Words ending in 'nus'


This is a popular choice of words, so much so that there are over 100 words to select.

3 letter words

  • nus

4 letter words

  • anus
  • gnus
  • onus

5 letter words

  • agnus
  • ainus
  • alnus
  • annus
  • banus
  • bonus
  • conus
  • dinus
  • genus
  • ianus
  • janus
  • linus
  • manus
  • menus
  • minus
  • panus
  • pinus
  • sinus
  • tonus
  • venus

6 letter words

  • acinus
  • caunus
  • cyanus
  • cygnus
  • clonus
  • cornus
  • cronus
  • elanus
  • faenus
  • faunus
  • magnus
  • olenus
  • pannus
  • pignus
  • prunus
  • ptinus
  • somnus
  • tornus
  • uranus
  • vannus

7 letter words

  • alumnus
  • avernus
  • balanus
  • cajanus
  • caninus
  • cytinus
  • colinus
  • colonus
  • cotinus
  • detenus
  • dominus
  • echinus
  • equinus
  • gyrinus
  • helenus
  • latinus
  • lucanus
  • lupinus
  • misenus
  • murinus
  • oceanus
  • orcinus
  • prionus
  • rhamnus
  • ricinus
  • schinus
  • seginus
  • serinus
  • syconus
  • siganus
  • silenus
  • sturnus
  • tabanus
  • tetanus
  • thunnus
  • totanus
  • uncinus
  • varanus

8 letter words

  • burhinus
  • carcinus
  • carpinus
  • cyprinus
  • circinus
  • coprinus
  • diaconus
  • encrinus
  • epigonus
  • fraxinus
  • geotonus
  • hemionus
  • illaenus
  • inconnus
  • lutianus
  • lutjanus
  • maytenus
  • medimnus
  • myotonus
  • odobenus
  • pandanus
  • parvenus
  • paulinus
  • picumnus
  • pilumnus
  • platanus
  • portunus
  • probonus
  • proxenus
  • puffinus
  • pulvinus
  • quatenus
  • quominus
  • raphanus
  • saturnus
  • scabinus
  • scalenus
  • schoenus
  • serranus
  • silvanus
  • subgenus
  • terminus
  • tyrannus
  • tithonus
  • volcanus

9 letter words

  • alaternus
  • anthrenus
  • antigonus
  • aphelinus
  • botulinus
  • brachinus
  • cincinnus
  • coregonus
  • cothurnus
  • decumanus
  • delphinus
  • dictamnus
  • dossennus
  • elaeagnus
  • hemiganus
  • hypochnus
  • hypotonus
  • marbrinus
  • myoclonus
  • notidanus
  • pelecanus
  • phasianus
  • trachinus
  • vertumnus
  • vortumnus
  • zygadenus

10 letter words

  • androgynus
  • argusianus
  • batocrinus
  • cetorhinus
  • conorhinus
  • coriolanus
  • decarhinus
  • diadumenus
  • erythrinus
  • gecarcinus
  • hypertonus
  • lenticonus
  • megarhinus
  • mercedinus
  • orthotonus
  • peregrinus
  • phototonus
  • primulinus
  • rosmarinus
  • salvelinus
  • synthronus
  • sporochnus
  • tetragonus
  • thylacynus
  • trigeminus

11 letter words

  • capricornus
  • castellanus
  • esthiomenus
  • galeorhinus
  • keratoconus
  • laurestinus
  • laurustinus
  • macrorhinus
  • myrabalanus
  • myrothamnus
  • muscardinus
  • nucleolinus
  • parabolanus
  • pentacrinus
  • phascolonus
  • pleurotonus
  • pseudogenus
  • sarothamnus
  • staphylinus
  • subdiaconus
  • talipomanus
  • tauroctonus
  • thelyphonus

12 letter words

  • acromyotonus
  • actinocrinus
  • antesignanus
  • antoninianus
  • carcharhinus
  • chrysophanus
  • dendroctonus
  • echinorhinus
  • electrotonus
  • hypsiprymnus
  • melonechinus
  • opisthotonus
  • postscalenus
  • theodosianus

13 letter words

  • astylosternus
  • chrysobalanus
  • chrysothamnus
  • paramyoclonus
  • pseudotetanus
  • scylliorhinus
  • serridentinus

14 letter words

  • anelectrotonus
  • blepharoclonus
  • emprosthotonus
  • pleurothotonus

15 letter words

  • catelectrotonus
  • glossopalatinus

17 letter words

  • pharyngopalatinus

In total, how many words could one make using the combination specified?
It is possible to derive 229 words with the combination you searched for.

Is there any word on this page that jumps out as the most popular?
Our system reveals the most popular word in the dictionary that end with 'nus' is 'genus'.

Which is the most interesting word that ends with 'nus'?
Undeniably one of the most interesting words from this list of words that end with 'nus' is 'marbrinus'. According to the dictionary, 'marbrinus' means "A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries. Beck (Draper's Dict.).".

In Scrabble, what's the highest score possible from words that end with 'nus'?
Considering the huge variety of words to select from, it's best to go for 'quominus' scoring 19 points.

How many characters are in the longest word on this list?
Try 'pharyngopalatinus'