21% of the list. They run from BOWS, CAWS and COWS at the short end to PREINTERVIEWS and SCHOOLFELLOWS at the long end. The highest base score belongs to JACKSCREWS (28 points), using commonly used tile values. 116 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 | 360 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.21% |
| Longest | PREINTERVIEWS and SCHOOLFELLOWS (13 letters) |
| Shortest | BOWS, CAWS and COWS and 33 more (4 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | JACKSCREWS, 28 |
| No repeated letters | 116 |
Most common letter before WS
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| O | 194 |
| A | 93 |
| E | 72 |
| U | 1 |
What stands out
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 41 leave another word when the final
WSis taken off, for exampleAVOWS,BOWS,BRAWS,BROWSandBURROWS→AVO,BO,BRA,BROandBURRO. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 2, found in 166 of these words.
- The average length is 7.3 letters.
- Before WS, the letter
Oappears most often (194 words).
All -WS words
4 letters 36
bows caws cows daws dews dows haws hews hows jaws jows laws lows maws mews mows news nows paws pews pows raws rows saws sews sows taws tews tows vaws vows waws wows yaws yews yows
5 letters 50
avows blaws blows braws brews brows chaws chews chows claws clews craws crews crows dhows draws enows flaws flews flows frows glows gnaws grows knows meows plews plows prows scows shaws shews shows skews slaws slews slows smews snaws snows spews stews stows thaws thews trews trows views vrows whews
6 letters 35
allows arrows bedews belows bylaws cahows elbows embows endows indows kotows macaws miaows oxbows papaws pilaws pshaws renews resaws resews resows screws serows shrews sinews straws strews strows thraws throws unmews unsews upbows vrouws widows
7 letters 79
barlows barrows bashaws bellows besnows bestows billows borrows bowwows burrows byelaws cashaws cashews curfews curlews cushaws declaws eschews escrows fallows farrows fellows fogbows follows furrows gallows geegaws gewgaws guffaws hallows harrows haymows heehaws hollows inflows jigsaws kowtows mallows marrows meadows mellows mildews minnows morrows narrows nephews nonnews outlaws outrows pawpaws pillows pitsaws powwows reavows rechews redraws reflows reglows regrows reshows reviews ripsaws sallows seesaws shadows sorrows sunbows sundews tallows undraws upflows upgrows wallows warsaws willows windows winnows yarrows yellows
8 letters 59
aircrews airflows airglows backsaws beshrews bestrews bestrows bucksaws catclaws catspaws cornrows cumshaws dayglows dewclaws disavows eyebrows fitchews flyblows forepaws fretsaws hacksaws handsaws hoosgows jackdaws lockjaws longbows lowbrows misdraws misgrows misknows mistbows moonbows mudflows outcrows outdraws outflows outglows outgnaws outgrows oversews preshows previews purviews rainbows reendows rikshaws ringtaws salchows shallows sparrows sunglows swallows trishaws unscrews upthrows whipsaws whitlows windrows wingbows
9 letters 61
airscrews backflows bedstraws beshadows bungalows carassows chainsaws checkrows chowchows clerihews cockcrows coleslaws crossbows curassows disallows disendows fencerows feverfews foofaraws foreknows foreshows furbelows gangplows hawkshaws hedgerows highbrows honeydews hoosegows kickshaws lobbygows maccabaws mackinaws misthrows oldsquaws outthrows overblows overdraws overflows overgrows overviews peepshows rereviews rickshaws roadshows roughhews scofflaws setscrews shadblows sideshows snowplows southpaws televiews tomorrows underjaws undertows unhallows williwaws willywaws windflaws wiredraws withdraws
10 letters 20
afterglows alpenglows bedfellows corkscrews deathblows interviews jackscrews jackstraws leadscrews microbrews nightglows overstrews overthrows saddlebows scarecrows scrimshaws supershows topminnows windthrows worldviews
11 letters 9
foreshadows handbarrows middlebrows overborrows overshadows playfellows shopwindows thumbscrews yokefellows
12 letters 9
clapperclaws counterblows counterflows counterviews grandnephews marshmallows reinterviews wheelbarrows windlestraws
13 letters 2
preinterviews schoolfellows
Using these words
To find words ending in WS from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with WS in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???WS 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.