Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like NAL often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: abdominal, artisanal, avifaunal.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| abdominal | 9 | 4 | |
| artisanal | 9 | 4 | |
| avifaunal | 9 | 4 | |
| bacchanal | 9 | 3 | |
| baritonal | 9 | 4 | |
| bigeminal | 9 | 4 | |
| botulinal | 9 | 4 | |
| cacuminal | 9 | 4 | |
| cisternal | 9 | 3 | |
| coeternal | 9 | 3 | |
| coitional | 9 | 3 | |
| denominal | 9 | 4 | |
| dictional | 9 | 3 | |
| doctrinal | 9 | 3 | |
| embryonal | 9 | 3 | |
| emotional | 9 | 4 | |
| epifaunal | 9 | 4 | |
| erosional | 9 | 4 | |
| factional | 9 | 3 | |
| fictional | 9 | 3 | |
| fissional | 9 | 3 | |
| fluxional | 9 | 3 | |
| foraminal | 9 | 4 | |
| fraternal | 9 | 3 | |
| hexagonal | 9 | 4 | |
| horizonal | 9 | 4 | |
| libidinal | 9 | 4 | |
| matutinal | 9 | 4 | |
| medicinal | 9 | 4 | |
| monsoonal | 9 | 3 | |
| nocturnal | 9 | 3 | |
| octagonal | 9 | 4 | |
| officinal | 9 | 4 | |
| passional | 9 | 3 | |
| piperonal | 9 | 4 | |
| polygonal | 9 | 4 | |
| polytonal | 9 | 4 | |
| sectional | 9 | 3 | |
| semifinal | 9 | 4 | |
| semitonal | 9 | 4 | |
| serotinal | 9 | 4 | |
| sessional | 9 | 3 | |
| stational | 9 | 3 | |
| suctional | 9 | 3 | |
| synclinal | 9 | 3 | |
| tensional | 9 | 3 | |
| torsional | 9 | 3 | |
| trichinal | 9 | 3 | |
| tuitional | 9 | 3 | |
| vaticinal | 9 | 4 | |
| versional | 9 | 3 |
What’s typical about NAL-ending words?
NAL often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.