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


You have an overwhelming 141 suggestions possible for words that contain 'nu' and end in 'us', so go wild.

6 letter words

  • nullus
  • nummus

7 letter words

  • annulus
  • anurous
  • conurus
  • nucleus
  • nuncius
  • nuntius
  • pinulus
  • sinuous
  • tenuous
  • xenurus
  • zonurus

8 letter words

  • cernuous
  • cinurous
  • coenurus
  • cornutus
  • leonurus
  • nubilous
  • nucellus
  • numenius
  • numerous
  • numinous
  • taonurus
  • tenuious
  • venulous

9 letter words

  • arenulous
  • belinurus
  • granulous
  • ingenuous
  • januarius
  • minutious
  • nucleolus
  • nugacious
  • numberous
  • palinurus
  • penurious
  • spinulous
  • splenulus
  • strenuous
  • unsinuous
  • untenuous

10 letter words

  • bicornuous
  • continuous
  • conumerous
  • innubilous
  • innumerous
  • inulaceous
  • inunctuous
  • lanuginous
  • nubiferous
  • nubigenous
  • nuciferous
  • nucivorous
  • nutritious
  • penumbrous
  • pronucleus
  • pulvinulus
  • ranunculus
  • renunculus
  • stylonurus
  • subnucleus
  • subsinuous
  • trinucleus
  • unnumerous
  • unulcerous
  • unusurious
  • unuxorious

11 letter words

  • autogenuous
  • campanulous
  • cavernulous
  • meganucleus
  • nonulcerous
  • nonusurious
  • nucleolinus
  • nudicaulous
  • nudiflorous
  • nulliparous
  • nulliporous
  • paranucleus
  • perisinuous
  • smectymnuus
  • stephanurus
  • thysanurous
  • tympanuchus
  • uningenuous
  • unpenurious
  • unstrenuous
  • ununanimous

12 letter words

  • abbotnullius
  • amphinucleus
  • disingenuous
  • foraminulous
  • genuflexuous
  • incontinuous
  • innutritious
  • internuncius
  • macronucleus
  • micronucleus
  • nonunanimous
  • nucleiferous
  • overnumerous
  • splenunculus
  • tenuiflorous
  • tenuifolious
  • uncontinuous
  • unnutritious
  • unubiquitous

13 letter words

  • barosinusitus
  • centronucleus
  • discontinuous
  • endonucleolus
  • granuliferous
  • granulomatous
  • kinetonucleus
  • mucronulatous
  • noncontinuous
  • nonnutritious
  • nonubiquitous
  • spinuliferous
  • subcontinuous
  • subnutritious
  • supernumerous
  • trophonucleus

14 letter words

  • campanulaceous
  • discountinuous
  • equicontinuous
  • masculonucleus
  • nucamentaceous
  • nullibiquitous
  • ranunculaceous
  • semicontinuous
  • seminuliferous
  • superstrenuous
  • ultrastrenuous

15 letter words

  • angulatosinuous
  • nondisingenuous
  • pseudonucleolus
  • quasicontinuous

17 letter words

  • squamatogranulous

19 letter words

  • lymphogranulomatous

Which word in particular from this list contains the largest number of letters?
'lymphogranulomatous' (19 letters)

What's the total number of words you're able to assemble from words that have 'nu' in and end with 'us'?
A total of 141 words!

What is the highest score you could get in Scrabble from this list of words containing 'nu' and ending with 'us'?
Since there are an overwhelming 141 entries, we would advise picking 'zonurus' scoring 16 points overall.

What is an interesting word from the combinations possible on this list?
Ranking as our favorite unusual word on this list is 'pulvinulus'. According to the English dictionary, 'pulvinulus' is defined as "Same as Pulvillus.".

What's the most popular word that has 'nu' in and ends with 'us' in the dictionary?
The most well-known word for the combination you searched is 'numerous'.