Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like RN often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: alpenhorn, broomcorn, buckthorn.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| alpenhorn | 9 | 3 | |
| broomcorn | 9 | 2 | |
| buckthorn | 9 | 2 | |
| earthborn | 9 | 2 | |
| firethorn | 9 | 3 | |
| firstborn | 9 | 2 | |
| foresworn | 9 | 3 | |
| greenhorn | 9 | 2 | |
| hartshorn | 9 | 2 | |
| heartburn | 9 | 2 | |
| krummhorn | 9 | 2 | |
| longicorn | 9 | 3 | |
| misgovern | 9 | 3 | |
| nebenkern | 9 | 3 | |
| overlearn | 9 | 3 | |
| premodern | 9 | 3 | |
| prereturn | 9 | 3 | |
| pronghorn | 9 | 2 | |
| repattern | 9 | 3 | |
| shorthorn | 9 | 2 | |
| stillborn | 9 | 2 | |
| stinkhorn | 9 | 2 | |
| subaltern | 9 | 3 | |
| unconcern | 9 | 3 | |
| waterworn | 9 | 3 |
What’s typical about RN-ending words?
RN often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.