Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 8-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like YL often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: acetoxyl, biacetyl, bimethyl.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| acetoxyl | 8 | 4 | |
| biacetyl | 8 | 3 | |
| bimethyl | 8 | 3 | |
| biphenyl | 8 | 3 | |
| carbamyl | 8 | 3 | |
| carbaryl | 8 | 3 | |
| carbonyl | 8 | 3 | |
| carboxyl | 8 | 3 | |
| cinnamyl | 8 | 3 | |
| diacetyl | 8 | 3 | |
| didactyl | 8 | 3 | |
| dimethyl | 8 | 3 | |
| diphenyl | 8 | 3 | |
| epicotyl | 8 | 4 | |
| glyceryl | 8 | 3 | |
| glycosyl | 8 | 3 | |
| hydroxyl | 8 | 3 | |
| mesophyl | 8 | 3 | |
| methoxyl | 8 | 3 | |
| naphthyl | 8 | 2 | |
| nitrosyl | 8 | 3 | |
| propenyl | 8 | 3 | |
| strongyl | 8 | 2 | |
| succinyl | 8 | 3 | |
| sulfinyl | 8 | 3 | |
| sulfonyl | 8 | 3 | |
| sulfuryl | 8 | 3 | |
| triethyl | 8 | 2 |
What’s typical about YL-ending words?
YL often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.