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A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ENE often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: antigene, butylene, camphene.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| antigene | 8 | 3 | |
| butylene | 8 | 3 | |
| camphene | 8 | 2 | |
| carotene | 8 | 3 | |
| cymogene | 8 | 3 | |
| ethylene | 8 | 3 | |
| fluorene | 8 | 2 | |
| gadarene | 8 | 3 | |
| gangrene | 8 | 2 | |
| gasogene | 8 | 3 | |
| gasolene | 8 | 3 | |
| gazogene | 8 | 3 | |
| hegumene | 8 | 3 | |
| hypogene | 8 | 3 | |
| indigene | 8 | 3 | |
| isoprene | 8 | 3 | |
| kerosene | 8 | 3 | |
| limonene | 8 | 3 | |
| lycopene | 8 | 3 | |
| menthene | 8 | 2 | |
| neoprene | 8 | 2 | |
| oncogene | 8 | 3 | |
| phosgene | 8 | 2 | |
| polygene | 8 | 3 | |
| polytene | 8 | 3 | |
| pulicene | 8 | 3 | |
| pyroxene | 8 | 3 | |
| retinene | 8 | 3 | |
| squalene | 8 | 2 | |
| stilbene | 8 | 2 | |
| terebene | 8 | 3 | |
| xanthene | 8 | 2 | |
| zygotene | 8 | 3 | |
| zymogene | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about ENE-ending words?
ENE often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.