Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like SIS often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: acidosis, adenosis, adiposis.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| acidosis | 8 | 4 | |
| adenosis | 8 | 4 | |
| adiposis | 8 | 4 | |
| agenesis | 8 | 4 | |
| alphosis | 8 | 3 | |
| amitosis | 8 | 4 | |
| anabasis | 8 | 4 | |
| analysis | 8 | 4 | |
| anemosis | 8 | 4 | |
| anthesis | 8 | 3 | |
| anuresis | 8 | 4 | |
| apoapsis | 8 | 3 | |
| apodosis | 8 | 4 | |
| biolysis | 8 | 3 | |
| centesis | 8 | 3 | |
| coniosis | 8 | 3 | |
| cyanosis | 8 | 3 | |
| cyclosis | 8 | 3 | |
| dialysis | 8 | 3 | |
| dieresis | 8 | 3 | |
| diplosis | 8 | 3 | |
| diuresis | 8 | 3 | |
| eclipsis | 8 | 3 | |
| ellipsis | 8 | 3 | |
| emphasis | 8 | 3 | |
| enuresis | 8 | 4 | |
| epitasis | 8 | 4 | |
| esthesis | 8 | 3 | |
| exegesis | 8 | 4 | |
| fibrosis | 8 | 3 | |
| gummosis | 8 | 3 | |
| haplosis | 8 | 3 | |
| hidrosis | 8 | 3 | |
| hypnosis | 8 | 3 | |
| kolbasis | 8 | 3 | |
| kurtosis | 8 | 3 | |
| kyphosis | 8 | 3 | |
| leukosis | 8 | 3 | |
| lordosis | 8 | 3 | |
| narcosis | 8 | 3 | |
| necrosis | 8 | 3 | |
| neurosis | 8 | 3 | |
| orthosis | 8 | 3 | |
| osteosis | 8 | 3 | |
| pachisis | 8 | 3 | |
| phimosis | 8 | 3 | |
| phthisis | 8 | 2 | |
| phylesis | 8 | 3 | |
| protasis | 8 | 3 | |
| psilosis | 8 | 3 | |
| pycnosis | 8 | 3 | |
| pyknosis | 8 | 3 | |
| semiosis | 8 | 3 | |
| stenosis | 8 | 3 | |
| synapsis | 8 | 3 | |
| syndesis | 8 | 3 | |
| synopsis | 8 | 3 | |
| teniasis | 8 | 3 | |
| zoonosis | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about SIS-ending words?
SIS often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.