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A curated list of 7-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like DES often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: abrades, accedes, acnodes.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| abrades | 7 | 3 | |
| accedes | 7 | 3 | |
| acnodes | 7 | 3 | |
| alcades | 7 | 3 | |
| alludes | 7 | 3 | |
| almudes | 7 | 3 | |
| aphides | 7 | 3 | |
| apsides | 7 | 3 | |
| arcades | 7 | 3 | |
| aubades | 7 | 3 | |
| besides | 7 | 3 | |
| betides | 7 | 3 | |
| blendes | 7 | 2 | |
| blondes | 7 | 2 | |
| bolides | 7 | 3 | |
| borides | 7 | 3 | |
| childes | 7 | 2 | |
| decades | 7 | 3 | |
| decides | 7 | 3 | |
| decodes | 7 | 3 | |
| deludes | 7 | 3 | |
| denudes | 7 | 3 | |
| derides | 7 | 3 | |
| divides | 7 | 3 | |
| dryades | 7 | 2 | |
| duendes | 7 | 2 | |
| dynodes | 7 | 3 | |
| encodes | 7 | 3 | |
| excides | 7 | 3 | |
| facades | 7 | 3 | |
| glandes | 7 | 2 | |
| gourdes | 7 | 2 | |
| halides | 7 | 3 | |
| heredes | 7 | 3 | |
| hexades | 7 | 3 | |
| impedes | 7 | 3 | |
| incudes | 7 | 3 | |
| insides | 7 | 3 | |
| invades | 7 | 3 | |
| iodides | 7 | 3 | |
| lapides | 7 | 3 | |
| lipides | 7 | 3 | |
| monades | 7 | 3 | |
| naiades | 7 | 2 | |
| noyades | 7 | 2 | |
| oreides | 7 | 3 | |
| oroides | 7 | 3 | |
| parades | 7 | 3 | |
| pesades | 7 | 3 | |
| pomades | 7 | 3 | |
| pyxides | 7 | 3 | |
| recedes | 7 | 3 | |
| recodes | 7 | 3 | |
| resides | 7 | 3 | |
| sarodes | 7 | 3 | |
| secedes | 7 | 3 | |
| strides | 7 | 2 | |
| tirades | 7 | 3 | |
| triodes | 7 | 2 | |
| unlades | 7 | 3 | |
| upsides | 7 | 3 | |
| ureides | 7 | 3 |
What’s typical about DES-ending words?
DES often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.