So, the other day, I got bored and started playing around with words, as one does. I was curious about words ending in “tae.” I went down a rabbit hole, and let me tell you, it was quite the adventure!
First, I grabbed my laptop and started hitting up some word list websites. I searched for “words ending in tae.”
Initially, I found some short lists of words ending in “tae.” For example, one of the lists was: Acalyptratae, Acinetae, Acoemetae, agapetae, Agnoetae, agonothetae, Akontae, anagnostae, antae, antecostae, aortae. I jotted these down, but I wanted more.
I stumbled upon a few more sites, each promising a comprehensive list. Some of them were just clickbait, but a couple actually had some good stuff. I cross-referenced the lists and started compiling my own mega-list. I felt like a real word detective! I spent hours on this, going through each result and filtering out the nonsense.
- Acalyptratae
- Acinetae
- Acoemetae
- Agapetae
- Agnoetae
- Agonothetae
- Akontae
- Anagnostae
- Antae
- Antecostae
- Aortae
- Arborvitae
- Archontae
- Aretae
- Asclepiadae
- Gymnospermophytae
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Hymenochaetae
- Hyphae
- Leptosporangiatae
- Lichenes-Gymnocarpeae
- Phragmobasidiomycetae
- Tachypetae
- Typothetae
- Vitae
- Vittae
After what felt like forever, I finally had a solid list of 26 words that end in “tae.” It wasn’t a huge number, but some of these words were pretty obscure, which made it even more interesting. I could even use these words in word games like Scrabble. I also discovered that some sites had these words arranged by length, which was neat.
Honestly, it was way more fun than I expected. Who knew there were so many weird words ending in “tae”? It just goes to show that you can find something interesting in the most unexpected places. It was a good reminder to stay curious and keep exploring, even if it’s just messing around with words on the internet!
