Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ICK often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: baldrick, benedick, bluetick.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| baldrick | 8 | 2 | |
| benedick | 8 | 3 | |
| bluetick | 8 | 2 | |
| bootlick | 8 | 2 | |
| boychick | 8 | 2 | |
| dabchick | 8 | 2 | |
| dipstick | 8 | 2 | |
| dominick | 8 | 3 | |
| downtick | 8 | 2 | |
| dropkick | 8 | 2 | |
| handpick | 8 | 2 | |
| homesick | 8 | 3 | |
| joystick | 8 | 2 | |
| limerick | 8 | 3 | |
| lipstick | 8 | 2 | |
| lobstick | 8 | 2 | |
| lopstick | 8 | 2 | |
| lovesick | 8 | 3 | |
| maverick | 8 | 3 | |
| nonstick | 8 | 2 | |
| outslick | 8 | 2 | |
| outtrick | 8 | 2 | |
| oversick | 8 | 3 | |
| pickwick | 8 | 2 | |
| pigstick | 8 | 2 | |
| pinprick | 8 | 2 | |
| politick | 8 | 3 | |
| redbrick | 8 | 2 | |
| sidekick | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about ICK-ending words?
ICK often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.