Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 5-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like US often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: ankus, arcus, argus.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| ankus | 5 | 2 | |
| arcus | 5 | 2 | |
| argus | 5 | 2 | |
| ascus | 5 | 2 | |
| babus | 5 | 2 | |
| beaus | 5 | 1 | |
| bogus | 5 | 2 | |
| bolus | 5 | 2 | |
| bonus | 5 | 2 | |
| casus | 5 | 2 | |
| conus | 5 | 2 | |
| dufus | 5 | 2 | |
| ecrus | 5 | 2 | |
| emeus | 5 | 2 | |
| favus | 5 | 2 | |
| fetus | 5 | 2 | |
| ficus | 5 | 2 | |
| focus | 5 | 2 | |
| fucus | 5 | 2 | |
| fugus | 5 | 2 | |
| genus | 5 | 2 | |
| gurus | 5 | 2 | |
| gyrus | 5 | 2 | |
| habus | 5 | 2 | |
| hilus | 5 | 2 | |
| hocus | 5 | 2 | |
| humus | 5 | 2 | |
| ictus | 5 | 2 | |
| iglus | 5 | 2 | |
| ileus | 5 | 2 | |
| incus | 5 | 2 | |
| jehus | 5 | 2 | |
| jujus | 5 | 2 | |
| jukus | 5 | 2 | |
| kagus | 5 | 2 | |
| kudus | 5 | 2 | |
| kurus | 5 | 2 | |
| lieus | 5 | 1 | |
| locus | 5 | 2 | |
| lotus | 5 | 2 | |
| luaus | 5 | 1 | |
| lulus | 5 | 2 | |
| lupus | 5 | 2 | |
| lusus | 5 | 2 | |
| magus | 5 | 2 | |
| manus | 5 | 2 | |
| menus | 5 | 2 | |
| meous | 5 | 1 | |
| minus | 5 | 2 | |
| modus | 5 | 2 | |
| momus | 5 | 2 | |
| mucus | 5 | 2 | |
| mumus | 5 | 2 | |
| negus | 5 | 2 | |
| nevus | 5 | 2 | |
| nexus | 5 | 2 | |
| nidus | 5 | 2 | |
| nisus | 5 | 2 | |
| nodus | 5 | 2 | |
| pilus | 5 | 2 | |
| pious | 5 | 1 | |
| praus | 5 | 1 | |
| pupus | 5 | 2 | |
| rakus | 5 | 2 | |
| ramus | 5 | 2 | |
| rebus | 5 | 2 | |
| risus | 5 | 2 | |
| rubus | 5 | 2 | |
| sinus | 5 | 2 | |
| situs | 5 | 2 | |
| solus | 5 | 2 | |
| sorus | 5 | 2 | |
| sulus | 5 | 2 | |
| tabus | 5 | 2 | |
| talus | 5 | 2 | |
| taxus | 5 | 2 | |
| thous | 5 | 1 | |
| tofus | 5 | 2 | |
| tolus | 5 | 2 | |
| tonus | 5 | 2 | |
| torus | 5 | 2 | |
| tutus | 5 | 2 | |
| unaus | 5 | 2 | |
| uncus | 5 | 2 | |
| vagus | 5 | 2 | |
| varus | 5 | 2 | |
| vatus | 5 | 2 | |
| venus | 5 | 2 | |
| virus | 5 | 2 | |
| wamus | 5 | 2 | |
| xerus | 5 | 2 | |
| zebus | 5 | 2 |
What’s typical about US-ending words?
US often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.