A complete, filterable list of 61+ English words ending in -AGE — with definitions, word types, and difficulty ratings.
The "-age" suffix arrived in English from French and covers several distinct meanings. As a collective noun suffix it means "a collection of" (foliage, baggage). As a process noun it means "the act of" (storage, passage). As a place noun it marks a site or settlement (village, hermitage). This range makes "-age" words common across many registers — from casual (package, garbage) to formal (homage, heritage).
Part of speech: A mix of nouns denoting collection, place, or process (package, village, damage) and some verbs (manage, engage, ravage). The suffix entered English through Old French.
Short "-age" words score well in word games. "PAGE," "CAGE," "RAGE," and "SAGE" are all two-and-three-letter plays worth knowing for board extensions.
This list includes 61 English words ending in -age, drawn from a curated dictionary of 10,000+ words spanning everyday vocabulary, academic terms, and word-game forms. The count focuses on base forms; inflected variants (e.g. plurals or conjugations) are counted separately.
Common examples from this list include: Age, Average, L. Use the difficulty filter above to browse easy, medium, or hard words separately.
A mix of nouns denoting collection, place, or process (package, village, damage) and some verbs (manage, engage, ravage). The suffix entered English through Old French. Use the "Type" filter above to narrow the list to nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs specifically.
Most standard words on this list are accepted in major Scrabble dictionaries (TWL, SOWPODS). Some hard-difficulty words are archaic, borrowed, or dialect forms whose validity can vary between rulesets — always verify against the official word list for your competition or app.