How many words end in US?

1,788, ranging from 2 to 15 letters.

What is the best scoring word that ends with US?

ZYGODACTYLOUS, worth 32 points in Scrabble.

COLLENCHYMATOUS and HYPERFASTIDIOUS, at 15 letters.

1,788 words end in US, with ZYGODACTYLOUS the highest scoring at 32 points.

Showing the highest-scoring of 1,788 words. The pages linked below split the rest into smaller lists.

US starts 1,788 words in the Tournament dictionary. Longest first below.

The distribution peaks at 8 letters (288 words) and thins out toward 15, where only 21 remain.

The most valuable word in this set is ZYGODACTYLOUS at 32 points. It tops both tables: 34 in Words With Friends as well.

The longest answers are COLLENCHYMATOUS, HYPERFASTIDIOUS and PITHECANTHROPUS, at 15 letters.

The solver above accepts the same query with extra filters, which is the quickest way to narrow a list this size.

pithecanthropus: former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
anthropophagous: of or relating to eaters of human flesh
cytomegalovirus: any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects
basidiomycetous: pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes
pulchritudinous: used of persons only

How many words end in US?: 1,788, ranging from 2 to 15 letters.
What is the best scoring word that ends with US?: ZYGODACTYLOUS, worth 32 points in Scrabble.
What is the longest word that ends with US?: COLLENCHYMATOUS and HYPERFASTIDIOUS, at 15 letters.