Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like NAL often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: antennal, asternal, autumnal.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| antennal | 8 | 3 | |
| asternal | 8 | 3 | |
| autumnal | 8 | 3 | |
| cantonal | 8 | 3 | |
| cardinal | 8 | 3 | |
| columnal | 8 | 3 | |
| communal | 8 | 3 | |
| criminal | 8 | 3 | |
| cyclonal | 8 | 3 | |
| dentinal | 8 | 3 | |
| diaconal | 8 | 3 | |
| diagonal | 8 | 3 | |
| duodenal | 8 | 3 | |
| ecotonal | 8 | 4 | |
| external | 8 | 3 | |
| germinal | 8 | 3 | |
| hibernal | 8 | 3 | |
| hormonal | 8 | 3 | |
| imaginal | 8 | 4 | |
| infaunal | 8 | 3 | |
| infernal | 8 | 3 | |
| inguinal | 8 | 3 | |
| internal | 8 | 3 | |
| isogonal | 8 | 4 | |
| lagoonal | 8 | 3 | |
| marginal | 8 | 3 | |
| maternal | 8 | 3 | |
| matronal | 8 | 3 | |
| morainal | 8 | 3 | |
| motional | 8 | 3 | |
| national | 8 | 3 | |
| neuronal | 8 | 3 | |
| nonfinal | 8 | 3 | |
| nontonal | 8 | 3 | |
| notional | 8 | 3 | |
| noumenal | 8 | 3 | |
| optional | 8 | 3 | |
| original | 8 | 4 | |
| paternal | 8 | 3 | |
| patronal | 8 | 3 | |
| personal | 8 | 3 | |
| piscinal | 8 | 3 | |
| postanal | 8 | 3 | |
| prerenal | 8 | 3 | |
| rational | 8 | 3 | |
| regional | 8 | 3 | |
| seasonal | 8 | 3 | |
| shogunal | 8 | 3 | |
| siphonal | 8 | 3 | |
| staminal | 8 | 3 | |
| supernal | 8 | 3 | |
| tegminal | 8 | 3 | |
| terminal | 8 | 3 | |
| tribunal | 8 | 3 | |
| trigonal | 8 | 3 | |
| turbinal | 8 | 3 | |
| tympanal | 8 | 3 | |
| unisonal | 8 | 4 | |
| vaccinal | 8 | 3 | |
| virginal | 8 | 3 | |
| visional | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about NAL-ending words?
NAL often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.