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Words ending with ESS (8-letter)

A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ESS often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: achiness, acidness, agedness.

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516 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
achiness83
acidness83
agedness83
airiness83
archness82
aridness83
artiness83
ashiness83
avidness83
awayness83
backless82
baldness82
barbless82
bareness83
barkless82
baroness83
baseless83
baseness83
bassness82
bathless82
beakless82
beamless82
beatless82
beefless82
beltless82
biasness82
blotless82
blueness82
bodiless83
boldness82
boneless83
boniness83
bootless82
boxiness83
brimless82
browless82
bushless82
business83
busyness83
buttress82
caginess83
calmness82
canoness83
careless83
cashless82
cateress83
chadless82
chicness82
chinless82
clawless82
clueless82
coalless82
coatless82
codeless83
coldness82
compress82
congress82
cookless82
coolness82
cordless82
coreless83
cosiness83
costless82
countess82
coziness83
crewless82
cropless82
cuffless82
cureless83
curtness82
cuteness83
daftness82
dampness82
dankness82
darkness82
dateless83
deadness82
deafness82
dearness82
debtless82
deedless82
deepness82
deftness82
demoness83
dewiness83
direness83
distress82
doneness83
doorless82
dopiness83
dourness82
doziness83
drabness82
dripless82
druidess82
ductless82
dullness82
dumbness82
dustless82
easiness83
echoless83
edgeless83
edginess83
editress83
eeriness83
evenness83
evilness83
exitless83
eyedness82
faceless83
fadeless83
fairness82
fameless83
fangless82
fastness82
fearless82
feckless82
feetless82
fellness82
fernless82
fineness83
fireless83
firmness82
fishless82
flagless82
flapless82
flatness82
flawless82
foamless82
fondness82
foodless82
footless82
fordless82
forkless82
formless82
fortress82
foulness82
foxiness83
foziness83
freeness82
fretless82
fullness82
fumeless83
fuseless83
gainless82
gameness83
gaminess83
garbless82
gastness82
gateless83
gearless82
giantess82
giftless82
gladness82
glegness82
glibness82
glumness82
goalless82
goneness83
goodness82
goriness83
gormless82
grayness82
greyness82
grimness82
gustless82
hairless82
haleness83
halfness82
haltless82
handless82
hardness82
harmless82
haziness83
headless82
heatless82
heedless82
heelless82
heirless82
helmless82
helpless82
herbless82
hideless83
highness82
hiltless82
hiveless83
hokiness83
holeless83
holiness83
homeless83
hominess83
hoodless82
hoofless82
hookless82
hoopless82
hopeless83
hornless82
hotpress82
hugeness83
humpless82
huntress82
hurtless82
hymnless82
ickiness83
idealess83
idleness83
iffiness83
inkiness83
ironness83
isleless83
jokiness83
justness82
keelless82
keenness82
kindless82
kindness82
kingless82
knotless82
laceless83
laciness83
lameness83
landless82
lankness82
lateness83
laziness83
leadless82
leafless82
leakless82
leanness82
lensless82
lewdness82
lifeless83
likeness83
limbless82
limeless83
liminess83
limpness82
lineless83
lintless82
listless82
liveness83
loamless82
loftless82
loginess83
loneness83
longness82
lordless82
lornness82
lostness82
loudness82
loveless83
luckless82
lushness82
mailless82
maleness83
maneless83
marquess82
massless82
mastless82
mateless83
matiness83
mattress82
mayoress82
maziness83
mealless82
meanness82
meatless82
meekness82
meetness82
mildness82
mindless82
miriness83
misguess82
mistress82
moonless82
moveless83
muchness82
muteness83
nabobess83
nameless83
nathless82
nearness82
neatness82
neckless82
needless82
newsless82
niceness83
nighness82
normless82
noseless83
nosiness83
noteless83
nounless82
nudeness83
numbness82
odorless83
oiliness83
ooziness83
openness83
oratress83
outbless82
outdress82
outguess82
outpress82
ovalness83
packness82
painless82
paleness83
passless82
pastless82
pastness82
pathless82
peakless82
peerless82
pertness82
pileless83
pinkness82
pipeless83
pipiness83
pithless82
pitiless83
pixiness83
planless82
playless82
plotless82
plugless82
poetless82
pokiness83
poleless83
poorness82
popeless83
portless82
portress82
poshness82
prebless82
primness82
princess82
prioress82
progress82
pulpless82
pumpless82
puniness83
pureness83
raciness83
rainless82
rankness82
raptness82
rareness83
rashness82
realness82
reassess82
reckless82
reinless82
restless82
restress82
richness82
rifeness83
riftless82
riminess83
ripeness83
riskless82
roadless82
rockless82
roofless82
rootless82
ropiness83
rosiness83
rudeness83
ruleless83
rumpless82
rungless82
rustless82
ruthless82
safeness83
sageness83
saltless82
saltness82
sameness83
saneness83
scarless82
seamless82
seatless82
seedless82
selfless82
selfness82
sexiness83
shoeless82
sickness82
sighless82
siziness83
skewness82
skilless82
skinless82
slimness82
slipless82
slitless82
slowness82
smogless82
smugness82
snapless82
snowless82
snubness82
snugness82
soapless82
sockless82
sodaless83
softness82
soilless82
soleless83
soleness83
songless82
soreness83
soulless82
sourness82
spanless82
spinless82
spotless82
spryness82
starless82
stemless82
suchness82
suckless82
sudsless82
sundress82
suppress82
sureness83
tackless82
tactless82
tailless82
tallness82
tameless83
tameness83
tapeless83
tartness82
tautness82
tearless82
tentless82
termless82
textless82
thawless82
thewless82
thinness82
thowless82
tideless83
tidiness83
timeless83
tininess83
tintless82
tireless83
titaness83
toadless82
tombless82
toneless83
toolless82
townless82
tramless82
treeless82
trigness82
trimness82
trueness82
tubeless83
tuneless83
turfless82
tuskless82
tutoress83
twigless82
ugliness83
unstress82
vainness82
vastness82
veinless82
ventless82
verbless82
vestless82
viceless83
victress82
viewless82
vileness83
voidness82
votaress83
voteless83
wageless83
waitress82
wakeless83
wardress82
wariness83
warmness82
wartless82
wattless82
waveless83
waviness83
waxiness83
weakness82
weedless82
weldless82
wellness82
whatness82
wideness83
wifeless83
wildness82
wiliness83
windless82
wineless83
wingless82
wireless83
wiriness83
wiseness83
wishless82
woodless82
wordless82
workless82
wornness82
yokeless83
zaniness83
zestless82
zoneless83

FAQs

What’s typical about ESS-ending words?
ESS often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.

Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.