Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like IAN often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: amphibian, barbarian, caecilian.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| amphibian | 9 | 3 | |
| barbarian | 9 | 3 | |
| caecilian | 9 | 3 | |
| caesarian | 9 | 3 | |
| carnelian | 9 | 3 | |
| chelonian | 9 | 3 | |
| chthonian | 9 | 2 | |
| circadian | 9 | 3 | |
| clinician | 9 | 3 | |
| cnidarian | 9 | 3 | |
| collegian | 9 | 3 | |
| cornelian | 9 | 3 | |
| custodian | 9 | 3 | |
| dalmatian | 9 | 3 | |
| dietician | 9 | 3 | |
| dietitian | 9 | 3 | |
| draconian | 9 | 3 | |
| dystopian | 9 | 3 | |
| euclidian | 9 | 3 | |
| eutherian | 9 | 3 | |
| gorgonian | 9 | 3 | |
| historian | 9 | 3 | |
| librarian | 9 | 3 | |
| magnesian | 9 | 3 | |
| mammalian | 9 | 3 | |
| mortician | 9 | 3 | |
| patrician | 9 | 3 | |
| physician | 9 | 3 | |
| planarian | 9 | 3 | |
| plutonian | 9 | 3 | |
| precisian | 9 | 3 | |
| pretorian | 9 | 3 | |
| prosimian | 9 | 3 | |
| quotidian | 9 | 3 | |
| reptilian | 9 | 3 | |
| sectarian | 9 | 3 | |
| selachian | 9 | 3 | |
| sharifian | 9 | 3 | |
| suctorian | 9 | 3 | |
| tactician | 9 | 3 | |
| tragedian | 9 | 3 | |
| unitarian | 9 | 4 | |
| vulcanian | 9 | 3 | |
| vulgarian | 9 | 3 |
What’s typical about IAN-ending words?
IAN often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.