Words Ending In These Letters

Did you know that only 12 words in the English language end with the letter J? Or that the average word that ends with Z is worth over 20 points in Scrabble and Words With Friends? On this page, you can find the list of all groups of words that end in a specific letter or group of letters, and getting familiar with them will do wonders for you when faced with the situation of forming the word based on the ending letter.

The lists of words presented on this page work best in combination with our WordFinder tool, which can help you with the additional filtering of the potential words to play. You can include/exclude specific letters and choose a particular length of desired words.

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1-letter ending combos

2-letter ending combos

3-letter ending combos

4-letter ending combos

5-letter ending combos

In most word games, the ability to expand and add letters to the existing word can get players the easiest points they can earn while using the opponent’s letters in the process. This is because most of the words out there can be extended by some type of suffix. Make sure you don’t make a mistake a play a word that has a longer form, which your opponent can expand on.

For example, if you play the word PLAY, worth 9 points in Scrabble, your opponent can capitalize on that by adding:

  • The letter S at the end, making PLAYS and get 10 for that
  • Add ER and make PLAYER, worth 11 points
  • Add ING to your word and get 13 points

How many words end with each of the letters?

By far, the most common ending letter in the Scrabble dictionary is S, as over 38% of all Scrabble words end with this letter. This is not a surprise, considering that most of the nouns have a regular plural form, which means they end with S. So for every noun existing in the dictionary, the chances are there is a plural ending with S.

After S, the most common ending letter in the English dictionary is E, as over 10% of all words end with this letter. D ends 8.83% of all words, G ends 7.15%, and Y ends 7.10%.

GroupNumber of wordsShare
Words that end in S111,32438.84%
Words that end in E28,68610.01%
Words that end in D25,3148.83%
Words that end in G20,4927.15%
Words that end in Y20,3607.10%
Words that end in R14,9695.22%
Words that end in T14,1394.93%
Words that end in N12,3824.32%
Words that end in L8,8143.08%
Words that end in C6,2972.20%
Words that end in A5,6251.96%
Words that end in M4,7211.65%
Words that end in H3,3231.16%
Words that end in K2,3480.82%
Words that end in O1,8930.66%
Words that end in I1,6180.56%
Words that end in P1,5570.54%
Words that end in W6130.21%
Words that end in X5850.20%
Words that end in F5430.19%
Words that end in U3820.13%
Words that end in B3710.13%
Words that end in Z1760.06%
Words that end in V450.02%
Words that end in J120.00%
Words that end in Q100.00%

The average length of each of these groups can vary significantly – the longest group is words ending with C, as the average word from this group is over 10 letters long. On the other side, words ending with J are only 4.5 letters long on average.

However, as we already discussed in our analysis of words by length (LINK), playing shorter words doesn’t necessarily mean earning fewer points. While words ending with Z are “only” 5.35 letters long on average, each letter is worth more than 3.96 points. Compare that to words ending with T, which are almost 9 letters long on average, but each letter is worth 1.54 points.

GroupAverage lengthAverage pointsValue per letter
Words that end in A7.7713.101.69
Words that end in B5.5711.472.06
Words that end in C10.0217.641.76
Words that end in D8.8014.891.69
Words that end in E8.7914.411.64
Words that end in F6.4613.882.15
Words that end in G9.7115.971.64
Words that end in H7.6215.382.02
Words that end in I6.8311.731.72
Words that end in J4.5014.423.20
Words that end in K7.2016.292.26
Words that end in L9.2614.431.56
Words that end in M9.1115.711.72
Words that end in N9.5014.731.55
Words that end in O6.5211.081.70
Words that end in P7.6714.361.87
Words that end in Q5.4019.203.56
Words that end in R8.3013.181.59
Words that end in S9.7715.221.56
Words that end in T8.7013.401.54
Words that end in U5.6610.081.78
Words that end in V4.699.732.08
Words that end in W6.5013.392.06
Words that end in X6.9217.942.59
Words that end in Y9.7517.961.84
Words that end in Z5.3521.203.96

What are the most popular ending letters in English?

Around 16% of all words used during everyday communication end with the letter S, making it the most common ending letter in terms of frequency of use. Around 15% of all words used during the day end with the letter E, and 10% of all words end with the letter T.

GroupFrequency (in 1,000 words)
Words that end in S161.21
Words that end in E151.24
Words that end in T100.09
Words that end in D89.79
Words that end in N87.05
Words that end in R72.43
Words that end in Y66.11
Words that end in L45.14
Words that end in O42.61
Words that end in G37.63
Words that end in F32.60
Words that end in H25.77
Words that end in M18.03
Words that end in K15.12
Words that end in W12.57
Words that end in P10.76
Words that end in A9.15
Words that end in C7.29
Words that end in U6.72
Words that end in X3.64
Words that end in B2.98
Words that end in I1.64
Words that end in Z0.24
Words that end in V0.19
Words that end in J0.01
Words that end in Q0.00

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