Words ending in IOUS
270 words in the ENABLE list end in IOUS. The most common are VARIOUS, SERIOUS, PREVIOUS and RELIGIOUS. They run from 5 to 17 letters, and the highest-scoring is HYPERFASTIDIOUS at 27 points.
- Words
- 270
- Lengths
- 5–17 letters
- Top score
- 27 (HYPERFASTIDIOUS)
The words
5-letter words 1
pious7
6-letter words 1
odious7
7-letter words 22
8-letter words 24
captious12cautious10
diecious11edacious11eximious17factious13fashious14glorious9
gracious11luscious10pervious13pluvious13precious12
previous13
ructious10scabious12scarious10spacious12specious12spurious10studious9tortious8usurious8uxorious15
9-letter words 54
ambitious13
arsenious9atrocious11audacious12bodacious14bumptious15capacious15conscious13
delicious12
delirious10dioecious12egregious11facetious14felonious12ferocious14fractious14fugacious15hilarious12
imperious13incurious11ingenious10injurious16insidious10invidious13judicious19laborious11litigious10luxurious16malarious11malicious13
melodious12monecious13nefarious12notorious9
oblivious14obnoxious18officious17penurious11rapacious13religious10
sagacious12salacious11seditious10silicious11tenacious11uncurious11unenvious12unserious9vagarious13veracious14vexatious19vicarious14vivacious17voracious14
10-letter words 55
abstemious14amphibious19auspicious14autoecious12avaricious15calumnious14capricious16censorious12commodious17contagious13curvacious17euphonious15factitious15fallacious15fastidious14fictitious15flagitious14gregarious12harmonious15hellacious15impervious17incautious12infectious15
inglorious11lascivious15licentious12loquacious21lubricious14lugubrious13mendacious15monoecious14mysterious15
nonobvious15nonserious10nutritious10obsequious21perfidious16perjurious19pernicious14precarious14precocious16predacious15prodigious14propitious14pugnacious15rebellious12robustious12salubrious12sequacious21struthious13suspicious14
tenebrious12ungracious13uproarious12victorious15
11-letter words 41
abstentious13acrimonious15atrabilious13burglarious14ceremonious15compendious18contentious13contrarious13deleterious12dissentious12efficacious21expeditious21flirtatious14ignominious14illustrious11impecunious17industrious12injudicious21irreligious12meritorious13omnifarious16opprobrious17overanxious21overobvious19overserious14prestigious14
pretentious13punctilious15repetitious13rumbustious15scrumptious17sententious11symphonious21temerarious13tendencious14tendentious12unambitious15unconscious15
unmalicious15unmelodious14unreligious12
12-letter words 33
adscititious15adventitious16cementitious16compunctious20contumacious18contumelious16disputatious15heteroecious17inauspicious16incommodious19inharmonious17insalubrious14meretricious16multifarious17nonconscious16nonreligious13ostentatious12overcautious17parsimonious16pertinacious16preconscious18rambunctious18sacrilegious15semiprecious18subconscious18supercilious16suppositious16ultraserious12uncensorious14unfastidious16unpropitious16unsuspicious16vainglorious16
13-letter words 24
antireligious14conscientious17disharmonious19hypercautious23inefficacious23noncontagious16nongregarious15noninfectious18nonnutritious13overambitious20overconscious20overingenious17perspicacious21sanctimonious17semiconscious19semireligious16subreptitious17supercautious17superstitious15surreptitious15ultracautious15unceremonious17uncontentious15unpretentious15
14-letter words 11
contradictious19hyperconscious26interreligious15multireligious17overfastidious21oversuspicious21socioreligious17superambitious20superluxurious23supposititious18unostentatious14
15-letter words 3
excrementitious26hyperfastidious27ultrafastidious19
17-letter words 1
overconscientious24
Highest-scoring words
Scored with Scrabble letter values, before bonus squares.
hyperfastidious27excrementitious26hyperconscious26overconscientious24hypercautious23inefficacious23superluxurious23efficacious21expeditious21obsequious21
Related
Questions
How many words end in IOUS?
270 words in the ENABLE word list end in IOUS.
What is the longest word that ends in IOUS?
OVERCONSCIENTIOUS, with 17 letters. Next come EXCREMENTITIOUS and HYPERFASTIDIOUS.
What is the highest-scoring word that ends in IOUS?
HYPERFASTIDIOUS, worth 27 points with Scrabble letter values.