Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ELS often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: aasvogels, asphodels, barbicels.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| aasvogels | 9 | 3 | |
| asphodels | 9 | 3 | |
| barbicels | 9 | 3 | |
| bechamels | 9 | 3 | |
| becudgels | 9 | 3 | |
| bedrivels | 9 | 3 | |
| bonspiels | 9 | 2 | |
| brocatels | 9 | 3 | |
| carousels | 9 | 3 | |
| cascabels | 9 | 3 | |
| cockerels | 9 | 3 | |
| cogwheels | 9 | 2 | |
| coistrels | 9 | 2 | |
| cracknels | 9 | 2 | |
| detassels | 9 | 3 | |
| disbowels | 9 | 3 | |
| dishevels | 9 | 3 | |
| doggerels | 9 | 3 | |
| dotterels | 9 | 3 | |
| dowsabels | 9 | 3 | |
| ensorcels | 9 | 3 | |
| estoppels | 9 | 3 | |
| flywheels | 9 | 2 | |
| fontanels | 9 | 3 | |
| forefeels | 9 | 3 | |
| hemocoels | 9 | 3 | |
| hydrogels | 9 | 3 | |
| hydromels | 9 | 3 | |
| jargonels | 9 | 3 | |
| lenticels | 9 | 3 | |
| mackerels | 9 | 3 | |
| mangonels | 9 | 3 | |
| materiels | 9 | 3 | |
| minstrels | 9 | 2 | |
| mislabels | 9 | 3 | |
| monofuels | 9 | 3 | |
| muscadels | 9 | 3 | |
| muscatels | 9 | 3 | |
| newsreels | 9 | 2 | |
| nonnovels | 9 | 3 | |
| parallels | 9 | 3 | |
| penoncels | 9 | 3 | |
| petronels | 9 | 3 | |
| philomels | 9 | 3 | |
| pickerels | 9 | 3 | |
| pinwheels | 9 | 2 | |
| sapropels | 9 | 3 | |
| scrannels | 9 | 2 | |
| sentinels | 9 | 3 | |
| shlemiels | 9 | 2 | |
| spandrels | 9 | 2 | |
| squirrels | 9 | 2 | |
| staumrels | 9 | 2 | |
| streusels | 9 | 2 | |
| sublevels | 9 | 3 | |
| subpanels | 9 | 3 | |
| taffarels | 9 | 3 | |
| tafferels | 9 | 3 | |
| unkennels | 9 | 3 | |
| whimbrels | 9 | 2 |
What’s typical about ELS-ending words?
ELS often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.