5 Letter Words Ending in IS

166 words (116 Scrabble US, 164 Scrabble UK, 115 WGPO, 91 Words With Friends, 7 everyday ★)

166 five-letter words end in IS. Common words first, then every word from A to Z.

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Common 5-letter words that end in IS

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…RIS

5-letter words ending in RIS (24)

Top score: ZARIS, 14 points (tied with one other)

…AIS

5-letter words ending in AIS (7)

Top score: QUAIS, 14 points. a wharf

…GIS

5-letter words ending in GIS (4)

Top score: YOGIS, 9 points (tied with one other). a person who practices yoga

…LIS

5-letter words ending in LIS (15)

Top score: KALIS, 9 points. bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves

…TIS

5-letter words ending in TIS (17)

Top score: ZATIS, 14 points (tied with one other)

…HIS

5-letter words ending in HIS (2)

Top score: APHIS, 10 points (tied with one other). an aphid

…SIS

5-letter words ending in SIS (6)

Top score: LYSIS, 8 points. the disintegration of cells by lysins

…PIS

5-letter words ending in PIS (8)

Top score: KEPIS, 11 points. a type of cap

…NIS

5-letter words ending in NIS (13)

Top score: FINIS, 8 points (tied with two others). the end

…DIS

5-letter words ending in DIS (14)

Top score: QADIS, 15 points. a Muslim judge

…EIS

5-letter words ending in EIS (4)

Top score: LWEIS, 8 points (tied with one other). a monetary unit of Angola

…MIS

5-letter words ending in MIS (8)

Top score: KAMIS, 11 points (tied with one other). a sacred power or force

…FIS

5-letter words ending in FIS (5)

Top score: KUFIS, 12 points. a brimless hat

…VIS

5-letter words ending in VIS (5)

Top score: MAVIS, 10 points (tied with one other). a songbird

…UIS

5-letter words ending in UIS (2)

Top score: LOUIS, 5 points (tied with one other). a former gold coin of France

…JIS

5-letter words ending in JIS (5)

Top score: KOJIS, 16 points. a fungus used to start fermentation

…BIS

5-letter words ending in BIS (6)

Top score: PUBIS, 9 points. the forward portion of either of the hipbones

…OIS

5-letter words ending in OIS (2)

Top score: HIOIS, 8 points

…KIS

5-letter words ending in KIS (10)

Top score: KAKIS, 13 points. a Japanese tree

…ZIS

5-letter words ending in ZIS (2)

Top score: KAZIS, 18 points

…WIS

5-letter words ending in WIS (2)

Top score: KIWIS, 12 points. a bird of genus Apteryx

…XIS

5-letter words ending in XIS (4)

Top score: PYXIS, 17 points. a pyxidium

…CIS

5-letter words ending in CIS (1)

Top score: LOCIS, 7 points. an engine used in logging

About these words

  • 166 of the 12,982 5-letter words end in IS (1%).
  • 116 are good in NWL2023, 164 in Collins Scrabble Words, 115 in WOW24 and 91 in the Words With Friends list. 7 are everyday words.
  • In Scrabble points, kazis scores the most (18), then pyxis (17), then kojis (16), then three words on 15.

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