How many words with USE are there?

This page lists 987 words with USE from our dictionary, each shown with its Scrabble score.

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Words With USE

All 987 words in our dictionary that contain USE — sorted by Scrabble score.

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

paramyxoviruses32 exophthalmuses31 hydrocephaluses29 myxoviruses26 rendezvoused26 amphioxuses25 harquebuses25 hippopotamuses25 packinghouses25 philadelphuses25 rendezvouses25 housebreakings24 housewifeliness24 packinghouse24 rhizopuses24 bawdyhouses23 coffeehouses23 housebreaking23 housekeepings23 housewifely23 housewifery23 hypothenuses23 papovaviruses23 bawdyhouse22 blockhouses22 coffeehouse22 cumulonimbuses22 deinonychuses22 housebreakers22 househusbands22 housekeeping22 housewarmings22 housewiferies22 housewifey22 hypothenuse22 phosphoruses22 poxviruses22 rhabdoviruses22 slaughterhouses22 trapeziuses22 amplexuses21 ankylosauruses21 arquebuses21 backhouses21 blockhouse21 boardinghouses21 circumfused21 convolvuluses21 herpesviruses21 housebreaker21 housefathers21 househusband21 housekeepers21 housewarming21 interdiffused21 microfunguses21 pemphiguses21 picornaviruses21 sarcophaguses21 slaughterhouse21 sphygmuses21 backhouse20 boardinghouse20 causewaying20 chophouses20 circumfuses20 clearinghouses20 confusednesses20 countinghouses20 customshouses20 deckhouses20 diffusenesses20 housebreaks20 housebroken20 housecleanings20 housefather20 housekeeper20 housemothers20 houseworks20 interdiffuses20 jacobuses20 jailhouses20 macronucleuses20 micronucleuses20 motherhouses20 mousetrapping20 overfocused20 parvoviruses20 polyanthuses20 preconsciouses20 schoolhouses20 smokehouses20 subconsciouses20 warehouseman20 warehousemen20 wheelhouses20 whorehouses20 workhouses20 bunkhouses19 causewayed19 chophouse19 circumfuse19 clearinghouse19 confusedly19 cookhouses19 countinghouse19 customhouses19 customshouse19 deckhouse19 diffusely19 echoviruses19 eucalyptuses19 excursuses19 housebreak19 housebroke19 housecleaning19 householders19 housekeeps19 housemother19 housewives19 housework19 hypotenuses19 interdiffuse19 jailhouse19 meetinghouses19 motherhouse19 mousetrapped19 oncornaviruses19 overfocuses19 powerhouses19 precalculuses19 roughhoused19 schoolhouse19 smokehouse19 summerhouses19 unexcused19 washhouses19 wheelhouse19 whorehouse19 workhouse19 agapanthuses18 bathhouses18 bunkhouse18 coiffeuses18 confusedness18 conspectuses18 cookhouse18 cunnilinctuses18 customhouse18 diffuseness18 diplodocuses18 evonymuses18 farmhouses18 flophouses18 housecleaned18 householder18 housekeep18 housekept18 houselessnesses18 houselights18 housepainters18 housewife18 hypotenuse18 lighthouses18 magnetopauses18 meetinghouse18 misfocused18 myoclonuses18 playhouses18 powerhouse18 prefocused18 profusenesses18 prospectuses18 quietuses18 rhinoviruses18 roughhouses18 springhouses18 steakhouses18 summerhouse18 tyrannosauruses18 vaginismuses18 washhouse18 barrelhouses17 bathhouse17 bemusedly17 bemusements17 causeways17 charmeuses17 clubhouses17 coiffeuse17 conceptuses17 eohippuses17 excused17 excusers17 farmhouse17 flophouse17 hibiscuses17 houseboaters17 houseboys17 housefly17 housefronts17 households17 houseleeks17 housemasters17 housepainter17 houseparents17 housepersons17 lighthouse17 magnetopause17 misfocuses17 museological17 nystagmuses17 platypuses17 playhouse17 plexuses17 polioviruses17 porterhouses17 prefocuses17 profusely17 prothalluses17 refuseniks17 roughhouse17 springhouse17 steakhouse17 trolleybuses17 umbilicuses17 unconsciouses17 warehoused17 warehousers17 abstrusenesses16 adenoviruses16 afflatuses16 arboviruses16 barrelhouse16 bemusement16 birdhouses16 brontosauruses16 causeway16 ceanothuses16 charmeuse16 chartreuses16 choraguses16 choreguses16 clubhouse16 courthouses16 cunnilinguses16 defocused16 diffused16 diffusers16 electrotonuses16 enteroviruses16 excuser16 excuses16 exoduses16 firehouses16 guardhouses16 houseboater16 housebound16 houseboy16 housecleans16 housedresses16 houseflies16 housefront16 household16 houseleek16 houselessness16 housemaids16 housemaster16 houseparent16 houseperson16 houseplants16 housesitting16 housewares16 intravenouses16 mandamused16 microbuses16 nauseatingly16 overblouses16 papyruses16 phoebuses16 pilothouses16 polypuses16 porterhouse16 profuseness16 pronucleuses16 refusenik16 rhombuses16 scarabaeuses16 strabismuses16 succubuses16 therapeuses16 thymuses16 townhouses16 typhuses16 unconfused16 volvuluses16 warehouser16 warehouses16 abstrusely15 acanthuses15 almshouses15 apatosauruses15 apparatuses15 baghouses15 birdhouse15 boathouses15 booklouse15 bughouses15 campused15 chanteuses15 chartreuse15 consciouses15 courthouse15 cypruses15 defocuses15 diffuser15 diffuses15 euonymuses15 excuse15 firehouse15 fremituses15 glasshouses15 greenhouses15 guardhouse15 guesthouses15 henhouses15 hothouses15 houseboats15 housecarls15 houseclean15 housecoats15 housefuls15 houseguests15 housemaid15 housemates15 houseplant15 houserooms15 hummuses15 lentiviruses15 madhouses15 mandamuses15 mundunguses15 museologists15 museology15 overblouse15 overpluses15 penthouses15 peripatuses15 pesthouses15 pilothouse15 poorhouses15 proviruses15 refocused15 retroviruses15 roundhouses15 scirrhuses15 suffused15 sugarhouses15 syllabuses15 townhouse15 tropopauses15 unconfuses15 unfocused15 usefulnesses15 wammuses15 wampuses15 warehouse15 abstruseness14 ailanthuses14 almshouse14 amusedly14 amusements14 anilinctuses14 baghouse14 bespoused14 boathouse14 bughouse14 calculuses14 campuses14 cathouses14 chanteuse14 chorused14 confused14 couscouses14 dianthuses14 diffuse14 doghouses14 dollhouses14 effused14 gatehouses14 glasshouse14 grampuses14 greenhouse14 guesthouse14 henhouse14 hothouse14 houseboat14 housecarl14 housecoat14 housedress14 houseful14 houseguest14 houselling14 housemate14 houseroom14 housetops14 icehouses14 ignoramuses14 interfused14 isthmuses14 lobscouses14 longhouses14 madhouse14 marasmuses14 meniscuses14 menopauses14 mesopauses14 mittimuses14 motorbuses14 mousetraps14 museologies14 museologist14 nauseousnesses14 nexuses14 obtusenesses14 penthouse14 perfused14 pesthouse14 phalluses14 poorhouse14 pothouses14 preciouses14 pyloruses14 ranunculuses14 reaccused14 refocuses14 rhamnuses14 roadhouses14 rotaviruses14 roundhouse14 ruckuses14 scabiouses14 statehouses14 stegosauruses14 storehouses14 suffuses14 sugarhouse14 taphouses14 thesauruses14 transfused14 tropopause14 unbemused14 uncalloused14 unconfuse14 unhouseled14 usefully14 vomituses14 xeruses14 amusement13 applauses13 berceuses13 bespouses13 botulinuses13 byssuses13 cathouse13 caucused13 chiauses13 choruses13 choused13 chousers13 confuses13 consensuses13 crousely13 diapaused13 disabused13 doghouse13 dollhouse13 effuses13 favuses13 focused13 focusers13 fuselages13 gashouses13 gatehouse13 gladioluses13 hocused13 houseling13 houselled13 houseman13 housemen13 housetop13 icehouse13 impetuses13 incubuses13 interfuses13 lobscouse13 longhouse13 louseworts13 menopause13 mesopause13 metestruses13 minibuses13 mousetrap13 narcissuses13 nauseously13 nimbused13 oasthouses13 obtusely13 octopuses13 omnibuses13 pandanuses13 perfuses13 pothouse13 precieuse13 priapuses13 proestruses13 reaccuses13 reinfused13 reoviruses13 roadhouse13 rouseabouts13 sandgrouses13 shamuses13 statehouse13 storehouse13 subcauses13 subgenuses13 suffuse13 taphouse13 tollhouses13 toolhouses13 transfuses13 usefulness13 uselessnesses13 vendeuses13 vitelluses13 vitreouses13 abacuses12 abstrusest12 accused12 accusers12 alehouses12 allosauruses12 amiantuses12 anilinguses12 applause12 asbestuses12 bemused12 berceuse12 bespouse12 cactuses12 calloused12 carrousels12 caucuses12 causeys12 cayuses12 chouser12 chouses12 circuses12 colossuses12 confuse12 crocuses12 curiousest12 cuscuses12 defused12 diapauses12 disabuses12 dissensuses12 doofuses12 effuse12 enthused12 ficuses12 focuser12 focuses12 fucuses12 funguses12 fuselage12 gashouse12 halituses12 hocuses12 houseled12 houseless12 housesits12 humuses12 iambuses12 interfuse12 limbuses12 lousewort12 museful12 nauseousness12 nimbuses12 nonplused12 numinouses12 nuthouses12 oasthouse12 obtuseness12 outhouses12 overused12 pepluses12 perfuse12 primuses12 profuse12 prurituses12 reaccuse12 rehoused12 reinfuses12 rouseabout12 rousements12 rumpuses12 sandgrouse12 subcause12 teahouses12 tenesmuses12 terminuses12 thalluses12 tollhouse12 toolhouse12 transfuse12 unhoused12 useably12 uselessly12 valguses12 vendeuse12 vulguses12 wamuses12 abstruser11 accuser11 accuses11 alehouse11 anacruses11 ankuses11 arbutuses11 autobuses11 because11 bemuses11 boletuses11 burnouses11 caestuses11 callouses11 callused11 caroluses11 caroused11 carousels11 carousers11 carrousel11 causeless11 causeries11 causey11 cayuse11 censused11 chouse11 contused11 curiouser11 defuses11 diapause11 diestruses11 disabuse11 discuses11 dormouse11 enthuses11 espoused11 espousers11 flatuses11 foetuses11 fuseless11 hiatuses11 housesat11 housesit11 icteruses11 infused11 infusers11 masseuses11 momuses11 mousey11 mucuses11 multiuser11 museums11 nauseating11 nonpluses11 nucleuses11 nuthouse11 outhouse11 overuses11 peloruses11 petasuses11 proteuses11 railbuses11 rearmouse11 refused11 refusers11 rehouses11 reinfuse11 reremouse11 rhesuses11 ricinuses11 rousement11 saleratuses11 styluses11 surpluses11 teahouse11 trismuses11 tumuluses11 unabused11 unamused11 uncaused11 underused11 unfused11 unhouses11 uproused11 uselessness11 walruses11 abstruse10 accuse10 airbuses10 anestruses10 angeluses10 animuses10 antinausea10 bemuse10 bloused10 calluses10 carousel10 carouser10 carouses10 causerie10 censuses10 cereuses10 cestuses10 cistuses10 citruses10 clonuses10 coituses10 coleuses10 contuses10 cornuses10 cultuses10 cusecs10 danseuses10 defuse10 deloused10 delousers10 dinguses10 entelluses10 enthuse10 espouser10 espouses10 fetuses10 gallused10 graduses10 hausens10 housed10 housels10 housers10 incused10 infuser10 infuses10 litmuses10 masseuse10 meatuses10 missuses10 misused10 misusers10 multiuse10 musettes10 museum10 nauseated10 nautiluses10 obtusest10 overuse10 passuses10 perused10 perusers10 prunuses10 rearoused10 recluses10 recused10 refuser10 refuses10 reguluses10 rehouse10 rictuses10 sardiuses10 spoused10 susurruses10 tantaluses10 tinnituses10 titmouse10 unhouse10 uprouses10 varuses10 viruses10 abused9 abusers9 amused9 amusers9 annuluses9 arcuses9 blouses9 boluses9 bonuses9 boused9 carouse9 caused9 causers9 ceruses9 clauses9 contuse9 crusets9 cusec9 danseuse9 delouser9 delouses9 diseuses9 disused9 espouse9 fused9 fusees9 fusels9 galluses9 geniuses9 groused9 grousers9 hausen9 housel9 houser9 houses9 ictuses9 incuses9 infuse9 lupuses9 minuses9 misuser9 misuses9 moused9 mousers9 musette9 nauseants9 nauseates9 obtuser9 oestruses9 paused9 pausers9 peruser9 peruses9 radiuses9 rearouses9 rebuses9 recluse9 recuses9 refuse9 rhuses9 scouses9 spouses9 streusels9 tetanuses9 troiluses9 uprouse9 useable9 useful9 abuser8 abuses8 amuser8 amuses8 arguses8 aroused8 arousers8 blouse8 bouses8 bused8 causer8 causes8 ceruse8 clause8 crouse8 cruses8 cruset8 delouse8 diseuse8 disuses8 doused8 dousers8 estruses8 fusee8 fusel8 fuses8 genuses8 grouser8 grouses8 house8 incuse8 misuse8 mouser8 mouses8 mused8 musers8 nauseant8 nauseate8 nauseous8 neguses8 niduses8 nonusers8 obtuse8 opuses8 pauser8 pauses8 peruse8 pluses8 rearouse8 recuse8 scouse8 spouse8 statuses8 streusel8 trousers8 uraeuses8 uteruses8 youse8 abuse7 amuse7 arouser7 arouses7 bouse7 buses7 cause7 cruse7 disuse7 douser7 douses7 druses7 fuse7 grouse7 ileuses7 lotuses7 loused7 lususes7 mouse7 muser7 muses7 nauseas7 nonuser7 nonuses7 pause7 puses7 reused7 risuses7 roused7 rousers7 sinuses7 situses7 soused7 taluses7 tonuses7 toused7 trouser7 unused7 useless7 anuses6 arouse6 douse6 druse6 louses6 muse6 nausea6 nonuse6 nouses6 onuses6 ousels6 retuse6 reuses6 rouser6 rouses6 souses6 touses6 uruses6 louse5 ousel5 reuse5 rouse5 ruses5 souse5 touse5 used5 users5 ruse4 user4 uses4 use3

Why USE words matter

Words containing USE are handy for Scrabble, Words with Friends and word puzzles — filter the list above by length to find the play you need.

What the numbers say

A few numbers before you scroll: the 987 words here run from 3 to 15 letters, with 9-letter words the largest group (177 entries). Wordle players have 30 five-letter options, and there are 125 seven-letter candidates for a Scrabble bingo. The single best scorer is PARAMYXOVIRUSES at 32 points before multipliers.

Chasing points? The best five entries here are PARAMYXOVIRUSES (32), EXOPHTHALMUSES (31), HYDROCEPHALUSES (29), MYXOVIRUSES (26), RENDEZVOUSED (26). The longest entry is HOUSELESSNESSES at 15 letters, and the average word here is worth about 13 points. The most useful tiles to hold for this list are U, E and S, which appear in 987, 987 and 987 of the words respectively.

Three easy picks from this list

USE — a 3-letter, 3-point play that slots into tight board lanes where longer words won't fit.
RUSE earns 4 points from just 4 tiles — and it is a word few opponents will bother to challenge.
When the rack looks hopeless, USER (4 letters, 4 points) is the kind of quiet play that keeps a game moving.

Round out your set with USES (4), LOUSE (5), OUSEL (5), REUSE (5), ROUSE (5) — all built from common tiles.

One chunk, many words: USE

Letter chunks like USE are how vocabulary compounds: learn the pattern once and every word built on it gets easier to recall and to spell. Read down this list and you will see the same rhythm repeat across lengths — that repetition is exactly what makes these words stick for spelling bees, ESL study and crossword pattern-matching alike.

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