Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like AST often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: antepast, backcast, chiliast.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| antepast | 8 | 3 | |
| backcast | 8 | 2 | |
| chiliast | 8 | 2 | |
| contrast | 8 | 2 | |
| downcast | 8 | 2 | |
| endocast | 8 | 3 | |
| epiblast | 8 | 3 | |
| forecast | 8 | 3 | |
| foremast | 8 | 3 | |
| forepast | 8 | 3 | |
| handfast | 8 | 2 | |
| holdfast | 8 | 2 | |
| mainmast | 8 | 2 | |
| makefast | 8 | 3 | |
| myoblast | 8 | 2 | |
| newscast | 8 | 2 | |
| opencast | 8 | 3 | |
| outboast | 8 | 2 | |
| outfeast | 8 | 2 | |
| overcast | 8 | 3 | |
| overfast | 8 | 3 | |
| overpast | 8 | 3 | |
| pederast | 8 | 3 | |
| phantast | 8 | 2 | |
| seacoast | 8 | 2 | |
| stedfast | 8 | 2 | |
| telecast | 8 | 3 | |
| typecast | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about AST-ending words?
AST often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.