A complete, filterable list of 85+ English words ending in -MENT — with definitions, word types, and difficulty ratings.
The "-ment" suffix entered English from French and Latin, where it formed nouns of action and result. Today it covers a wide range: "movement" names an ongoing action, "achievement" names a result, "instrument" names a tool, and "contentment" names a state. Because "-ment" words are often abstract, they appear heavily in academic, legal, and professional writing.
Part of speech: Nouns derived mainly from verbs. The suffix marks the action itself (movement), its result (achievement), its means (instrument), or its state (contentment).
Long "-ment" words (development, establishment, encouragement) are rare scoring opportunities in word games because they clear many tiles at once — but only if the board has space.
This list includes 85 English words ending in -ment, drawn from a curated dictionary of 10,000+ words spanning everyday vocabulary, academic terms, and word-game forms. The count focuses on base forms; inflected variants (e.g. plurals or conjugations) are counted separately.
Common examples from this list include: Department, Dev. Use the difficulty filter above to browse easy, medium, or hard words separately.
Nouns derived mainly from verbs. The suffix marks the action itself (movement), its result (achievement), its means (instrument), or its state (contentment). Use the "Type" filter above to narrow the list to nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs specifically.
Most standard words on this list are accepted in major Scrabble dictionaries (TWL, SOWPODS). Some hard-difficulty words are archaic, borrowed, or dialect forms whose validity can vary between rulesets — always verify against the official word list for your competition or app.