Words that contain 'y' and end in 'lus'


Keep scrolling to uncover 57 combinations for all the words containing 'y' and ending with 'lus'.

5 letter words

  • tylus

6 letter words

  • cyclus
  • hyllus
  • itylus
  • stylus

7 letter words

  • ancylus
  • corylus
  • gryllus
  • mytilus
  • pitylus

8 letter words

  • baetylus
  • cypselus
  • dactylus
  • euryalus
  • myrtilus
  • symmelus

9 letter words

  • aeschylus
  • amygdalus
  • anacyclus
  • aryballus
  • botryllus
  • calyculus
  • hydraulus
  • scyphulus
  • syncellus
  • spondylus
  • thymallus

10 letter words

  • allophylus
  • crocodylus
  • gonystylus
  • pachytylus
  • strongylus
  • tylostylus
  • tithymalus

11 letter words

  • hydrocaulus
  • hypothallus
  • ithyphallus
  • syncephalus
  • syndactylus

12 letter words

  • caryophyllus
  • cynocephalus
  • gyrodactylus
  • hectocotylus
  • hemidactylus
  • hypocephalus
  • hyporadiolus
  • perodactylus
  • polydactylus

13 letter words

  • amblycephalus
  • hydrocephalus
  • leptodactylus
  • platycephalus
  • pterodactylus

14 letter words

  • hydrencephalus

15 letter words

  • palaeospondylus

16 letter words

  • trichostrongylus

17 letter words

  • eleutherodactylus

What is the highest number of points you can get in Scrabble using this list of words containing 'y' and ending with 'lus'?
For a score of 15 points, you can use 'cypselus'.

Which is the most unusual word from this list?
The most weird word from this list is 'stylus'. The standard definition of 'stylus' is as follows: "An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1. That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to...". Source Oxford Dictionary.

How many letters are in the longest word on this page?
'Eleutherodactylus' is the largest word that our database could construct.

Which word on this page ranks as the most common?
Our database reveals the most common word in the dictionary that have 'y' in and end with 'lus' is 'stylus'.

What is the max number of words one can make using this combination of letters?
You can derive 57 words from the specified combination.