Words ending in SS
Every word in the dictionary whose last 2 letters are SS — 3,889 of 172,823.
- Words
- 3,889
- Everyday
- 370in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 21indistinguishableness
- Shortest
- 32 words tie
- abscess
- abyss
- access
- across
- actress
- address
- aggressiveness
- aimless
- amass
- amiss
- ass
- assess
- attractiveness
- awareness
- awkwardness
- badness
- baldness
- bass
- bitterness
- blameless
- bless
- blindness
- bliss
- bluegrass
- bluntness
- boldness
- boss
- bottomless
- boundless
- brainless
- brass
- breathless
- brightness
- business
- buttress
- bypass
- calmness
- canvass
- carcass
- carefulness
- careless
- carelessness
- caress
- ceaseless
- cheapness
- cheerfulness
- chess
- class
- cleanliness
- clearness
- cleverness
- closeness
- clueless
- clumsiness
- coarseness
- coldness
- colorless
- compass
- completeness
- compress
- conciseness
- confess
- congress
- consciousness
- cordless
- correctness
- countess
- countless
- coziness
- crass
- craziness
- crisscross
- cross
- cypress
- dampness
- darkness
- dauntless
- deafness
- defenseless
- depress
- digress
- directness
- discuss
- dismiss
- dispossess
- distress
- dizziness
- doubtless
- dress
- dross
- drowsiness
- drunkenness
- dryness
- duchess
- dullness
- duress
- eagerness
- earnestness
- effectiveness
- effortless
- embarrass
- emboss
- empress
- emptiness
- encompass
- endless
- engross
- evenness
- excess
- express
- eyewitness
- faceless
- fairness
- faithfulness
- faithless
- faultless
- fearless
- fiberglass
- fierceness
- firmness
- fitness
- flatness
- flawless
- flightless
- flimsiness
- floss
- fondness
- foolishness
- forgetfulness
- forgiveness
- formless
- fortress
- freshness
- friendliness
- fruitless
- fullness
- furtiveness
- fuss
- gentleness
- genuineness
- giddiness
- glass
- gloss
- goddess
- godless
- goodness
- governess
- graceless
- graciousness
- grass
- greatness
- greediness
- gross
- groundless
- guess
- guiltless
- handedness
- hapless
- happiness
- harass
- harmless
- harness
- harshness
- haughtiness
- heartless
- heaviness
- heedless
- helpless
- hiss
- hoarseness
- holiness
- homeless
- homesickness
- hopeless
- hostess
- hourglass
- huskiness
- illness
- impress
- jackass
- kindness
- kiss
- lass
- lawless
- laziness
- less
- lifeless
- lightness
- likeness
- limitless
- lioness
- listless
- liveliness
- loftiness
- loneliness
- loss
- loudness
- loveliness
- madness
- manliness
- mass
- matchless
- mattress
- meaningless
- meekness
- merciless
- mess
- mindedness
- mindless
- miss
- mistress
- morass
- moss
- motionless
- mugginess
- muss
- nakedness
- nameless
- narrowness
- nastiness
- naturalness
- naughtiness
- nearsightedness
- neatness
- needless
- neighborliness
- nervousness
- nevertheless
- noiseless
- noisiness
- nonetheless
- nothingness
- numbness
- obsess
- offensiveness
- openness
- oppress
- outclass
- overpass
- painless
- pass
- peerless
- penniless
- pettiness
- pitiless
- playfulness
- pointless
- politeness
- possess
- powerless
- press
- pretentiousness
- priceless
- priestess
- princess
- process
- profess
- progress
- promptness
- prowess
- puss
- randomness
- readiness
- recess
- reckless
- recklessness
- redress
- regardless
- regress
- relentless
- remiss
- 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
Showing the first 300 of 3,889, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. The longer endings below cut this list into readable pieces.
What is in this list
The longest is indistinguishableness at 21 letters.
They run from 3 to 21 letters; 546 of them have 8 letters, more than any other length.
370 of them — 10% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains an S.
The one furthest down the tiers is coldheartedness, filed in the unranked list.
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Longer endings that finish in SS
Elsewhere
- All …S65,475
- 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.