Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like IL often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: aerofoil, aventail, bangtail.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| aerofoil | 8 | 3 | |
| aventail | 8 | 3 | |
| bangtail | 8 | 2 | |
| basophil | 8 | 3 | |
| brantail | 8 | 2 | |
| bucktail | 8 | 2 | |
| coattail | 8 | 2 | |
| cocktail | 8 | 2 | |
| coistril | 8 | 2 | |
| contrail | 8 | 2 | |
| daffodil | 8 | 3 | |
| doornail | 8 | 2 | |
| dovetail | 8 | 3 | |
| ducktail | 8 | 2 | |
| fauteuil | 8 | 2 | |
| fishtail | 8 | 2 | |
| foresail | 8 | 3 | |
| graymail | 8 | 2 | |
| gumbotil | 8 | 3 | |
| handrail | 8 | 2 | |
| hangnail | 8 | 2 | |
| headsail | 8 | 2 | |
| hightail | 8 | 2 | |
| horntail | 8 | 2 | |
| mainsail | 8 | 2 | |
| monorail | 8 | 3 | |
| moonsail | 8 | 2 | |
| outcavil | 8 | 3 | |
| overboil | 8 | 3 | |
| overtoil | 8 | 3 | |
| panbroil | 8 | 2 | |
| pickadil | 8 | 3 | |
| ponytail | 8 | 3 | |
| reassail | 8 | 2 | |
| rheophil | 8 | 2 | |
| ringtail | 8 | 2 | |
| spandril | 8 | 2 | |
| staysail | 8 | 2 | |
| stunsail | 8 | 2 | |
| taffrail | 8 | 2 | |
| tranquil | 8 | 2 | |
| treenail | 8 | 2 | |
| verticil | 8 | 3 | |
| whiptail | 8 | 2 |
What’s typical about IL-ending words?
IL often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.