There are 324 words with the suffix HOOD 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 10-letter words (79 of them); the spread is 1 of them 5 letters long, 2 of them 6 letters long, 22 of them 7 letters long, 51 of them 8 letters long, and more up to 15 letters. The longest entries are gentlewomanhood, grandfatherhood and grandmotherhood. 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. You can use this Words Ending in HOOD (Suffix HOOD) free on IlmHunt — no sign-up needed, and it runs entirely in your browser.
The suffix -HOOD a state, condition, or period of being (childhood, neighbourhood, likelihood) — three examples from this page: adamhood, anthood, apehood.
The full list
5-letter words (1)
shood
6-letter words (2)
rehood unhood
7-letter words (22)
anthood apehood boyhood cathood cubhood doghood egohood elfhood evehood godhood hoghood jewhood kidhood ladhood manhood nunhood onehood ownhood ramhood sexhood sonhood tarhood
8-letter words (51)
adamhood aunthood babehood babyhood birdhood bodyhood bookhood calfhood colthood dollhood duckhood fishhood foalhood forehood froghood girlhood grubhood herohood idlehood kinghood ladyhood lambhood lazyhood lifehood likehood lionhood lovehood maidhood matehood misshood monkhood pagehood peerhood poethood popehood prighood pumphood pupahood seerhood selfhood serfhood sluthood swanhood townhood treehood twinhood wasphood wifehood wivehood wolfhood wormhood
9-letter words (66)
adulthood angelhood beasthood bellehood billyhood brickhood bridehood chickhood childhood churlhood clerkhood devilhood duncehood elderhood fairyhood falsehood fleshhood friarhood gawkihood ghosthood gianthood gipsyhood greenhood gypsyhood hardihood horsehood hotelhood humanhood laborhood livlihood loverhood lowlihood lustihood manlihood miserhood monkshood moosehood mummyhood negrohood puppyhood pygmyhood quackhood queenhood ravenhood riverhood romanhood sainthood scamphood scouthood sillyhood statehood swinehood thanehood thegnhood thinghood tigerhood tramphood tutorhood unclehood unmanhood valethood whelphood widowhood witchhood womanhood youthhood
10-letter words (79)
animalhood authorhood barleyhood beadlehood beautihood beggarhood bishophood brahmahood buddhahood christhood cipherhood cousinhood daintihood damselhood deaconhood doctorhood dragonhood drowsihood ensignhood fatherhood flunkyhood fosterhood gardenhood gentlehood germanhood gigmanhood gossiphood heavenhood heiferhood hippiehood hoydenhood indianhood infanthood islandhood kinglihood kittenhood knighthood lassiehood likelihood livelihood lonelihood maidenhood mannerhood masterhood matronhood monkeyhood motherhood muttonhood nationhood novicehood objecthood orphanhood oysterhood parenthood parrothood parsonhood pastorhood paynimhood pedanthood peoplehood personhood preboyhood premanhood priesthood princehood puppethood saviorhood singlehood sisterhood spirithood spousehood spritehood squirehood tailorhood trustihood vestryhood victimhood waiterhood yeomanhood
11-letter words (54)
apostlehood athletehood baronethood brahmanhood britishhood brotherhood burgherhood chattelhood chickenhood citizenhood counsinhood coxcombhood creatorhood dervishhood englishhood flapperhood flunkeyhood footmanhood goddesshood griffinhood heathenhood heiresshood husbandhood invalidhood justicehood madonnahood monsterhood officerhood peasanthood piglinghood pregirlhood prelatehood prophethood recruithood roosterhood ruffianhood saplinghood saviourhood sheriffhood soldierhood spartanhood studenthood subjecthood tadpolehood teacherhood traitorhood trinityhood unhardihood villagehood warriorhood whisperhood widowerhood willinghood womanlihood
12-letter words (19)
bachelorhood creaturehood daughterhood freshmanhood knightlihood landladyhood merchanthood mistresshood neighborhood pleasurehood preadulthood prechildhood shepherdhood spinsterhood strangerhood suburbanhood supermanhood togetherhood unlikelihood
13-letter words (13)
concubinehood dislikelihood foolhardihood gentlemanhood godfatherhood godmotherhood governesshood kshatriyahood neighbourhood patricianhood professorhood schoolboyhood unthriftihood
14-letter words (8)
antipriesthood apprenticehood archpriesthood grasswidowhood nincompoophood schoolgirlhood stepfatherhood stepmotherhood
15-letter words (9)
gentlewomanhood grandfatherhood grandmotherhood grandparenthood hobbledehoyhood jackpuddinghood probationerhood stepbrotherhood superlikelihood
Frequently asked questions
How many words with the suffix HOOD are there?
Our word list contains 324 words with the suffix HOOD, out of 382,657 entries in total. They run from 5 to 15 letters, and the 10-letter group is the largest with 79 words.
What are the longest words with the suffix HOOD?
The longest are gentlewomanhood (15 letters), grandfatherhood (15 letters) and grandmotherhood (15 letters).
Which words with the suffix HOOD score highest in Scrabble?
By raw letter values, the top scorers on this page are jackpuddinghood (37 points), hobbledehoyhood (33 points) and coxcombhood (30 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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