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


Go ape and select from an extensive list of 1,231 entries for words that have 'io' in and end with 'us'.

5 letter words

  • pious

6 letter words

  • iodous
  • odious
  • scious

7 letter words

  • actious
  • anxious
  • apoious
  • badious
  • bilious
  • bivious
  • carious
  • cesious
  • copious
  • curious
  • devious
  • docious
  • dubious
  • ebrious
  • envious
  • folious
  • furious
  • impious
  • invious
  • minious
  • nimious
  • niobous
  • noxious
  • obvious
  • oriolus
  • osmious
  • prionus
  • rabious
  • radious
  • riotous
  • rubious
  • sanious
  • serious
  • simious
  • tedious
  • unpious
  • various
  • vicious
  • violous

8 letter words

  • abusious
  • anemious
  • avanious
  • avidious
  • caesious
  • captious
  • cautious
  • costious
  • diecious
  • dioicous
  • dionysus
  • edacious
  • elegious
  • eximious
  • exitious
  • factious
  • fashious
  • fictious
  • fluvious
  • glacious
  • glorious
  • gracious
  • hemionus
  • iniomous
  • inscious
  • iridious
  • yttrious
  • luscious
  • modiolus
  • oragious
  • ovarious
  • pervious
  • petiolus
  • pluvious
  • precious
  • premious
  • prepious
  • previous
  • ructious
  • scabious
  • scarious
  • sciolous
  • scopious
  • scorious
  • spacious

9 letter words

  • adoptious
  • aerobious
  • alacrious
  • alluvious
  • ambagious
  • ambitious
  • amphioxus
  • aphidious
  • arsenious
  • arterious
  • astucious
  • astutious
  • atrocious
  • audacious
  • autecious
  • bibacious
  • bifarious
  • biogenous
  • bodacious
  • bumptious
  • capacious
  • celioncus
  • cibarious
  • cilicious
  • conscious
  • delicious
  • delirious
  • desidious
  • dioecious
  • dioestrus
  • egregious
  • enormious
  • eulogious
  • facetious
  • felonious
  • feracious
  • ferocious
  • filarious
  • fractious
  • fucatious
  • fugacious
  • fumacious
  • furacious
  • gladiolus
  • gumptious

10 letter words

  • abiogenous
  • abstemious
  • acetarious
  • acinacious
  • acinarious
  • affectious
  • agynarious
  • agomphious
  • agriotypus
  • amatorious
  • amphibious
  • anandrious
  • arenarious
  • ariocarpus
  • aspidiotus
  • auspicious
  • autoecious
  • avaricious
  • bacterious
  • barbarious
  • biophagous
  • biophilous
  • boldacious
  • bombylious
  • brabagious
  • calumnious
  • capricious
  • cardioncus
  • celebrious
  • censorious
  • cochliodus
  • coglorious
  • cogracious
  • commodious
  • contagious
  • coriolanus
  • cursorious
  • curvacious
  • deceptious
  • defectious
  • dicoelious
  • dioestrous
  • dithionous
  • duplicious
  • effluvious

11 letter words

  • ablatitious
  • abranchious
  • abstentious
  • acrimonious
  • addititious
  • adjutorious
  • ametoecious
  • anaerobious
  • angiomatous
  • antibilious
  • anticarious
  • antimonious
  • apoplexious
  • appetitious
  • arcifinious
  • artificious
  • ascititious
  • assumptious
  • atrabilious
  • bronchiolus
  • burglarious
  • callionymus
  • cardionosus
  • carnaptious
  • ceremonious
  • cetiosaurus
  • chalcioecus
  • chionanthus
  • cineritious
  • coconscious
  • combustious
  • compendious
  • condictious
  • contentious
  • contrarious
  • corruptious
  • craniopagus
  • cunctatious
  • deleterious
  • disgracious
  • dispendious
  • dissensious
  • dissentious
  • efficacious
  • emissitious

12 letter words

  • adjectitious
  • adscititious
  • advectitious
  • adventitious
  • adversarious
  • agriochoerus
  • anandrarious
  • angiocarpous
  • angiophorous
  • angiosporous
  • antiopelmous
  • antiscabious
  • antiusurious
  • appendicious
  • appenditious
  • arreptitious
  • assentatious
  • cementitious
  • centifolious
  • cespititious
  • coharmonious
  • collatitious
  • compunctious
  • conconscious
  • contraptious
  • contumacious
  • contumelious
  • cortinarious
  • criocephalus
  • deceptitious
  • deglutitious
  • desultorious
  • dexiotropous
  • dibranchious
  • disingenious
  • disputatious
  • equilibrious
  • equipondious
  • eriophyllous
  • excretitious
  • extispicious
  • foveolarious
  • genioglossus
  • gentilitious
  • goniotropous

13 letter words

  • angiospermous
  • anthracitious
  • antireligious
  • antivariolous
  • arteriopalmus
  • arteriovenous
  • ascriptitious
  • asperifolious
  • atrabilarious
  • bibliolatrous
  • bibliophagous
  • brachiopodous
  • brachiosaurus
  • calamiferious
  • catawamptious
  • commentitious
  • conductitious
  • coniospermous
  • conscientious
  • craniodidymus
  • demeritorious
  • diospyraceous
  • discommodious
  • disharmonious
  • fermentitious
  • folioliferous
  • foreconscious
  • frumentarious
  • ganglioplexus
  • gynodioecious
  • gynomonecious
  • glacioaqueous
  • gonidiogenous
  • grossularious
  • heteroousious
  • hypovanadious
  • idiothalamous
  • iliococcygeus
  • immeritorious
  • imperatorious
  • imperfectious
  • incompendious
  • inefficacious
  • intersomnious
  • interstitious

14 letter words

  • abstractitious
  • acinacifolious
  • adscriptitious
  • adversifolious
  • androdioecious
  • angiocavernous
  • angustifolious
  • anticensorious
  • anticontagious
  • argumentatious
  • artifactitious
  • artiodactylous
  • atrabiliarious
  • bacteriogenous
  • basidiosporous
  • blandiloquious
  • branchiogenous
  • branchiopodous
  • branchiosaurus
  • conidiophorous
  • contradictious
  • dioscoreaceous
  • diversifolious
  • eriocaulaceous
  • extraconscious
  • fragmentitious
  • gesticulacious
  • gesticularious
  • gynomonoecious
  • globiocephalus
  • graminifolious
  • hyperconscious
  • hyperdelicious
  • hyperhilarious
  • homoiothermous
  • infraconscious
  • inquisitorious
  • integrifolious
  • interreligious
  • ludicroserious
  • metantimonious
  • nonceremonious
  • noncontentious
  • nondeleterious
  • nonefficacious

15 letter words

  • andromonoecious
  • angiospermatous
  • anticeremonious
  • bacteriophagous
  • basidiomycetous
  • basiophthalmous
  • bothriocephalus
  • branchiostegous
  • branchiostomous
  • chiropterygious
  • circumambagious
  • edriophthalmous
  • enantioblastous
  • enantiomorphous
  • epitheliomatous
  • ethicoreligious
  • excrementitious
  • geniohyoglossus
  • hyperfastidious
  • ischiocavernous
  • micropterygious
  • nonadventitious
  • noncontumacious
  • nondisputatious
  • nonsacrilegious
  • nonsubconscious
  • oppositifolious
  • overcontentious
  • oversententious
  • plagiocephalous
  • plagiostomatous
  • preternotorious
  • propliopithecus
  • pseudoreligious
  • quadragenarious
  • quadrigenarious
  • radiophosphorus
  • recrementitious
  • satisfactorious
  • serioridiculous
  • somniloquacious
  • spermatiogenous
  • subterconscious
  • sulphoarsenious
  • superprecarious

16 letter words

  • actinopterygious
  • hedriophthalmous
  • idiocyclophanous
  • ischiocavernosus
  • lymphangiomatous
  • malacopterygious
  • nonconscientious
  • nonsanctimonious
  • ophioglossaceous
  • plasmodiocarpous
  • prionodesmaceous
  • proangiospermous
  • sanguineobilious
  • sulphantimonious
  • superceremonious
  • superindustrious
  • teliosporiferous
  • thalassiophytous
  • transcriptitious
  • ultraceremonious
  • ultraexpeditious
  • uncontradictious

17 letter words

  • chondropterygious
  • dibothriocephalus
  • dioeciodimorphous
  • dioeciopolygamous
  • edriophthalmatous
  • myriotrichiaceous
  • overconscientious
  • oversuperstitious
  • polygamodioecious
  • sulphoantimonious

18 letter words

  • hyperconscientious
  • historicoreligious
  • pseudosacrilegious
  • ultraconscientious

19 letter words

  • autobasidiomycetous

20 letter words

  • protobasidiomycetous
  • scientificoreligious

21 letter words

  • philosophicoreligious

Is there an example word from this page of word that has 'io' in and ends with 'us' which might be deemed as unusual?
You'll note numerous strange words in this list, although our favorite word is 'gynodioecious'. 'Gynodioecious' is defined as "Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.", according to the dictionary.

How many letters are in the longest word on this list?
'Philosophicoreligious', which contains 21 letters.

How many words can you make using the specified combination?
There are 1,231 entries using our page of words that have 'io' in and end with 'us'.

What is the highest scoring word in Scrabble you can play for ?
Given there are a plethora of words from which to select, you'll want to pick 'eximious' which scores 17 points.

What's the most popular word that has 'io' in and ends with 'us'?
There's 'various', which is the 739th most popular word.