Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like IL often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: acidophil, blackmail, blacktail.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| acidophil | 9 | 4 | |
| blackmail | 9 | 2 | |
| blacktail | 9 | 2 | |
| broadtail | 9 | 2 | |
| captopril | 9 | 3 | |
| charbroil | 9 | 2 | |
| daredevil | 9 | 4 | |
| disentail | 9 | 3 | |
| greenmail | 9 | 2 | |
| guardrail | 9 | 2 | |
| horsetail | 9 | 3 | |
| hydrofoil | 9 | 3 | |
| minoxidil | 9 | 4 | |
| myofibril | 9 | 3 | |
| nonfossil | 9 | 3 | |
| nonpareil | 9 | 3 | |
| shavetail | 9 | 3 | |
| shirttail | 9 | 2 | |
| spritsail | 9 | 2 | |
| subfossil | 9 | 3 | |
| supercoil | 9 | 3 | |
| swordtail | 9 | 2 | |
| thumbnail | 9 | 2 | |
| tormentil | 9 | 3 | |
| verapamil | 9 | 4 | |
| whitetail | 9 | 3 |
What’s typical about IL-ending words?
IL often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.