Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ARY often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: axillary, basilary, bestiary.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| axillary | 8 | 4 | |
| basilary | 8 | 4 | |
| bestiary | 8 | 3 | |
| boundary | 8 | 3 | |
| breviary | 8 | 3 | |
| burglary | 8 | 3 | |
| calamary | 8 | 4 | |
| catenary | 8 | 4 | |
| cavitary | 8 | 4 | |
| cinerary | 8 | 4 | |
| cometary | 8 | 4 | |
| contrary | 8 | 3 | |
| coronary | 8 | 4 | |
| costmary | 8 | 3 | |
| culinary | 8 | 4 | |
| decenary | 8 | 4 | |
| emissary | 8 | 4 | |
| funerary | 8 | 4 | |
| glossary | 8 | 3 | |
| honorary | 8 | 4 | |
| janisary | 8 | 4 | |
| janizary | 8 | 4 | |
| lacunary | 8 | 4 | |
| laminary | 8 | 4 | |
| lapidary | 8 | 4 | |
| limitary | 8 | 4 | |
| literary | 8 | 4 | |
| luminary | 8 | 4 | |
| military | 8 | 4 | |
| milliary | 8 | 3 | |
| monetary | 8 | 4 | |
| mortuary | 8 | 3 | |
| numerary | 8 | 4 | |
| obituary | 8 | 4 | |
| octonary | 8 | 4 | |
| ordinary | 8 | 4 | |
| outweary | 8 | 3 | |
| overwary | 8 | 4 | |
| phyllary | 8 | 3 | |
| plagiary | 8 | 3 | |
| polypary | 8 | 4 | |
| pupilary | 8 | 4 | |
| quandary | 8 | 3 | |
| rosemary | 8 | 4 | |
| salivary | 8 | 4 | |
| salutary | 8 | 4 | |
| sanitary | 8 | 4 | |
| seminary | 8 | 4 | |
| solidary | 8 | 4 | |
| solitary | 8 | 4 | |
| spermary | 8 | 3 | |
| stannary | 8 | 3 | |
| statuary | 8 | 3 | |
| tertiary | 8 | 3 | |
| textuary | 8 | 3 | |
| titulary | 8 | 4 | |
| tutelary | 8 | 4 | |
| vespiary | 8 | 3 | |
| vestiary | 8 | 3 | |
| vicenary | 8 | 4 | |
| vinegary | 8 | 4 |
What’s typical about ARY-ending words?
ARY often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.