Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like USE often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: abstruse, alehouse, applause.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| abstruse | 8 | 2 | |
| alehouse | 8 | 3 | |
| applause | 8 | 2 | |
| baghouse | 8 | 2 | |
| berceuse | 8 | 2 | |
| bespouse | 8 | 2 | |
| bughouse | 8 | 2 | |
| cathouse | 8 | 2 | |
| danseuse | 8 | 2 | |
| diapause | 8 | 2 | |
| disabuse | 8 | 3 | |
| doghouse | 8 | 2 | |
| dormouse | 8 | 2 | |
| gashouse | 8 | 2 | |
| henhouse | 8 | 2 | |
| hothouse | 8 | 2 | |
| icehouse | 8 | 3 | |
| madhouse | 8 | 2 | |
| masseuse | 8 | 2 | |
| multiuse | 8 | 2 | |
| nuthouse | 8 | 2 | |
| outhouse | 8 | 2 | |
| pothouse | 8 | 2 | |
| reaccuse | 8 | 2 | |
| rearouse | 8 | 2 | |
| reinfuse | 8 | 2 | |
| subcause | 8 | 2 | |
| taphouse | 8 | 2 | |
| teahouse | 8 | 2 | |
| titmouse | 8 | 2 | |
| vendeuse | 8 | 2 |
What’s typical about USE-ending words?
USE often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.