There are 1,060 words with the suffix SHIP 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 (174 of them); the spread is 4 of them 6 letters long, 43 of them 7 letters long, 98 of them 8 letters long, 120 of them 9 letters long, and more up to 15 letters. The longest entries are academicianship, archdapifership and beneficiaryship. 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 SHIP (Suffix SHIP) free on IlmHunt — no sign-up needed, and it runs entirely in your browser.
The suffix -SHIP a state, condition, skill or office (friendship, membership, craftsmanship) — three examples from this page: aceship, airship, amidship.
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6-letter words (4)
exship inship reship unship
7-letter words (43)
aceship airship antship beyship boyship curship deyship disship dogship donship elfship endship foeship fopship foxship godship gunship hagship hership hogship impship jewship kinship layship logship ludship madship manship midship misship mobship nunship palship penship preship sibship sirship sonship spyship traship warship witship worship
8-letter words (98)
amidship amirship antiship auntship babeship babyship bardship bawdship bearship beauship boarship bondship bossship chumship clanship czarship deanship demyship dogeship dollship dukeship earlship emirship exonship fairship fireship flagship foolship foreship gildship gladship goodship grafship guruship hardship headship heirship hellship herdship heroship hostship idleship imamship jadeship jarlship judgship kingship ladyship landship lazyship lionship longship lordship mageship mateship minxship monkship moorship pageship papaship peatship peership pimpship pleaship poetship popeship punyship quedship rajaship sageship sailship seership septship serfship sireship softship starship stayship stopship tankship toadship toryship township tranship treeship tsarship twinship valiship wardship wareship whigship whipship wifeship windship woodship workship wormship zanyship
9-letter words (120)
abbotship actorship adeptship aftership agentship alienship angelship arhatship augurship axmanship bakership baronship beastship beworship blockship brideship cadetship canonship chelaship chiefship childship clerkship cloudship clownship countship courtship deityship demonship devilship dewanship donorship dortiship eldership emeership enemyship envoyship ephorship fairyship fiendship firstship gagership ghostship giantship goodyship graveship guardship guestship guideship guildship judgeship knaveship lairdship lightship lovership mahdiship majorship makership manorship mayorship metership metreship minorship mogulship motorship mouseship nabobship nawabship nieceship ninnyship ownership oxmanship partyship pashaship pilotship priorship proxyship pygmyship queenship rabbiship reeveship ridership rightship rivalship rogueship rulership saintship satanship screwship shareship sharkship sidership sizarship skaldship snakeship spaceship stateship steamship storeship subahship swainship thaneship thegnship titleship toadyship transship tribeship troopship tupanship tutorship uncleship unworship upmanship ushership vicarship vizirship wazirship whaleship whoreship womanship worthship
10-letter words (174)
aedileship airmanship apolloship archership archonship assmanship authorship avoyership bailieship bashawship battleship beadleship beautyship beldamship bishopship brehonship brewership brokership buddhaship bursarship butlership caesarship caliphship campership cantorship carvership cattleship censorship chargeship clientship coheirship consulship cousinship criticship cuemanship curateship deaconship dealership debtorship deputyship disworship docentship doctorship drivership duennaship editorship ensignship expertship externship factorship farmership fathership fautorship fellowship flaithship flamenship foemanship fostership friendship gaugership gentleship godsonship grieveship guidership gunmanship gunnership hectorship heraldship hermitship hetmanship holdership internship jailership jockeyship juniorship kaisership keepership khakanship kittenship knightship lackeyship laurelship lawyership laymanship leadership lectorship legateship lesseeship maidenship martyrship mastership matronship mediumship mehtarship membership mentorship mercership mightyship minionship misworship molochship mothership nephewship nonworship notaryship noviceship nuncioship oratorship orphanship pandership parentship pariahship parsonship pastorship patronship penmanship personship peshwaship poodleship portership posadaship pretorship preworship priestship princeship pursership quakership rabbinship rangership rascalship readership rectorship regentship sachemship sanjakship saviorship scribeship seamanship seniorship sextonship signorship sinnership sirdarship sistership squireship suitorship sultanship suretyship sutlership syndicship tailorship tanistship tellership tenantship tensorship thwartship tradership truantship tyrantship umpireship vassalship vergership vestalship vikingship viragoship virginship viziership waitership wardenship wardership weaselship wisdomship wizardship writership
11-letter words (168)
abigailship actuaryship admiralship advisership alcaldeship almonership alnagership amateurship apostleship artisanship athwartship attacheship auditorship bailiffship baronetship batsmanship bellmanship benchership boatmanship bondmanship boroughship brothership burghership bushmanship caciqueship captainship caterership censureship chantership chapmanship chattelship citizenship cobblership cockneyship coeldership colonelship comradeship consortship coronership creatorship crewmanship curatorship denizenship dressership electorship emperorship equerryship eremiteship esquireship exampleship factoryship feoffeeship firemanship footmanship foremanship foundership freemanship genarchship generalship goddessship goodmanship gorillaship grandeeship hangmanship havenership heathenship heroineship hostageship hostlership husbandship interneship invalidship janitorship justiceship kindredship kingdomship kinsmanship lakemanship learnership lectureship lifemanship locutorship magnateship majestyship managership marinership marquisship marshalship messiahship monitorship monstership mormaorship nurtureship oarsmanship officership overworship packmanship paintership partnership patriotship patroonship peasantship phantomship pioneership plantership plowmanship plumbership poligarship praetorship prefectship prelateship premiership primateship proctorship prophetship provostship qualityship questorship quondamship refereeship refugeeship revisership roostership sapindaship saviourship scholarship senatorship servantship sheriffship shipmanship showmanship signiorship skippership snowmanship soldiership spanielship speakership sponsorship stallership stewardship studentship subjectship sultanaship surfmanship surgeonship teachership tertianship touristship trailership traineeship traitorship tribuneship trusteeship usurpership verdugoship viceroyship vintnership visitorship voivodeship warriorship waywodeship weighership whipmanship widowership wingmanship woodmanship wordmanship workmanship
12-letter words (169)
absenteeship adjutantship advocateship aldermanship assessorship assigneeship attorneyship autocratship bachelorship bankruptship boardmanship boatsmanship brinkmanship cardinalship cavaliership chairmanship championship chaplainship clansmanship classmanship coachmanship coauthorship coeditorship cofathership cohelpership commonership conjurership consumership convenership corporalship corrivalship cosuretyship courtiership craftmanship cranemanship cratsmanship creatureship creditorship daughtership decemvirship deemstership defensorship delegateship dictatorship directorship discipleship discourtship divinityship draftmanship ducklingship emissaryship engineership examinership executorship firesideship followership forestership freshmanship fuglemanship gamesmanship gardenership genarchaship governorship graduateship grandsonship guardianship helmsmanship henchmanship horsemanship huntsmanship imitatorship immortalship impostorship improvership infernalship landladyship landlordship laureateship lightmanship listenership maecenasship magicianship mancipleship mandarinship marksmanship martinetship mediatorship merchantship ministership ministryship minstrelship monsieurship musicianship nazariteship neighborship observership oneupmanship ordinaryship organistship overlordship overseership palatineship parcenership partisanship partizanship penwomanship perukiership placemanship preachership prenticeship pressmanship producership propertyship provisorship quaestorship railroadship receivership recordership redeemership registership relationship reportership residentship retainership reverendship riflemanship salesmanship scullionship searchership seigniorship sentinelship sergeantship servitorship sinecureship spacemanship spearmanship spinstership steermanship strangership subclerkship subjudgeship subpriorship subsizarship subtutorship subvicarship superiorship surveyorship survivorship suzerainship swindlership swordmanship tallymanship testatorship trackmanship traditorship treasuryship triumvirship unfriendship unseamanship verderership versemanship virtuosoship viscountship watchmanship watermanship woodwardship wordsmanship wranglership yachtmanship
13-letter words (155)
accessaryship adventureship archangelship artificership artilleryship assistantship associateship barristership bedfellowship beglerbegship boardsmanship bretwaldaship bridemaidship brigadiership brinksmanship candidateship carpentership castellanship catchpoleship charlatanship chauffeurship chieftainship choristership churchmanship coadjutorship coburghership cocitizenship cocreatorship colleagueship collectorship commandership committeeship companionship conductorship confessorship conrectorship consigneeship constableship containership copartnership correctorship cosponsorship councilorship counselorship courtesanship courtezanship craftsmanship cunctatorship custodianship dilettantship disfellowship draftsmanship escheatorship exarchateship excisemanship executiveship executrixship exhibitorship extractorship foolhardiship foreignership gazetteership gentlemanship gladiatorship godfathership godmothership grantsmanship grenadiership guaranteeship guarantorship guerrillaship harbingership honorableship housewifeship imperatorship indentureship inspectorship intendantship israeliteship justiciarship landgraveship landownership librarianship messengership middlemanship moderatorship neighbourship nonmembership novitiateship ombudsmanship paramountship patriarchship patricianship patronessship paymastership pendragonship pensionership physicianship plaintiffship ploughmanship policemanship portreeveship possessorship postulantship precentorship preceptorship prefriendship prelectorship prepostorship presbytership presidentship pretendership principalship probationship probattleship procensorship proconsulship professorship prosectorship protectorship publishership registrarship regulatorship remaindership scavengership scoundrelship scrivenership secretaryship seneschalship solicitorship sovereignship spectatorship spiritualship spokesmanship sportsmanship statesmanship sticksmanship subconsulship subdeaconship subeditorship subpastorship subwardenship successorship surrogateship swineherdship swordsmanship tonguemanship tradesmanship treasurership tribesmanship vestrymanship vicariateship virginityship volunteership yachtsmanship
14-letter words (88)
accompliceship accountantship ambassadorship anticensorship antrustionship apothecaryship apprenticeship arbitratorship archdeaconship archpriestship benefactorship bipartisanship bridegroomship bumbailiffship catechumenship chancellorship charioteership clarenceuxship cochairmanship codictatorship codirectorship commissaryship commissionship competitorship consultantship controllership councillorship counsellorship dilettanteship disworkmanship draughtmanship dressmakership equestrianship evangelistship fellowheirship figureheadship forerunnership freeholdership handicraftship headmastership horsewomanship inquisitorship instructorship interownership justiciaryship landholdership legislatorship licentiateship lieutenantship liquidatorship magistrateship midshipmanship missionaryship playfellowship postmastership praelectorship prebendaryship precomradeship prepartnership procuratorship progenitorship prolocutorship proprietorship protectionship provincialship ringleadership slaveownership soothsayership stadholdership subcaptainship subcuratorship subforemanship submanagership subpartnership subproctorship subscribership supercargoship supervisorship sweetheartship taskmastership tidewaitership timekeepership translatorship underclerkship universityship vicegerentship victuallership vindicatorship
15-letter words (41)
academicianship archdapifership beneficiaryship burgomastership chamberlainship commentatorship compotationship comptrollership connoisseurship conservatorship constructorship contributorship demigoddessship distributorship draftswomanship draughtsmanship gonfaloniership grandfathership horsemastership householdership housemastership internuncioship interpretership nomenclatorship nonpartisanship outdoorsmanship parishionership philosophership prechampionship predecessorship prerelationship probationership referendaryship shareholdership spokeswomanship sportswomanship stadtholdership subattorneyship subdirectorship subgovernorship tablefellowship
Frequently asked questions
How many words with the suffix SHIP are there?
Our word list contains 1,060 words with the suffix SHIP, out of 382,657 entries in total. They run from 6 to 15 letters, and the 10-letter group is the largest with 174 words.
What are the longest words with the suffix SHIP?
The longest are academicianship (15 letters), archdapifership (15 letters) and beneficiaryship (15 letters).
Which words with the suffix SHIP score highest in Scrabble?
By raw letter values, the top scorers on this page are executrixship (34 points), archdapifership (31 points) and bumbailiffship (31 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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