How many words end in SH?

This page lists 742 words ending in SH, each with its Scrabble score.

Why are -SH words useful?

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

Words Ending With SH

All 742 words in our dictionary that end in SH, sorted by Scrabble score. Perfect for hooks and crossword clues.

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

jackfish27 squawfish27 textbookish27 quackish26 buffalofish25 jellyfish25 schoolboyish25 schoolmarmish25 schoolmasterish25 sycophantish25 cockneyish24 coquettish24 quippish24 quirkish24 synchromesh24 antibacklash23 backsplash23 blackfish23 bumpkinish23 dolphinfish23 foxfish23 jewfish23 leprechaunish23 overembellish23 peacockish23 squeamish23 vanquish23 backwash22 boxfish22 cliquish22 hobblebush22 lazyish22 musquash22 pixyish22 pygmyish22 qualmish22 relinquish22 zanyish22 accomplish21 archerfish21 baksheesh21 buccaneerish21 buffoonish21 extinguish21 mackintosh21 photoflash21 quamash21 sixtyish21 standoffish21 stockfish21 vagabondish21 vixenish21 weakfish21 whitefish21 whitewash21 backslash20 bakshish20 fiftyish20 folklorish20 gypsyish20 hawkish20 highbush20 impoverish20 jargonish20 milkfish20 monkfish20 mouthwash20 nightmarish20 paddlefish20 picayunish20 pixieish20 platyfish20 puppyish20 queerish20 rabbitbrush20 ribbonfish20 rockfish20 squarish20 squirish20 suckfish20 thickish20 waterthrush20 wolffish20 backlash19 backrush19 blackish19 blockish19 blowfish19 brackish19 candlefish19 cavefish19 crawfish19 crayfish19 damselfish19 devilfish19 dowdyish19 giraffish19 guttersnipish19 heathenish19 hickish19 hoodlumish19 horseflesh19 hoydenish19 huffish19 jingoish19 killifish19 kingfish19 mawkish19 minxish19 overlavish19 preestablish19 silverfish19 squoosh19 swordfish19 sylphish19 tomboyish19 triggerfish19 trunkfish19 vampirish19 wheyish19 whiplash19 bitterbrush18 blindfish18 bottlebrush18 buckish18 butterfish18 cheapish18 cockish18 copublish18 countryish18 cowfish18 cuttlefish18 disestablish18 downwash18 draffish18 dwarfish18 freakish18 frogfish18 frumpish18 gawkish18 globefish18 grayfish18 groundfish18 gruffish18 headfish18 horseradish18 kybosh18 ladyfish18 lickerish18 lumpfish18 mishmash18 mishmosh18 multiflash18 muttonfish18 numbfish18 peckish18 pipefish18 puckish18 qurush18 rowdyish18 sansculottish18 shammash18 shellfish18 spadefish18 spicebush18 squash18 squish18 squush18 staggerbush18 steeplebush18 straightish18 surgeonfish18 swampish18 swellfish18 thirtyish18 toothbrush18 unbookish18 yellowish18 yokelish18 anglerfish17 babyish17 balderdash17 bleakish17 blimpish17 brainwash17 buttonbush17 childish17 clerkish17 cleverish17 clubbish17 clumpish17 crankish17 disfurnish17 drumfish17 fallfish17 feverish17 filefish17 flatfish17 flatwash17 fogyish17 folkish17 foolfish17 foppish17 fortyish17 gibberish17 gooseflesh17 guitarfish17 hagfish17 hairbrush17 hasheesh17 hippish17 hogfish17 hogwash17 jadish17 knavish17 maybush17 needlefish17 novelettish17 overfish17 overnourish17 paintbrush17 plumpish17 prankish17 prettyish17 pupfish17 quash17 qursh17 refurbish17 sablefish17 scampish17 shadbush17 shrewish17 skirmish17 sniffish17 snowbrush17 sparkish17 spearfish17 spookish17 stiffish17 stockish17 surffish17 thievish17 thornbush17 ticklish17 trickish17 vampish17 vinegarish17 wampish17 weakish17 wimpish17 angelfish16 billfish16 bluefish16 boarfish16 bonefish16 bookish16 bounderish16 brownish16 churlish16 clownish16 coalfish16 codfish16 cubbish16 dandyish16 dilettantish16 distinguish16 embellish16 eyewash16 feeblish16 finfish16 gangsterish16 goldfish16 goosefish16 grumpish16 hagbush16 hashish16 interparish16 kaddish16 kiddish16 kiddush16 kittenish16 kurbash16 macintosh16 mobbish16 monkish16 moonfish16 mudfish16 parflesh16 peakish16 perkish16 pigfish16 pinkish16 postcrash16 premonish16 punkish16 raffish16 reestablish16 republish16 sawfish16 sheepish16 sickish16 snowbush16 spinsterish16 succotash16 thuggish16 underbrush16 vaporish16 viperish16 whitish16 whorish16 wolfish16 womanish16 amateurish15 batfish15 calabash15 calipash15 cartoonish15 carwash15 catfish15 cherish15 clayish15 cloddish15 dampish15 darkish15 dealfish15 devilish15 dogfish15 dumpish15 duskish15 faddish15 fiendish15 flemish15 furbish15 ghoulish15 goatfish15 haggish15 heimish15 hoggish15 kibosh15 lightish15 lungfish15 nabobish15 offish15 panfish15 peevish15 pinfish15 precrash15 prewash15 priggish15 purplish15 refurnish15 roughish15 sagebrush15 sallowish15 sandfish15 skittish15 slobbish15 snappish15 snobbish15 spiderish15 stonefish15 studfish15 toadfish15 toadyish15 toughish15 trampish15 unactorish15 unselfish15 unstylish15 vigorish15 vulturish15 waggish15 warmish15 waspish15 whoosh15 wispish15 wormish15 youngish15 admonish14 antitarnish14 beamish14 biggish14 bitterish14 blandish14 blemish14 blondish14 boggish14 boobish14 boyish14 brandish14 broadish14 broguish14 caddish14 choush14 cohosh14 coyish14 deafish14 demolish14 depolish14 dervish14 diminish14 dragonish14 dreggish14 enravish14 establish14 etherish14 faintish14 famish14 flattish14 flourish14 garfish14 grayish14 greyish14 intermesh14 josh14 ladyish14 larkish14 lionfish14 liverish14 lumpish14 maddish14 nailbrush14 nebbish14 ninnyish14 outlandish14 overlush14 overrash14 paganish14 piggish14 publish14 puggish14 rainwash14 rammish14 rankish14 redfish14 refinish14 replenish14 rompish14 rosefish14 rubbish14 sailfish14 shortish14 sissyish14 slapdash14 starfish14 swainish14 sweetish14 thinnish14 tilefish14 tovarish14 unmodish14 voguish14 waterish14 whish14 wildish14 actorish13 airbrush13 ambush13 ankush13 bairnish13 baldish13 brainish13 brassish13 brattish13 bullrush13 ceorlish13 clannish13 coldish13 disrelish13 doggish13 dovish13 dryish13 duncish13 evanish13 eyelash13 fairish13 fattish13 foolish13 furnish13 gnomish13 goyish13 hellish13 hottish13 hunnish13 immesh13 impish13 leftish13 lemonish13 maidish13 midrash13 mopish13 oarfish13 outblush13 outfish13 outwash13 outwish13 pearlash13 popish13 prudish13 rakish13 ratfish13 refresh13 repolish13 rosebush13 saltbush13 selfish13 serfish13 slavish13 slowish13 sluggish13 smallish13 softish13 stablish13 steepish13 stramash13 strongish13 stylish13 sunfish13 swinish13 tarboosh13 townish13 uppish13 varnish13 wearish13 wennish13 wettish13 widish13 abolish12 afresh12 bearish12 beauish12 blueish12 boarish12 boorish12 brinish12 brutish12 bullish12 bulrush12 burnish12 carlish12 cattish12 coltish12 coolish12 cultish12 currish12 elfish12 elvish12 fetish12 finish12 goodish12 greenish12 knish12 languish12 lavish12 lowish12 mannish12 modish12 moonish12 moorish12 newish12 noncash12 oafish12 orangish12 outpush12 owlish12 pettish12 planish12 plenish12 poorish12 raspish12 ravish12 rawish12 reddish12 rehash12 rewash12 roundish12 saganash12 skosh12 standish12 swoosh12 tarbush12 thrash12 thresh12 thrush12 tigerish12 toyish12 unwish12 vanish12 winish12 ablush11 anguish11 aspish11 astonish11 awash11 banish11 bluish11 calash11 creesh11 dollish11 doltish11 donnish11 dronish11 dudish11 dullish11 encash11 english11 enmesh11 flash11 flesh11 flush11 fresh11 frosh11 garnish11 girlish11 goatish11 goulash11 harsh11 inmesh11 largish11 littlish11 longish11 loudish11 marish11 minish11 monish11 mulish11 nerdish11 oddish11 ogreish11 outgush11 palish11 parish11 perish11 polish11 potash11 punish11 roguish11 shush11 sluttish11 snoutish11 splash11 splosh11 stoutish11 swash11 swish11 tigrish11 toadish11 tundish11 unmesh11 uprush11 welsh11 woosh11 abash10 aguish10 apish10 blush10 brash10 brush10 clash10 crash10 crush10 cuish10 danish10 fash10 fish10 galosh10 garish10 golosh10 hash10 hush10 loutish10 marsh10 noirish10 nourish10 nunnish10 ogrish10 oldish10 outrush10 plash10 plush10 radish10 rattish10 runtish10 ruttish10 saltish10 smash10 sottish10 sourish10 stonish10 tallish10 tannish10 tarnish10 tartish10 tonnish10 unleash10 wash10 wish10 bash9 bosh9 bush9 cash9 cosh9 deash9 girsh9 gnash9 gursh9 inrush9 latish9 mash9 mesh9 mush9 onrush9 pash9 pish9 posh9 push9 relish9 sneesh9 tonish9 unlash9 dash8 dish8 gash8 gosh8 gush8 leash8 slash8 slosh8 slush8 snash8 stash8 trash8 lash7 lush7 nosh7 rash7 resh7 rush7 sash7 tosh7 tush7 ash6

Hooking with -SH words

Endings like -SH 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: 742 words spanning 3–15 letters. The biggest cluster sits at 7 letters (217 words), 41 entries are Wordle-sized at five letters, and 217 run to seven — bingo length if you can empty the rack. For points, the ceiling is JACKFISH, worth 27.

The five biggest scorers on the page: JACKFISH (27), SQUAWFISH (27), TEXTBOOKISH (27), QUACKISH (26), BUFFALOFISH (25). The longest entry is SCHOOLMASTERISH at 15 letters, and the average word here is worth about 15 points. If you are fishing for these words, keep H (742 appearances), S (742) and I (580) on your rack.

Three words worth learning first

INRUSH is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 9 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
LATISH — a 6-letter, 9-point play that slots into tight board lanes where longer words won't fit.
When the rack looks hopeless, ONRUSH (6 letters, 9 points) is the kind of quiet play that keeps a game moving.

Five more everyday options from the same list: RELISH (9), SNEESH (9), TONISH (9), UNLASH (9), LEASH (8).

-SH as a board weapon

When the board tightens up late in a Scrabble game, -SH words keep you scoring: they attach to existing letters instead of needing seven clean tiles. Crossword solvers use the same trick in reverse — if the grid gives you the last letters, this list is the candidate pool. Check the length filter in the Word Finder to match your open squares exactly.

More endings

Narrow it down

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