FOURS Last Letter Repeated
2010 June 12
Here is a list of all the four-letter words that can be made into five-letter words by repeating the last letter. This list is a good source of surprise hooks. Note that 30 of the 101 two-letter words are valid three-letter words with the last letter repeated (nearly 30%). 91 of the 1015 three-letter words follow this pattern (approximately 9%). In the case of four-letter words, the percentage drops to approximately 1% (39 out of 4030). In some cases, the definition changes, in others, it doesn’t:
| –ABYS– | ABY, to pay the penalty for [v] */ms |
| ABYSS– | a bottomless chasm [n –ES] : ABYSSAL [adj] */* |
| –AMAS– | AMA, amah (an Oriental nurse) [n] cglm/s |
| –AMASS– | to gather (to bring together into one place or group) [v –ED, –ING, –ES] c/* |
| –AMIS– | AMI, a friend [n] t/s |
| –AMISS– | being out of proper order [adj] */* |
| –BRAS– | BRA, a brassiere [n] */hs |
| BRASS– | to coat with brass (an alloy of copper and zinc) [v –ED, –ING, –ES] */y |
| BRIS | a Jewish circumcision rite [n –ES] a/ks |
| BRISS– | bris (a Jewish circumcision rite) [n –ES] */* |
| BRIT | a young herring [n –S] */hst |
| BRITT– | brit (a young herring) [n –S] */s |
| CHAR | to burn slightly [v CHARRED, CHARRING, CHARS] */dekmrsty |
| CHARR– | a small-scaled trout [n –S] */osy |
| –DJIN | jinni (jinn (a supernatural being in Muslim mythology)) [n –S] */ns |
| –DJINN– | jinni (jinn (a supernatural being in Muslim mythology)) [n –S] */isy |
| –DONE– | DO, to begin and carry through to completion [v] */e |
| DONEE– | a recipient of a gift [n –S] */s |
| EYAS | a young hawk [n –ES] */s |
| EYASS– | eyas (a young hawk) [n –ES] */* |
| FRIT | to fuse into a vitreous substance [v FRITTED, FRITTING, FRITS] a/hstz |
| FRITT– | to frit (to fuse into a vitreous substance) [v –ED, –ING, –S] */s |
| FRIZ | to frizz (to form into small, tight curls) [v –ED, –ING, –ES] */z |
| FRIZZ– | to form into small, tight curls [v –ED, –ING, –ES] */y |
| –FUSE | to equip with a fuse (a detonating device) [v FUSED, FUSING, FUSES] */dels |
| FUSEE– | a large-headed friction match [n –S] */s |
| FUZE | to fuse (to equip with a fuse (a detonating device)) [v FUZED, FUZING, FUZES] */des |
| FUZEE– | fusee (a large-headed friction match) [n –S] */s |
| GNAR | to snarl (to growl viciously) [v GNARRED, GNARRING, GNARS] */lrs |
| GNARR– | to gnar (to snarl (to growl viciously)) [v –ED, –ING, –S] */s |
| –HIRE | to engage the services of for payment [v HIRED, HIRING, HIRES] : HIREABLE [adj] s/ders |
| HIREE– | one that is hired [n –S] */s |
| HOWF– | a place frequently visited [n –S] */fs |
| HOWFF– | howf (a place frequently visited) [n –S] */s |
| IDYL | a poem or prose work depicting scenes of rural simplicity [n –S] */ls |
| IDYLL– | idyl (a poem or prose work depicting scenes of rural simplicity) [n –S] : IDYLLIC [adj] */s |
| –KVAS | kvass (a Russian beer) [n –ES] */s |
| KVASS– | a Russian beer [n –ES] */* |
| to send by a governmental postal system. [v –ED, –ING, –S] : MAILABLE [adj] e/els | |
| MAILL– | a payment (something that is paid) [n –S] */s |
| POUF | a loose roll of hair [n –S] : POUFED, POUFFY [adj] */fs |
| POUFF– | pouf (a loose roll of hair) [n –S] : POUFFED [adj] */esy |
| PROS– | PRO, an argument or vote in favor of something [n] */eosty |
| PROSS– | a prostitute [n –ES] */* |
| PURE– | free from anything different, inferior, or contaminating [adj PURER, PUREST] */er |
| PUREE– | to reduce to a thick pulp by cooking and sieving [v –REED, –REEING, –REES] */ds |
| –RAGE– | to act or speak with violent anger [v RAGED, RAGING, RAGES] */des |
| –RAGEE– | ragi (an East Indian cereal grass) [n –S] d/s |
| RAKE | to gather with a toothed implement [v RAKED, RAKING, RAKES] bcd/ders |
| –RAKEE– | raki (a Turkish liqueur) [n –S] */s |
| RAZE | to tear down or demolish [v RAZED, RAZING, RAZES] bcg/ders |
| RAZEE– | to make lower by removing the upper deck, as a ship [v –ZEED, –ZEEING, –ZEES] */ds |
| READ | to look at so as to take in the meaning of, as something written or printed [v READ, READING, READS] : READABLE [adj], READABLY [adv] bdot/dsy |
| READD– | ADD, to combine or join so as to bring about an increase [v –ED, –ING, –S] */s |
| –SCAT | to leave hastily [v SCATTED, SCATTING, SCATS] */st |
| SCATT– | a tax [n –S] */sy |
| –SHOT | to load with shot (small lead or steel pellets) [v SHOTTED, SHOTTING, SHOTS] */est |
| SHOTT– | chott (a saline lake) [n –S] */s |
| –SIRE– | to beget (to cause to exist) [v SIRED, SIRING, SIRES] */dens |
| SIREE– | sirree (sir (a respectful form of address used to a man)) [n –S] */s |
| SPAZ– | a clumsy, foolish, or incompetent person — a derogatory term [n SPAZZES] */z |
| SPAZZ– | spaz (a clumsy, foolish, or incompetent person — a derogatory term) [n –ES] */* |
| –STOT | to bound with a stiff-legged gait [v STOTTED, STOTTING, STOTS] */st |
| STOTT– | to stot (to bound with a stiff-legged gait) [v –ED, –ING, –S] */s |
| SYCE | a male servant in India [n –S] */es |
| SYCEE– | fine uncoined silver formerly used in China as money [n –S] */s |
| –TOPE– | to drink liquor to excess [v TOPED, TOPING, TOPES] s/ders |
| TOPEE– | topi (a sun helmet) [n –S] */s |
| TORI– | TORUS, a large convex molding [n] */ci |
| TORII– | the gateway of a Japanese temple [n TORII] */* |
| –TRES | very (absolute (free from restriction)) [adj] */s |
| TRESS– | a long lock of hair [n –ES] : TRESSED [adj] s/y |
| UNDE | wavy (having waves) [adj] */er |
| UNDEE– | unde (wavy (having waves)) [adj] */* |
| WHIR | to move with a buzzing sound [v WHIRRED, WHIRRING, WHIRS] */lrs |
| WHIRR– | to whir (to move with a buzzing sound) [v –ED, –ING, –S] */sy |
| WHIZ | to move with a buzzing or hissing sound [v WHIZZED, WHIZZING, WHIZZES] */z |
| WHIZZ– | to whiz (to move with a buzzing or hissing sound) [v –ED, –ING, –ES] */y |
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