Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ILY often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: blotchily, breathily, crunchily.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| blotchily | 9 | 3 | |
| breathily | 9 | 3 | |
| crunchily | 9 | 3 | |
| cursorily | 9 | 4 | |
| dietarily | 9 | 4 | |
| doughtily | 9 | 3 | |
| flightily | 9 | 3 | |
| flowerily | 9 | 4 | |
| grouchily | 9 | 3 | |
| haughtily | 9 | 3 | |
| healthily | 9 | 3 | |
| lengthily | 9 | 3 | |
| naughtily | 9 | 3 | |
| nonfamily | 9 | 4 | |
| preachily | 9 | 3 | |
| primarily | 9 | 4 | |
| raunchily | 9 | 3 | |
| scrappily | 9 | 3 | |
| scruffily | 9 | 3 | |
| shadowily | 9 | 4 | |
| sketchily | 9 | 3 | |
| slouchily | 9 | 3 | |
| splashily | 9 | 3 | |
| springily | 9 | 3 | |
| squashily | 9 | 3 | |
| starchily | 9 | 3 | |
| subfamily | 9 | 4 | |
| summarily | 9 | 4 | |
| thirstily | 9 | 3 | |
| thriftily | 9 | 3 | |
| throatily | 9 | 3 | |
| toxophily | 9 | 4 | |
| twitchily | 9 | 3 | |
| uncannily | 9 | 4 | |
| unfussily | 9 | 4 | |
| unhandily | 9 | 4 | |
| unhappily | 9 | 4 | |
| unitarily | 9 | 5 | |
| unluckily | 9 | 4 | |
| wealthily | 9 | 3 | |
| weightily | 9 | 3 | |
| xerophily | 9 | 4 |
What’s typical about ILY-ending words?
ILY often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.