Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like YLS often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: acetoxyls, biacetyls, bimethyls.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| acetoxyls | 9 | 4 | |
| biacetyls | 9 | 3 | |
| bimethyls | 9 | 3 | |
| biphenyls | 9 | 3 | |
| carbamyls | 9 | 3 | |
| carbaryls | 9 | 3 | |
| carbonyls | 9 | 3 | |
| carboxyls | 9 | 3 | |
| cinnamyls | 9 | 3 | |
| diacetyls | 9 | 3 | |
| dimethyls | 9 | 3 | |
| diphenyls | 9 | 3 | |
| epicotyls | 9 | 4 | |
| glyceryls | 9 | 3 | |
| glycosyls | 9 | 3 | |
| hydroxyls | 9 | 3 | |
| mesophyls | 9 | 3 | |
| naphthyls | 9 | 2 | |
| nitrosyls | 9 | 3 | |
| strongyls | 9 | 2 | |
| succinyls | 9 | 3 | |
| sulfinyls | 9 | 3 | |
| sulfonyls | 9 | 3 | |
| sulfuryls | 9 | 3 |
What’s typical about YLS-ending words?
YLS often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.