Words that contain 'a' and end in 'cus'


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4 letter words

  • acus

5 letter words

  • accus
  • arcus
  • ascus
  • dacus

6 letter words

  • abacus
  • aeacus
  • amicus
  • bancus
  • caucus
  • daucus
  • maccus
  • mancus
  • opacus
  • placus
  • saccus

7 letter words

  • anticus
  • apercus
  • aruncus
  • astacus
  • attacus
  • benacus
  • cacicus
  • chalcus
  • craccus
  • glaucus
  • iliacus
  • macacus
  • manacus
  • neascus
  • turacus

8 letter words

  • agaricus
  • amaracus
  • cariacus
  • cassicus
  • climacus
  • damascus
  • dipsacus
  • epimacus
  • exoascus
  • mamercus
  • paniscus
  • sambucus
  • taclocus

9 letter words

  • abaciscus
  • adenoncus
  • caratacus
  • erithacus
  • mastoncus
  • muntiacus
  • pirarucus
  • psittacus
  • regalecus
  • scandicus
  • uraniscus

10 letter words

  • albococcus
  • andronicus
  • anthriscus
  • arthroncus
  • asteriscus
  • basiliscus
  • caractacus
  • cardioncus
  • carpodacus
  • catholicus
  • keratoncus
  • phalloncus

11 letter words

  • bassariscus
  • calathiscus
  • chalcioecus
  • ischiadicus
  • macrococcus
  • omphaloncus
  • parasiticus
  • planococcus
  • platycercus
  • sphyrapicus
  • tetracoccus
  • zygomaticus

12 letter words

  • amygdaloncus
  • antitragicus
  • blepharoncus
  • californicus
  • deradenoncus
  • palaeoniscus
  • prehepaticus
  • scholasticus
  • sivapithecus
  • staphyloncus

13 letter words

  • argyropelecus
  • cephalodiscus
  • galeopithecus
  • groenlandicus
  • orthagoriscus
  • pancreatoncus
  • sialadenoncus
  • sphaerococcus

14 letter words

  • ecclesiasticus
  • pennsylvanicus
  • quadriporticus
  • staphylococcus

15 letter words

  • archaeopithecus
  • gigantopithecus

16 letter words

  • anthropopithecus
  • australopithecus

17 letter words

  • antistreptococcus

What's the highest possible score you're able to get in Scrabble from this list of words that have 'a' in and end with 'cus'?
As there are a vast 106 entries, we'd advise going for 'exoascus' scoring 17 points.

In total, how many words is it possible to make using this combination of letters?
You can create 106 words using the combination you searched for.

What is an example of a unique word from this list?
The most unusual word from this list is 'damascus'. According to the English dictionary, 'damascus' means "A city of Syria. Damascus blade, a sword or scimiter, made chiefly at Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, and proverbial for excellence. -- Damascus iron, or Damascus twist, metal formed of thin bars or wires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and welded together; used for making gun...".

How many characters are in the longest word from this page?
There are 17 letters in the word 'antistreptococcus', which makes it the longest word we have.

What is the most common word that has 'a' in and ends with 'cus'?
According to our database, the most common word that have 'a' in and end with 'cus' is 'caucus'!