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A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like SY often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: actressy, apostasy, athanasy.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| actressy | 8 | 3 | |
| apostasy | 8 | 4 | |
| athanasy | 8 | 4 | |
| courtesy | 8 | 3 | |
| cramoisy | 8 | 3 | |
| dyspepsy | 8 | 3 | |
| epilepsy | 8 | 4 | |
| epistasy | 8 | 4 | |
| euphrasy | 8 | 3 | |
| geognosy | 8 | 3 | |
| hydropsy | 8 | 3 | |
| isostasy | 8 | 4 | |
| jealousy | 8 | 3 | |
| kielbasy | 8 | 3 | |
| kolkhosy | 8 | 3 | |
| necropsy | 8 | 3 | |
| overbusy | 8 | 4 | |
| overeasy | 8 | 4 | |
| phantasy | 8 | 3 | |
| pleurisy | 8 | 3 | |
| prophesy | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about SY-ending words?
SY often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.