8 Letter Words Containing SS
There are 1,012 8-letter English words that contain SS. The highest scorer in Scrabble® is FOZINESS at 20 points.
Word list
A
- abbesses12
- abscissa12
- accessed13
- accesses12
- achiness13
- acidness11
- actressy13
- agedness10
- airiness8
- alyssums13
- amassers10
- amassing11
- antiboss10
- archness13
- aridness9
- artiness8
- ashiness11
- assagais9
- assailed9
- assailer8
- assassin8
- assaults8
- assayers11
- assaying12
- assegais9
- assemble12
- assembly15
- assented9
- assenter8
- assentor8
- asserted9
- asserter8
- assertor8
- assessed9
- assesses8
- assessor8
- assholes11
- assignat9
- assigned10
- assignee9
- assigner9
- assignor9
- assisted9
- assister8
- assistor8
- assoiled9
- assonant8
- assorted9
- assorter8
- assuaged10
- assuages9
- assumers10
- assuming11
- assureds9
- assurers8
- assuring9
- assurors8
- asswaged13
- asswages12
- avgasses12
- avidness12
- awayness14
B
- babassus12
- backless16
- badassed12
- badasses11
- bagasses11
- baldness11
- barbless12
- bareness10
- barkless14
- baroness10
- baseless10
- baseness10
- basseted11
- bassetts10
- bassinet10
- bassists10
- bassness10
- bassoons10
- basswood14
- bathless13
- beakless14
- beamless12
- beatless10
- beefless13
- bekissed15
- bekisses14
- beltless10
- biasness10
- biassing11
- bioassay13
- blessers10
- blessing11
- blissful13
- blissing11
- blossoms12
- blossomy15
- blotless10
- blueness10
- bodiless11
- boldness11
- boneless10
- boniness10
- bootless10
- bossdoms13
- bossiest10
- bossisms12
- boxiness17
- brassage11
- brassard11
- brassart10
- brassica12
- brassier10
- brassies10
- brassily13
- brassing11
- brassish13
- brimless12
- browless13
- bushless13
- business10
- bussings11
- busyness13
- buttress10
- bypassed16
- bypasses15
- byssuses13
C
- caginess11
- caissons10
- calmness12
- camasses12
- canoness10
- carassow13
- careless10
- caressed11
- caresser10
- caresses10
- cashless13
- cassabas12
- cassatas10
- cassavas13
- cassette10
- cassinos10
- cassises10
- cassocks16
- cateress10
- cessions10
- cesspits12
- cesspool12
- chadless14
- chasseur13
- chausses13
- chessman15
- chessmen15
- chicness15
- chinless13
- cissoids11
- classers10
- classico12
- classics12
- classier10
- classify16
- classily13
- classing11
- classism12
- classist10
- clawless13
- clueless10
- coalless10
- coassist10
- coassume12
- coatless10
- codeless11
- coldness11
- colessee10
- colessor10
- colossal10
- colossus10
- compress14
- congress11
- cookless14
- coolness10
- cordless11
- coreless10
- cosiness10
- cossacks16
- cosseted11
- costless10
- coulisse10
- countess10
- coziness19
- crassest10
- cressets10
- crevasse13
- crewless13
- cropless12
- crossarm12
- crossbar12
- crossbow15
- crosscut12
- crossers10
- crossest10
- crossing11
- crosslet10
- crosstie10
- crossway16
- cuffless16
- curassow13
- cureless10
- curtness10
- cussedly14
- cussword14
- cuteness10
- cutgrass11
D
- daftness12
- dampness13
- dankness13
- darkness13
- dateless9
- deadness10
- deafness12
- dearness9
- debtless11
- declasse11
- deedless10
- deepness11
- deftness12
- degassed11
- degasser10
- degasses10
- demoness11
- desserts9
- detassel9
- dewiness12
- direness9
- dissaved13
- dissaves12
- disseats9
- dissects11
- disseise9
- disseize18
- dissents9
- disserts9
- disserve12
- dissever12
- dissolve12
- dissuade10
- distress9
- doneness9
- doorless9
- dopiness11
- dosseret9
- dossiers9
- dourness9
- doziness18
- drabness11
- dressage10
- dressers9
- dressier9
- dressily12
- dressing10
- dripless11
- drossier9
- druidess10
- ductless11
- dullness9
- dumbness13
- duresses9
- dustless9
E
F
- faceless13
- fadeless12
- fairness11
- fameless13
- fangless12
- fastness11
- fearless11
- feckless17
- feetless11
- fellness11
- fernless11
- fesswise14
- fineness11
- finessed12
- finesses11
- fireless11
- firmness13
- fishless14
- fissions11
- fissiped14
- fissured12
- fissures11
- flagless12
- flapless13
- flatness11
- flawless14
- flossier11
- flossies11
- flossily14
- flossing12
- foamless13
- focussed14
- focusses13
- fondness12
- foodless12
- footless11
- fordless12
- forkless15
- formless13
- fortress11
- fossette11
- fossicks17
- foulness11
- foxiness18
- foziness20
- freeness11
- fretless11
- frissons11
- fullness11
- fumeless13
- fuseless11
- fussiest11
- fusspots13
G
- gainless9
- galleass9
- galliass9
- gameness11
- gaminess11
- garbless11
- gassiest9
- gassings10
- gastness9
- gateless9
- gearless9
- giantess9
- giftless12
- gladness10
- glassful12
- glassier9
- glassies9
- glassily12
- glassine9
- glassing10
- glassman11
- glassmen11
- glegness10
- glibness11
- glissade10
- glossary12
- glosseme11
- glossers9
- glossier9
- glossies9
- glossily12
- glossina9
- glossing10
- glumness11
- gneisses9
- gneissic11
- goalless9
- goneness9
- goodness10
- goriness9
- gormless11
- gossamer11
- gossiped12
- gossiper11
- gossipry14
- gossoons9
- gossypol14
- grassier9
- grassily12
- grassing10
- grayness12
- greyness12
- grimness11
- grossers9
- grossest9
- grossing10
- guessers9
- guessing10
- gusseted10
- gussying13
- gustless9
H
- hairless11
- haleness11
- halfness14
- haltless11
- handless12
- harassed12
- harasser11
- harasses11
- hardness12
- harmless13
- hassling12
- hassocks17
- haziness20
- headless12
- heatless11
- heedless12
- heelless11
- heirless11
- helmless13
- helpless13
- herbless13
- hessians11
- hessites11
- hideless12
- highness15
- hiltless11
- hissings12
- hiveless14
- hocussed14
- hocusses13
- hokiness15
- holeless11
- holiness11
- homeless13
- hominess13
- hoodless12
- hoofless14
- hookless15
- hoopless13
- hopeless13
- hornless11
- hotpress13
- hugeness12
- humpless15
- huntress11
- hurtless11
- hymnless16
I
J
K
L
- laceless10
- laciness10
- lacrosse10
- lameness10
- landless9
- landmass11
- lankness12
- largesse9
- lassoers8
- lassoing9
- lateness8
- laziness17
- leadless9
- leafless11
- leakless12
- leanness8
- lensless8
- lessened9
- lessoned9
- lewdness12
- lewisson11
- lifeless11
- likeness12
- limbless12
- limeless10
- liminess10
- limpness12
- lineless8
- lintless8
- lissomly13
- listless8
- liveness11
- loamless10
- loessial8
- loftless11
- loginess9
- loneness8
- longness9
- lordless9
- lornness8
- lostness8
- loudness9
- loveless11
- luckless14
- lushness11
M
- mailless10
- maleness10
- maneless10
- mantissa10
- marquess19
- massacre12
- massaged12
- massager11
- massages11
- masscult12
- massedly14
- masseter10
- masseurs10
- masseuse10
- massicot12
- massiest10
- massless10
- mastless10
- mateless10
- matiness10
- mattrass10
- mattress10
- mayoress13
- maziness19
- mealless10
- meanness10
- meatless10
- meekness14
- meetness10
- megasses11
- messaged12
- messages11
- messiahs13
- messiest10
- messmate12
- messuage11
- metisses10
- mildness11
- mindless11
- miriness10
- misassay13
- misclass12
- misguess11
- missable12
- misseats10
- missends11
- missense10
- misshape15
- missiles10
- missilry13
- missions10
- missises10
- missives13
- missorts10
- missound11
- missouts10
- misspace14
- misspeak16
- misspell12
- misspelt12
- misspend13
- misspent12
- misspoke16
- misstart10
- misstate10
Point values shown are Scrabble® (letters only, before board bonuses). Browse deeper via the word-lists hub.
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Highest-scoring word in this list
The single highest-scoring word here in Scrabble® is foziness at 20 points (letters only, before board bonuses).
FAQs
How many 8-letter words contain SS?
1,012 valid 8-letter English words contain the letters SS.
Are these valid in Wordle and Scrabble?
Every word here comes from a standard English dictionary. UK Scrabble (Collins/SOWPODS) accepts all of them; a handful may not be legal in the North American TWL word list.