Words ending in 'rus'


You're guaranteed to find the ideal words ending in 'rus', as there's well over 100 words possible.

3 letter words

  • rus

4 letter words

  • crus
  • grus
  • urus

5 letter words

  • abrus
  • carus
  • cyrus
  • ecrus
  • eurus
  • gyrus
  • gurus
  • kurus
  • larus
  • morus
  • parus
  • pyrus
  • porus
  • sarus
  • syrus
  • sorus
  • torus
  • turus
  • varus
  • verus
  • virus
  • xerus

6 letter words

  • acarus
  • acorus
  • birrus
  • byrrus
  • carrus
  • caurus
  • cedrus
  • chorus
  • cyprus
  • cirrus
  • citrus
  • clerus
  • codrus
  • estrus
  • hydrus
  • icarus
  • intrus
  • isurus
  • labrus
  • laurus
  • miurus
  • pagrus
  • scarus
  • sparus
  • taurus
  • uterus
  • walrus
  • wurrus

7 letter words

  • ailurus
  • bopyrus
  • churrus
  • cyperus
  • conurus
  • ephorus
  • galerus
  • grugrus
  • homarus
  • humerus
  • icterus
  • jabirus
  • lagurus
  • latirus
  • lazarus
  • lyrurus
  • malurus
  • oestrus
  • osmerus
  • pagurus
  • papyrus
  • pelorus
  • pylorus
  • sciurus
  • seiurus
  • silurus
  • tapirus
  • tylarus
  • xenurus
  • zonurus

8 letter words

  • acheirus
  • aegagrus
  • ameiurus
  • anestrus
  • arcturus
  • austerus
  • bebeerus
  • borborus
  • bosporus
  • botaurus
  • bungarus
  • cambarus
  • cenchrus
  • cerberus
  • chondrus
  • clathrus
  • coenurus
  • connarus
  • dasyurus
  • diestrus
  • dipterus
  • echiurus
  • egocerus
  • eosaurus
  • eremurus
  • fulmarus
  • gammarus
  • hesperus
  • hydrurus
  • lathyrus
  • leonurus
  • lipeurus
  • metaurus
  • micrurus
  • myosurus
  • mormyrus
  • necturus
  • nerthrus
  • odynerus
  • paliurus
  • pandarus
  • petaurus
  • pindarus
  • poncirus
  • poxvirus

9 letter words

  • anoestrus
  • antivirus
  • arbovirus
  • atherurus
  • belinurus
  • cantharus
  • celastrus
  • centaurus
  • cynosurus
  • conilurus
  • corchorus
  • dioestrus
  • echovirus
  • elaphurus
  • hemimerus
  • juniperus
  • lepidurus
  • macrourus
  • metestrus
  • myxovirus
  • molothrus
  • naosaurus
  • nauclerus
  • palinurus
  • parandrus
  • polyborus
  • polyporus
  • proestrus
  • psephurus
  • psithyrus
  • scyllarus
  • sistrurus
  • thesaurus
  • tylosurus
  • xyleborus
  • zoophorus

10 letter words

  • ablepharus
  • acanthurus
  • adenovirus
  • aetosaurus
  • allosaurus
  • alopecurus
  • anomalurus
  • antichorus
  • brachyurus
  • canephorus
  • cysticerus
  • claosaurus
  • cryophorus
  • doedicurus
  • dolichurus
  • doryphorus
  • eurypterus
  • galesaurus
  • halosaurus
  • helleborus
  • lethocerus
  • libocedrus
  • mesosaurus
  • metoestrus
  • mindererus
  • mixosaurus
  • morosaurus
  • mosasaurus
  • nasciturus
  • notopterus
  • ophisaurus
  • pentamerus
  • perochirus
  • phosphorus
  • pyrophorus
  • pliosaurus
  • poliovirus
  • polypterus
  • rhinovirus
  • sceloporus
  • scorpiurus
  • semichorus
  • simosaurus
  • sminthurus
  • sphingurus

11 letter words

  • anatosaurus
  • anchisaurus
  • apatosaurus
  • callisaurus
  • camptosorus
  • cetiosaurus
  • cyclophorus
  • cyclothurus
  • cistophorus
  • coronavirus
  • dipsosaurus
  • echinodorus
  • enterovirus
  • epomophorus
  • equinovarus
  • gorgosaurus
  • hadrosaurus
  • herpesvirus
  • hydrarthrus
  • holocentrus
  • istiophorus
  • kornephorus
  • labrosaurus
  • lestosaurus
  • lophophorus
  • microcitrus
  • micropterus
  • necrophorus
  • nothosaurus
  • ophiosaurus
  • papovavirus
  • paradoxurus
  • pariasaurus
  • pastophorus
  • pharomacrus
  • philetaerus
  • pomacentrus
  • protopterus
  • pterophorus
  • quinquatrus
  • rhacophorus
  • stegosaurus
  • stephanurus
  • teleosaurus
  • tetrapturus

12 letter words

  • aechmophorus
  • agriochoerus
  • ankylosaurus
  • basilosaurus
  • brontosaurus
  • camarasaurus
  • ceratosaurus
  • chaetopterus
  • chlamyphorus
  • cumulocirrus
  • edaphosaurus
  • edestosaurus
  • elasmosaurus
  • griphosaurus
  • gryphosaurus
  • hydrochoerus
  • hylaeosaurus
  • histiophorus
  • macrocentrus
  • malapterurus
  • megalosaurus
  • odontophorus
  • palaeosaurus
  • pareiasaurus
  • phacochoerus
  • picornavirus
  • plesiosaurus
  • pleurosaurus
  • proteosaurus
  • pseudoscarus
  • sciuropterus
  • sphenophorus
  • splenicterus
  • sternotherus
  • teleutosorus
  • titanosaurus
  • trachypterus
  • trimeresurus

13 letter words

  • aigialosaurus
  • archegosaurus
  • atlantosaurus
  • brachiosaurus
  • cephalopterus
  • chelidosaurus
  • cyclotosaurus
  • cnemidophorus
  • dactylopterus
  • dolichosaurus
  • electrophorus
  • gigantosaurus
  • ichthyosaurus
  • paramyxovirus
  • potamochoerus
  • protorosaurus
  • scelidosaurus
  • sphaerophorus
  • tyrannosaurus
  • tonitrocirrus
  • trematosaurus

14 letter words

  • anthracosaurus
  • branchiosaurus
  • cheilodipterus
  • chlamydosaurus
  • delphinapterus
  • homalocenchrus
  • mastodonsaurus
  • phoenicopterus

15 letter words

  • cytomegalovirus
  • ferrophosphorus
  • ophthalmosaurus
  • radiophosphorus
  • triodontophorus

16 letter words

  • organophosphorus

What is the highest score you're able to get in Scrabble from this list of words which end with 'rus'?
With countless words to pick from, we would suggest choosing 'zephyrus' which scores 25 points.

Which word that ends with 'rus' is the most common word?
When it comes to well-known words, there's 'virus', which ranks as the 5402nd most popular word.

How many words can you make using this combination of letters?
You can select up to 357 entries using our page of words ending in 'rus'.

How many letters does the longest word on this page consist of?
The word 'organophosphorus' has 16 characters.

What is an unusual word that ends with 'rus'?
Arguably one of the most unusual words from this page is 'ichthyosaurus'. According to the Oxford dictionary, 'ichthyosaurus' means "An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebræ, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, oölitic, and Cretaceous formations.".