Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ACT often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: abstract, artefact, artifact.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| abstract | 8 | 2 | |
| artefact | 8 | 3 | |
| artifact | 8 | 3 | |
| cataract | 8 | 3 | |
| contract | 8 | 2 | |
| diffract | 8 | 2 | |
| distract | 8 | 2 | |
| interact | 8 | 3 | |
| preenact | 8 | 2 | |
| protract | 8 | 2 | |
| retroact | 8 | 2 | |
| subtract | 8 | 2 | |
| transact | 8 | 2 | |
| underact | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about ACT-ending words?
ACT often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.