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


There are a huge 175 results to pick from for words containing 'p' and ending with 'lus', so take a few minutes.

4 letter words

  • plus

5 letter words

  • palus
  • pilus

6 letter words

  • opulus
  • paulus
  • peplus
  • poilus
  • pullus
  • spilus

7 letter words

  • lupulus
  • nonplus
  • palulus
  • phallus
  • pinulus
  • pitylus
  • populus
  • surplus

8 letter words

  • apiculus
  • capillus
  • cypselus
  • harpalus
  • hepialus
  • lapillus
  • mespilus
  • napellus
  • omphalus
  • overplus
  • pactolus
  • palpulus
  • parvulus
  • passalus
  • paxillus
  • periplus
  • pessulus
  • petiolus
  • pileolus
  • pompilus
  • scopelus

9 letter words

  • acephalus
  • boophilus
  • capreolus
  • geophilus
  • lampsilus
  • patroclus
  • pediculus
  • peribolus
  • peromelus
  • phacellus
  • phaseolus
  • pilobolus
  • priapulus
  • pulvillus
  • scyphulus
  • scrupulus
  • sphacelus
  • splenulus
  • spondylus
  • superplus
  • uropsilus

10 letter words

  • allophylus
  • amphibalus
  • asphodelus
  • bucephalus
  • dicephalus
  • dinophilus
  • euomphalus
  • exomphalus
  • hemophilus
  • melanoplus
  • ophiobolus
  • pachytylus
  • panniculus
  • pedicellus
  • pedunculus
  • phocomelus
  • ponticulus
  • prothallus
  • pulvinulus
  • scalpellus
  • sipunculus
  • sitophilus
  • splenculus
  • spleneolus
  • sporobolus
  • strophulus
  • theophilus

11 letter words

  • acidophilus
  • acromphalus
  • aspergillus
  • campephilus
  • epinephelus
  • hypothallus
  • ithyphallus
  • leptoptilus
  • pectunculus
  • phoeniculus
  • precalculus
  • prestimulus
  • principulus
  • sarcophilus
  • syncephalus
  • siphunculus
  • tricephalus

12 letter words

  • anencephalus
  • caryophyllus
  • cephalomelus
  • cynocephalus
  • conocephalus
  • criocephalus
  • exencephalus
  • gastrophilus
  • hypocephalus
  • hyporadiolus
  • microphallus
  • nanocephalus
  • ogcocephalus
  • ophicephalus
  • paracephalus
  • peracephalus
  • perocephalus
  • perodactylus
  • pipistrellus
  • polydactylus
  • porocephalus
  • pseudocellus
  • sardanapalus
  • spermophilus
  • sphaerobolus
  • sphaerotilus
  • splenunculus
  • thamnophilus

13 letter words

  • acrosphacelus
  • amblycephalus
  • arctocephalus
  • chamecephalus
  • clinocephalus
  • ctenocephalus
  • derencephalus
  • diplobacillus
  • diplocephalus
  • gasterophilus
  • hydrocephalus
  • hoplocephalus
  • leptocephalus
  • leptodactylus
  • liparomphalus
  • macrocephalus
  • microcephalus
  • notencephalus
  • paraflocculus
  • platycephalus
  • porencephalus
  • pseudoramulus
  • pterodactylus

14 letter words

  • amorphophallus
  • dikelocephalus
  • globiocephalus
  • hydrencephalus
  • micrencephalus
  • pneumobacillus
  • proventriculus
  • scaphocephalus
  • trichocephalus
  • trochocephalus
  • xanthocephalus

15 letter words

  • anomalocephalus
  • bothriocephalus
  • ornithocephalus
  • palaeospondylus
  • pseudencephalus
  • pseudonucleolus
  • schistocephalus
  • streptobacillus
  • trigonocephalus

17 letter words

  • dibothriocephalus

How many letters does the longest word on this page consist of?
The largest word that's possible to assemble from this list is 'dibothriocephalus', which has 17 letters.

Is there an example word from this page that could be thought of as unique?
The most unusual word in our opinion is 'prothallus'. According to the dictionary, 'prothallus' is defined as "The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oƶphoric generation of ferns, etc.".

Which word that has 'p' in and ends with 'lus' is the most common word?
Ranking as the 470th most popular word, you will want to ensure you've got 'plus' in your repertoire.

What is the maximum number of words you can construct from this list?
There are up to 175 words on our page of words that have 'p' in and end with 'lus'.

What's the highest scoring word in Scrabble available on this page ?
With numerous words from which to select, it's best to opt for 'paxillus' which scores 17 points.