Words that contain 'l' and end in 'pus'


Your specific request has generated 44 results.

5 letter words

  • lepus
  • lupus

6 letter words

  • colpus
  • palpus

7 letter words

  • lagopus
  • lycopus
  • olympus
  • polypus

8 letter words

  • eumolpus
  • hallopus
  • leucopus
  • melampus
  • platypus
  • scalopus

9 letter words

  • ailuropus
  • choloepus
  • leucippus
  • philippus
  • plexippus

10 letter words

  • aplopappus
  • melanippus
  • otopolypus
  • pedipalpus
  • pilocarpus
  • pliohippus
  • protylopus

11 letter words

  • elaeocarpus
  • gillygaupus
  • lithocarpus
  • platycarpus

12 letter words

  • ambleocarpus
  • elephantopus
  • fibropolypus
  • hematocolpus
  • lonchocarpus
  • phylloscopus
  • rhinopolypus
  • symplocarpus

13 letter words

  • elytropolypus
  • proctopolypus

14 letter words

  • carcinopolypus
  • paleoanthropus
  • plesianthropus

15 letter words

  • palaeoanthropus

In total, how many possible words can you make using this combination of letters?
From this list of words containing 'l' and ending with 'pus', we have discovered 44 entries that are available.

In Scrabble, what is the highest number of points possible from words containing 'l' and ending with 'pus'?
For 15 points, it's possible to play 'platypus'.

What word from this list is the most unusual?
There are a number of unusual words in this list, although our favorite word happens to be 'palpus'. The dictionary defines it as "A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. Of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.".

How many letters are in the largest word on this list?
'palaeoanthropus', and consists of 15 characters.