Words Ending In CE

Last updated: October 1, 2026

1,005 of the 172,434 ENABLE words shown on this site are words that end in CE (about 0.58%). Lengths range from 3 letters (ACE and ICE) to 19 (COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, COUNTERSURVEILLANCE and COUNTERTRANSFERENCE). Using commonly used tile values, CHEMILUMINESCENCE (30 points) scores the most. 154 of them use no letter twice, which matters in games where every tile is separate. This is a general word list, not any game's official one; always check the rules of your game.

At a glance

Fact	Value
Words in this list	1,005
Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site	0.58%
Longest	`COUNTERINTELLIGENCE`, `COUNTERSURVEILLANCE` and `COUNTERTRANSFERENCE` and 2 more (19 letters)
Shortest	`ACE` and `ICE` (3 letters)
Highest base score (common values)	`CHEMILUMINESCENCE`, 30
No repeated letters	154

Most common letter before CE

Letter	Words
N	655
A	117
I	117
U	36
E	33

Patterns in this list

None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
49 leave another word when the final CE is taken off, for example AMICE, BICE, BRACE, BULLACE and DOLCE → AMI, BI, BRA, BULLA and DOL.
The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 4, found in 394 of these words.
The average length is 9.3 letters.
Before CE, the letter N appears most often (655 words).

All -CE words

3 letters 2

ace ice

4 letters 23

bice dace dice duce face fice fyce lace lice luce mace mice nice once pace pice puce race rice sice syce tace vice

5 letters 47

amice apace bocce brace dance deice deuce dolce douce dunce educe farce fence force glace grace hance hence juice lance mince nance niece nonce ounce peace pence piece place ponce price rance recce saice sauce since slice space spice terce trace trice truce twice voice wince yince

6 letters 73

abduce adduce advice almuce amerce anlace apiece biface bodice bounce chance choice cilice coerce deduce deface device efface enface enlace entice evince fiance fierce fleece glance induce inlace jaunce jounce launce malice menace notice novice nuance office orrice palace pierce plaice police pomace pounce prance prince pumice quince reduce reface relace rubace scarce sconce seance seduce sluice solace source spence splice spruce stance tenace thence thrice tierce trance unlace usance veloce vivace whence

7 letters 91

absence advance ambsace amesace anglice askance auspice avarice balance bedunce bullace caddice cadence caprice catface chalice conduce coppice cornice crevice defence deforce dehisce devoice divorce dogface dormice durance edifice embrace emplace enforce enhance enounce essence faience finance flounce frounce furnace grimace hospice invoice joyance justice lattice lettuce licence lucence mortice offence orifice outface outpace outrace penance pinnace potence preface prepuce prerace produce refence rejoice replace reprice respace retrace revoice romance science service silence sonance statice subduce subrace suffice surface terrace titmice traduce trounce unbrace unfence uniface unvoice usaunce valance valence vendace

8 letters 144

abeyance abidance acutance adamance affiance airspace alliance allspice ambiance ambience announce anyplace apothece artifice audience bechance benefice boldface boniface booklice bootlace brattice brisance buoyance carapace clarence coalesce codpiece commence commerce complice convince coprince credence defiance denounce deviance disgrace displace distance earpiece elegance eminence ensconce entrance evanesce evidence exigence eyepiece feasance florence footpace footrace foreface fullface gentrice guidance headrace instance issuance iterance jaundice laitance lenience licorice mergence midspace millrace misplace misprice misspace mistrace nascence necklace nondance nuisance opalesce opulence ordnance outdance outprice outrance outvoice overnice paleface parlance patience perforce piquance pittance populace portance postface postrace poultice practice prentice preplace preprice presence preslice pretence province prudence radiance rearmice reinduce reliance renounce reremice resource resplice riddance salience sapience seapiece semplice sentence sequence sesterce shoelace sithence sixpence solstice subspace surplice tailrace tangence tendance tendence tenpence toepiece tuppence twopence typeface valiance vambrace variance vergence verjuice vibrance violence voidance wheyface

9 letters 151

aberrance abundance accidence acquiesce adherence aerospace affluence allowance ambulance annoyance appetence appliance armistice arrogance assonance assurance avoidance backspace blackface clearance cofinance coherence coproduce covalence cowardice dalliance decadence deference diligence dominance doughface effluence eloquence emergence emittance endurance esperance esurience existence exultance feculence fireplace flagrance fluoresce fortalice fragrance freelance frequence grievance hairpiece halfpence headpiece headspace heelpiece hesitance hindrance ignorance imbalance immanence imminence impedance impotence impudence incidence indigence indolence inference influence inherence injustice innocence insolence insurance interface interlace introduce jubilance lightface liquorice luminance luminesce militance mischance mischoice nescience nonpolice nosepiece obedience obeisance obsolesce ordinance overprice oversauce penitence perchance petulance pleasance poignance precipice prejudice pronounce prurience puissance pursuance purulence quittance reactance rebalance redolence reenforce reference refinance refluence reinforce relevance remanence reminisce reproduce reservice residence resonance resurface reticence reverence sacrifice semblance sentience severance showpiece showplace sibilance sidepiece someplace stridence substance superrace tailpiece tarriance timepiece tolerance transduce unbalance utterance vehemence vengeance vigilance virulence whiteface workforce workpiece workplace

10 letters 164

abhorrence absorbance abstinence acceptance accomplice accordance admittance advertence affirmance afterpiece allegiance altarpiece antipolice appearance applesauce apprentice ascendance ascendence assistance attendance bioscience birthplace brilliance cantatrice chatoyance cockatrice cognizance competence compliance condolence conference confidence confluence congruence connivance conscience consonance continence convalesce conveyance corpulence covariance crawlspace crosspiece cyberspace defeasance dehiscence deliquesce dentifrice dependance dependence desistance deterrence difference diffidence directrice disservice dissidence dissonance divergence divulgence ebullience effervesce effloresce effulgence everyplace excellence expectance expedience experience exuberance fieldpiece flatulence geoscience governance grandniece hydrospace hyperspace immittance impatience importance imprudence incandesce incipience incurrence inductance indulgence inelegance insistence insurgence intendance interspace interstice invariance irradiance luxuriance malignance misbalance monstrance mouthpiece multipiece negligence nonscience nurturance observance occurrence ordonnance outbalance outproduce penetrance permanence pertinence pestilence precedence preference prefinance prescience preservice prevalence prominence provenance providence pubescence purtenance purveyance quiescence recommence reconvince recrudesce recurrence reentrance refulgence reluctance remittance renascence repentance reprobance repugnance resentence resilience resistance resurgence scapegrace senescence shankpiece somnolence subscience subsidence subsurface succulence sufferance suppliance survivance sustenance temperance threepence transience truculence tumescence turbulence uncoalesce underprice vicariance virescence

11 letters 119

absorptance acquittance adolescence ambivalence antecedence antiscience attractance beneficence benevolence candescence capacitance centerpiece chrominance coalescence coexistence coincidence coinsurance comeuppance commonplace complacence concordance concurrence conductance conferrence conformance consequence consistence contingence continuance contrivance convenience convergence conversance cotransduce countenance deliverance despondence discordance disturbance encumbrance equivalence evanescence excrescence exorbitance flamboyance florescence forbearance forbiddance fraudulence furtherance illuminance impenitence impuissance inappetence incoherence inexistence infrequence inheritance insentience insouciance interoffice intolerance iridescence irrelevance irreverence letterspace maintenance maleficence malevolence malfeasance malpractice mantelpiece marketplace masterpiece mesalliance misalliance misfeasance misguidance multisource munificence nonchalance nonevidence nonfeasance nonsentence nonviolence omnipotence omniscience opalescence outdistance overbalance overproduce overservice percipience performance persistence photoreduce polyvalence postdivorce preannounce preeminence presentence provenience putrescence reassurance reemergence reflectance reinsurance reintroduce remembrance renaissance resemblance stringpiece submergence subsentence subsequence subsistence superinduce transpierce turgescence

12 letters 93

acquaintance acquiescence antiviolence appurtenance arborescence belligerence chimneypiece circumstance clairvoyance codependence complaisance concomitance concrescence counterforce detumescence disallowance disobedience disseverance equipollence ethnoscience extravagance fluorescence frontispiece happenchance happenstance hypersurface impermanence impertinence improvidence inadvertence incalescence incognizance incompetence incongruence inconsonance incontinence indehiscence independence indifference inexpedience inexperience inobservance intelligence intemperance interference interservice intumescence juvenescence luminescence magnificence microbalance mispronounce misreference multiservice multivalence neuroscience nonexistence noninfluence noninsurance nonresidence obsolescence omnipresence outreproduce overissuance overreliance pearlescence perseverance phosphoresce precipitance preclearance predominance preemergence preexistence protuberance quintessence reappearance recognizance reconveyance reexperience reminiscence remonstrance reoccurrence resplendence reviviscence significance subservience surveillance transference transhumance translucence transparence undersurface unimportance

13 letters 44

birefringence circumference clairaudience concupiscence convalescence defervescence deliquescence disaffirmance disappearance effervescence efflorescence impercipience incandescence inconsequence inconsistence inconvenience inflorescence intermittence intransigence jurisprudence magniloquence nonacceptance nonappearance nonattendance noncompliance nonconference nonconfidence nonobservance nonoccurrence nonresistance overabundance overdominance postemergence preponderance prepubescence pseudoscience recalcitrance recrudescence supereminence thoroughbrace transcendence transmittance ultradistance ultraviolence

14 letters 28

condescendence correspondence counterbalance discontinuance discountenance disinheritance grandiloquence hypervigilance insignificance interinfluence intransigeance noncoincidence nonconcurrence nonconformance nonequivalence nonperformance omnicompetence overcompliance overconfidence overdependence overindulgence postexperience preadolescence preperformance reconnaissance rejuvenescence superabundance teleconference

15 letters 12

bioluminescence counterevidence counterinstance counterviolence hypersomnolence interdependence nonindependence noninterference phosphorescence superintendence thermoremanence videoconference

16 letters 3

counterinfluence immunocompetence postindependence

17 letters 4

chemiluminescence magnetoresistance superintelligence triboluminescence

18 letters 2

immunofluorescence thermoluminescence

19 letters 5

counterintelligence countersurveillance countertransference electroluminescence photoreconnaissance

Using these words

To find words ending in CE from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with CE in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???CE in the Crossword Solver. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.