Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like NDS often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: absconds, armbands, astounds.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| absconds | 8 | 2 | |
| armbands | 8 | 2 | |
| astounds | 8 | 2 | |
| badlands | 8 | 2 | |
| bartends | 8 | 2 | |
| bookends | 8 | 2 | |
| brigands | 8 | 2 | |
| cofounds | 8 | 2 | |
| commands | 8 | 2 | |
| commends | 8 | 2 | |
| compends | 8 | 2 | |
| contends | 8 | 2 | |
| cowbinds | 8 | 2 | |
| cowhands | 8 | 2 | |
| deodands | 8 | 2 | |
| descends | 8 | 2 | |
| desponds | 8 | 2 | |
| diamonds | 8 | 2 | |
| disbands | 8 | 2 | |
| dispends | 8 | 2 | |
| distends | 8 | 2 | |
| dromonds | 8 | 2 | |
| expounds | 8 | 2 | |
| exscinds | 8 | 2 | |
| faciends | 8 | 2 | |
| fenlands | 8 | 2 | |
| forfends | 8 | 2 | |
| garlands | 8 | 2 | |
| godsends | 8 | 2 | |
| gormands | 8 | 2 | |
| hatbands | 8 | 2 | |
| hollands | 8 | 2 | |
| husbands | 8 | 2 | |
| impounds | 8 | 2 | |
| inbounds | 8 | 2 | |
| lallands | 8 | 2 | |
| lowlands | 8 | 2 | |
| midlands | 8 | 2 | |
| minuends | 8 | 2 | |
| misbinds | 8 | 2 | |
| missends | 8 | 2 | |
| mistends | 8 | 2 | |
| norlands | 8 | 2 | |
| operands | 8 | 3 | |
| outfinds | 8 | 2 | |
| outlands | 8 | 2 | |
| outwinds | 8 | 2 | |
| perpends | 8 | 2 | |
| plafonds | 8 | 2 | |
| portends | 8 | 2 | |
| prebends | 8 | 2 | |
| prebinds | 8 | 2 | |
| pretends | 8 | 2 | |
| probands | 8 | 2 | |
| propends | 8 | 2 | |
| protends | 8 | 2 | |
| reblends | 8 | 2 | |
| rebounds | 8 | 2 | |
| redounds | 8 | 2 | |
| refounds | 8 | 2 | |
| regrinds | 8 | 2 | |
| rescinds | 8 | 2 | |
| resounds | 8 | 2 | |
| responds | 8 | 2 | |
| ribbands | 8 | 2 | |
| rimlands | 8 | 2 | |
| stipends | 8 | 2 | |
| subtends | 8 | 2 | |
| summands | 8 | 2 | |
| sunlands | 8 | 2 | |
| suspends | 8 | 2 | |
| towmonds | 8 | 2 | |
| trolands | 8 | 2 | |
| unrounds | 8 | 2 | |
| upstands | 8 | 2 | |
| uptrends | 8 | 2 | |
| weasands | 8 | 2 | |
| weazands | 8 | 2 | |
| weekends | 8 | 2 | |
| wessands | 8 | 2 | |
| wetlands | 8 | 2 | |
| yearends | 8 | 2 |
What’s typical about NDS-ending words?
NDS often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.