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10-letter words with S as the 8th letter

A curated list of 10-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when S is fixed in the 8th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: absurdisms, absurdists, academisms.

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1317 words
Word Definition Length Syllables
absurdisms103
absurdists103
academisms104
acanthuses104
achinesses104
acidnesses104
actomyosin104
adenitises105
advertised104
advertiser104
advertises104
aerialists103
aerobioses104
aerobiosis104
afflatuses104
aftertaste103
agednesses104
airinesses104
alchemists103
allergists103
almshouses103
alphosises104
amanuenses104
amanuensis104
amiantuses104
amoebiases104
amoebiasis104
amoralisms104
amplexuses104
anablepses104
anabolisms104
anageneses105
anagenesis105
analogists104
anarchisms103
anarchists103
anatomised105
anatomises105
anatomists104
anesthesia104
anestruses104
anglicised104
anglicises104
anglicisms103
animalisms104
antecessor104
antibioses104
antibiosis104
antinausea104
antisepses104
antisepsis104
antitheses104
antithesis104
aphaereses104
aphaeresis104
apologised105
apologises105
apologists104
apotheoses104
apotheosis104
arabinoses105
archivists103
archnesses103
aridnesses104
arquebuses104
artinesses104
asbestoses104
asbestosis104
asbestuses104
ascariases104
ascariasis104
ashinesses104
atonalisms104
atonalists104
auteurists103
authorised104
authorises104
autobusses104
autoecisms103
avidnesses104
awaynesses104
babesioses104
babesiosis104
backhouses103
baldnesses103
balladists103
barbarisms103
barenesses104
baronesses104
basenesses104
bassnesses103
bathhouses103
baudronses103
berberises104
biasnesses103
biblicisms103
biblicists103
bibulously104
bicyclists103
bigamously104
biocenoses104
biocenosis104
biogeneses104
biogenesis104
biologisms103
biologists103
bipartisan104
birdhouses103
blacklists102
bluenesses103
boathouses103
boldnesses103
boninesses104
bootlessly103
botrytises104
boxinesses104
braillists102
braincases103
bratwursts102
breakfasts102
briefcases103
broadcasts102
brownnosed103
brownnoser103
brownnoses103
brutalised104
brutalises104
bunkhouses103
bursitises104
businesses104
busynesses104
buttressed103
buttresses103
byssinoses104
byssinosis104
caciquisms103
caginesses104
calabooses104
calcinoses104
calcinosis104
calculuses104
calmnesses103
calvadoses104
camorrista104
camorristi104
cannabises104
canonesses104
canorously104
captiously103
carburised104
carburises104
carditises104
careerisms103
careerists103
carelessly104
cartelised104
cartelises104
cataclysms103
cataplasms103
catecheses104
catechesis104
catechisms103
catechists103
cateresses104
cautiously103
cellulases104
celluloses104
cellulosic104
cervelases104
chanteuses103
charmeuses103
checklists102
chicnesses103
chimerisms103
chophouses103
choraguses104
choreguses104
clematises104
clitorises104
clubhouses103
coagulases104
cockhorses103
cocomposer104
coiffeuses103
coldnesses103
collagists103
colossuses104
colpitises104
columnists103
communised104
communises104
communisms103
communists103
comparison104
compressed103
compresses103
compressor103
concourses103
congressed103
congresses103
convalesce103
cookhouses103
coolnesses103
copperases104
cornetists103
cosinesses104
costlessly103
counterspy103
countersue102
countesses103
couscouses103
covetously104
cozinesses104
crankcases103
crayonists102
cretinisms103
criticised104
criticises104
criticisms103
cumbrously103
curtnesses103
customised104
customises104
cutenesses104
cutgrasses103
cymbalists103
cytoplasms103
daftnesses103
damnedests103
dampnesses103
danknesses103
darknesses103
deadnesses103
deafnesses103
deaminases104
dearnesses103
deckhouses103
decomposed104
decomposer104
decomposes104
decongests103
decorously104
deepnesses103
defeatisms103
defeatists103
defocussed104
defocusses104
deftnesses103
deliquesce103
demitasses104
demonesses104
denturists103
dermatoses104
dermatosis104
desirously104
despotisms103
dewinesses104
diabolisms103
diabolists103
diageneses104
diagenesis104
diakineses104
diakinesis104
dialogists103
dianthuses103
diapedeses104
diapedesis104
dichroisms102
dickcissel103
dicrotisms103
diestruses103
direnesses104
discoursed103
discourser103
discourses103
dishonesty104
disinfests103
disinvests103
displeased103
displeases103
dispraised103
dispraiser103
dispraises103
dissatisfy104
distressed103
distresses103
dogmatisms103
dogmatists103
dollhouses103
dolorously104
donenesses104
dopinesses104
dournesses103
downbursts102
dozinesses104
drabnesses103
dramatised104
dramatises104
dramatists103
druidesses103
dryasdusts102
dullnesses103
dumbnesses103
dysgeneses104
dysgenesis104
dyskinesia104
earthrises103
easinesses104
ecchymoses104
ecchymosis104
ecdysiasts103
eclipsises104
ecologists104
economised105
economises105
economists104
ectoplasms103
ecumenisms104
ecumenists104
edginesses104
editresses104
eelgrasses103
eerinesses104
effervesce103
effloresce103
empathised104
empathises104
emphasised104
emphasises104
enamelists104
encomiasts103
endoplasms103
endosmoses104
enologists104
enormously104
entelluses104
enuresises105
eohippuses104
epentheses104
epenthesis104
epexegeses105
epexegesis105
epicenisms104
epicurisms104
epigeneses105
epigenesis105
epigonisms104
epimerases105
epitomised105
epitomises105
equipoised104
equipoises104
eremitisms104
eroticisms104
eroticists104
erythrisms103
erythrosin104
esthesises104
eucharises104
eunuchisms103
euonymuses104
euphemised104
euphemises104
euphemisms103
euphemists103
euthanasia104
euthanasic104
euthenists103
evennesses104
evilnesses104
evonymuses105
excursuses104
exegetists104
exiguously104
exocytoses105
exocytosis105
exoticisms104
expertises104
expertisms103
extradoses104
extremisms103
extremists103
eyednesses103
eyeglasses103
fabulously104
factiously103
fairnesses103
fantasised104
fantasises104
fantasists103
farmhouses103
fastnesses103
fearlessly103
fecklessly103
fellnesses103
fetichisms103
fetishisms103
fetishists103
feudalisms103
feudalists103
filariases104
filariasis104
finenesses104
firehouses104
firmnesses103
flatnesses103
flavorists103
flawlessly103
flophouses103
fondnesses103
footlessly103
foreclosed104
forecloses104
forepassed104
formalised104
formalises104
formalisms103
formalists103
formlessly103
fortressed103
fortresses103
fossilised104
fossilises104
foulnesses103
foxinesses104
fozinesses104
framboises103
franchised103
franchisee102
franchiser103
franchises103
franchisor103
freenesses103
fremituses104
fullnesses103
fundraiser103
fusionists103
galactoses104
galactosyl104
galleasses103
galliasses103
gallicisms103
galvanised104
galvanises104
galvanisms103
gamenesses104
gaminesses104
gastnesses103
gatehouses104
generously104
gentilesse103
geodesists103
geologists103
giantesses103
giardiases103
giardiasis103
gigantisms103
gladnesses103
glamorised104
glamorises104
glegnesses103
glibnesses103
globalised104
globalises104
globalisms103
globalists103
gloriously103
glumnesses103
glycolyses104
glycolysis104
gonenesses104
goodnesses103
gorgeously103
gorinesses104
governessy104
graciously103
granuloses104
granulosis104
gravitases104
graynesses103
greynesses103
grievously103
grimnesses103
guideposts103
guitarists103
haggadists103
halenesses104
halfnesses103
hamantasch103
handclasps102
hardnesses103
harmlessly103
harmonised104
harmonises104
hazinesses104
heedlessly103
helplessly103
hemoptyses104
hemoptysis104
hemostases104
hemostasis104
herbalists103
herculeses104
hermetisms103
hermetists103
hermitisms103
heroinisms103
hibiscuses104
highnesses103
hillcrests102
hirsutisms103
hispanisms103
histolyses104
histolysis104
hoarfrosts102
hokinesses104
holinesses104
holocausts103
hominesses104
hoodooisms102
hopelessly104
hotpressed103
hotpresses103
hugenesses104
humorously104
huntresses103
hybridisms103
hydrolases104
hydrolyses104
hydrolysis104
hygienists103
hylozoisms103
hylozoists103
hypabyssal104
hypnotisms103
hypnotists103
hypoblasts103
hypocausts103
hypophyses104
hypophysis104
hypoplasia104
hypostases104
hypostasis104
hypotheses104
hypothesis104
hystereses104
hysteresis104
ickinesses104
idioblasts103
idlenesses104
iffinesses104
improvised104
improviser104
improvises104
improvisor104
incandesce103
indisposed104
indisposes104
infamously104
inkinesses104
innermosts103
interbasin104
intercaste103
interfused104
interfuses104
internists103
interposed104
interposer104
interposes104
intradoses104
intranasal104
invertases104
ironnesses104
isoglossal104
isoglosses104
isoglossic104
isomerases105
isomerisms104
italicised105
italicises105
jailhouses103
jesuitisms103
jinricksha103
jinrikisha104
jokinesses104
justnesses103
juxtaposed104
juxtaposes104
kaiserisms103
karateists103
keennesses103
kiloparsec104
kindlessly103
kindnesses103
kurtosises104
lacinesses104
lamenesses104
landmasses103
lanknesses103
larcenists103
latenesses104
lathyrisms103
lazinesses104
leannesses103
lederhosen104
lewdnesses103
lifelessly104
likenesses104
liminesses104
limpnesses103
linearised104
linearises104
listlessly103
liturgists103
livenesses104
lobscouses103
loginesses104
lonenesses104
longhouses103
longnesses103
lornnesses103
lostnesses103
loudnesses103
lovelessly104
lowercased104
lowercases104
luftmensch102
luminously104
lusciously103
lushnesses103
lustrously103
machinists103
macrocosms103
magnetised104
magnetises104
magnetisms103
malenesses104
mammonisms103
mammonists103
mandamused104
mandamuses104
manganeses104
mannerisms103
mannerists103
marasmuses104
marbleised103
marbleises103
marimbists103
marquesses103
masochisms103
masochists103
matinesses104
mattrasses103
mattresses103
mayoresses103
mazinesses104
meannesses103
mechanisms103
mechanists103
medallists103
meeknesses103
meetnesses103
megalopses104
megaparsec104
meliorisms103
meliorists103
memoirists103
meniscuses104
menopausal104
menopauses104
mentalisms103
mentalists103
mephitises104
mercerised104
mercerises104
meromyosin104
mesmerised104
mesmerises104
mesmerisms103
mesmerists103
mesopauses104
metaphases104
metaphysic104
metaplasia104
metastases104
metastasis104
metatarsal104
metatarsus104
metatheses104
metathesis104
methodised104
methodises104
methodisms103
methodists103
methylases104
metritises104
microbuses104
microcosms103
mildnesses103
mindlessly103
minibusses104
mirinesses104
misadjusts103
misadvised104
misadvises104
misbiassed103
misbiasses103
misclassed103
misclasses103
misfocused104
misfocuses104
misguessed103
misguesses103
misoneisms103
mistresses103
mittimuses104
modernised104
modernises104
modernisms103
modernists103
molasseses104
monachisms103
mongolisms103
moniliases104
moniliasis104
monochasia104
monoecisms103
mosaicisms103
mosaicists103
motorbuses104
movelessly104
muchnesses103
mullahisms103
mutenesses104
mutinously104
mutualisms103
mutualists103
mycoplasma104
myositises104
myosotises104
mysticisms103
nabobesses104
namelessly104
nauseously103
nautiluses104
nearnesses103
neatnesses103
nebulously104
needlessly103
neoclassic103
neologisms103
neuritises104
newsperson103
nicenesses104
nighnesses103
nonartists103
nonclasses103
nonexposed104
nonplussed103
nonplusses103
nonprossed103
nonprosses103
nontheists102
normalised104
normalises104
northeasts102
northwests102
nosinesses104
nudenesses104
numbnesses103
numerously104
numinouses104
nutgrasses103
oasthouses103
occultisms103
occultists103
ocularists104
oilinesses104
oozinesses104
opennesses104
oratresses104
orchitises104
ornithoses104
ornithosis104
orogeneses105
orogenesis105
orthotists103
osteosises104
ostracised104
ostracises104
ostracisms103
outblessed103
outblesses103
outclassed103
outclasses103
outcrossed103
outcrosses103
outdressed103
outdresses103
outgrossed103
outgrosses103
outguessed103
outguesses103
outpressed103
outpresses103
outthrusts102
ovalnesses104
overpassed104
overpasses104
overpluses104
oversudsed104
oversudses104
oxyuriases104
oxyuriasis104
packhorses103
packnesses103
painlessly103
palenesses104
palletised104
palletises104
palliasses103
pancreases103
pandanuses104
pangeneses104
pangenesis104
panmixises104
pantheisms102
pantheists102
parabioses104
parabiosis104
paramnesia104
paraphyses104
paraphysis104
passivisms103
passivists103
pastelists103
pastnesses103
patronised104
patronises104
pauperisms103
peerlessly103
pelletised104
pelletises104
penthouses103
peptidases104
perilously104
periplasts103
pertnesses103
pessimisms103
pessimists103
pesthouses103
photolyses104
photolysis104
photomasks103
phylaxises104
phylesises104
physicists103
pingrasses103
pinknesses103
pipinesses104
piroplasma104
piroplasms103
pitilessly104
pityriases104
pityriasis104
pixinesses104
planlessly103
platypuses104
playhouses103
pluralisms103
pluralists103
poeticisms103
pogromists103
pokinesses104
politesses104
pollenoses104
pollenosis104
pollinoses104
pollinosis104
polonaises104
polydipsia104
polydipsic104
polyphasic104
ponderosas104
poorhouses103
poornesses103
populously104
portresses103
poshnesses103
postcrises103
postcrisis103
postprison103
postseason103
poxviruses104
preblessed103
preblesses103
preciouses103
preciously103
precreased103
precreases103
predigests103
prefocused104
prefocuses104
previously103
primnesses103
princesses103
prioresses103
privatised104
privatises104
privatisms103
progressed103
progresses103
propolises104
prosodists103
prostheses103
prosthesis103
proviruses104
prurituses104
publicised104
publicises104
publicists103
puerilisms103
pulverised104
pulverises104
puninesses104
purenesses104
putschists102
pyelitises104
quixotisms103
rabbinisms103
racehorses104
racialisms103
racialists103
racinesses104
radiolyses104
radiolysis104
raffinoses104
railbusses103
ranknesses103
raptnesses103
rarenesses104
rashnesses103
ravenously104
raygrasses103
realnesses103
reanalyses104
reanalysis104
reassessed103
reassesses103
rebaptisms103
recklessly103
recognised104
recognises104
recomposed104
recomposes104
recordists103
recrudesce103
redbreasts102
redisposed104
redisposes104
reductases104
reemphases103
reemphasis103
refocussed104
refocusses104
reformisms103
reformists103
reimbursed103
reimburses103
reimmersed103
reimmerses103
relicensed104
relicenses104
reoviruses104
replicases104
rereleased104
rereleases104
reservists103
restlessly103
restressed103
restresses103
rhizopuses104
rhythmists102
ribgrasses103
richnesses103
rickettsia103
rifenesses104
rigorously104
riminesses104
ringhalses103
ringtosses103
ripenesses104
ritualisms103
ritualists103
roadhouses103
ropinesses104
rosinesses104
roughcasts102
rudenesses104
ruthlessly103
ryegrasses103
sacahuista104
sacahuiste103
safenesses104
sagenesses104
saltnesses103
samenesses104
sandblasts102
sanenesses104
saturnisms103
satyriases104
satyriasis104
sawboneses104
scabiouses103
scabrously103
scenarists103
scholiasts102
scientisms102
scientists102
scirrhuses103
seamlessly103
sedulously104
selflessly103
selfnesses103
sensitised104
sensitises104
sensuously103
serialised104
serialises104
serialisms103
serialists103
sexinesses104
shamanisms103
shamanists103
shortlists102
sicknesses103
signalised104
signalises104
simulcasts103
sizinesses104
skewnesses103
slimnesses103
slownesses103
smartasses103
smearcases103
smiercases103
smugnesses103
snubnesses103
snugnesses103
socialised104
socialises104
socialisms103
socialists103
softnesses103
solenesses104
solipsisms103
solipsists103
solonetses104
solvolyses104
solvolysis104
songlessly103
sonorously104
sorenesses104
soullessly103
sournesses103
sourpusses103
southeasts102
southwests102
sovietisms103
spaciously103
speciously103
sphenopsid103
sphygmuses103
spiritisms103
spiritists103
sporocysts103
spotlessly103
sprynesses103
spuriously103
spyglasses103
staircases103
statocysts103
stereopses103
stereopsis103
sternposts102
stonemason104
studhorses103
studiously103
subclassed103
subclasses103
subcutises104
subgenuses104
submucosae103
submucosal104
submucosas104
subsidised104
subsidises104
subtilisin104
succubuses104
suchnesses103
sulfatases104
summarised104
summarises104
sundresses103
sunglasses103
superposed104
superposes104
supervised104
supervises104
supervisor104
suppressed103
suppresses103
suppressor103
surenesses104
susurruses104
swarajists103
syllabuses104
syllogisms103
syllogists103
symbolised104
symbolises104
symbolisms103
symbolists103
synaereses104
synaeresis104
syndesises104
synergisms103
synergists103
synostoses104
synostosis104
syphilises104
tactlessly103
tallnesses103
talmudisms103
tamenesses104
tantalised104
tantalises104
tantaluses104
tarantases104
tarantisms103
tartnesses103
tattooists102
tautnesses103
teargassed103
teargasses103
tectonisms103
telophases104
temporised104
temporises104
tendresses103
tenebrisms103
tenebrists103
tenesmuses104
terminuses104
terrorised104
terrorises104
terrorisms103
terrorists103
thanatoses104
thelitises104
therapists103
theurgists102
thimerosal104
thinnesses103
thromboses103
thrombosis103
tidinesses104
tillandsia103
timelessly104
timorously104
timpanists103
tininesses104
tinnituses104
tirelessly104
titanesses104
tollhouses103
tonelessly104
tonoplasts103
toolhouses103
toothpaste102
topcrosses103
tortiously103
tortuously103
townhouses103
toxoplasma104
transfused103
transfuses103
transposed103
transposes103
transposon103
trapezists103
trehaloses104
trespassed103
trespasser103
trespasses103
tribalisms103
trichiases103
trichiasis103
trignesses103
trimnesses103
tritheisms102
tritheists102
truenesses103
tunelessly104
turquoises103
tutoresses104
tympanists103
tyrannised104
tyrannises104
ufologists104
uglinesses104
ultrabasic104
unappeased104
uncoalesce103
unconfused104
unconfuses104
unctuously103
unenclosed104
unfocussed104
unlicensed104
unreleased104
unstressed103
unstresses103
uppercased104
uppercases104
urinalyses105
urinalysis105
urokinases105
urologists104
usuriously104
uttermosts103
uvulitises105
uxoriously104
vainnesses103
valorously104
vampirisms103
vandalised104
vandalises104
vandalisms103
vaporously104
vasospasms103
vastnesses103
venomously104
verbalisms103
verbalists103
victimised104
victimises104
victresses103
videodiscs103
videodisks103
viewlessly103
vigorously104
vilenesses104
violinists103
viperously104
virtuously103
visualised104
visualises104
vitelluses104
vitreouses103
voidnesses103
volcanisms103
volvuluses104
voodooisms102
voodooists102
vorticisms103
vorticists103
votaresses104
voyeurisms102
vulcanised104
vulcanises104
vulcanisms103
vulgarised104
vulgarises104
vulgarisms103
vulvitises104
waitperson103
waitressed103
waitresses103
wardresses103
warehoused104
warehouser104
warehouses104
warinesses104
warmnesses103
washhouses103
watchcases103
wavelessly104
wavinesses104
waxinesses104
weaknesses103
welfarisms103
welfarists103
wellnesses103
whatnesses103
wheelbases103
widenesses104
wildnesses103
wilinesses104
windblasts102
windlassed103
windlasses103
windlessly103
wirelessed104
wirelesses104
wirinesses104
wisenesses104
witticisms103
wondrously103
wordlessly103
workhorses103
workhouses103
wornnesses103
zaninesses104
zeitgeists102
zitherists103
zoologists103

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed S in the 8th slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping S locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
We compile from a broad English list. Skim the top rows for more common picks.