Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ILS often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: aerofoils, aventails, bangtails.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| aerofoils | 9 | 3 | |
| aventails | 9 | 3 | |
| bangtails | 9 | 2 | |
| basophils | 9 | 3 | |
| brantails | 9 | 2 | |
| bucktails | 9 | 2 | |
| coattails | 9 | 2 | |
| cocktails | 9 | 2 | |
| coistrils | 9 | 2 | |
| contrails | 9 | 2 | |
| daffodils | 9 | 3 | |
| doornails | 9 | 2 | |
| dovetails | 9 | 3 | |
| ducktails | 9 | 2 | |
| fauteuils | 9 | 2 | |
| fishtails | 9 | 2 | |
| foresails | 9 | 3 | |
| graymails | 9 | 2 | |
| gumbotils | 9 | 3 | |
| handrails | 9 | 2 | |
| hangnails | 9 | 2 | |
| headsails | 9 | 2 | |
| hightails | 9 | 2 | |
| horntails | 9 | 2 | |
| mainsails | 9 | 2 | |
| monorails | 9 | 3 | |
| moonsails | 9 | 2 | |
| outcavils | 9 | 3 | |
| overboils | 9 | 3 | |
| overtoils | 9 | 3 | |
| panbroils | 9 | 2 | |
| pickadils | 9 | 3 | |
| ponytails | 9 | 3 | |
| reassails | 9 | 2 | |
| ringtails | 9 | 2 | |
| spandrils | 9 | 2 | |
| staysails | 9 | 2 | |
| stunsails | 9 | 2 | |
| taffrails | 9 | 2 | |
| treenails | 9 | 2 | |
| verticils | 9 | 3 | |
| whiptails | 9 | 2 |
What’s typical about ILS-ending words?
ILS often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.