How many words end in LESS?

This page lists 646 words ending in LESS, each with its Scrabble score.

Why are -LESS words useful?

Words ending in LESS are great for hooking onto existing tiles and pluralising or extending words already on the board.

Words Ending With LESS

All 646 words in our dictionary that end in LESS, sorted by Scrabble score. Perfect for hooks and crossword clues.

646 words · number = Scrabble score · sorted highest score first

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peakless14 peopleless14 pleasureless14 powerless14 pressureless14 pumpless14 puttyless14 radiationless14 reckless14 rockless14 servantless14 sexless14 shameless14 shapeless14 shelterless14 shutterless14 shuttleless14 sockless14 solventless14 standardless14 suckless14 suspenseless14 tackless14 taxless14 thawless14 thewless14 thowless14 threadless14 traditionless14 viewless14 voiceless14 warrantless14 waveless14 wifeless14 wishless14 womanless14 bathless13 beefless13 blameless13 browless13 bushless13 cashless13 chinless13 clawless13 crewless13 crimeless13 curtainless13 deathless13 doctorless13 echoless13 electroless13 emotionless13 faceless13 fameless13 flapless13 flyless13 foamless13 formless13 fumeless13 futureless13 graveless13 harmless13 helmless13 helpless13 herbless13 homeless13 hoopless13 hopeless13 kindless13 kingless13 lightless13 measureless13 merciless13 moveless13 nightless13 paperless13 partnerless13 passionless13 pathless13 patternless13 pensionless13 pithless13 placeless13 playless13 portionless13 priceless13 religionless13 remediless13 remorseless13 shadeless13 sightless13 sleeveless13 spaceless13 spiceless13 stalkless13 stampless13 strifeless13 terpeneless13 verbless13 viceless13 virtueless13 visionless13 vowless13 wayless13 woundless13 actionless12 agendaless12 barbless12 beamless12 beardless12 bloodless12 boundless12 bowless12 brimless12 butterless12 buttonless12 centerless12 clientless12 cloudless12 collarless12 cotterless12 creaseless12 cropless12 doubtless12 dreamless12 eventless12 fadeless12 fangless12 faultless12 flagless12 flourless12 foodless12 fordless12 frontless12 fruitless12 giftless12 graceless12 groundless12 handless12 hapless12 headless12 heartless12 heedless12 hideless12 hipless12 hoodless12 horseless12 houseless12 keelless12 knotless12 leakless12 limbless12 mannerless12 mortarless12 motionless12 natheless12 nerveless12 neutrinoless12 parentless12 pillarless12 pipeless12 popeless12 prebless12 pulpless12 recoilless12 regardless12 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pointless11 printless11 riftless11 roofless11 ruthless11 scaleless11 scentless11 scoreless11 selfless11 shoeless11 sleepless11 smileless11 smogless11 snowless11 spineless11 strapless11 stringless11 tensionless11 tongueless11 townless11 traceless11 turfless11 veinless11 ventless11 vestless11 voteless11 wartless11 wattless11 wigless11 wineless11 wireless11 angerless10 ashless10 aweless10 awnless10 baseless10 beatless10 bedless10 beltless10 blotless10 boneless10 bootless10 budless10 careless10 clueless10 coalless10 coatless10 coreless10 costless10 cureless10 dauntless10 deedless10 edgeless10 eyeless10 fatless10 feeless10 finless10 furless10 glassless10 grassless10 guileless10 guiltless10 gumless10 hatless10 hitless10 hueless10 idealless10 laceless10 lawless10 limeless10 loamless10 lusterless10 mailless10 maneless10 massless10 mastless10 mateless10 mealless10 meatless10 moonless10 nameless10 normless10 orderless10 outbless10 painless10 passless10 pastless10 peerless10 pegless10 pileless10 pitiless10 planless10 plotless10 poetless10 poleless10 portless10 rayless10 reasonless10 relentless10 resistless10 resultless10 riderless10 scarless10 seamless10 seasonless10 slipless10 snapless10 soapless10 soundless10 spanless10 spinless10 spotless10 stemless10 stingless10 stressless10 sugarless10 tactless10 talentless10 tameless10 tapeless10 tenantless10 termless10 terrorless10 timeless10 toyless10 tramless10 treadless10 tubeless10 warless10 winless10 witless10 aimless9 armless9 awless9 barless9 braless9 carless9 dateless9 doorless9 dustless9 eggless9 errorless9 gainless9 gateless9 gearless9 goalless9 godless9 gustless9 iceless9 idealess9 issueless9 landless9 leadless9 linerless9 lipless9 lordless9 manless9 matless9 napless9 needless9 noiseless9 odorless9 ribless9 rimless9 roadless9 rungless9 sapless9 seedless9 senseless9 sodaless9 songless9 stainless9 stateless9 sudsless9 sumless9 taintless9 tasteless9 tideless9 tipless9 toadless9 topless9 trailless9 trustless9 ageless8 aidless8 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Hooking with -LESS words

Endings like -LESS let you tack a word onto a tile already on the board, often turning a small play into a big one. Look for the high-value entries above to maximise points.

This list by the numbers

Inside this list: 646 words spanning 5–14 letters. The biggest cluster sits at 8 letters (263 words), 1 entries are Wordle-sized at five letters, and 84 run to seven — bingo length if you can empty the rack. For points, the ceiling is QUENCHLESS, worth 24.

The five biggest scorers on the page: QUENCHLESS (24), EXPRESSIONLESS (23), HORIZONLESS (23), JACKETLESS (23), SUBJECTLESS (22). The longest entry is COMPASSIONLESS at 14 letters, and the average word here is worth about 12 points. The most useful tiles to hold for this list are S, L and E, which appear in 646, 646 and 646 of the words respectively.

Start with these three

Playing UNLESS across a double-word square turns its base 6 points into 12 — solid value for 6 tiles.
When the rack looks hopeless, BLESS (5 letters, 7 points) is the kind of quiet play that keeps a game moving.
AWLESS — a 6-letter, 9-point play that slots into tight board lanes where longer words won't fit.

Five more everyday options from the same list: AIRLESS (7), ARTLESS (7), EARLESS (7), INNLESS (7), IRELESS (7).

-LESS as a board weapon

A reliable habit: every time you learn a new -LESS word, note whether it also takes a front extension. Words that extend at both ends are the ones that turn a 12-point play into a 40-point one, because you can bridge two premium squares. The top of this list — sorted by score — is where those double-duty words hide.

More endings

Narrow it down

Pair an ending with a length or starting letter in the Word Finder.