Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like ISE often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: advertise, anatomise, anglicise.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| advertise | 9 | 3 | |
| anatomise | 9 | 4 | |
| anglicise | 9 | 3 | |
| antinoise | 9 | 3 | |
| apologise | 9 | 4 | |
| authorise | 9 | 3 | |
| brutalise | 9 | 3 | |
| carburise | 9 | 3 | |
| cartelise | 9 | 3 | |
| clockwise | 9 | 2 | |
| coastwise | 9 | 2 | |
| communise | 9 | 3 | |
| criticise | 9 | 3 | |
| crosswise | 9 | 2 | |
| customise | 9 | 3 | |
| dispraise | 9 | 2 | |
| dramatise | 9 | 3 | |
| earthrise | 9 | 2 | |
| economise | 9 | 4 | |
| empathise | 9 | 3 | |
| emphasise | 9 | 3 | |
| epitomise | 9 | 4 | |
| equipoise | 9 | 3 | |
| euphemise | 9 | 3 | |
| expertise | 9 | 3 | |
| fantasise | 9 | 3 | |
| formalise | 9 | 3 | |
| fossilise | 9 | 3 | |
| framboise | 9 | 2 | |
| franchise | 9 | 2 | |
| galvanise | 9 | 3 | |
| glamorise | 9 | 3 | |
| globalise | 9 | 3 | |
| harmonise | 9 | 3 | |
| imprecise | 9 | 3 | |
| improvise | 9 | 3 | |
| italicise | 9 | 4 | |
| leastwise | 9 | 2 | |
| linearise | 9 | 3 | |
| lyonnaise | 9 | 2 | |
| magnetise | 9 | 3 | |
| marbleise | 9 | 2 | |
| mercerise | 9 | 3 | |
| mesmerise | 9 | 3 | |
| methodise | 9 | 3 | |
| misadvise | 9 | 3 | |
| modernise | 9 | 3 | |
| normalise | 9 | 3 | |
| ostracise | 9 | 3 | |
| otherwise | 9 | 3 | |
| palletise | 9 | 3 | |
| patronise | 9 | 3 | |
| pelletise | 9 | 3 | |
| piecewise | 9 | 3 | |
| polonaise | 9 | 3 | |
| privatise | 9 | 3 | |
| publicise | 9 | 3 | |
| pulverise | 9 | 3 | |
| recognise | 9 | 3 | |
| sensitise | 9 | 3 | |
| serialise | 9 | 3 | |
| signalise | 9 | 3 | |
| slantwise | 9 | 2 | |
| socialise | 9 | 3 | |
| subsidise | 9 | 3 | |
| summarise | 9 | 3 | |
| supervise | 9 | 3 | |
| symbolise | 9 | 3 | |
| tantalise | 9 | 3 | |
| temporise | 9 | 3 | |
| terrorise | 9 | 3 | |
| turquoise | 9 | 2 | |
| tyrannise | 9 | 3 | |
| vandalise | 9 | 3 | |
| victimise | 9 | 3 | |
| visualise | 9 | 3 | |
| vulcanise | 9 | 3 | |
| vulgarise | 9 | 3 |
What’s typical about ISE-ending words?
ISE often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.