Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ANS often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: alloxans, artisans, ataghans.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| alloxans | 8 | 3 | |
| artisans | 8 | 3 | |
| ataghans | 8 | 3 | |
| barchans | 8 | 2 | |
| begroans | 8 | 2 | |
| bodhrans | 8 | 2 | |
| bogbeans | 8 | 2 | |
| brechans | 8 | 2 | |
| capelans | 8 | 3 | |
| capstans | 8 | 2 | |
| caravans | 8 | 3 | |
| caterans | 8 | 3 | |
| chazzans | 8 | 2 | |
| clachans | 8 | 2 | |
| claypans | 8 | 2 | |
| cooncans | 8 | 2 | |
| courlans | 8 | 2 | |
| crucians | 8 | 2 | |
| cyprians | 8 | 2 | |
| darshans | 8 | 2 | |
| deadpans | 8 | 2 | |
| dextrans | 8 | 2 | |
| dipnoans | 8 | 2 | |
| dishpans | 8 | 2 | |
| dustpans | 8 | 2 | |
| etesians | 8 | 3 | |
| firepans | 8 | 3 | |
| fustians | 8 | 2 | |
| gamelans | 8 | 3 | |
| gentians | 8 | 2 | |
| habitans | 8 | 3 | |
| hanumans | 8 | 3 | |
| hardpans | 8 | 2 | |
| harijans | 8 | 3 | |
| hessians | 8 | 2 | |
| hexosans | 8 | 3 | |
| indicans | 8 | 3 | |
| kneepans | 8 | 2 | |
| lesbians | 8 | 2 | |
| martians | 8 | 2 | |
| medusans | 8 | 3 | |
| minivans | 8 | 3 | |
| misplans | 8 | 2 | |
| monerans | 8 | 3 | |
| oppidans | 8 | 3 | |
| ortolans | 8 | 3 | |
| ottomans | 8 | 3 | |
| outplans | 8 | 2 | |
| outspans | 8 | 2 | |
| overmans | 8 | 3 | |
| pampeans | 8 | 2 | |
| paphians | 8 | 2 | |
| pelicans | 8 | 3 | |
| pemicans | 8 | 3 | |
| preplans | 8 | 2 | |
| proteans | 8 | 2 | |
| pullmans | 8 | 2 | |
| puritans | 8 | 3 | |
| quadrans | 8 | 2 | |
| quartans | 8 | 2 | |
| quintans | 8 | 2 | |
| recleans | 8 | 2 | |
| ruffians | 8 | 2 | |
| salpians | 8 | 2 | |
| saltpans | 8 | 2 | |
| saurians | 8 | 2 | |
| shaitans | 8 | 2 | |
| shebeans | 8 | 2 | |
| sheitans | 8 | 2 | |
| soybeans | 8 | 2 | |
| sporrans | 8 | 2 | |
| stewpans | 8 | 2 | |
| subclans | 8 | 2 | |
| subdeans | 8 | 2 | |
| swanpans | 8 | 2 | |
| tailfans | 8 | 2 | |
| telerans | 8 | 3 | |
| tertians | 8 | 2 | |
| urethans | 8 | 3 | |
| utopians | 8 | 3 | |
| veterans | 8 | 3 | |
| wanigans | 8 | 3 | |
| xanthans | 8 | 2 | |
| yatagans | 8 | 3 | |
| zymosans | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about ANS-ending words?
ANS often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.