Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like CAL often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: abapical, alogical, atomical.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| abapical | 8 | 4 | |
| alogical | 8 | 4 | |
| atomical | 8 | 4 | |
| atypical | 8 | 4 | |
| berascal | 8 | 3 | |
| biblical | 8 | 3 | |
| biotical | 8 | 3 | |
| cervical | 8 | 3 | |
| chemical | 8 | 3 | |
| clerical | 8 | 3 | |
| clinical | 8 | 3 | |
| confocal | 8 | 3 | |
| cortical | 8 | 3 | |
| cosmical | 8 | 3 | |
| critical | 8 | 3 | |
| cyclical | 8 | 3 | |
| deifical | 8 | 3 | |
| duncical | 8 | 3 | |
| epifocal | 8 | 4 | |
| erotical | 8 | 4 | |
| ethnical | 8 | 3 | |
| farcical | 8 | 3 | |
| fornical | 8 | 3 | |
| gestical | 8 | 3 | |
| gnomical | 8 | 3 | |
| haptical | 8 | 3 | |
| hectical | 8 | 3 | |
| heliacal | 8 | 3 | |
| heroical | 8 | 3 | |
| iatrical | 8 | 3 | |
| iconical | 8 | 4 | |
| inimical | 8 | 4 | |
| irenical | 8 | 4 | |
| ironical | 8 | 4 | |
| lubrical | 8 | 3 | |
| maniacal | 8 | 3 | |
| meniscal | 8 | 3 | |
| metrical | 8 | 3 | |
| mystical | 8 | 3 | |
| mythical | 8 | 3 | |
| nautical | 8 | 3 | |
| nonfocal | 8 | 3 | |
| nonlocal | 8 | 3 | |
| nonvocal | 8 | 3 | |
| novercal | 8 | 3 | |
| oothecal | 8 | 3 | |
| orphical | 8 | 3 | |
| oviducal | 8 | 4 | |
| parfocal | 8 | 3 | |
| physical | 8 | 3 | |
| poetical | 8 | 3 | |
| pollical | 8 | 3 | |
| rubrical | 8 | 3 | |
| rustical | 8 | 3 | |
| scenical | 8 | 3 | |
| septical | 8 | 3 | |
| silvical | 8 | 3 | |
| statical | 8 | 3 | |
| sterical | 8 | 3 | |
| subvocal | 8 | 3 | |
| surgical | 8 | 3 | |
| syndical | 8 | 3 | |
| tactical | 8 | 3 | |
| thetical | 8 | 3 | |
| thoracal | 8 | 3 | |
| tragical | 8 | 3 | |
| trifocal | 8 | 3 | |
| tropical | 8 | 3 | |
| turrical | 8 | 3 | |
| univocal | 8 | 4 | |
| vertical | 8 | 3 | |
| viatical | 8 | 3 | |
| vortical | 8 | 3 | |
| zodiacal | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about CAL-ending words?
CAL often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.