Words Ending in TURE, by Length

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Short answer: the most common words ending in TURE are words like NATURE, FUTURE, PICTURE, CULTURE and FEATURE. There are 164 in the ENABLE word list, and the shortest have six letters.

Most of them are nouns, and many name the result of an action: a MIXTURE is what you get when you mix, a DEPARTURE is when you depart, and a SIGNATURE is how you sign. In everyday speech the ending usually sounds like "cher", as in PICTURE.

The most common words ending in TURE

FUTURE9PICTURE11CULTURE9NATURE6STRUCTURE11FEATURE10TEMPERATURE15LITERATURE10ADVENTURE13INFRASTRUCTURE19ARCHITECTURE19CAPTURE11AGRICULTURE14FURNITURE12MATURE8VENTURE10SIGNATURE10DEPARTURE12MIXTURE16CREATURE10

Six letter words ending in TURE

There are only a few, so they're worth knowing:

FUTURE9NATURE6MATURE8SUTURE6

Seven letter words ending in TURE

PICTURE11CULTURE9FEATURE10CAPTURE11VENTURE10MIXTURE16TORTURE7LECTURE9TEXTURE14GESTURE8FIXTURE17POSTURE9STATURE7PASTURE9COUTURE9NURTURE7RUPTURE9VULTURE10RAPTURE9DENTURE8CLOTURE9VESTURE10FACTURE12MULTURE9

Eight letter words ending in TURE

CREATURE10MOISTURE10FRACTURE13IMMATURE12APERTURE10PUNCTURE12JUNCTURE17OVERTURE11LIGATURE9TINCTURE10ARMATURE10DENATURE9JOINTURE15CINCTURE12CEINTURE10ARCATURE10CUBATURE12FILATURE11GENITURE9RENATURE8

Nine letter words ending in TURE

STRUCTURE11ADVENTURE13FURNITURE12SIGNATURE10DEPARTURE12SCULPTURE13SCRIPTURE13MINIATURE11PREMATURE13CURVATURE14RECAPTURE13INDENTURE10ADMIXTURE19DEBENTURE12STRICTURE11TABLATURE11IMPOSTURE13COVERTURE14GARNITURE10ENRAPTURE11COCULTURE13SEPULTURE11CONFITURE14PRELATURE11

Ten letter words ending in TURE

LITERATURE10CONJECTURE21CARICATURE14PREFECTURE17FORFEITURE16SUBCULTURE14QUADRATURE20JUDICATURE20APICULTURE14NUNCIATURE12AVICULTURE15ANTINATURE10COMMIXTURE23CONTEXTURE19OVERMATURE15

Eleven letters and longer

TEMPERATURE15INFRASTRUCTURE19ARCHITECTURE19AGRICULTURE14LEGISLATURE12MANUFACTURE18EXPENDITURE21NOMENCLATURE16HORTICULTURE17AQUACULTURE22ACUPUNCTURE17RESTRUCTURE13SUPERSTRUCTURE18PORTRAITURE13COUNTERCULTURE18MUSCULATURE15INVESTITURE14MICROSTRUCTURE20MISADVENTURE18VITICULTURE16CANDIDATURE15MONOCULTURE15VASCULATURE16DIVESTITURE15

The longest in the list is MICROVASCULATURE, with 16 letters.

Spotting TURE words in a game

  • Look for T, U, R and E together. If your letters include all four, set them aside as an ending and see what the rest can make in front of them.
  • Try common starts. Many TURE words begin with a short piece you already know: PIC, CUL, FEA, MIX, TEX or POS.
  • Fill a crossword gap. If you know the word ends in TURE and how long it is, type a pattern such as ???TURE into the crossword helper to see every word that fits.

To find every word your own letters can make, use the word unscrambler.

Questions

What are six letter words ending in TURE?

FUTURE, NATURE, MATURE and SUTURE.

How many words end in TURE?

164 words in the ENABLE list end in TURE.

What is the longest word ending in TURE?

MICROVASCULATURE, with 16 letters. Long everyday examples include TEMPERATURE, AGRICULTURE and LITERATURE.