Words Ending in ISE
Browse -ise endings from our playable English dictionary — sorted by length and Scrabble score for hooks, crosswords, and rack study.
About words ending in -ise
This list collects dictionary words ending in -ise from the same word-game corpus that powers the UnscrambleTools Word Unscrambler, Anagram Solver, and Crossword Solver. There are 1,249 playable matches in our index, grouped below by length with Scrabble point values.
Suffix lists are useful across word games. In Scrabble and Words with Friends, knowing valid -ise endings helps you hook onto existing words, close parallel plays, and dump vowel-heavy racks. For Wordle-style puzzles, endings often appear as green tiles in the last positions — scanning 11.5-letter averages here saves guess bandwidth.
Crossword constructors and solvers use ending patterns when a clue length is fixed and only the tail letters are confirmed. Pair this page with the Pattern Finder (ends-with filter) or Crossword Solver when you need crossing letters, not just the suffix.
Anagram practice benefits too: words that share the same ending letters often appear in the same alphagram families. When you study -ise endings, you build spelling intuition for conjugations (-ed, -ing), agent nouns (-er), adverbs (-ly), and longer Latinate suffixes (-tion, -ness, -ment).
The highest-scoring word ending in -ise in our sample is ZIGZAGWISE (33 base points, 10 letters). We also highlight 32 longer or premium-tile entries for advanced study.
Every chip links to a full word page with definitions (when available), anagram families, and related tools. UnscrambleTools does not fabricate dictionary entries — counts and scores come directly from processed index data.
This page summarises 1,249 valid words — mean length 11.5, mean score 17.8.
- Total words
- 1,249
- Avg length
- 11.5 letters
- Avg Scrabble score
- 17.8 pts
- Highest scoring
- zigzagwise (33 pts)
- Longest word
- contraclockwise (15 letters)
- High-value letter words
- 43(11%)
- Words containing Q, X, Z, J, K (8–10 pt tiles)
Top Scrabble words ending in -ise
- zigzagwise33 pts
- contraclockwise28 pts
- chequerwise28 pts
- counterexercise26 pts
- overthwartwise26 pts
- jacketwise26 pts
- ventriloquise25 pts
- checkerwise25 pts
- philanthropise24 pts
- tableclothwise24 pts
- anticlockwise24 pts
- diffranchise24 pts
- overexercise24 pts
- pamphletwise24 pts
- questionwise24 pts
- lozengewise24 pts
- peacockwise24 pts
- consciencewise23 pts
- disenfranchise23 pts
- untranquillise23 pts
- demythologise23 pts
- procompromise23 pts
- scutcheonwise23 pts
- underexercise23 pts
No separate common-word slice for -ise; see the full list below.
Rare & advanced words ending in -ise
- contraclockwise28 pts
- counterexercise26 pts
- cosmopolitanise21 pts
- conventionalise20 pts
- departmentalise20 pts
- professionalise20 pts
- countersurprise19 pts
- insurrectionise17 pts
- intellectualise17 pts
- supernaturalise17 pts
- overthwartwise26 pts
- philanthropise24 pts
- tableclothwise24 pts
- consciencewise23 pts
- disenfranchise23 pts
- untranquillise23 pts
- hypersensitise22 pts
- overcapitalise21 pts
- processionwise21 pts
- centrifugalise20 pts
- unpictorialise18 pts
- illegitimatise17 pts
- proletarianise16 pts
- supersensitise16 pts
- disillusionise15 pts
- sensationalise14 pts
- territorialise14 pts
- ventriloquise25 pts
- anticlockwise24 pts
- demythologise23 pts
- procompromise23 pts
- scutcheonwise23 pts
Word list by length
Showing 350 unique words on this page (1,249 total in dictionary). Sorted by length, then Scrabble score.
Showing top 307 of 1,249 matches, sorted by length and Scrabble score.
13-letter words
- cathedralwise22 pts
- componentwise22 pts
- dehydrogenise22 pts
- nephrectomise22 pts
- orthographise22 pts
- piecemealwise22 pts
- unweatherwise22 pts
- vegetablewise22 pts
- commercialise21 pts
- epigrammatise20 pts
- foreadvertise20 pts
- uncatholicise20 pts
- conceptualise19 pts
- counteradvise19 pts
- republicanise19 pts
- tradesmanwise19 pts
- anagrammatise18 pts
- brilliantwise18 pts
- demasculinise18 pts
- individualise18 pts
- labiovelarise18 pts
- melodramatise18 pts
- recrystallise18 pts
- theatricalise18 pts
- undemocratise18 pts
- vernacularise18 pts
- antisepticise17 pts
- immaterialise17 pts
- impersonalise17 pts
- monumentalise17 pts
- particularise17 pts
- supersurprise17 pts
- tubercularise17 pts
- tuberculinise17 pts
- dematerialise16 pts
- depersonalise16 pts
- pedestrianise16 pts
- platitudinise16 pts
- revolutionise16 pts
- denationalise14 pts
- industrialise14 pts
- irrationalise13 pts
12-letter words
- bachelorwise22 pts
- diphthongise22 pts
- mythopoetise22 pts
- olympianwise22 pts
- perfectivise22 pts
- philosophise22 pts
- disfranchise21 pts
- manifoldwise21 pts
- phlebotomise21 pts
- polyglotwise21 pts
- tranquillise21 pts
- underoxidise21 pts
- headlongwise20 pts
- merchandrise20 pts
- trencherwise20 pts
- apostrophise19 pts
- cataractwise19 pts
- characterise19 pts
- circularwise19 pts
- collectivise19 pts
- crescentwise19 pts
- dovetailwise19 pts
- friendliwise19 pts
- nephrotomise19 pts
- overappraise19 pts
- parochialise19 pts
- poulticewise19 pts
- presupervise19 pts
- straightwise19 pts
- surplicewise19 pts
- umbrellawise19 pts
- contemporise18 pts
- demiparadise18 pts
- desulphurise18 pts
- disfrancnise18 pts
- disharmonise18 pts
- dissyllabise18 pts
- fountainwise18 pts
- mithridatise18 pts
- municipalise18 pts
- preadvertise18 pts
- propagandise18 pts
- suicidalwise18 pts
- superprecise18 pts
- traversewise18 pts
- anathematise17 pts
- cloisterwise17 pts
- colossuswise17 pts
- contrariwise17 pts
- diagonalwise17 pts
- iridectomise17 pts
- parallelwise17 pts
- sidelingwise17 pts
- standardwise17 pts
- straddlewise17 pts
- teetotumwise17 pts
- counterpoise16 pts
- devolatilise16 pts
- marsupialise16 pts
- mercurialise16 pts
- pictorialise16 pts
- strangerwise16 pts
- trianglewise16 pts
- decentralise15 pts
- demilitarise15 pts
- entomologise15 pts
- interdespise15 pts
- legitimatise15 pts
- sentinelwise15 pts
- sinisterwise15 pts
- universalise15 pts
- abolitionise14 pts
- consonantise14 pts
- counternoise14 pts
- emotionalise14 pts
- illiberalise14 pts
- marseillaise14 pts
- sectarianise14 pts
- sectionalise14 pts
- spiritualise14 pts
- unenterprise14 pts
- attitudinise13 pts
- denaturalise13 pts
- underrealise13 pts
- unnaturalise12 pts
- unneutralise12 pts
11-letter words
- shacklewise23 pts
- affranchise22 pts
- bracketwise22 pts
- chevronwise22 pts
- effranchise22 pts
- extemporise22 pts
- hypothesise22 pts
- proexercise22 pts
- pyramidwise22 pts
- vichyssoise22 pts
- disexercise21 pts
- phosphatise21 pts
- phosphorise21 pts
- profanchise21 pts
- triumphwise21 pts
- athwartwise20 pts
- breadthwise20 pts
- featherwise20 pts
- mythologise20 pts
- nonexercise20 pts
- prayingwise20 pts
- problemwise20 pts
- soliloquise20 pts
- weatherwise20 pts
- baldricwise19 pts
- beggingwise19 pts
- dichotomise19 pts
- drunkenwise19 pts
- enfranchise19 pts
- hierarchise19 pts
- hydrogenise19 pts
- hypostasise19 pts
- hypostatise19 pts
- infranchise19 pts
- merchandise19 pts
- naphthalise19 pts
- pilgrimwise19 pts
- procomprise19 pts
- synchronise19 pts
- unhypnotise19 pts
- achromatise18 pts
- alphabetise18 pts
- balancewise18 pts
- catholicise18 pts
- demipremise18 pts
- diamondwise18 pts
- exteriorise18 pts
- externalise18 pts
- forepromise18 pts
- overprecise18 pts
- overpromise18 pts
- scallopwise18 pts
- shinglewise18 pts
- tumblerwise18 pts
- unmysticise18 pts
- unrightwise18 pts
- vasectomise18 pts
- acclimatise17 pts
- bargainwise17 pts
- communalise17 pts
- computerise17 pts
- emblematise17 pts
- etymologise17 pts
- fragmentise17 pts
- misappraise17 pts
- mispractise17 pts
- prepractise17 pts
- reversewise17 pts
- shutterwise17 pts
- shuttlewise17 pts
- spindlewise17 pts
- stealthwise17 pts
- theaterwise17 pts
- trefoilwise17 pts
- vulturewise17 pts
- warriorwise17 pts
- apotheosise16 pts
- catheterise16 pts
- crystallise16 pts
- currentwise16 pts
- curtainwise16 pts
- decarbonise16 pts
- decarburise16 pts
- democratise16 pts
- familiarise16 pts
- formularise16 pts
- fractionise16 pts
- garlandwise16 pts
- latticewise16 pts
- metathesise16 pts
- passionwise16 pts
- pasturewise16 pts
- patternwise16 pts
- plasterwise16 pts
- proselytise16 pts
- proteanwise16 pts
- resupervise16 pts
- scissorwise16 pts
- stirrupwise16 pts
- systematise16 pts
- terracewise16 pts
- unharmonise16 pts
- abnormalise15 pts
- anthologise15 pts
- circularise15 pts
- demagnetise15 pts
- desulfurise15 pts
- disparadise15 pts
- gourmandise15 pts
- hollandaise15 pts
- immortalise15 pts
- imperialise15 pts
- memorialise15 pts
- migniardise15 pts
- peculiarise15 pts
- plebeianise15 pts
- predisguise15 pts
- presurprise15 pts
- readvertise15 pts
- romanticise15 pts
- sardinewise15 pts
- skeletonise15 pts
- soldierwise15 pts
- suburbanise15 pts
- superpraise15 pts
- tropicalise15 pts
- tuberculise15 pts
10-letter words
- churchwise23 pts
- ficklewise22 pts
- squarewise22 pts
- squirewise22 pts
- frenchwise21 pts
- hookedwise21 pts
- bodkinwise20 pts
- chancewise20 pts
- hammerwise20 pts
- jeopardise20 pts
- rejuvenise20 pts
- sympathise20 pts
- symphonise20 pts
- windowwise20 pts
- hawserwise19 pts
- marketwise19 pts
- ploughwise19 pts
- reexercise19 pts
- sicklewise19 pts
- thwartwise19 pts
- unequalise19 pts
- unexercise19 pts
- valleywise19 pts
- wreathwise19 pts
- anchorwise18 pts
- anthemwise18 pts
- circumcise18 pts
- compromise18 pts
- effeminise18 pts
- gibbetwise18 pts
- motherwise18 pts
- prayerwise18 pts
- synonymise18 pts
- systemwise18 pts
- trenchwise18 pts
- yeomanwise18 pts
- asexualise17 pts
- beaconwise17 pts
- beggarwise17 pts
- cinchonise17 pts
- circlewise17 pts
- columnwise17 pts
- epiphanise17 pts
- fingerwise17 pts
- foreadvise17 pts
- hurdlewise17 pts
- journalise17 pts
- lengthwise17 pts
- macadamise17 pts
- parcelwise17 pts
- polymerise17 pts
- rabbitwise17 pts
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- Words Ending in -less
- Words Ending in -ful
- Words Ending in -ous
- Words Ending in -ive
How to use this list
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- 6-Letter Words
- Top Word: ZIGZAGWISE
Frequently asked questions
- What words end in -ise?
- Our dictionary contains 1,249 words ending in -ise. This page lists them by length, highlights top Scrabble scorers, and links each word to a detail page for deeper study.
- What are Scrabble words ending in -ise?
- All words shown here are from the UnscrambleTools word-game dictionary used by our unscrambler and scoring tools. They are suitable for casual Scrabble and Words with Friends; tournament lists (NASPA/WESPA) may differ slightly on obscure entries.
- What is the highest scoring word ending in -ise?
- In our current index, ZIGZAGWISE scores 33 base Scrabble points (10 letters). Board multipliers are not included — open the Scrabble Score Calculator for live breakdowns.
- How can I use this list for crossword clues?
- Note the answer length from your grid, then jump to that length group below or open the Crossword Solver with an ends-with pattern for -ise (use ? for unknown cells). Average length in this list is 11.5 letters.
- Are these valid Scrabble words?
- Yes. Results are drawn from our processed English word list aligned with common Scrabble and Words with Friends dictionaries.
- How are point scores calculated?
- Scores sum standard Scrabble letter values (A=1 … Z=10) without board multipliers. Premium letters Q, X, Z, J, and K drive the highest totals.