Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 5-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like IS often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: abris, aegis, antis.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| abris | 5 | 2 | |
| aegis | 5 | 2 | |
| antis | 5 | 2 | |
| aphis | 5 | 2 | |
| apsis | 5 | 2 | |
| arris | 5 | 2 | |
| arsis | 5 | 2 | |
| aspis | 5 | 2 | |
| auris | 5 | 2 | |
| basis | 5 | 2 | |
| cadis | 5 | 2 | |
| cedis | 5 | 2 | |
| cutis | 5 | 2 | |
| defis | 5 | 2 | |
| delis | 5 | 2 | |
| etuis | 5 | 2 | |
| finis | 5 | 2 | |
| fujis | 5 | 2 | |
| gadis | 5 | 2 | |
| hafis | 5 | 2 | |
| hajis | 5 | 2 | |
| impis | 5 | 2 | |
| intis | 5 | 2 | |
| kadis | 5 | 2 | |
| kakis | 5 | 2 | |
| kepis | 5 | 2 | |
| kiwis | 5 | 2 | |
| kufis | 5 | 2 | |
| lapis | 5 | 2 | |
| laris | 5 | 2 | |
| lenis | 5 | 2 | |
| lewis | 5 | 2 | |
| lexis | 5 | 2 | |
| loris | 5 | 2 | |
| louis | 5 | 1 | |
| lweis | 5 | 1 | |
| lysis | 5 | 2 | |
| mavis | 5 | 2 | |
| maxis | 5 | 2 | |
| metis | 5 | 2 | |
| midis | 5 | 2 | |
| minis | 5 | 2 | |
| mitis | 5 | 2 | |
| munis | 5 | 2 | |
| nabis | 5 | 2 | |
| naris | 5 | 2 | |
| noris | 5 | 2 | |
| oasis | 5 | 2 | |
| ornis | 5 | 2 | |
| orris | 5 | 2 | |
| padis | 5 | 2 | |
| paris | 5 | 2 | |
| pavis | 5 | 2 | |
| penis | 5 | 2 | |
| peris | 5 | 2 | |
| pikis | 5 | 2 | |
| pilis | 5 | 2 | |
| polis | 5 | 2 | |
| pubis | 5 | 2 | |
| pulis | 5 | 2 | |
| puris | 5 | 2 | |
| pyxis | 5 | 2 | |
| qadis | 5 | 2 | |
| quais | 5 | 1 | |
| ragis | 5 | 2 | |
| rakis | 5 | 2 | |
| ranis | 5 | 2 | |
| rotis | 5 | 2 | |
| sadis | 5 | 2 | |
| sakis | 5 | 2 | |
| saris | 5 | 2 | |
| satis | 5 | 2 | |
| semis | 5 | 2 | |
| shris | 5 | 1 | |
| sylis | 5 | 2 | |
| tamis | 5 | 2 | |
| tapis | 5 | 2 | |
| taxis | 5 | 2 | |
| tikis | 5 | 2 | |
| tipis | 5 | 2 | |
| titis | 5 | 2 | |
| topis | 5 | 2 | |
| trois | 5 | 1 | |
| uglis | 5 | 2 | |
| unais | 5 | 2 | |
| wadis | 5 | 2 | |
| yagis | 5 | 2 | |
| yetis | 5 | 2 | |
| yogis | 5 | 2 | |
| yonis | 5 | 2 | |
| zitis | 5 | 2 | |
| zoris | 5 | 2 |
What’s typical about IS-ending words?
IS often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.