There are a total of 9 8-letter words containing 'wait', and the number may vary in different dictionaries. You can specify the dictionary and order.

• awaiters ₁₁
• awaiting ₁₄
• outwaits ₁₂
• thwaites ₁₃
• waitings ₁₄
• waitlist ₁₂
• waitress ₁₁
• waitrons ₁₂
• waitered ₁₂

There are 9 8-letter words containing wait in the well-known word game dictionary, 8 in the Scrabble US (US/Canada/Thailand - TWL/NWL) dictionary, and 9 in the Scrabble UK (International - SOWPODS/CSW) dictionary, and 8 in the Words with Friends (WWF) dictionary.