Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like OYS often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: bellboys, callboys, charpoys.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| bellboys | 8 | 2 | |
| callboys | 8 | 2 | |
| charpoys | 8 | 2 | |
| copyboys | 8 | 3 | |
| destroys | 8 | 2 | |
| footboys | 8 | 2 | |
| hautboys | 8 | 2 | |
| highboys | 8 | 2 | |
| homeboys | 8 | 3 | |
| killjoys | 8 | 2 | |
| linkboys | 8 | 2 | |
| newsboys | 8 | 2 | |
| overjoys | 8 | 3 | |
| pageboys | 8 | 3 | |
| playboys | 8 | 2 | |
| plowboys | 8 | 2 | |
| postboys | 8 | 2 | |
| reenjoys | 8 | 2 | |
| saveloys | 8 | 3 | |
| shopboys | 8 | 2 | |
| tallboys | 8 | 2 | |
| viceroys | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about OYS-ending words?
OYS often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.