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


With so much choice (123 entries), the world is your oyster.

5 letter words

  • hilus

6 letter words

  • hyllus
  • tholus

7 letter words

  • hamulus
  • humulus
  • phallus
  • thallus

8 letter words

  • harpalus
  • hepialus
  • omphalus

9 letter words

  • acephalus
  • aeschylus
  • boophilus
  • geophilus
  • hemigalus
  • hemimelus
  • hydraulus
  • phacellus
  • phaseolus
  • scyphulus
  • sphacelus
  • thymallus
  • trochilus

10 letter words

  • allophylus
  • amphibalus
  • asphodelus
  • bucephalus
  • dicephalus
  • dinophilus
  • dolicholus
  • euomphalus
  • exomphalus
  • hemophilus
  • homunculus
  • ophiobolus
  • pachytylus
  • phocomelus
  • prothallus
  • sitophilus
  • strophulus
  • theophilus
  • tithymalus

11 letter words

  • acidophilus
  • acromphalus
  • bronchiolus
  • campephilus
  • epinephelus
  • hydrocaulus
  • hypothallus
  • ithyphallus
  • phoeniculus
  • rhizocaulus
  • sarcophilus
  • syncephalus
  • siphunculus
  • tricephalus

12 letter words

  • anencephalus
  • cantharellus
  • caryophyllus
  • cephalomelus
  • cynocephalus
  • conocephalus
  • criocephalus
  • exencephalus
  • gastrophilus
  • hectocotylus
  • heliogabalus
  • hemidactylus
  • hypocephalus
  • hyporadiolus
  • microphallus
  • nanocephalus
  • ogcocephalus
  • ophicephalus
  • paracephalus
  • peracephalus
  • perocephalus
  • porocephalus
  • schistomelus
  • spermophilus
  • sphaerobolus
  • sphaerotilus
  • thamnophilus
  • thiobacillus
  • thoracomelus

13 letter words

  • acrosphacelus
  • amblycephalus
  • arctocephalus
  • chamecephalus
  • clinocephalus
  • ctenocephalus
  • derencephalus
  • diplocephalus
  • gasterophilus
  • hydrocephalus
  • hoplocephalus
  • leptocephalus
  • liparomphalus
  • macrocephalus
  • microcephalus
  • notencephalus
  • oreotrochilus
  • platycephalus
  • porencephalus

14 letter words

  • amorphophallus
  • dikelocephalus
  • globiocephalus
  • hydrencephalus
  • micrencephalus
  • scaphocephalus
  • trichocephalus
  • trochocephalus
  • xanthocephalus

15 letter words

  • anomalocephalus
  • bothriocephalus
  • ornithocephalus
  • pseudencephalus
  • schistocephalus
  • trigonocephalus

16 letter words

  • saccharobacillus
  • trichostrongylus

17 letter words

  • dibothriocephalus
  • eleutherodactylus

Which word from this page is the most unique?
Our favorite strange word from this list goes to 'phacellus'. The definition of 'phacellus' is as follows: "One of the filaments on the inner surface of the gastric cavity of certain jellyfishes.". Credit goes to Oxford Dictionary.

What is the longest word you can create with the combination of letters specified?
'dibothriocephalus', and consists of 17 characters.

How many words can you make with this list?
You can create 123 words with the specified combination.

In Scrabble, what's the highest number of points you can get from words containing 'h' and ending with 'lus'?
Given there are a considerable 123 entries, your best choice is to consider 'omphalus' scoring 15 points.