8-Letter Words

Eight-letter words are how you bingo in Scrabble when the board will not give you space for a clean seven: you play through a letter that is already on the board. They are also frequent answers in cryptic and quick crosswords. Every valid eight-letter word is listed and filterable below.

Quick facts

  • There are 28,420 8-letter words in the ENABLE dictionary.
  • The most common starting letters are S (3,466), C (2,649), P (2,178), B (1,826), R (1,685).
  • The most common final letters are S (9,680), E (3,201), D (3,146), G (2,098), R (1,974).

Game tip

When hunting an eight-letter bingo, fix the board letter in its position and treat the puzzle as a seven-letter anagram around it. The position filters below do exactly that: pick the position of the letter you are playing through.

Browse 8-letter words by first letter

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