Words ending in 'cus'


With so much choice (237 entries), there's definitely no limit.

4 letter words

  • acus
  • ecus

5 letter words

  • accus
  • arcus
  • ascus
  • cocus
  • dacus
  • decus
  • ficus
  • focus
  • fucus
  • hocus
  • incus
  • lycus
  • locus
  • mucus
  • oecus
  • picus
  • pocus
  • secus
  • ulcus
  • uncus
  • vicus

6 letter words

  • abacus
  • aeacus
  • amicus
  • bancus
  • caucus
  • cercus
  • circus
  • cnicus
  • coccus
  • crocus
  • cuscus
  • daucus
  • discus
  • fiscus
  • hircus
  • holcus
  • ibycus
  • juncus
  • maccus
  • mancus
  • opacus
  • placus
  • ruscus
  • saccus
  • specus
  • succus
  • sulcus
  • viscus

7 letter words

  • anticus
  • apercus
  • aruncus
  • astacus
  • attacus
  • benacus
  • bruscus
  • cacicus
  • chalcus
  • craccus
  • defocus
  • floccus
  • glaucus
  • iliacus
  • macacus
  • manacus
  • neascus
  • oniscus
  • pholcus
  • quercus
  • refocus
  • rhoecus
  • scincus
  • truncus
  • turacus
  • uloncus
  • xenicus

8 letter words

  • agaricus
  • amaracus
  • cariacus
  • cassicus
  • climacus
  • damascus
  • dipsacus
  • dytiscus
  • epimacus
  • exoascus
  • fetticus
  • hibiscus
  • mamercus
  • meloncus
  • meniscus
  • misfocus
  • ophiucus
  • opinicus
  • paniscus
  • pithecus
  • porticus
  • posticus
  • prefocus
  • sambucus
  • taclocus
  • villicus

9 letter words

  • abaciscus
  • adenoncus
  • caratacus
  • celioncus
  • chiloncus
  • demodocus
  • desmoncus
  • erithacus
  • gonyoncus
  • iridoncus
  • juridicus
  • lemniscus
  • lentiscus
  • leviticus
  • lumbricus
  • mastoncus
  • muntiacus
  • osteoncus
  • oxycoccus
  • perioecus
  • pirarucus
  • psittacus
  • regalecus
  • scandicus
  • sceloncus
  • subsulcus
  • theloncus
  • umbilicus
  • uraniscus

10 letter words

  • albococcus
  • andronicus
  • anthriscus
  • arthroncus
  • asteriscus
  • basiliscus
  • caractacus
  • cardioncus
  • carpodacus
  • catholicus
  • centriscus
  • cytococcus
  • copernicus
  • cotyliscus
  • diplodocus
  • embryulcus
  • glossoncus
  • gonococcus
  • hystericus
  • historicus
  • holodiscus
  • interlocus
  • keratoncus
  • myxococcus
  • nephroncus
  • orchioncus
  • oscheoncus
  • peromyscus
  • phalloncus
  • spheniscus
  • splenoncus
  • trochiscus

11 letter words

  • bassariscus
  • calathiscus
  • chalcioecus
  • chroococcus
  • cysticercus
  • coelococcus
  • dermococcus
  • diplococcus
  • ischiadicus
  • macrococcus
  • micrococcus
  • omphaloncus
  • parasiticus
  • pediococcus
  • planococcus
  • platycercus
  • propithecus
  • protococcus
  • ptilocercus
  • rhodococcus
  • sphyrapicus
  • supersulcus
  • tetracoccus
  • zygomaticus

12 letter words

  • amygdaloncus
  • antitragicus
  • blepharoncus
  • californicus
  • chlorococcus
  • cryptococcus
  • deradenoncus
  • dryopithecus
  • echinococcus
  • enterococcus
  • oreopithecus
  • palaeoniscus
  • pleurococcus
  • pliopithecus
  • pneumococcus
  • prehepaticus
  • pseudocercus
  • pseudococcus
  • scholasticus
  • sivapithecus
  • staphyloncus

13 letter words

  • argyropelecus
  • cephalodiscus
  • cercopithecus
  • coscinodiscus
  • galeopithecus
  • groenlandicus
  • hypolemniscus
  • meningococcus
  • nyctipithecus
  • nitrosococcus
  • orthagoriscus
  • pancreatoncus
  • semnopithecus
  • sialadenoncus
  • sphaerococcus
  • streptococcus

14 letter words

  • cryptoporticus
  • ecclesiasticus
  • pennsylvanicus
  • quadriporticus
  • staphylococcus

15 letter words

  • archaeopithecus
  • gigantopithecus
  • propliopithecus

16 letter words

  • anthropopithecus
  • australopithecus

17 letter words

  • antistreptococcus

What is the maximum number of words you could assemble from this list?
There are 237 words available for any word that ends with 'cus'.

In Scrabble, what's the highest number of points you can get from words which end with 'cus'?
With the volume of words to decide on, your best choice is 'quercus' scoring 18 points.

What is the largest word you can assemble with this list?
'Antistreptococcus' has 17 characters, and is the longest word possible to make from the specified combination.

What is an interesting word from this list?
Ranking as our favorite weird word on this list is 'hocus'. It means "1. To deceive or cheat. Halliwell. 2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens. 3. To stupefy with drugged liquor. Thackeray. 1. One who cheats or deceives. South. 2. Drugged liquor.".

What's the most common word on this page?
When it comes to popular words, there's 'circus', which is the 12027th most common word.