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8-Letter Words

There are 11,084 eight-letter words on Word.ws, from aardvark to zwieback, each with a short meaning. The most common are business, anything, national, actually and everyone.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

8-letter words by first letter

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  14. N
  15. O
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  21. U
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The 100 most common 8-letter words

  • activity16n. The state or quality of being active; activeness.
  • actually13adv. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
  • addition10n. The act of adding anything.
  • although15conj. Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing...
  • analysis11n. Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing...
  • anything15pron. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind...
  • approach17v. To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance...
  • becoming15n. The act or process by which something becomes.
  • benefits13n. Public assistance; welfare.
  • building12n. The act or process by which something is built; construction.
  • business10n. A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
  • campaign15n. A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
  • complete14v. To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
  • computer14n. A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical...
  • congress11n. A formal gathering or assembly of persons; a conference held to discuss...
  • consider11v. To think about seriously.
  • continue10v. To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
  • contract12n. An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or...
  • critical12adj. Inclined to find fault or criticize.
  • daughter13n. One’s female offspring.
  • decision11n. The act of deciding.
  • designed11adj. Created according to a design.
  • directly14adv. In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
  • director11n. One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or...
  • distance11n. An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually...
  • district11n. An administrative division of an area.
  • division12n. The act or process of dividing anything.
  • economic14adj. Pertaining to an economy.
  • election10n. A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or...
  • everyone14pron. Every individual in a set; every person.
  • evidence14n. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
  • exchange21n. An act of exchanging or trading.
  • expected20adj. Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.
  • facebook19n. A reference book or electronic directory containing the photographs and...
  • fighting16adj. Engaged in war or other conflict.
  • finished15adj. Processed or perfected.
  • football13n. A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal...
  • hospital13n. A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors...
  • included12adj. Provided as an accompaniment or gratuity.
  • increase10v. (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
  • industry12n. The tendency to work persistently.
  • interest8n. The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or...
  • internet8n. Internet access or connection; internet connectivity.
  • involved15adj. Complicated.
  • language10n. A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a...
  • learning9n. An act in which something is learned.
  • location10n. A particular point or place in physical space.
  • majority20n. More than half (50%) of some group.
  • marriage11n. The state of being married.
  • material10adj. Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
  • military13adj. Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
  • minister10n. A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and...
  • movement15n. Physical motion between points in space.
  • multiple12det. More than one (followed by plural).
  • national8adj. Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting...
  • northern11adj. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.
  • official16adj. Of or about an office or public trust.
  • original9adj. Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
  • personal10adj. Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
  • physical18adj. Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than...
  • pictures12n. Cinema, movie theatre.
  • planning11n. The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
  • politics12n. A methodology and activities associated with the interpersonal aspects...
  • position10n. A place or location.
  • positive13adj. Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
  • possible12adj. Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.
  • powerful16adj. Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
  • practice14n. Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
  • pressure10n. A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
  • previous13adj. Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
  • probably17adv. In all likelihood.
  • property15n. Something that is owned.
  • provided15conj. Only if (the stipulation that follows is true).
  • question17n. A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own...
  • received14adj. Generally accepted as correct or true.
  • recently13adv. A short while ago.
  • remember14v. To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
  • required18adj. Necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
  • research13n. Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles...
  • response10n. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
  • returned9adj. Bent back; angled.
  • security13n. The condition of not being threatened, especially physically...
  • separate10v. To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
  • services13n. That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally...
  • solution8n. A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by...
  • southern11adj. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south.
  • speaking15adj. Used in speaking.
  • specific17adj. Explicit or definite.
  • standard10adj. Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
  • standing10adj. Erect, not cut down.
  • starting9n. The act of something that starts.
  • straight12adj. Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its...
  • supposed13adj. Alleged; assumed.
  • thinking16n. The action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about...
  • together12adv. At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity.
  • tomorrow13adv. On the day after the present day.
  • training9n. Action of the verb to train.
  • watching17n. The act of one who watches.
  • whatever17n. A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.
  • yourself14pron. Your own self (singular).

Source and license

Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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