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Words ending with ESS (9-letter)

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ESS often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: acridness, acuteness, adeptness.

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508 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
acridness93
acuteness94
adeptness93
adultness93
alertness93
alienness93
alikeness94
aliveness94
aloneness94
aloofness93
ampleness93
anchoress93
angerless93
angriness93
antipress93
apartness93
apishness93
armorless93
askewness93
authoress93
awareness94
awfulness93
bagginess93
balkiness93
balminess93
battiness93
bawdiness93
beardless92
blackness92
blameless93
blandness92
blankness92
bleakness92
blindness92
bloodless92
bluffness92
bluntness92
bossiness93
boundless92
bowelless93
brainless92
brakeless93
brashness92
briefless92
briefness92
brininess93
briskness92
broadness92
bulkiness93
bumpiness93
burliness93
bushiness93
buxomness93
cageyness93
campiness93
canniness93
cattiness93
causeless93
ceaseless93
chariness93
charmless92
cheapness92
checkless92
cheerless92
childless92
chillness92
classless92
cleanness92
clearness92
closeness93
cloudless92
coatdress92
cockiness93
coheiress93
cohostess93
colorless93
corkiness93
corniness93
countless92
coverless93
crassness92
craziness93
crestless92
crimeless93
crispness92
crossness92
crownless92
crudeness93
cruelness92
crustless92
curliness93
dailiness93
datedness93
dauntless92
dazedness93
deaconess93
deathless92
denseness93
depthless92
derepress93
dinginess93
dirtiness93
dizziness93
dodginess93
dottiness93
doubtless92
dowdiness93
dreamless92
drollness92
dumpiness93
duskiness93
dustiness93
dwarfness92
eagerness93
earliness93
electress93
emptiness93
erectness93
errorless93
eventless93
exactness93
faintness92
faithless92
falseness93
fanciness93
fattiness93
faultless92
fenceless93
fetidness93
fieriness93
filminess93
fixedness93
flakiness93
fleetness92
flourless92
fluidness92
flushness92
foaminess93
focusless93
fogginess93
forceless93
frailness92
frankness92
freshness92
frontless92
fruitless92
funkiness93
funniness93
fussiness93
fustiness93
fuzziness93
gassiness93
gaudiness93
gauntness92
gawkiness93
giddiness93
glandless92
glassless92
godliness93
gooeyness92
goofiness93
governess93
graceless93
gradeless93
grandness92
grapiness93
grassless92
graveless93
graveness93
greatness92
greenness92
griminess93
grossness92
gruffness92
guileless93
guiltless92
gumminess93
gushiness93
gustiness93
gutsiness93
hairiness93
hamminess93
handiness93
handpress92
happiness93
hardiness93
harshness92
hastiness93
headdress92
headiness93
heartless92
heathless92
heaviness93
heftiness93
hippiness93
hoariness93
hokeyness93
homeyness93
horniness93
horseless93
horsiness93
houseless93
huffiness93
humanness93
humorless93
huskiness93
idealless93
inaneness94
inaptness93
ineptness93
inertness93
inverness93
irateness94
issueless93
itchiness93
jadedness93
jazziness93
jerkiness93
jointress92
juiceless93
juiciness93
jumpiness93
kinkiness93
kookiness93
lankiness93
largeness93
larkiness93
laundress92
leakiness93
legginess93
levelness93
lightless92
lightness92
limitless93
linerless93
litheness93
lividness93
loathness92
loftiness93
looniness93
looseness93
lousiness93
lowliness93
lucidness93
luckiness93
lumpiness93
luridness93
lustiness93
manginess93
manliness93
matchless92
mateyness93
meatiness93
menseless93
merciless93
merriness93
messiness93
milkiness93
mirthless92
mistiness93
moistness92
moldiness93
moodiness93
motorless93
mousiness93
muddiness93
mugginess93
murderess93
murkiness93
mushiness93
muskiness93
mussiness93
mustiness93
muzziness93
naiveness93
nakedness93
nastiness93
natheless93
nattiness93
neediness93
nerveless93
nerviness93
newsiness93
nightless92
nippiness93
nobleness93
noiseless93
noisiness93
notedness93
nuttiness93
orderless93
otherness93
overdress93
overtness93
pantdress92
paperless93
pastiness93
patroness93
penniless93
peppiness93
perkiness93
pettiness93
phoniness93
pilotless93
piousness92
pithiness93
placeless93
plainness92
pleatless92
plumpness92
plushness92
pointless92
powerless93
prestress92
priceless93
priestess92
primeness93
printless92
proneness93
prosiness93
pudginess93
puffiness93
pulpiness93
punchless92
punkiness93
pursiness93
pushiness93
puttyless93
pythoness93
queerness92
quickness92
quietness92
rabidness93
ranginess93
rapidness93
readdress92
readiness93
reediness93
reexpress92
repossess93
reprocess93
rhymeless93
riderless93
rightness92
rigidness93
riskiness93
ritziness93
rockiness93
roominess93
roughness92
roundness92
rowdiness93
ruddiness93
runtiness93
rustiness93
saltiness93
sandiness93
sappiness93
sauciness93
savorless93
scaleless93
scaliness93
scantness92
scentless92
scoreless93
seaminess93
seediness93
senseless93
shadeless93
shadiness93
shakiness93
shameless93
shapeless93
sharpness92
sheerness92
shiftless92
shininess93
shirtless92
shortness92
showiness93
sidedness93
sidedress93
sightless92
silkiness93
silliness93
slackness92
sleekness92
sleepless92
slickness92
sliminess93
smallness92
smartness92
smileless93
smokeless93
smokiness93
snideness93
snowiness93
soapiness93
soberness93
sogginess93
solidness93
sootiness93
soppiness93
sorceress93
sorriness93
soundless92
soundness92
spaceless93
spareness93
spiceless93
spiciness93
spikiness93
spineless93
spininess93
squatness92
staginess93
staidness92
stainless92
staleness93
stalkless92
stampless92
starkness92
stateless93
steepness92
sternness92
stiffness92
stillness92
stingless92
stoniness93
stoutness92
strapless92
stuffless92
styleless93
suaveness93
sugarless93
sulkiness93
sultaness93
sunniness93
surliness93
swartness92
sweetness92
swiftness92
tacitness93
tackiness93
taintless92
talkiness93
tardiness93
tasteless93
tastiness93
tattiness93
tawniness93
temptress92
tenseness93
tepidness93
terseness93
testiness93
thankless92
thickness92
thingness92
thornless92
tightness92
timidness93
tinniness93
tipsiness93
tiredness93
toothless92
toughness92
traceless93
trackless92
trailless92
traitress92
treadless92
triteness93
trustless92
unaptness93
unfitness93
unharness93
unsuccess93
usualness93
vagueness93
valueless93
valveless93
vapidness93
visorless93
vividness93
voiceless93
wackiness93
waterless93
weariless93
weariness93
weediness93
weirdness92
wheelless92
whiteness93
wholeness93
wimpiness93
windiness93
winepress93
wispiness93
wittiness93
womanless93
woodiness93
wooziness93
wordiness93
worthless92
woundless92
wrongness92
youngness92

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.