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
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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