Words Ending in SS

6072 words ending in SS, from 3 to 15 letters. Pick a length to see its full list.

  • ass3
  • ess3

4 Letter Words Ending in SS

43 words, 19 common
  • bass6
  • boss6
  • diss5
  • fuss7
  • hiss7
  • jess11
  • joss11
  • kiss8
  • lass4
  • less4
  • loss4
  • mass6
  • mess6
  • miss6
  • moss6
  • ness4
  • pass6
  • puss6
  • toss4
  • buss6

5 Letter Words Ending in SS

39 words, 21 common
  • abyss10
  • amass7
  • amiss7
  • bless7
  • bliss7
  • brass7
  • chess10
  • class7
  • crass7
  • cress7
  • cross7
  • dress6
  • dross6
  • floss8
  • glass6
  • gloss6
  • grass6
  • gross6
  • guess6
  • press7

6 Letter Words Ending in SS

46 words, 11 common
  • access10
  • across8
  • assess6
  • badass9
  • bypass13
  • duress7
  • excess15
  • harass9
  • recess8
  • stress6
  • unless6
  • abbess10
  • admass9
  • awless9
  • bagass9
  • bekiss12
  • betoss8
  • camass10
  • caress8
  • cavass11

7 Letter Words Ending in SS

247 words, 35 common
  • actress9
  • address9
  • biomass11
  • burgess10
  • carcass11
  • compass13
  • confess12
  • cypress14
  • discuss10
  • dismiss10
  • duchess13
  • empress11
  • endless8
  • express16
  • fitness10
  • goddess10
  • harness10
  • heiress10
  • hostess10
  • illness7

8 Letter Words Ending in SS

718 words, 55 common
  • baroness10
  • baseless10
  • business10
  • careless10
  • clueless10
  • compress14
  • congress11
  • countess10
  • darkness13
  • distress9
  • fairness11
  • fearless11
  • flawless14
  • fondness12
  • fortress11
  • fullness11
  • goodness10
  • hardness12
  • harmless13
  • headless12

9 Letter Words Ending in SS

993 words, 40 common
  • awareness12
  • blackness17
  • blindness12
  • bluegrass12
  • boundless12
  • childless15
  • closeness11
  • colorless11
  • countless11
  • craziness20
  • dizziness28
  • doubtless12
  • embarrass13
  • emptiness13
  • encompass15
  • freshness15
  • fruitless12
  • greatness10
  • happiness16
  • heartless12

10 Letter Words Ending in SS

901 words, 14 common
  • bitterness12
  • breathless15
  • brightness16
  • effortless16
  • eyewitness16
  • fiberglass16
  • loneliness10
  • regardless12
  • relentless10
  • speechless17
  • tenderness11
  • uniqueness19
  • usefulness13
  • wilderness14
  • abjectness21
  • abruptness14
  • absurdness13
  • accentless14
  • actionless12
  • activeness15

11 Letter Words Ending in SS

763 words, 13 common
  • cleanliness13
  • correctness15
  • defenseless15
  • foolishness17
  • forgiveness18
  • meaningless14
  • mindfulness17
  • nervousness14
  • nonetheless14
  • selfishness17
  • seriousness11
  • unhappiness18
  • willingness15
  • abusiveness16
  • adaptedness15
  • adventuress15
  • adverseness15
  • advisedness16
  • agelessness12
  • aimlessness13

12 Letter Words Ending in SS

731 words, 4 common
  • completeness18
  • homelessness17
  • nevertheless18
  • preparedness17
  • abortiveness17
  • abrasiveness17
  • absoluteness14
  • abstractness16
  • abstruseness14
  • accurateness16
  • accursedness17
  • adaptiveness18
  • addictedness17
  • adequateness22
  • adhesiveness19
  • adorableness15
  • affectedness21
  • affluentness18
  • agribusiness15
  • agrobusiness15

13 Letter Words Ending in SS

646 words, 4 common
  • consciousness17
  • effectiveness24
  • righteousness17
  • unwillingness17
  • acceptingness20
  • accessariness17
  • accessoriness17
  • adaptableness18
  • addictiveness20
  • admirableness18
  • adversariness17
  • advisableness19
  • affectionless21
  • affectiveness24
  • aggregateness16
  • agreeableness16
  • airworthiness19
  • allowableness18
  • ambiguousness18
  • ambitiousness17

14 Letter Words Ending in SS

574 words, 2 common
  • attractiveness19
  • responsiveness19
  • abominableness20
  • absorptiveness21
  • abstemiousness18
  • abstractedness19
  • acceptableness22
  • accessibleness20
  • accidentalness19
  • accustomedness21
  • admissibleness19
  • affectlessness22
  • aggressiveness19
  • alimentiveness19
  • amateurishness19
  • amphibiousness23
  • anarthrousness17
  • answerableness19
  • antiquatedness24
  • apocryphalness26

15 Letter Words Ending in SS

369 words, 1 common
  • competitiveness24
  • accountableness21
  • acquisitiveness29
  • acrimoniousness19
  • adventurousness19
  • allegoricalness18
  • alternativeness18
  • appropriateness21
  • atrabiliousness17
  • attributiveness20
  • bittersweetness20
  • blameworthiness25
  • blasphemousness24
  • blockheadedness28
  • bloodguiltiness19
  • broadmindedness22
  • carnivorousness20
  • categoricalness20
  • ceremoniousness19
  • circumspectness25

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Words Ending in SS: Questions

How many words ending in SS are there?

There are 6,072 words ending in SS in our dictionary, ranging from 3 to 15 letters long.

What is the longest word ending in SS?

COMPETITIVENESS is one of the longest at 15 letters, which is as long as these lists run.

What are some common words ending in SS?

AWARENESS, BLACKNESS, BLINDNESS are among the most familiar words ending in SS. Pick a word length to see the full list for that length.

Are these words ending in SS valid in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Every word is drawn from a tournament word list, so most are playable everywhere. Open the list for a given length to filter it down to Scrabble US (NWL2023), Scrabble UK (CSW24) or Words With Friends.