Words Ending -SOME

44 total entries across 2 section(s)

Note: this list is built from spelling, not meaning. Some words here end with the right letters but do not really use the suffix in its usual sense. They are included on purpose: for Scrabble we suggest learning the suffix as a letter pattern rather than learning the meanings.

7-Letter Words Ending with -SOME (15 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	AIRSOME	—	[a.] · cold
—	AWESOME	—	[a.] · inspiring awe
—	EPISOME	S	[n. -S] · a genetic determinant - EPISOMAL [a.]
—	EYESOME	—	[a.] · pleasant to look at
—	FULSOME	—	[a.] · repulsive
—	IRKSOME	—	[a.] · tending to irk
—	LISSOME	—	[a.] · lithe / [x] { lissom lissome § lissomly }
—	NOISOME	—	[a.] · disgusting; harmful
—	OXYSOME	S	[n. -S] · a structural unit of cellular cristae
—	TRISOME	S	[n. -S] · an organism having one chromosome in addition to the usual diploid number / [x] { trisome trisomic § trisomes trisomics }
—	TWASOME	S	[n. -S] · twosome / [x] { twasome twosome § twasomes twosomes }
—	TWOSOME	S	[n. -S] · a group of two / [x] { twasome twosome § twasomes twosomes }
—	WAGSOME	—	[a.] · waggish «playfully humorous» / [x] { waggish wagsome }
—	WINSOME	R	[a. -SOMER, -SOMEST] · charming
—	WOESOME	—	[a.] · woeful

8-Letter Words Ending with -SOME (29 entries)

FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
—	ACROSOME	S	[n. -S] · a thin sac at the head of a sperm
—	AUTOSOME	S	[n. -S] · a type of chromosome
—	BORESOME	—	[a.] · tedious
—	DARKSOME	—	[a.] · dark / [x] { darks § darked darking darks § dark darker darkest darksome }
—	DOLESOME	—	[a.] · doleful «mournful» / [x] { doleful dolefuller dolefullest dolesome }
—	ENDOSOME	S	[n. -S] · a cellular particle
—	FEARSOME	—	[a.] · frightening
—	FOURSOME	S	[n. -S] · a group of four
—	FRETSOME	—	[a.] · fretful «inclined to fret» / [x] { fretful fretsome frettier frettiest fretty }
—	GAMESOME	—	[a.] · playful
—	GLADSOME	R	[a. -SOMER, -SOMEST] · glad
—	GLEESOME	—	[a.] · gleeful / [x] { gleeful gleesome }
—	GREWSOME	R	[a. -SOMER, -SOMEST] · gruesome / [x] { grewsome grewsomer grewsomest gruesome gruesomer gruesomest }
—	GRUESOME	R	[a. -R, -ST] · causing horror or revulsion / [x] { grewsome grewsomer grewsomest gruesome gruesomer gruesomest }
—	HANDSOME	R	[a. -SOMER, -SOMEST] · attractive
—	LARKSOME	—	[a.] · playful
—	LIPOSOME	S	[n. -S] · a microscopic globule composed of lipids
—	LONESOME	S	[n. -S] · self
—	LONGSOME	—	[a.] · tediously long
—	LOTHSOME	—	[a.] · repulsive
—	LOVESOME	—	[a.] · lovely
—	LYSOSOME	S	[n. -S] · a saclike part of a cell
—	MESOSOME	S	[n. -S] · a specialized cellular part
—	MONOSOME	S	[n. -S] · an unpaired chromosome / [x] { monosome monosomic § monosomes monosomics }
—	POLYSOME	S	[n. -S] · a cluster of protein particles / [x] { polyribosome polysome polysomic § polyribosomes polysomes polysomics }
—	RIBOSOME	S	[n. -S] · a particle composed of protein and ribonucleic~ acid
—	TIRESOME	—	[a.] · tedious
—	TOILSOME	—	[a.] · demanding much exertion / [x] { toilful toilsome }
—	WAILSOME	—	[a.] · wailful «mournful» / [x] { wailful wailsome }