Words that start with 'c' and contain 'us'


This is a popular choice of words, so much so there exists exactly 1,748 entries to consider. Have fun for the next hour!

4 letter words

  • caus
  • cpus
  • crus
  • cush
  • cusk
  • cusp
  • cuss
  • cust

5 letter words

  • cadus
  • camus
  • carus
  • casus
  • causa
  • cause
  • cavus
  • cebus
  • cetus
  • chaus
  • chous
  • chuse
  • cyrus
  • claus
  • cobus
  • cocus
  • comus
  • conus
  • copus
  • cruse
  • crush
  • crust
  • cusec
  • cushy
  • cusie
  • cusks
  • cusps
  • cusso

6 letter words

  • cactus
  • cadmus
  • caelus
  • cafuso
  • cayuse
  • callus
  • calusa
  • calvus
  • campus
  • camuse
  • cantus
  • carpus
  • carrus
  • caucus
  • caunus
  • caurus
  • causae
  • causal
  • caused
  • causey
  • causer
  • causes
  • causon
  • causse
  • causus
  • cedrus
  • census
  • cephus
  • cepous
  • cercus
  • cereus
  • cerous
  • ceruse
  • cervus
  • cestus
  • chiaus
  • chorus
  • chouse
  • choush
  • chuser
  • cyamus
  • cyanus
  • cyclus
  • cygnus
  • cymous

7 letter words

  • cachous
  • cacicus
  • caestus
  • cayuses
  • cajanus
  • calamus
  • calceus
  • callous
  • calusar
  • calvous
  • camelus
  • camused
  • camuses
  • caninus
  • canopus
  • canthus
  • carabus
  • carapus
  • carduus
  • carious
  • carnous
  • carolus
  • carouse
  • caseous
  • cassius
  • catouse
  • causals
  • causans
  • causata
  • causate
  • causeys
  • causers
  • causeur
  • causing
  • causson
  • caustic
  • ceduous
  • celsius
  • cepheus
  • cerasus
  • cereous
  • ceruses
  • cesious
  • chalcus
  • chaoush

8 letter words

  • cactuses
  • caduceus
  • caducous
  • caesious
  • calathus
  • calculus
  • calixtus
  • callused
  • calluses
  • cambarus
  • camellus
  • camillus
  • campagus
  • campuses
  • canorous
  • capillus
  • captious
  • carangus
  • carbasus
  • carcinus
  • carhouse
  • cariacus
  • caribous
  • caricous
  • carneous
  • carousal
  • caroused
  • carousel
  • carouser
  • carouses
  • carpinus
  • carpuspi
  • cassicus
  • catechus
  • cathetus
  • cathouse
  • catochus
  • caucasus
  • caucused
  • caucuses
  • causable
  • causally
  • causator
  • causatum
  • causeful

9 letter words

  • caestuses
  • cakehouse
  • calcaneus
  • calculous
  • calibogus
  • caliculus
  • calyculus
  • calloused
  • callouses
  • callously
  • callusing
  • cambuscan
  • campusses
  • cancellus
  • cancerous
  • cankerous
  • cantharus
  • cantorous
  • capacious
  • caperbush
  • capreolus
  • caratacus
  • carbonous
  • carcajous
  • cardhouse
  • caroluses
  • carousals
  • carousels
  • carousers
  • carousing
  • carrousel
  • carthamus
  • casthouse
  • casuarius
  • cathouses
  • caucusing
  • caucussed
  • caucusses
  • causalgia
  • causality
  • causation
  • causative
  • causeless
  • causeries
  • causeuses

10 letter words

  • cacodorous
  • cacogeusia
  • cactaceous
  • cactuslike
  • cacuminous
  • cadaverous
  • calamitous
  • calcareous
  • calculuses
  • caliginous
  • callicebus
  • callousing
  • calumnious
  • cambyuskan
  • camponotus
  • cancellous
  • canephorus
  • cannaceous
  • canorously
  • capillatus
  • capricious
  • captiously
  • caqueteuse
  • caractacus
  • cardioncus
  • carpodacus
  • carpodetus
  • carrousels
  • cartaceous
  • carthusian
  • carucarius
  • cassideous
  • castaneous
  • casusistry
  • catarrhous
  • catawampus
  • cathetusti
  • catholicus
  • catostomus
  • cattlebush
  • caucussing
  • cauliculus
  • causations
  • causewayed
  • causidical

11 letter words

  • cacophonous
  • cacozealous
  • cacqueteuse
  • cadmiferous
  • caffiaceous
  • calathiscus
  • calcicolous
  • calciferous
  • calcifugous
  • calcigenous
  • calcigerous
  • calcivorous
  • calycanthus
  • callionymus
  • callipygous
  • callisaurus
  • callousness
  • calochortus
  • campanulous
  • campephilus
  • camptosorus
  • canaliculus
  • cancerously
  • capaciously
  • capilaceous
  • capricornus
  • caprigenous
  • caprimulgus
  • caqueteuses
  • carabideous
  • caramoussal
  • cardionosus
  • cardophagus
  • carduaceous
  • caricaceous
  • cariousness
  • carnaptious
  • carniferous
  • carnivorous
  • carousingly
  • carpogenous
  • carunculous
  • castellanus
  • castellatus
  • catacaustic

12 letter words

  • cacqueteuses
  • cadaverously
  • calamiferous
  • calamitously
  • calcareously
  • calciphilous
  • calciphobous
  • calyciferous
  • calycoideous
  • californicus
  • caliginously
  • callistephus
  • calumniously
  • camarasaurus
  • camelopardus
  • canaliferous
  • cancellarius
  • cancrivorous
  • canellaceous
  • canorousness
  • cantankerous
  • cantharellus
  • capillaceous
  • capriciously
  • captiousness
  • carbonaceous
  • carbophilous
  • carcharhinus
  • caryophyllus
  • carpophagous
  • carposporous
  • catacoustics
  • catapetalous
  • cauliflorous
  • caulocarpous
  • causationism
  • causationist
  • causticizing
  • cautiousness
  • cecidogenous
  • celiadelphus
  • cementitious
  • censoriously
  • centifolious
  • centrodesmus

13 letter words

  • cacophonously
  • calamiferious
  • calcariferous
  • calyceraceous
  • calyciflorous
  • callorhynchus
  • camphoraceous
  • cancerousness
  • cancrophagous
  • capaciousness
  • capsuliferous
  • capsuligerous
  • capsulogenous
  • carboniferous
  • carbonigenous
  • carcinomatous
  • caryophyllous
  • carnivorously
  • cartilaginous
  • catanadromous
  • catawampously
  • catawamptious
  • caulerpaceous
  • causativeness
  • causelessness
  • cautelousness
  • cavernicolous
  • celastraceous
  • celluliferous
  • centronucleus
  • cephalanthous
  • cephalocereus
  • cephalodiscus
  • cephalopodous
  • cephalopterus
  • ceratofibrous
  • ceratoglossus
  • cercopithecus
  • ceremoniously
  • cerumniparous
  • chaetophorous
  • chalaziferous
  • chamecephalus
  • chausseemeile
  • chelidosaurus

14 letter words

  • cadaverousness
  • caeremoniarius
  • calamariaceous
  • calamitousness
  • calcareousness
  • calycanthemous
  • caliginousness
  • calumniousness
  • campanulaceous
  • campylotropous
  • campulitropous
  • candolleaceous
  • cannabinaceous
  • cantankerously
  • capparidaceous
  • capriciousness
  • carcinophagous
  • carcinopolypus
  • caryocaraceous
  • caryophylleous
  • carminophilous
  • cartilagineous
  • casuarinaceous
  • causticization
  • caustification
  • cecidomyiidous
  • cellulofibrous
  • censoriousness
  • cephalacanthus
  • cephalophorous
  • cephalotaceous
  • ceruminiferous
  • chaetognathous
  • chamecephalous
  • cheilodipterus
  • chiastoneurous
  • chylocaulously
  • chilostomatous
  • chytridiaceous
  • chivalrousness
  • chlamydosaurus
  • chlorellaceous
  • chlorophyceous
  • chlorophyllous
  • chondroglossus

15 letter words

  • calcitestaceous
  • calycanthaceous
  • calyptorhynchus
  • campylospermous
  • cantharophilous
  • caprifoliaceous
  • carcinoscorpius
  • carnivorousness
  • carpometacarpus
  • catawamptiously
  • catelectrotonus
  • ceremoniousness
  • cervicomuscular
  • cheilostomatous
  • chenopodiaceous
  • chylophyllously
  • chiropterygious
  • chloranthaceous
  • chloroplatinous
  • chromatophilous
  • chromatophorous
  • chroococcaceous
  • cyclospondylous
  • cynocrambaceous
  • circumambagious
  • circumforaneous
  • cystenchymatous
  • cytomegalovirus
  • cladophoraceous
  • claustrophobiac
  • clavodeltoideus
  • cleistogamously
  • coccothraustine
  • coconsciousness
  • coenenchymatous
  • coinstantaneous
  • collenchymatous
  • combustibleness
  • compendiousness
  • congenerousness
  • conscientiously
  • consentaneously
  • conspicuousness
  • contemporaneous
  • contentiousness

16 letter words

  • caesalpiniaceous
  • calcareocorneous
  • calyptrimorphous
  • callitrichaceous
  • cantankerousness
  • caryophyllaceous
  • cellulocutaneous
  • chaetophoraceous
  • chlamydoselachus
  • circumbendibuses
  • circumterraneous
  • cytoblastematous
  • coleochaetaceous
  • collumelliaceous
  • combustibilities
  • consanguineously
  • contemptuousness
  • conterminousness
  • contradictiously
  • contumaciousness
  • contumeliousness
  • convallariaceous
  • corynocarpaceous
  • corneocalcareous
  • cotemporaneously
  • crustaceological

17 letter words

  • calcareosiliceous
  • centrolepidaceous
  • ceratophyllaceous
  • chiropterophilous
  • chitinocalcareous
  • chlorophyllaceous
  • cholesteatomatous
  • chondropharyngeus
  • chondropterygious
  • cochlospermaceous
  • coinstantaneously
  • conscientiousness
  • consentaneousness
  • contemporaneously
  • counteraccusation
  • counterenthusiasm
  • crossosomataceous

18 letter words

  • calcareobituminous
  • calcareosulphurous
  • ceratopteridaceous
  • chamaesiphonaceous
  • chlorophylliferous
  • chlorophylligenous
  • chlorophylligerous
  • chondrofibromatous
  • chondrosarcomatous
  • contradictiousness
  • costicartilaginous

19 letter words

  • cephalothoracopagus
  • coinstantaneousness
  • contemporaneousness

20 letter words

  • calcareoargillaceous

21 letter words

  • chlamydobacteriaceous

In Scrabble, what is the highest number of points you can get from words starting with 'c' that contain 'us'?
With the number of words from which to select, you may want to opt for 'coccyzus' scoring 26 points in total.

What word that starts with 'c' and includes 'us' is the most unique?
One of the most strange words from this list of words that start with 'c' and include 'us' is 'contemporaneous'. The accepted definition of 'contemporaneous' is as follows: "Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary. The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. Milman - Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.". Credit to the Oxford Dictionary.

How many words are possible to make using the combination of letters specified?
It is possible to create 1,748 words using the specified letter combination.

Is there any word on this page that stands out as the most common?
When it comes to well-known words, there's 'cause', which ranks as the 498th most popular word.

How many letters are in the biggest word from this page?
'Chlamydobacteriaceous'