Words Ending In ESS

There are over 5.7K 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.

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3-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Short high-frequency ESS-words:

ess

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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
16

6-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 6-letter ESS-words:

access

unless

stress

excess

assess

abbess

awless

caress

citess

duress

egress

obsess

ogress

payess

recess

vowess

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197

7-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 7-letter ESS-words:

process

success

address

express

illness

possess

witness

actress

goddess

fitness

useless

bagless

empress

lioness

rimless

skyless

sunless

tipless

toyless

zipless

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8 letter ESS-words icon
675

8-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 8-letter ESS-words:

business

progress

wireless

weakness

suppress

darkness

distress

fortress

coneless

dripless

dullness

hostless

hurtless

laciness

lossless

naffness

odorless

sideless

softness

textless

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9 letter ESS-words icon
951

9-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 9-letter ESS-words:

awareness

thickness

happiness

alertness

arbitress

berryless

earliness

fattiness

faultless

flameless

gushiness

inertness

jettiness

moodiness

rabidness

rockcress

seaminess

treadless

wasteness

worseness

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10 letter ESS-words icon
831

10-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 10-letter ESS-words:

regardless

brightness

blitheness

bloodiness

chunkiness

crispiness

fierceness

hippieness

jocundness

limberness

marrowless

moroseness

mouldiness

newishness

pennycress

preppiness

stickiness

streamless

swarthness

vacantness

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11 letter ESS-words icon
743

11-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 11-letter ESS-words:

nonetheless

amorousness

antiqueness

bloatedness

fleshliness

foolishness

gladfulness

godlikeness

harbourless

pettishness

pompousness

prickliness

repleteness

ricketiness

shiningness

symptomless

tediousness

verdureless

welcomeness

whorishness

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708

12-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 12-letter ESS-words:

nevertheless

adaptiveness

blissfulness

bootlessness

confessoress

dilatoriness

disguiseless

hairlessness

literateness

obsoleteness

oppositeness

oracularness

overcompress

retiringness

speciousness

stedfastness

ulcerousness

unwieldiness

variableness

westerliness

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636

13-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 13-letter ESS-words:

consciousness

effectiveness

admirableness

atrociousness

complexedness

contentedness

dangerousness

evocativeness

fatheadedness

limitableness

lithesomeness

memorableness

rancorousness

seclusiveness

southerliness

spiritousness

spiritualness

transientness

tributariness

waterlessness

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561

14-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 14-letter ESS-words:

benevolentness

despoticalness

dogmaticalness

honourableness

humourlessness

incestuousness

inexplicitness

inflectionless

loquaciousness

motherlessness

portentousness

repetitiveness

responsiveness

resultlessness

sufferableness

ungracefulness

unknightliness

unpassableness

unreservedness

vociferousness

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15-Letter Words Ending In ESS

Common 15-letter ESS-words:

attributiveness

clearheadedness

coessentialness

crashworthiness

everlastingness

fantasticalness

homogeneousness

immedicableness

intrinsicalness

irreducibleness

irrevocableness

misbecomingness

necessitousness

overbearingness

precipitousness

purposelessness

suggestibleness

unalterableness

unfavorableness

unwholesomeness

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5,693 Common Words Ending in ESS

Most Common Length
9
(951 words)
Avg Scrabble Score
15.3
(out of 37)
Most Common Ending
s
(100%)

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

37 Points

The highest scoring word in Scrabble that ends with ESS is quizziness with a total of 37 points.

Q 10
U 1
I 1
Z 10
Z 10
I 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 5,693 words in the English dictionary that end with ESS, and most of them are 9 letters long (951 words of that length).

  • What's the longest word ending in ESS?

    The longest word ending in ESS is "purposelessness" 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 "exquisiteness", "quizziness", "jazziness", "quartermistress" end with ESS and can score big thanks to their unusual letters. "quizziness" is worth 37 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", "alertness", "arbitress".