Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like IRE often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: backfire, balefire, barbwire.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| backfire | 8 | 2 | |
| balefire | 8 | 3 | |
| barbwire | 8 | 2 | |
| bushfire | 8 | 2 | |
| campfire | 8 | 2 | |
| camphire | 8 | 2 | |
| casimire | 8 | 3 | |
| coadmire | 8 | 2 | |
| conspire | 8 | 2 | |
| drumfire | 8 | 2 | |
| hangfire | 8 | 2 | |
| hardwire | 8 | 2 | |
| hellfire | 8 | 2 | |
| overtire | 8 | 3 | |
| perspire | 8 | 2 | |
| postfire | 8 | 2 | |
| quagmire | 8 | 2 | |
| samphire | 8 | 2 | |
| sapphire | 8 | 2 | |
| sautoire | 8 | 2 | |
| spitfire | 8 | 2 | |
| surefire | 8 | 3 | |
| tripwire | 8 | 2 | |
| wildfire | 8 | 2 |
What’s typical about IRE-ending words?
IRE often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.