Words that contain 'p' and end in 'cus'


71 words were detected.

5 letter words

  • picus
  • pocus

6 letter words

  • opacus
  • placus
  • specus

7 letter words

  • apercus
  • pholcus

8 letter words

  • dipsacus
  • epimacus
  • ophiucus
  • opinicus
  • paniscus
  • pithecus
  • porticus
  • posticus
  • prefocus

9 letter words

  • perioecus
  • pirarucus
  • psittacus

10 letter words

  • carpodacus
  • copernicus
  • diplodocus
  • nephroncus
  • peromyscus
  • phalloncus
  • spheniscus
  • splenoncus

11 letter words

  • diplococcus
  • omphaloncus
  • parasiticus
  • pediococcus
  • planococcus
  • platycercus
  • propithecus
  • protococcus
  • ptilocercus
  • sphyrapicus
  • supersulcus

12 letter words

  • blepharoncus
  • cryptococcus
  • dryopithecus
  • oreopithecus
  • palaeoniscus
  • pleurococcus
  • pliopithecus
  • pneumococcus
  • prehepaticus
  • pseudocercus
  • pseudococcus
  • sivapithecus
  • staphyloncus

13 letter words

  • argyropelecus
  • cephalodiscus
  • cercopithecus
  • galeopithecus
  • hypolemniscus
  • nyctipithecus
  • pancreatoncus
  • semnopithecus
  • sphaerococcus
  • streptococcus

14 letter words

  • cryptoporticus
  • pennsylvanicus
  • quadriporticus
  • staphylococcus

15 letter words

  • archaeopithecus
  • gigantopithecus
  • propliopithecus

16 letter words

  • anthropopithecus
  • australopithecus

17 letter words

  • antistreptococcus

What is the highest scoring word you can play in Scrabble ?
You could make 'ophiucus' for a total of 15 points.

Which is the most interesting word from this list?
Standing as our favorite strange word on this list is 'opinicus'. The typical definition of 'opinicus' is as follows: "An imaginary animal borne as a charge, having wings, an eagle's head, and a short tail; -- sometimes represented without wings.".

How many words is it possible to make using this list?
One could derive 71 words using this combination.

What's the longest word you can assemble using words that have 'p' in and end with 'cus'?
The biggest word found by Dictionarypedia is 'antistreptococcus'. It is made up 17 characters.