Words Ending in OUR in English – Word List
Words that end in “OUR” are words that finish with the letters “OUR” at the end. They come in different lengths and always mean something specific in English. Many of these words have roots in the French language.
You might notice that most “OUR” words are longer than five letters. This makes them valuable in word games because they can earn you a lot of points. When you say words ending in “OUR,” you usually pronounce them like “OR.”
You may know that there are differences between British English and American English spellings. Here are some examples to illustrate:
- British: colour vs. American: color
- British: favourite vs. American: favorite
- British: humour vs. American: humor
In British English, words like “colour”, “favourite” and “humour” are spelled with a “u”, whereas their American English counterparts drop the “u”.
Check Also:
British and American English Vocabulary Differences (PDF)
Differences Between American & British English (PDF)
3-Letter Words
| Word | Word | Word |
|---|---|---|
| our |
4-Letter Words
| List 1 | List 2 | List 3 |
|---|---|---|
| cour | dour | four |
| hour | jour | lour |
| pour | sour | tour |
| your |
5-Letter Words
| List 1 | List 2 | List 3 |
|---|---|---|
| amour | clour | flour |
| odour | scour | stour |
6-Letter Words
| List 1 | List 2 | List 3 |
|---|---|---|
| colour | detour | devour |
| dolour | favour | giaour |
| honour | humour | inpour |
| labour | notour | repour |
| retour | rigour | rumour |
| sapour | savour | tabour |
| tenour | tumour | valour |
| vapour | velour | vigour |
| dujour |
7-Letter Words
| List 1 | List 2 | List 3 |
|---|---|---|
| acatour | bescour | bittour |
| bonjour | candour | clamour |
| contour | dortour | ecotour |
| enamour | faitour | fervour |
| flavour | fulgour | glamour |
| harbour | haveour | haviour |
| mainour | outpour | pandour |
| parkour | parlour | paviour |
| rancour | santour | saviour |
| succour | tambour | parcour |
8-Letter Words
| List 1 | List 2 | List 3 |
|---|---|---|
| belabour | bicolour | clangour |
| decolour | downpour | encolour |
| leachour | malodour | paramour |
| ryeflour | stentour | tressour |
| vavasour | watthour | workhour |
| recolour |
9-Letter Words
| List 1 | List 2 | List 3 |
|---|---|---|
| beglamour | behaviour | calembour |
| caliatour | carrefour | cornflour |
| demeanour | discolour | disfavour |
| dishonour | dishumour | endeavour |
| miscolour | neighbour | pompadour |
| recontour | scurriour | splendour |
| treachour | tregetour | tricolour |
| uncandour | unharbour | unicolour |
10-Letter Words
| List 1 | List 2 | List 3 |
|---|---|---|
| overcolour | overlabour | perfervour |
| troubadour | bodycolour | antitumour |
11-Letter Words
| List 1 | List 2 | List 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Hypercolour | Multicolour | Treachetour |
12-Letter Words
| List 1 | List 2 | List 3 |
|---|---|---|
| misbehaviour | misdemeanour | kilowatthour |
