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Shapes with 8 letters
These are the eight-letter shapes in Icillion: 21 names, from “Cardioid” to “Triangle”.
All 21 eight-letter shapes
- Cardioid
- Catenary
- Catenoid
- Crescent
- Cylinder
- Decagram
- Hectogon
- Helicoid
- Heptagon
- Hexagram
- Icosagon
- Myriagon
- Nephroid
- Octagram
- Parabola
- Pentagon
- Polytope
- Rhomboid
- Spheroid
- Squircle
- Triangle
About this list
- 21 of the 148 shapes have exactly 8 letters (14%).
- Most start with C (5), H (4) and P (3).
- Only names of one word are counted, and only their letters: spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are not.
Quick answers
- What are some eight-letter shapes?
- 21 of the 148 shapes in Icillion have exactly 8 letters, for example Triangle, Pentagon and Cylinder.
- Which eight-letter shapes start with C?
- C is the most common first letter here, with 5 names, such as Cardioid, Catenary, Catenoid, Crescent and Cylinder.
Shapes by first letter
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