Common 5-letter words that end in US
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 13, a short meaning, most used first.
- focus★10a point at which rays converge or from which they diverge
- virus★8any of a class of submicroscopic pathogens
- bonus★7an additional payment
- lotus★5an aquatic plant
- menus★7a list of the dishes available in a restaurant
- minus★7a negative quantity
- genus★6a kind, sort, or class
- locus★7a place
- nexus★12a connection or link
- bogus★8not genuine
- fetus★8the unborn organism carried within the womb in the later stages of its development
- sinus★5a cranial cavity
- gurus★6a Hindu spiritual teacher
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5-letter words ending in LUS (14)
Top score: ZULUS, 14 points. a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa
5-letter words ending in TUS (13)
Top score: KUTUS, 9 points
5-letter words ending in KUS (7)
Top score: JUKUS, 16 points. an additional school in Japan for preparing students for college
5-letter words ending in CUS (12)
Top score: FOCUS, 10 points (tied with three others). a point at which rays converge or from which they diverge
5-letter words ending in GUS (10)
Top score: KAGUS, 10 points. a bird of species Rhynochetos jubatus*
5-letter words ending in BUS (13)
Top score: ZEBUS, 16 points (tied with one other). an Asian ox
5-letter words ending in HUS (4)
Top score: JEHUS, 15 points. a fast driver
5-letter words ending in JUS (4)
Top score: JUJUS, 19 points. an object regarded as having magical power
5-letter words ending in PUS (7)
Top score: KAPUS, 11 points. a Hawaiian set of rules for daily life
5-letter words ending in AUS (5)
Top score: FRAUS, 8 points. a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman
5-letter words ending in NUS (9)
Top score: VENUS, 8 points. a beautiful woman
5-letter words ending in MUS (9)
Top score: HUMUS, 10 points (tied with one other). decomposed organic matter
5-letter words ending in SUS (8)
Top score: JESUS, 12 points. a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth
5-letter words ending in OUS (5)
Top score: THOUS, 8 points (tied with one other). to address using an archaic second person singular pronoun
5-letter words ending in FUS (2)
Top score: DUFUS, 9 points. a stupid or foolish person
5-letter words ending in RUS (12)
Top score: XERUS, 12 points. an African ground squirrel
5-letter words ending in EUS (3)
Top score: EMEUS, 7 points. a bird of species Dromaius novaehollandiae*
5-letter words ending in VUS (2)
Top score: FAVUS, 11 points. a skin disease
5-letter words ending in DUS (6)
Top score: KUDUS, 10 points. a large antelope
5-letter words ending in ZUS (2)
Top score: KUZUS, 18 points
5-letter words ending in XUS (2)
Top score: NEXUS, 12 points (tied with one other). a connection or link
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5 letter words ending in …US, by the letter before
…AUS …BUS …CUS …DUS …EUS …GUS …HUS …JUS …KUS …LUS …MUS …NUS …OUS …PUS …RUS …SUS …TUS
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