Words that contain 'ss' and end in 'a'


You can select from an enormous list of 252 words for words containing 'ss' and ending with 'a'.

4 letter words

  • ossa

5 letter words

  • bassa
  • bossa
  • dessa
  • fossa
  • lyssa
  • massa
  • missa
  • nassa
  • nyssa
  • ossea
  • ossia
  • sessa

6 letter words

  • abyssa
  • assbaa
  • assisa
  • atossa
  • bassia
  • cassia
  • crissa
  • duessa
  • elissa
  • esseda
  • essera
  • flossa
  • foussa
  • gyassa
  • glossa
  • meissa
  • odessa
  • rhyssa
  • rissoa
  • russia

7 letter words

  • abcissa
  • aglossa
  • asserta
  • assyria
  • assonia
  • assoria
  • bassara
  • bessera
  • brassia
  • canossa
  • carissa
  • cassaba
  • cassada
  • cassata
  • cassava
  • cassena
  • cassida
  • cassina
  • dagassa
  • defassa
  • dissava
  • favissa
  • fidessa
  • fissura
  • fossula
  • gaiassa
  • jessica
  • massula
  • melissa
  • oouassa
  • oquassa
  • passata
  • passewa
  • potassa
  • prussia
  • quassia
  • relessa
  • ressala
  • russula
  • syssita
  • tessara
  • tessera
  • vanessa

8 letter words

  • abscissa
  • aglossia
  • aissaoua
  • bassalia
  • bassetta
  • brassica
  • camassia
  • cassytha
  • charissa
  • clarissa
  • contessa
  • crassina
  • crassula
  • cressida
  • dyssodia
  • essancia
  • essentia
  • fossoria
  • glossata
  • glossina
  • impressa
  • jussiaea
  • mantissa
  • marpessa
  • massalia
  • massilia
  • massoola
  • moussaka
  • ossicula
  • piassaba
  • piassava
  • prosstoa
  • russelia
  • scissura
  • secessia
  • syssitia
  • subbassa
  • tessella
  • thalassa
  • thalessa
  • vibrissa

9 letter words

  • abyssinia
  • babirussa
  • basilissa
  • bissellia
  • bissonata
  • cassandra
  • diglossia
  • dogaressa
  • emissaria
  • eriglossa
  • fissipeda
  • glossagra
  • gressoria
  • marssonia
  • minahassa
  • mussaenda
  • mussurana
  • neisseria
  • parnassia
  • passerina
  • paterissa
  • sassandra
  • saussurea
  • scissoria
  • sympossia
  • tessitura

10 letter words

  • acolapissa
  • assafetida
  • babiroussa
  • brassavola
  • cassapanca
  • cassiepeia
  • cassiopeia
  • crossosoma
  • decussoria
  • delesseria
  • docoglossa
  • fissipedia
  • fissurella
  • geissoloma
  • glossalgia
  • glossocoma
  • issanguila
  • marssonina
  • massasauga
  • megarhyssa
  • missisauga
  • paraglossa
  • passiflora
  • pipsissewa
  • pythonissa
  • russomania
  • subssellia
  • toxoglossa

11 letter words

  • appressoria
  • assafoetida
  • baryglossia
  • byelorussia
  • cacoglossia
  • callianassa
  • cassabanana
  • cassidulina
  • commissoria
  • crossopodia
  • debilissima
  • dyssynergia
  • dreissensia
  • gaylussacia
  • geissorhiza
  • gymnoglossa
  • glossodynia
  • glossolalia
  • glossopetra
  • glossophaga
  • glossophora
  • grossularia
  • idioglossia
  • lyssophobia
  • nassellaria
  • paraglossia
  • passacaglia
  • persephassa
  • ptenoglossa
  • rachiglossa
  • russophobia
  • scissurella
  • stenoglossa
  • thalassemia
  • xenoglossia

12 letter words

  • appassionata
  • ateloglossia
  • bradyglossia
  • broussonetia
  • cheiroglossa
  • fissilinguia
  • glossiphonia
  • glossophytia
  • glossophobia
  • glossoplegia
  • glossoscopia
  • impossibilia
  • lissamphibia
  • macroglossia
  • massaranduba
  • microglossia
  • pachyglossia
  • platyglossia
  • rhiptoglossa
  • taenioglossa

13 letter words

  • ankyloglossia
  • cassiduloidea
  • contrafissura
  • diploglossata
  • fideicommissa
  • generalissima
  • lissencephala
  • megaloglossia
  • opisthoglossa
  • phaneroglossa
  • rhipidoglossa
  • sparassodonta
  • thalassinidea
  • trichoglossia

14 letter words

  • autarchoglossa
  • balanoglossida
  • boussingaultia
  • hypopotassemia
  • perissodactyla
  • schistoglossia
  • thalassophobia

15 letter words

  • glossocarcinoma
  • hyperpotassemia
  • lissoflagellata

18 letter words

  • fideicommissumissa

22 letter words

  • prorhipidoglossomorpha

In total, how many words are available using these particular combinations of letters?
There are 252 brilliant words you could choose for words that have 'ss' in and end with 'a'.

What's the highest scoring word in Scrabble available from this list ?
Considering the huge variety of words to pick from, your best bet is 'cassytha' which scores 16 points.

What is the most popular word that has 'ss' in and ends with 'a'?
The most popular word for the combination you requested is 'dessa'.

Is there an example of a word from this page of word that has 'ss' in and ends with 'a' which might be considered as interesting in any regard?
The most weird word in our opinion is 'foussa'. The definition of 'foussa' is as follows: "A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws.".

What is the largest word you can make from words that have 'ss' in and end with 'a'?
The longest word that's possible to construct from this list is 'prorhipidoglossomorpha', which is made up of 22 characters.