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


Continue scrolling to uncover 90 combinations for all the words that have 'r' in and end with 'cus'.

5 letter words

  • arcus

6 letter words

  • cercus
  • circus
  • crocus
  • hircus
  • ruscus

7 letter words

  • apercus
  • aruncus
  • bruscus
  • craccus
  • quercus
  • refocus
  • rhoecus
  • truncus
  • turacus

8 letter words

  • agaricus
  • amaracus
  • cariacus
  • mamercus
  • porticus
  • prefocus

9 letter words

  • caratacus
  • erithacus
  • iridoncus
  • juridicus
  • lumbricus
  • perioecus
  • pirarucus
  • regalecus
  • uraniscus

10 letter words

  • andronicus
  • anthriscus
  • arthroncus
  • asteriscus
  • caractacus
  • cardioncus
  • carpodacus
  • centriscus
  • copernicus
  • embryulcus
  • hystericus
  • historicus
  • interlocus
  • keratoncus
  • nephroncus
  • orchioncus
  • peromyscus
  • trochiscus

11 letter words

  • bassariscus
  • chroococcus
  • cysticercus
  • dermococcus
  • macrococcus
  • micrococcus
  • parasiticus
  • platycercus
  • propithecus
  • protococcus
  • ptilocercus
  • rhodococcus
  • sphyrapicus
  • supersulcus
  • tetracoccus

12 letter words

  • antitragicus
  • blepharoncus
  • californicus
  • chlorococcus
  • cryptococcus
  • deradenoncus
  • dryopithecus
  • enterococcus
  • oreopithecus
  • pleurococcus
  • prehepaticus
  • pseudocercus

13 letter words

  • argyropelecus
  • cercopithecus
  • groenlandicus
  • nitrosococcus
  • orthagoriscus
  • pancreatoncus
  • sphaerococcus
  • streptococcus

14 letter words

  • cryptoporticus
  • quadriporticus

15 letter words

  • archaeopithecus
  • propliopithecus

16 letter words

  • anthropopithecus
  • australopithecus

17 letter words

  • antistreptococcus

What is the most common word on this page?
A common word for your search is 'circus'.

Which word on this page has the largest character count?
'Antistreptococcus' is made up of 17 characters, and is the longest word one can make from the combination searched for.

What is the highest number of points you can get in Scrabble from this list of words containing 'r' and ending with 'cus'?
Our recommendation for a score of 18 points is playing the word 'quercus'.

How many words could one put together using the specified combination?
Overall, there are up to 90 words.

What is the most unusual word that has 'r' in and ends with 'cus'?
There are a handful of weird words on this page, although our favorite word is 'cysticercus'. According to the Oxford dictionary, 'cysticercus' means "The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle). Note: These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable...".