Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 10-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ISE often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: aggrandise, allegorise, apostatise.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| aggrandise | 10 | 3 | |
| allegorise | 10 | 4 | |
| apostatise | 10 | 4 | |
| bastardise | 10 | 3 | |
| bourgeoise | 10 | 2 | |
| bowdlerise | 10 | 3 | |
| capitalise | 10 | 4 | |
| caramelise | 10 | 4 | |
| categorise | 10 | 4 | |
| centralise | 10 | 3 | |
| circumcise | 10 | 3 | |
| compromise | 10 | 3 | |
| cornerwise | 10 | 3 | |
| enterprise | 10 | 3 | |
| generalise | 10 | 4 | |
| geometrise | 10 | 3 | |
| gormandise | 10 | 3 | |
| homogenise | 10 | 4 | |
| imparadise | 10 | 4 | |
| italianise | 10 | 4 | |
| jeopardise | 10 | 3 | |
| legitimise | 10 | 4 | |
| lengthwise | 10 | 2 | |
| liberalise | 10 | 4 | |
| lobotomise | 10 | 4 | |
| lyophilise | 10 | 3 | |
| lysogenise | 10 | 4 | |
| mayonnaise | 10 | 2 | |
| militarise | 10 | 4 | |
| mineralise | 10 | 4 | |
| moisturise | 10 | 3 | |
| monopolise | 10 | 4 | |
| musicalise | 10 | 4 | |
| naturalise | 10 | 4 | |
| neutralise | 10 | 3 | |
| outpromise | 10 | 3 | |
| overpraise | 10 | 3 | |
| parasitise | 10 | 4 | |
| pasteurise | 10 | 3 | |
| plagiarise | 10 | 3 | |
| politicise | 10 | 4 | |
| polymerise | 10 | 4 | |
| popularise | 10 | 4 | |
| pressurise | 10 | 3 | |
| profitwise | 10 | 3 | |
| radicalise | 10 | 4 | |
| reappraise | 10 | 2 | |
| revitalise | 10 | 4 | |
| scandalise | 10 | 3 | |
| scrutinise | 10 | 3 | |
| secularise | 10 | 4 | |
| solubilise | 10 | 4 | |
| specialise | 10 | 3 | |
| streetwise | 10 | 2 | |
| sulphurise | 10 | 3 | |
| sympathise | 10 | 3 | |
| syncretise | 10 | 3 | |
| theologise | 10 | 3 | |
| thwartwise | 10 | 2 | |
| traumatise | 10 | 3 | |
| trivialise | 10 | 3 | |
| volatilise | 10 | 4 | |
| westernise | 10 | 3 |
What’s typical about ISE-ending words?
ISE often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.