Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like IAN often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: actinian, agrarian, aphelian.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| actinian | 8 | 3 | |
| agrarian | 8 | 3 | |
| aphelian | 8 | 3 | |
| aphidian | 8 | 3 | |
| apiarian | 8 | 3 | |
| aquarian | 8 | 3 | |
| arcadian | 8 | 3 | |
| ascidian | 8 | 3 | |
| bohemian | 8 | 3 | |
| cesarian | 8 | 3 | |
| civilian | 8 | 3 | |
| comedian | 8 | 3 | |
| conidian | 8 | 3 | |
| conquian | 8 | 2 | |
| countian | 8 | 2 | |
| demonian | 8 | 3 | |
| diluvian | 8 | 3 | |
| egyptian | 8 | 3 | |
| ethician | 8 | 3 | |
| favonian | 8 | 3 | |
| filarian | 8 | 3 | |
| guardian | 8 | 2 | |
| gypseian | 8 | 2 | |
| hominian | 8 | 3 | |
| iguanian | 8 | 3 | |
| isthmian | 8 | 2 | |
| logician | 8 | 3 | |
| lunarian | 8 | 3 | |
| magician | 8 | 3 | |
| malarian | 8 | 3 | |
| melanian | 8 | 3 | |
| meridian | 8 | 3 | |
| monecian | 8 | 3 | |
| musician | 8 | 3 | |
| mycelian | 8 | 3 | |
| obsidian | 8 | 3 | |
| ophidian | 8 | 3 | |
| optician | 8 | 3 | |
| pagurian | 8 | 3 | |
| papyrian | 8 | 3 | |
| pelorian | 8 | 3 | |
| plebeian | 8 | 2 | |
| riparian | 8 | 3 | |
| rosarian | 8 | 3 | |
| sirenian | 8 | 3 | |
| syrphian | 8 | 2 | |
| thespian | 8 | 2 | |
| valerian | 8 | 3 | |
| venetian | 8 | 3 | |
| vesuvian | 8 | 3 | |
| viridian | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about IAN-ending words?
IAN often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.