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


With countless choices (149 entries), there's a huge amount of options.

6 letter words

  • rallus

7 letter words

  • agrilus
  • argulus
  • arillus
  • carolus
  • corylus
  • gryllus
  • oriolus
  • ormolus
  • ramulus
  • regulus
  • rivulus
  • romulus
  • rotulus
  • surplus
  • torulus
  • troilus

8 letter words

  • cervulus
  • circulus
  • corallus
  • crotalus
  • euryalus
  • garrulus
  • graculus
  • harpalus
  • mergulus
  • myrtilus
  • overplus
  • parvulus
  • periplus
  • renculus
  • surculus
  • torculus
  • tragulus
  • tribulus
  • urceolus
  • uromelus

9 letter words

  • acervulus
  • androclus
  • aragallus
  • aryballus
  • articulus
  • botryllus
  • capreolus
  • citrullus
  • gerbillus
  • graeculus
  • hydraulus
  • patroclus
  • peribolus
  • peromelus
  • priapulus
  • reniculus
  • scrupulus
  • strobilus
  • superplus
  • trochilus
  • uropsilus
  • utriculus

10 letter words

  • astragalus
  • cirratulus
  • crocodilus
  • crocodylus
  • ectromelus
  • furunculus
  • glomerulus
  • micromelus
  • prothallus
  • ranunculus
  • renunculus
  • sporobolus
  • strongylus
  • strophulus
  • subregulus
  • versiculus

11 letter words

  • acromphalus
  • aspergillus
  • bronchiolus
  • craterellus
  • dracunculus
  • gallirallus
  • gastromelus
  • hydrocaulus
  • microvillus
  • precalculus
  • prestimulus
  • principulus
  • rhizocaulus
  • sarcophilus
  • scrobiculus
  • sirenomelus
  • tricephalus
  • tristimulus
  • ventriculus
  • verticillus

12 letter words

  • cantharellus
  • caryophyllus
  • cerebratulus
  • cirrocumulus
  • criocephalus
  • gastrophilus
  • gyrodactylus
  • hyporadiolus
  • interloculus
  • microphallus
  • paracephalus
  • peracephalus
  • perocephalus
  • perodactylus
  • pipistrellus
  • porocephalus
  • sardanapalus
  • spermophilus
  • sphaerobolus
  • sphaerotilus
  • thoracomelus

13 letter words

  • acrosphacelus
  • arctocephalus
  • bardocucullus
  • derencephalus
  • fractocumulus
  • gasterophilus
  • hydrocephalus
  • liparomphalus
  • macrocephalus
  • microcephalus
  • oreotrochilus
  • paraflocculus
  • porencephalus
  • pseudoramulus
  • pterodactylus
  • stratocumulus
  • understimulus

14 letter words

  • amorphophallus
  • contrastimulus
  • hydrencephalus
  • micrencephalus
  • proventriculus
  • trichocephalus
  • trochocephalus

15 letter words

  • bothriocephalus
  • counterstimulus
  • ornithocephalus
  • streptobacillus
  • trigonocephalus

16 letter words

  • saccharobacillus
  • trichostrongylus

17 letter words

  • dibothriocephalus
  • eleutherodactylus

What is the highest score you're able to get in Scrabble from this list of words that have 'r' in and end with 'lus'?
Given there are plenty of words to select from, your best choice is to consider 'cervulus' which scores 13 points in total.

How many characters does the longest word from this list consist of?
The longest word one could construct from words that have 'r' in and end with 'lus' is 'dibothriocephalus', and it has 17 letters.

Is there a word on this page that stands out as the most common?
Our system says the most common word in the dictionary that have 'r' in and end with 'lus' is 'overplus'!

What's the total number of words one is able to make using this list?
You can choose from up to a maximum of 149 entries using our page of words that contain 'r' and end in 'lus'.

Is there an example word from this page which could be deemed as unusual?
You'll uncover a number of strange words in this list, however our favorite word is 'glomerulus'. 'Glomerulus' is defined as "The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.", according to the English dictionary.