How many words end in IS?

1,066, ranging from 2 to 15 letters.

What is the best scoring word that ends with IS?

ZYGAPOPHYSIS, worth 35 points in Scrabble.

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS and NEUROHYPOPHYSIS, at 15 letters.

1,066 words end in IS, with ZYGAPOPHYSIS the highest scoring at 35 points.

Showing the highest-scoring of 1,066 words. The pages linked below split the rest into smaller lists.

The dictionary contains 1,066 words that end in IS — set out here by length.

Lengths span 2 to 15. The middle of that range is where the words are: 151 of them are 8 letters long.

If you are playing for score, ZYGAPOPHYSIS at 35 points is the pick. Words With Friends scores it differently and prefers CONJUNCTIVITIS at 36.

The full 15 letters are used by ADENOHYPOPHYSIS, NEUROHYPOPHYSIS and PSYCHOSYNTHESIS.

If you need a narrower cut, the pages linked below split this set by letter and by length.

adenohypophysis: the anterior lobe of the pituitary body
neurohypophysis: the posterior lobe of the pituitary body
hypochondriasis: chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
hemochromatosis: pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues
nucleosynthesis: (astronomy) the cosmic synthesis of atoms more complex than the hydrogen atom

How many words end in IS?: 1,066, ranging from 2 to 15 letters.
What is the best scoring word that ends with IS?: ZYGAPOPHYSIS, worth 35 points in Scrabble.
What is the longest word that ends with IS?: ADENOHYPOPHYSIS and NEUROHYPOPHYSIS, at 15 letters.