Words Ending In ESS

There are over 5.9K words that end with ESS in English. From 3-letter words to long entries, find every word ending in ESS grouped by length, each one playable in Scrabble, Wordle, and WWF. You can also see five letter words ending in ESS.

3 letter ESS-words icon
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3-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Short high-frequency ESS-words:

ess

4 letter ESS-words icon
7

4-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 4-letter ESS-words:

less

cess

fess

jess

mess

ness

sess

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5 letter ESS-words icon
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5-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 5-letter ESS-words:

press

dress

chess

bless

cress

guess

loess

tress

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6 letter ESS-words icon
17

6-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 6-letter ESS-words:

access

unless

stress

excess

assess

abbess

awless

caress

citess

comess

duress

egress

obsess

ogress

payess

recess

vowess

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200

7-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 7-letter ESS-words:

process

success

address

express

illness

possess

witness

actress

goddess

fitness

useless

bitless

cypress

iceless

kinless

oldness

oneness

sacless

tapless

tigress

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8 letter ESS-words icon
677

8-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 8-letter ESS-words:

business

progress

wireless

weakness

suppress

darkness

distress

fortress

coatless

giantess

handless

laciness

lostness

lushness

outbless

puniness

rifeness

toneless

tuneless

ugliness

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9 letter ESS-words icon
961

9-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 9-letter ESS-words:

awareness

thickness

happiness

adultress

brownness

cheapness

fleetness

ghastness

gustiness

humidness

moodiness

netheless

porchless

pushiness

ranginess

readiness

scapeless

soupiness

temptress

turfiness

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10 letter ESS-words icon
881

10-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 10-letter ESS-words:

regardless

brightness

actionless

answerless

bereftness

blitheness

broodiness

chilliness

clogginess

drossiness

floatiness

grooveless

hiddenness

maimedness

motionless

rottenness

scarceness

sturdiness

tocherless

wabbliness

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765

11-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 11-letter ESS-words:

nonetheless

brutishness

butteriness

carsickness

conductress

confineless

copiousness

cultishness

diffuseness

distantness

dumpishness

exhaustless

grammarless

haggishness

laboredness

liltingness

squattiness

subduedness

thirstiness

thoughtless

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12 letter ESS-words icon
738

12-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 12-letter ESS-words:

nevertheless

allusiveness

concreteness

culpableness

dividendless

explicitness

faithfulness

formlessness

frictionless

giganticness

illusiveness

indebtedness

ladylikeness

mannerliness

negativeness

nugatoriness

resignedness

spriteliness

watchfulness

wrongfulness

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658

13-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 13-letter ESS-words:

consciousness

effectiveness

anonymousness

brainsickness

clamorousness

congenialness

congruousness

corrosiveness

hoydenishness

imputableness

navigableness

nefariousness

receptiveness

regretfulness

stonelessness

teachableness

temperateness

unfoundedness

unrestfulness

voluntariness

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585

14-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 14-letter ESS-words:

boneheadedness

compatibleness

contractedness

disengagedness

dismissiveness

exhaustiveness

groundlessness

horrendousness

imaginableness

inaccurateness

inexpiableness

modifiableness

mysteriousness

portentousness

rampageousness

rebelliousness

roundaboutness

stationariness

transverseness

unwatchfulness

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15-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 15-letter ESS-words:

appropriateness

coldheartedness

commendableness

comparativeness

defenselessness

expeditiousness

forthcomingness

housewifeliness

inoffensiveness

overzealousness

predictableness

puritanicalness

rumbustiousness

substantiveness

symmetricalness

undemandingness

unqualifiedness

unsatisfiedness

unshakeableness

wrongheadedness

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5,880 Common Words Ending in ESS

Most Common Length
9
(961 words)
Avg Scrabble Score
15.4
(out of 42)
Most Common Ending
s
(100%)

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What is the highest scoring word in Scrabble that ends with ESS?

42 Points

The highest scoring word in Scrabble that ends with ESS is quizzicalness with a total of 42 points.

Q 10
U 1
I 1
Z 10
Z 10
I 1
C 3
A 1
L 1
N 1
E 1
S 1
S 1

Words that end with ESS are commonly used for word games like Scrabble and Words with Friends. This list will help you to find the top scoring words to beat the opponent. You can also find a list of all words that start with ESS and words that end in ESS. Try our five letter words ending with ESS page if you’re playing Wordle-like games or use the New York Times Wordle Solver to quickly find the NYT Wordle daily answer.

FAQ Words That End In ESS

  • How many words ending with ESS are in the English dictionary?

    There are 5,880 words in the English dictionary that end with ESS, and most of them are 9 letters long (961 words of that length).

  • What's the longest word ending in ESS?

    The longest word ending in ESS is "forthcomingness" at 15 letters long. If you're looking for a more everyday word, "consciousness" is the longest common word ending in ESS.

  • Are there any rare words ending in ESS worth more in Scrabble?

    Yes. Uncommon words like "quizzicalness", "exquisiteness", "quizziness", "jazziness" end with ESS and can score big thanks to their unusual letters. "quizzicalness" is worth 42 points in Scrabble before any bonus tiles.

  • What are the most common words ending in ESS?

    Most words ending in ESS are 9 letters long, including everyday words like "awareness", "thickness", "happiness", "adultress", "brownness".