8 Letter Words

Common eight-letter words

The 50 most used in spoken English (SUBTLEX-US), with a short meaning.

• anything 15/16
• remember 14/17 recall knowledge from memory
• happened 16/18 (form of happen) come to pass
• yourself 14/15
• together 12/12 in contact with each other or in proximity
• somebody 16/17 a human being
• tomorrow 13/14 the day after today
• actually 13/16 in actual fact
• business 10/13 a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
• thinking 16/18 the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
• probably 17/20 with considerable certainty
• supposed 13/16 required or under orders
• whatever 17/17 one or some or every or all without specification
• everyone 14/15
• question 17/19 challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
• children 14/16
• daughter 13/14 a female human offspring
• hospital 13/14 a health facility where patients receive treatment
• straight 12/12 successive (without a break)
• possible 12/15 capable of happening or existing
• watching 17/19 the act of observing
• building 12/17 a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
• birthday 17/16 an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
• security 13/14 the state of being free from danger or injury
• terrible 10/12 causing fear or dread or terror
• personal 10/13 concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
• surprise 10/12 the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
• anywhere 17/16 at or in or to any place
• evidence 14/17 your basis for belief or disbelief
• finished 15/15 (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
• accident 13/16 an unfortunate mishap
• pleasure 10/13 a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
• standing 10/13 (form of stand) be standing
• problems 14/18 (form of problem) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
• marriage 11/13 the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
• position 10/12 the particular portion of space occupied by something
• fighting 16/18 the act of fighting
• upstairs 10/12 on or of upper floors of a building
• speaking 15/18 the utterance of intelligible speech
• starting 9/11 (form of start) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
• thousand 12/13 the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
• pictures 12/15 (form of picture) a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
• involved 15/19 connected by participation or association or use
• sergeant 9/11 any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
• promised 13/15 (form of promise) make a promise or commitment
• bathroom 15/16 a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
• favorite 14/15 something regarded with special favor or liking
• sleeping 11/15 the state of being asleep
• computer 14/18 a machine for performing calculations automatically
• feelings 12/15 emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity)

The 1,000 most common of 28,386 eight-letter words

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