Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like OY often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: beachboy, blackboy, bullyboy.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| beachboy | 8 | 2 | |
| blackboy | 8 | 2 | |
| bullyboy | 8 | 3 | |
| choirboy | 8 | 2 | |
| coemploy | 8 | 2 | |
| corduroy | 8 | 3 | |
| doughboy | 8 | 2 | |
| houseboy | 8 | 3 | |
| maccaboy | 8 | 3 | |
| maccoboy | 8 | 3 | |
| paduasoy | 8 | 3 | |
| paperboy | 8 | 3 | |
| redeploy | 8 | 3 | |
| reemploy | 8 | 2 | |
| sonobuoy | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about OY-ending words?
OY often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.