There are 439 words that end with WS in our word list of 382,657 words, and every one of them is on this page — grouped by length so you can scan fast, with a live filter when you need something narrower. The biggest group is the 7-letter words (106 of them); the spread is 1 of them 2 letters long, 42 of them 4 letters long, 62 of them 5 letters long, 55 of them 6 letters long, and more up to 13 letters. The longest entries are schoolfellows, blackfellows and grandnephews. Word-game players keep lists like this open for a reason: Scrabble and Words With Friends reward the obscure corners of the dictionary, crossword solvers live on pattern matching, and Wordle players work by elimination.
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2-letter words (1)
ws
4-letter words (42)
bows caws ccws cows daws dews dows faws haws hews hows jaws jews jows kaws kows laws lows maws mews mows news nows paws pews pows raws rews rows saws sews sows taws tews tows vaws vows waws wows yaws yews yows
5-letter words (62)
adaws alews avows blaws blows braws brews brows chaws chews chows claws clews clows craws crews crows deaws dhows draws drows enews enows flaws flews flows frows glows gnaws gnows grews grows knows meows plews plows prows scaws scows shaws shews shows skaws skews slaws slews slows smews snaws snows spaws spews staws stews stows thaws thews trews trows views vrows whews
6-letter words (55)
advews allows arrows bedews belows bylaws cahows elbows embows emmews endews endows enmews ensews immews indews indows kotows macaws miaows navews oxbows papaws pawaws pilaws pilows pshaws renews resaws resews resows scraws screws scrows serows shrews shrows sinews sprews squaws straws strews strows sybows theows thraws throws unlaws unmews unsews upbows vinews vrouws widows yakows
7-letter words (106)
accrews acknows ballows barlows barrows bashaws begnaws bellows besnows bestows billows borrows bowsaws bowwows burrows byelaws byrlaws callows cashaws cashews curfews curlews cushaws declaws decrews eschews escrows fallows farrows fellows fogbows follows forhows furrows gallows geegaws gewgaws guffaws hallows harrows haymows hebrews heehaws hollows inflows jigsaws kowtows leasows mallows marrows matlows meadows mellows mildews minnows morrows narrows nephews nonnews onflows outlaws outrows padsaws pawpaws pillows pitsaws ponhaws powwows pursews reavows rechews redraws reflows reglows regrows replows reshows reskews reviews ripsaws sallows seesaws shadows sorrows subdews sunbows sundews tallows tarrows tattows unclews undraws unstows unthaws upblows updraws upflows upgrows wallows warsaws willows windows winnows wowwows yarrows yellows
8-letter words (86)
aircrews airflows airglows airshows backsaws bandsaws beshrews bestrews bestrows bourlaws bucksaws catclaws catspaws choctaws concrews cornrows cumshaws danelaws dayglows dewclaws disavows downbows eyebrows fitchews flamfews flyblows forebows forenews forepaws forslows fretsaws gorcrows hacksaws handsaws hoosgows insinews jackdaws killcows knowhows ladycows lockjaws longbows longjaws lowbrows misdraws misgrows misknows mistbows moonbows morphews mudflows mudscows outcrows outdraws outflows outglows outgnaws outgrows oversews oversows pickmaws pilcrows poursews preshows previews purviews rainbows reendows rikshaws ringtaws salchows shallows sparrows sunglows surviews swallows trishaws unibrows unscrews unsinews upthrows whipsaws whitlows whittaws windrows wingbows
9-letter words (55)
airscrews bedstraws beshadows bungalows carassows checkrows chowchows clerihews cockcrows coleslaws crossbows curassows disallows disendows feverfews foofaraws foreknows foreshows furbelows gangplows hawkshaws hedgerows highbrows honeydews hoosegows kickshaws lobbygows maccabaws mackinaws misthrows outthrows overblows overdraws overflows overgrows overviews peepshows rickshaws roughhews scofflaws setscrews shadblows sideshows snowplows southpaws televiews tomorrows underjaws undertows unhallows williwaws willywaws windflaws wiredraws withdraws
10-letter words (19)
afterglows allhallows backarrows bedfellows chickasaws corkscrews deathblows interviews jackscrews jackstraws kabbeljaws misbestows mudminnows overthrows saddlebows scarecrows scrimshaws topminnows underflows
11-letter words (6)
foreshadows handbarrows middlebrows overshadows playfellows thumbscrews
12-letter words (6)
blackfellows grandnephews marshmallows scapegallows slewingslews wheelbarrows
13-letter words (1)
schoolfellows
Frequently asked questions
How many words that end with WS are there?
Our word list contains 439 words that end with WS, out of 382,657 entries in total. They run from 2 to 13 letters, and the 7-letter group is the largest with 106 words.
What are the longest words that end with WS?
The longest are schoolfellows (13 letters), blackfellows (12 letters) and grandnephews (12 letters).
Which words that end with WS score highest in Scrabble?
By raw letter values, the top scorers on this page are jackscrews (28 points), kabbeljaws (28 points) and blackfellows (26 points) — before any letter or word multipliers. One honest caveat: this list is a broad English word list, so a few rare or technical entries appear that official game dictionaries (and Wordle’s answer list) do not accept. Always check a play against the dictionary your game uses.
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