Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like VAL often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: aestival, approval, archival.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| aestival | 8 | 3 | |
| approval | 8 | 3 | |
| archival | 8 | 3 | |
| carnival | 8 | 3 | |
| corrival | 8 | 3 | |
| deprival | 8 | 3 | |
| festival | 8 | 3 | |
| gingival | 8 | 3 | |
| interval | 8 | 3 | |
| khedival | 8 | 3 | |
| medieval | 8 | 3 | |
| nonnaval | 8 | 3 | |
| nonrival | 8 | 3 | |
| outrival | 8 | 3 | |
| precaval | 8 | 3 | |
| primeval | 8 | 3 | |
| reproval | 8 | 3 | |
| shrieval | 8 | 2 | |
| survival | 8 | 3 | |
| upheaval | 8 | 3 |
What’s typical about VAL-ending words?
VAL often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.