Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like CLE often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: arbuscle, barnacle, bernicle.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| arbuscle | 8 | 2 | |
| barnacle | 8 | 2 | |
| bernicle | 8 | 2 | |
| binnacle | 8 | 2 | |
| biocycle | 8 | 2 | |
| canticle | 8 | 2 | |
| caruncle | 8 | 2 | |
| caulicle | 8 | 2 | |
| clavicle | 8 | 2 | |
| cornicle | 8 | 2 | |
| curricle | 8 | 2 | |
| denticle | 8 | 2 | |
| encircle | 8 | 2 | |
| epicycle | 8 | 3 | |
| fascicle | 8 | 2 | |
| follicle | 8 | 2 | |
| furuncle | 8 | 2 | |
| obstacle | 8 | 2 | |
| particle | 8 | 2 | |
| peduncle | 8 | 2 | |
| pellicle | 8 | 2 | |
| pentacle | 8 | 2 | |
| pinnacle | 8 | 2 | |
| recircle | 8 | 2 | |
| spiracle | 8 | 2 | |
| tentacle | 8 | 2 | |
| testicle | 8 | 2 | |
| tricycle | 8 | 2 | |
| tubercle | 8 | 2 | |
| unicycle | 8 | 3 | |
| vernacle | 8 | 2 | |
| vernicle | 8 | 2 | |
| versicle | 8 | 2 |
What’s typical about CLE-ending words?
CLE often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.