Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like SH often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: angelfish, backslash, baksheesh.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| angelfish | 9 | 3 | |
| backslash | 9 | 2 | |
| baksheesh | 9 | 2 | |
| bitterish | 9 | 3 | |
| blackfish | 9 | 2 | |
| blindfish | 9 | 2 | |
| brainwash | 9 | 2 | |
| cleverish | 9 | 3 | |
| copublish | 9 | 3 | |
| devilfish | 9 | 3 | |
| disrelish | 9 | 3 | |
| dragonish | 9 | 3 | |
| embellish | 9 | 3 | |
| establish | 9 | 3 | |
| gibberish | 9 | 3 | |
| giraffish | 9 | 3 | |
| globefish | 9 | 3 | |
| goosefish | 9 | 3 | |
| hairbrush | 9 | 2 | |
| hoydenish | 9 | 3 | |
| intermesh | 9 | 3 | |
| jargonish | 9 | 3 | |
| jellyfish | 9 | 3 | |
| killifish | 9 | 3 | |
| kittenish | 9 | 3 | |
| lickerish | 9 | 3 | |
| macintosh | 9 | 3 | |
| mouthwash | 9 | 2 | |
| nailbrush | 9 | 2 | |
| platyfish | 9 | 3 | |
| postcrash | 9 | 2 | |
| premonish | 9 | 3 | |
| prettyish | 9 | 2 | |
| refurbish | 9 | 3 | |
| refurnish | 9 | 3 | |
| replenish | 9 | 3 | |
| republish | 9 | 3 | |
| sablefish | 9 | 3 | |
| sagebrush | 9 | 3 | |
| sallowish | 9 | 3 | |
| shellfish | 9 | 2 | |
| snowbrush | 9 | 2 | |
| spadefish | 9 | 3 | |
| spearfish | 9 | 2 | |
| spicebush | 9 | 3 | |
| spiderish | 9 | 3 | |
| squawfish | 9 | 2 | |
| squeamish | 9 | 2 | |
| stockfish | 9 | 2 | |
| stonefish | 9 | 3 | |
| strongish | 9 | 2 | |
| succotash | 9 | 3 | |
| swellfish | 9 | 2 | |
| swordfish | 9 | 2 | |
| thirtyish | 9 | 2 | |
| thornbush | 9 | 2 | |
| tomboyish | 9 | 2 | |
| trunkfish | 9 | 2 | |
| unbookish | 9 | 3 | |
| unselfish | 9 | 3 | |
| unstylish | 9 | 3 | |
| vampirish | 9 | 3 | |
| vulturish | 9 | 3 | |
| whitefish | 9 | 3 | |
| whitewash | 9 | 3 | |
| yellowish | 9 | 3 |
What’s typical about SH-ending words?
SH often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.