5-Letter Words Ending With US
There are 171 five-letter words ending with US, including 16 common puzzle answers. A handy list for Wordle and other five-letter word games.
Popular 5-Letter Puzzle Words Ending With US
Common puzzle answers are everyday words of the kind word puzzles choose as solutions, most common first. Plurals and rare words are valid guesses but rarely answers, so they're listed separately below.
- FOCUS The concentration of attention or energy on something
- BONUS An additional payment to employees as a means of increasing output
- VIRUS A microscopic infectious agent that replicates only within living cells
- MINUS An arithmetic operation that calculates the difference between two numbers
- NEXUS A connection or series of connections linking things together
- LOTUS A water plant with large pink or white flowers, native to eastern Asia
- BOGUS Fraudulent or fake; not genuine
- PIOUS Having or showing reverence for a deity
- SINUS An air-filled cavity especially in the bones of the skull
- LOCUS The scene or location of an event or action
- MAGUS A magician or sorcerer of ancient times
- BOLUS A small round soft mass, as of chewed food
More Common Puzzle Answers
- TORUS
- REBUS
- FICUS
- HUMUS
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Useful Pattern Information
- Most common first letter: P (9%), M (9%), R (7%)
- Most common additional vowel: A, in 31% of these words
- Letters that most often appear alongside: A, O, R, L, E
- Most have 2 vowels (93%)
- 33% contain a repeated letter
- 16 of the 171 are common puzzle answers (9%)
Other Valid Words
155 additional dictionary words end with US — valid guesses, though rarely answers. Most common first.
- JESUS
- VENUS
- GENUS
- FETUS
- MENUS
- RUFUS
- LUPUS
- MUCUS
- ARGUS
- PRIUS
- GURUS
- MODUS
- MANUS
- CAMUS
- HOCUS
- GYRUS
- VARUS
- VAGUS
- TALUS
- ZULUS
- CONUS
- SOLUS
- NEGUS
- CASUS
- MALUS
- TUTUS
- ANNUS
- RAMUS
- RUBUS
- SITUS
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- ACTUS
- NEVUS
- COMUS
- ARCUS
- THOUS
- NIDUS
- PYRUS
- MOTUS
- NISUS
- BEAUS
- TAXUS
- PORUS
- LATUS
- INCUS
- NASUS
- KURUS
- ILEUS
- MOMUS
- DUFUS
- KUDUS
- FUCUS
- BABUS
- TONUS
- LULUS
- ASCUS
- RISUS
- PILUS
- ICTUS
- DEBUS
- RESUS
- PALUS
- VICUS
- LUSUS
- GIBUS
- NODUS
- LUAUS
- NAMUS
- UNCUS
- CAVUS
- TABUS
- TEGUS
- FIDUS
- KORUS
- JUJUS
- SARUS
- DEGUS
- BALUS
- CLOUS
- PELUS
- BUBUS
- PATUS
- MASUS
- ALLUS
- HABUS
- BAPUS
- COCUS
- WAMUS
- RATUS
- SORUS
- TATUS
- HILUS
- MOPUS
- HAPUS
- PRAUS
- SUSUS
- TOLUS
- PULUS
- RURUS
- MUMUS
- MOCUS
- RIMUS
- SULUS
- LOBUS
- RAGUS
- TAPUS
- PUPUS
- PODUS
- FRAUS
- VATUS
- AITUS
- BAJUS
- FUGUS
- DOCUS
- TOFUS
- BAHUS
- PUDUS
- ONCUS
- OMBUS
- MEOUS
- PAHUS
- AGLUS
- ANKUS
- EMBUS
- HAKUS
- MOKUS
- RAKUS
- LIEUS
- UNAUS
- ECRUS
- SOJUS
- ONKUS
- KAPUS
- IGLUS
- ROHUS
- WOJUS
- KAGUS
- NUNUS
- FAVUS
- ZEBUS
- KUTUS
- VROUS
- ZOBUS
- ABIUS
- ERHUS
- EMEUS
- XERUS
- PUKUS
- JUKUS
- JEHUS
- HUHUS
- WUDUS
- PNEUS
- KUKUS
- KUZUS
- YUZUS
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