Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like DER often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: absconder, alexander, applauder.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| absconder | 9 | 3 | |
| alexander | 9 | 4 | |
| applauder | 9 | 3 | |
| attainder | 9 | 3 | |
| auslander | 9 | 3 | |
| awkwarder | 9 | 3 | |
| bartender | 9 | 3 | |
| blesseder | 9 | 3 | |
| blockader | 9 | 3 | |
| bystander | 9 | 3 | |
| camcorder | 9 | 3 | |
| cofounder | 9 | 3 | |
| commander | 9 | 3 | |
| commender | 9 | 3 | |
| concluder | 9 | 3 | |
| contender | 9 | 3 | |
| coriander | 9 | 3 | |
| crookeder | 9 | 3 | |
| cullender | 9 | 3 | |
| defrauder | 9 | 3 | |
| descender | 9 | 3 | |
| discarder | 9 | 3 | |
| dissuader | 9 | 3 | |
| embroider | 9 | 3 | |
| escalader | 9 | 4 | |
| expounder | 9 | 3 | |
| forbidder | 9 | 3 | |
| foreboder | 9 | 4 | |
| forrarder | 9 | 3 | |
| forwarder | 9 | 3 | |
| gasholder | 9 | 3 | |
| germander | 9 | 3 | |
| glissader | 9 | 3 | |
| goosander | 9 | 3 | |
| gunpowder | 9 | 3 | |
| hereunder | 9 | 3 | |
| husbander | 9 | 3 | |
| infielder | 9 | 3 | |
| jobholder | 9 | 3 | |
| lowlander | 9 | 3 | |
| misguider | 9 | 3 | |
| misleader | 9 | 3 | |
| misrender | 9 | 3 | |
| netminder | 9 | 3 | |
| nonreader | 9 | 3 | |
| outlander | 9 | 3 | |
| penholder | 9 | 3 | |
| persuader | 9 | 3 | |
| pewholder | 9 | 3 | |
| philander | 9 | 3 | |
| potholder | 9 | 3 | |
| pretender | 9 | 3 | |
| provender | 9 | 3 | |
| rebounder | 9 | 3 | |
| rejoinder | 9 | 3 | |
| remainder | 9 | 3 | |
| repleader | 9 | 3 | |
| rescinder | 9 | 3 | |
| responder | 9 | 3 | |
| serenader | 9 | 4 | |
| squalider | 9 | 3 | |
| stampeder | 9 | 3 | |
| succeeder | 9 | 3 | |
| surrender | 9 | 3 | |
| suspender | 9 | 3 | |
| tailender | 9 | 3 | |
| unsounder | 9 | 3 | |
| upbraider | 9 | 3 | |
| weekender | 9 | 3 |
What’s typical about DER-ending words?
DER often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.