Words ending in ESS
Every word in the dictionary whose last 3 letters are ESS — 3,704 of 172,823.
- Words
- 3,704
- Everyday
- 317in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 21indistinguishableness
- Shortest
- 3ess
- abscess
- access
- actress
- address
- aggressiveness
- aimless
- assess
- attractiveness
- awareness
- awkwardness
- badness
- baldness
- bitterness
- blameless
- bless
- blindness
- bluntness
- boldness
- bottomless
- boundless
- brainless
- breathless
- brightness
- business
- buttress
- calmness
- carefulness
- careless
- carelessness
- caress
- ceaseless
- cheapness
- cheerfulness
- chess
- cleanliness
- clearness
- cleverness
- closeness
- clueless
- clumsiness
- coarseness
- coldness
- colorless
- completeness
- compress
- conciseness
- confess
- congress
- consciousness
- cordless
- correctness
- countess
- countless
- coziness
- craziness
- cypress
- dampness
- darkness
- dauntless
- deafness
- defenseless
- depress
- digress
- directness
- dispossess
- distress
- dizziness
- doubtless
- dress
- drowsiness
- drunkenness
- dryness
- duchess
- dullness
- duress
- eagerness
- earnestness
- effectiveness
- effortless
- empress
- emptiness
- endless
- evenness
- excess
- express
- eyewitness
- faceless
- fairness
- faithfulness
- faithless
- faultless
- fearless
- fierceness
- firmness
- fitness
- flatness
- flawless
- flightless
- flimsiness
- fondness
- foolishness
- forgetfulness
- forgiveness
- formless
- fortress
- freshness
- friendliness
- fruitless
- fullness
- furtiveness
- gentleness
- genuineness
- giddiness
- goddess
- godless
- goodness
- governess
- graceless
- graciousness
- greatness
- greediness
- groundless
- guess
- guiltless
- handedness
- hapless
- happiness
- harmless
- harness
- harshness
- haughtiness
- heartless
- heaviness
- heedless
- helpless
- hoarseness
- holiness
- homeless
- homesickness
- hopeless
- hostess
- huskiness
- illness
- impress
- kindness
- lawless
- laziness
- less
- lifeless
- lightness
- likeness
- limitless
- lioness
- listless
- liveliness
- loftiness
- loneliness
- loudness
- loveliness
- madness
- manliness
- matchless
- mattress
- meaningless
- meekness
- merciless
- mess
- mindedness
- mindless
- mistress
- motionless
- mugginess
- nakedness
- nameless
- narrowness
- nastiness
- naturalness
- naughtiness
- nearsightedness
- neatness
- needless
- neighborliness
- nervousness
- nevertheless
- noiseless
- noisiness
- nonetheless
- nothingness
- numbness
- obsess
- offensiveness
- openness
- oppress
- painless
- peerless
- penniless
- pettiness
- pitiless
- playfulness
- pointless
- politeness
- possess
- powerless
- press
- pretentiousness
- priceless
- priestess
- princess
- process
- profess
- progress
- promptness
- prowess
- randomness
- readiness
- recess
- reckless
- recklessness
- redress
- regardless
- regress
- relentless
- remorseless
- repress
- resourcefulness
- restless
- restlessness
- richness
- righteousness
- rightness
- ripeness
- robustness
- roughness
- roundness
- rowdiness
- rudeness
- ruthless
- ruthlessness
- sadness
- sameness
- seamstress
- seasickness
- selfishness
- senseless
- seriousness
- shameless
- sharpness
- shiftless
- shortness
- shrewdness
- shyness
- sickness
- sightless
- silliness
- sleepless
- sleeveless
- slowness
- slyness
- smoothness
- softness
- sorceress
- speechless
- spineless
- spotless
- sternness
- stewardess
- stiffness
- stillness
- stinginess
- strangeness
- stress
- strictness
- success
- suppress
- sweetness
- tactless
- tameness
- tardiness
- tasteless
- tenderness
- terseness
- thankless
- thickness
- thoughtfulness
- thoughtless
- tightness
- timeless
- tireless
- toughness
- transgress
- truthfulness
- ugliness
- undress
- uneasiness
- unhappiness
- uniqueness
- unless
- unpleasantness
- unwillingness
- usefulness
Showing the first 300 of 3,704, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. Use the finder with a length filter to reach the rest.
What is in this list
The longest is indistinguishableness at 21 letters.
They run from 3 to 21 letters; 516 of them have 8 letters, more than any other length.
317 of them — 9% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains each of E and S.
The one furthest down the tiers is coldheartedness, filed in the unranked list.
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Other endings of 3 letters
Elsewhere
- All …SS3,889
- starts ACC
- starts ALL
- starts ANA
- starts ANT
- starts APP
- starts ASS
- starts AUT
- starts BAC
- starts BAL
- starts BAN
- starts BAR
- starts BED
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.