Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ILS often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: abigails, airfoils, airmails.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| abigails | 8 | 3 | |
| airfoils | 8 | 2 | |
| airmails | 8 | 2 | |
| apostils | 8 | 3 | |
| bedevils | 8 | 3 | |
| bedrails | 8 | 2 | |
| bobtails | 8 | 2 | |
| cattails | 8 | 2 | |
| chervils | 8 | 2 | |
| codicils | 8 | 3 | |
| corbeils | 8 | 2 | |
| councils | 8 | 2 | |
| curtails | 8 | 2 | |
| despoils | 8 | 2 | |
| domicils | 8 | 3 | |
| embroils | 8 | 2 | |
| engrails | 8 | 2 | |
| entrails | 8 | 2 | |
| fantails | 8 | 2 | |
| fewtrils | 8 | 2 | |
| foxtails | 8 | 2 | |
| garboils | 8 | 2 | |
| gomerils | 8 | 3 | |
| gumboils | 8 | 2 | |
| hobnails | 8 | 2 | |
| imperils | 8 | 3 | |
| jonquils | 8 | 2 | |
| lugsails | 8 | 2 | |
| mandrils | 8 | 2 | |
| milfoils | 8 | 2 | |
| monofils | 8 | 3 | |
| nombrils | 8 | 2 | |
| nostrils | 8 | 2 | |
| outsails | 8 | 2 | |
| oxyphils | 8 | 3 | |
| parboils | 8 | 2 | |
| pasquils | 8 | 2 | |
| penicils | 8 | 3 | |
| pigtails | 8 | 2 | |
| pintails | 8 | 2 | |
| potboils | 8 | 2 | |
| preboils | 8 | 2 | |
| prevails | 8 | 2 | |
| rattails | 8 | 2 | |
| reavails | 8 | 2 | |
| redtails | 8 | 2 | |
| skysails | 8 | 2 | |
| stencils | 8 | 2 | |
| strigils | 8 | 2 | |
| strobils | 8 | 2 | |
| subsoils | 8 | 2 | |
| surveils | 8 | 2 | |
| tendrils | 8 | 2 | |
| tinfoils | 8 | 2 | |
| toenails | 8 | 2 | |
| topsails | 8 | 2 | |
| topsoils | 8 | 2 | |
| travails | 8 | 2 | |
| trefoils | 8 | 2 | |
| trenails | 8 | 2 | |
| trochils | 8 | 2 | |
| trysails | 8 | 2 | |
| tumbrils | 8 | 2 | |
| turmoils | 8 | 2 | |
| utensils | 8 | 3 | |
| ventails | 8 | 2 | |
| vermeils | 8 | 2 | |
| wagtails | 8 | 2 | |
| wassails | 8 | 2 |
What’s typical about ILS-ending words?
ILS often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.