Words that contain 'ig' and end in 'us'


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5 letter words

  • iglus

6 letter words

  • pignus

7 letter words

  • abigeus
  • brigous
  • digitus
  • igneous
  • ignotus
  • lignous
  • nigrous
  • robigus
  • siganus

8 letter words

  • bigamous
  • deignous
  • digamous
  • digenous
  • digynous
  • digonous
  • epigeous
  • epigonus
  • exiguous
  • heligmus
  • ignatius
  • ligneous
  • prodigus
  • rigorous
  • strigous
  • tigellus
  • vigorous

9 letter words

  • aligerous
  • ambiguous
  • antigonus
  • digeneous
  • epigaeous
  • epigenous
  • epigynous
  • epigonous
  • hemigalus
  • hemiganus
  • ignomious
  • ignoramus
  • irriguous
  • litigious
  • ovigenous
  • ovigerous
  • pemphigus
  • religious
  • righteous
  • trigamous
  • trigynous
  • trigonous
  • uliginous
  • unigenous

10 letter words

  • ambigenous
  • antigyrous
  • armigerous
  • ascigerous
  • aurigerous
  • basigamous
  • basigenous
  • caliginous
  • cerigerous
  • contiguous
  • cornigeous
  • fastigious
  • filigerous
  • fuliginous
  • igniferous
  • ignifluous
  • ignigenous
  • ignivomous
  • indigenous
  • kaligenous
  • lanigerous
  • lysigenous
  • lobigerous
  • marigenous
  • migrainous
  • morigerous
  • mucigenous
  • navigerous
  • nonigneous
  • nubigenous
  • omnigenous
  • pedigerous
  • pemphigous
  • perigynous
  • piligerous
  • prodigious
  • pubigerous
  • pupigenous
  • pupigerous
  • ramigerous
  • rigidulous
  • rubiginous
  • rurigenous
  • saxigenous
  • setigerous

11 letter words

  • amphigamous
  • amphigenous
  • amphigonous
  • authigenous
  • barbigerous
  • calcigenous
  • calcigerous
  • caprigenous
  • cauligenous
  • cirrigerous
  • cystigerous
  • clavigerous
  • coeligenous
  • cornigerous
  • crinigerous
  • crucigerous
  • culmigenous
  • dentigerous
  • discigerous
  • dorsigerous
  • epignathous
  • frigiferous
  • germigenous
  • ignominious
  • irreligious
  • lactigenous
  • lactigerous
  • larvigerous
  • lentigerous
  • lentiginous
  • ligamentous
  • lignicolous
  • ligniferous
  • lignivorous
  • mentigerous
  • metaigneous
  • nigresceous
  • oculigerous
  • oligandrous
  • oliganthous
  • oligomerous
  • oligotokeus
  • oligotokous
  • ovuligerous
  • palpigerous

12 letter words

  • alkaligenous
  • antesignanus
  • aqueoigneous
  • brachigerous
  • cotyligerous
  • digonoporous
  • elytrigerous
  • flammigerous
  • fluctigerous
  • frondigerous
  • gelatigenous
  • hemignathous
  • hydatigenous
  • igneoaqueous
  • immorigerous
  • impetiginous
  • incontiguous
  • indigoferous
  • ladanigerous
  • ligniperdous
  • monadigerous
  • montigeneous
  • nonambiguous
  • nonlitigious
  • nonreligious
  • ocelligerous
  • oligocarpous
  • oligodontous
  • oligophagous
  • oligorhizous
  • overrigorous
  • overvigorous
  • pyroligneous
  • polypigerous
  • prereligious
  • prerighteous
  • primigenious
  • securigerous
  • selenigenous
  • semiglorious
  • semiligneous
  • semirigorous
  • spermigerous
  • squamigerous
  • tardigradous

13 letter words

  • aigialosaurus
  • allothigenous
  • anepigraphous
  • antireligious
  • bignoniaceous
  • capsuligerous
  • carbonigenous
  • cholerigenous
  • chondrigenous
  • coralligenous
  • coralligerous
  • discontiguous
  • gigantosaurus
  • hydropigenous
  • lignitiferous
  • liguliflorous
  • mastigopodous
  • nepheligenous
  • nigritudinous
  • nonarmigerous
  • noncontiguous
  • nonindigenous
  • oligacanthous
  • oligochaetous
  • oligonephrous
  • oligopetalous
  • oligophyllous
  • oligosepalous
  • oligospermous
  • overreligious
  • overrighteous
  • polymastigous
  • pollenigerous
  • pollinigerous
  • purpurigenous
  • semireligious
  • spiculigenous
  • spiculigerous
  • spirignathous
  • staminigerous
  • subcontiguous
  • supervigorous
  • surculigerous
  • trigoniaceous
  • trigonocerous

14 letter words

  • gelatinigerous
  • gigartinaceous
  • glanduligerous
  • interreligious
  • intertriginous
  • malpighiaceous
  • mastigophorous
  • nonignominious
  • oligostemonous
  • operculigenous
  • operculigerous
  • pignoratitious
  • pistilligerous
  • placentigerous
  • protoreligious
  • quadrigeminous
  • scutelligerous
  • semigelatinous
  • socioreligious
  • stigmatiferous
  • superrighteous
  • theligonaceous
  • ultrareligious
  • vesiculigerous

15 letter words

  • crystalligerous
  • ethicoreligious
  • fluorescigenous
  • gigantopithecus
  • gigantostracous
  • parasigmatismus
  • periligamentous
  • pseudoreligious
  • quadrigenarious
  • semiprimigenous
  • sigillariaceous
  • trigonocephalus
  • tuboligamentous

16 letter words

  • fibroligamentous
  • interligamentous
  • intraligamentous
  • pseudepigraphous
  • schizolysigenous
  • trigonocephalous

18 letter words

  • chlorophylligenous
  • chlorophylligerous
  • historicoreligious
  • musculoligamentous

20 letter words

  • scientificoreligious

21 letter words

  • philosophicoreligious

Which word in particular on this page consists the largest number of letters?
The largest word that's possible to assemble from this list is 'philosophicoreligious', which has 21 characters.

How many words are available using these particular combinations of letters?
You can choose from up to 331 entries which address your query.

Is there a word from this page which might be considered as interesting?
There are a number of interesting words in this list, albeit our favorite word is 'irriguous'. According to the dictionary, 'irriguous' is defined as "1. Watered; watery; moist; dewy. [Obs.] The flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spreads her store. Milton. 2. Gently penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] J. Philips.".

Is there any word on this page that sticks out as the most common?
'Religious' is the most popular word from this that have 'ig' in and end with 'us', ranked 1151st most common word.

What is the highest scoring word in Scrabble using the above combination ?
Given there are a considerable 331 entries, we'd recommend picking 'exiguous' which scores 16 points overall.