Common 4-letter words that end in S
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- news★7a report about a recent event of interest
- days★8the time between sunrise and sunset
- jobs★13the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- less★4used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
- cars★6an automobile
- arts★4the products of human creativity
- says★7to utter
- kids★9a young person of either sex
- tips★6the extreme end of something
- plus★6an additional quantity
- toys★7an artifact designed to be played with
- loss★4the act of one that loses
- pics★8a photograph
- maps★8a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
- thus★7in this manner
- ways★10a method of doing something
All 1,126 words
4-letter words ending in HS (22)
Top score: FAHS, 10 points (tied with five others). the fourth tone of the diatonic musical scale
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4-letter words ending in LS (41)
Top score: ZELS, 13 points (tied with one other)
4-letter words ending in AS (57)
Top score: ZEAS, 13 points. corn
4-letter words ending in BS (58)
Top score: JOBS, 13 points (tied with two others). the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
4-letter words ending in YS (46)
Top score: JAYS, 14 points (tied with one other). a bird of genus Platylophus
4-letter words ending in ES (108)
Top score: ZEES, 13 points. the letter Z
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4-letter words ending in TS (85)
Top score: ZITS, 13 points (tied with one other). a pimple
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4-letter words ending in DS (72)
Top score: ZEDS, 14 points. the letter Z
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4-letter words ending in OS (45)
Top score: ZHOS, 16 points
4-letter words ending in IS (45)
Top score: AXIS, 11 points (tied with two others). a straight line about which a body rotates
4-letter words ending in MS (59)
Top score: JAMS, 13 points. to force together tightly
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4-letter words ending in NS (81)
Top score: ZENS, 13 points (tied with two others). mental calmness
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4-letter words ending in RS (43)
Top score: JARS, 11 points (tied with one other). to cause to shake
4-letter words ending in PS (70)
Top score: ZIPS, 15 points (tied with two others). to move with speed and vigor
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4-letter words ending in US (34)
Top score: GJUS, 12 points
4-letter words ending in CS (24)
Top score: MYCS, 11 points. a gene that transforms a normal cell into a cancerous cell
4-letter words ending in FS (20)
Top score: KIFS, 11 points (tied with two others). hemp smoked to produce euphoria
4-letter words ending in KS (36)
Top score: ZEKS, 17 points. an inmate in a Soviet labor camp
4-letter words ending in GS (75)
Top score: ZAGS, 14 points (tied with one other). to turn sharply
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4-letter words ending in SS (42)
Top score: JESS, 11 points (tied with two others). to fasten straps around the legs of a hawk
4-letter words ending in WS (43)
Top score: JAWS, 14 points (tied with one other). to jabber
4-letter words ending in VS (18)
Top score: FAVS, 10 points (tied with one other). a favorite
4-letter words ending in QS (1)
Top score: SUQS, 13 points. a marketplace in northern Africa and the Middle East
4-letter words ending in ZS (1)
Top score: ZZZS, 31 points. sleep, or the sound of someone sleeping
About these words
- 1,126 of the 5,641 4-letter words end in S (20%), the most of any letter.
- 887 are good in NWL2023, 1,124 in Collins Scrabble Words, 885 in WOW24 and 824 in the Words With Friends list. 168 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, zzzs scores the most (31), then zeks (17), then zhos (16), then four words on 15.