Words Ending In CES
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The open ENABLE word list has 1,028 words that end in CES, about 0.60% of the 172,434 words this site shows. The longest are COUNTERINTELLIGENCES, COUNTERSURVEILLANCES and COUNTERTRANSFERENCES; the shortest are ACES and ICES. Using commonly used tile values, CHEMILUMINESCENCES (31 points) scores the most. 122 have no repeated letter at all. Different games use different dictionaries, so check your game's rules before relying on a word.
At a glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Words in this list | 1,028 |
| Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site | 0.60% |
| Longest | COUNTERINTELLIGENCES, COUNTERSURVEILLANCES and COUNTERTRANSFERENCES and 2 more (20 letters) |
| Shortest | ACES and ICES (4 letters) |
| Highest base score (common values) | CHEMILUMINESCENCES, 31 |
| No repeated letters | 122 |
Most common letter before CES
| Letter | Words |
|---|---|
| N | 639 |
| I | 145 |
| A | 121 |
| U | 40 |
| E | 34 |
Useful observations
- None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
- 40 leave another word when the final
CESis taken off, for exampleAMICES,BICES,BORACES,BRACESandBULLACES→AMI,BI,BORA,BRAandBULLA. - The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 4, found in 404 of these words.
- The average length is 10.3 letters.
- Before CES, the letter
Nappears most often (639 words).
All -CES words
4 letters 2
aces ices
5 letters 20
bices daces dices duces faces feces fices fyces laces luces maces paces puces races rices sices syces taces vices voces
6 letters 46
amices apices bocces braces calces cruces dances deices deuces dunces educes faeces falces farces fasces fauces fences forces glaces graces hances ibices juices lances minces nances nieces nonces ounces peaces pieces places ponces prices rances recces saices sauces slices spaces terces traces trices truces voices winces
7 letters 81
abduces adduces advices almuces amerces anlaces bifaces bodices boraces bounces calices calyces carices chances choices cilices cimices codices coerces culices cylices deduces defaces devices effaces enfaces enlaces entices evinces fiances fleeces glances helices hyraces indices induces inlaces jaunces jounces latices launces malices menaces murices notices novices nuances offices orrices palaces pierces plaices polices pomaces pounces prances princes pumices quinces radices reduces refaces relaces rubaces sconces seances seduces sluices solaces sources spences splices spruces stances tenaces tierces trances unlaces usances varices vivaces
8 letters 99
absences advances ambsaces amesaces auspices avarices balances bedunces bullaces caddices cadences caprices catfaces caudices cervices chalices conduces coppices cornices cortices crevices defences deforces dehisces devoices divorces dogfaces durances edifices embraces emplaces enforces enhances enounces essences faiences finances flounces fornices frounces furnaces grimaces halluces hospices invoices joyances justices lattices lettuces licences lucences matrices mortices offences orifices outfaces outpaces outraces penances pinnaces pollices potences prefaces prepuces produces refences rejoices replaces reprices respaces retraces revoices romances sciences scoleces scolices services silences sonances spadices statices subduces subraces suffices surfaces terraces thoraces traduces trounces unbraces unfences unifaces unvoices usaunces valances valences vendaces vertices vortices
9 letters 141
abeyances abidances acutances adamances affiances airspaces alliances allspices ambiances ambiences announces anthraces apotheces artifices aruspices audiences bechances benefices boldfaces bonifaces bootlaces brattices brisances buoyances carapaces clarences coalesces codpieces commences commerces complices convinces coprinces credences defiances denounces deviances disgraces displaces distances earpieces elegances eminences ensconces entrances evanesces evidences exigences eyepieces feasances florences footpaces footraces forefaces fullfaces gentrices guidances headraces instances issuances iterances jaundices laitances leniences licorices mergences midspaces millraces misplaces misprices misspaces mistraces nascences necklaces nondances nuisances opalesces opulences oratrices ordnances outdances outprices outrances outvoices palefaces parlances patiences piquances pittances populaces portances postfaces poultices practices prentices preplaces preprices presences preslices pretences provinces prudences radiances rectrices reinduces reliances renounces resources resplices riddances saliences sapiences seapieces sentences sequences sesterces shoelaces simplices sixpences solstices subspaces surplices tailraces tangences tectrices tendances tendences tenpences toepieces tuppences twopences typefaces valiances vambraces variances vergences verjuices vibrances violences voidances wheyfaces
10 letters 160
aberrances abundances accidences acquiesces adherences aerospaces affluences allowances ambulances annoyances anthelices appendices appetences appliances armistices arrogances assonances assurances aviatrices avoidances backspaces blackfaces cicatrices clearances cofinances coherences coproduces covalences cowardices dalliances decadences deferences diligences dominances doughfaces effluences eloquences emergences emittances endurances epicalyces esperances esuriences existences exultances feculences fireplaces flagrances fluoresces fortalices fragrances freelances frequences grievances hairpieces haruspices headpieces headspaces heelpieces heretrices heritrices hesitances hindrances ignorances imbalances immanences imminences impedances impotences impudences incidences indigences indolences inferences influences inherences injustices innocences insolences insurances interfaces interlaces introduces jubilances lightfaces liquorices luminances luminesces microluces militances milliluces mischances mischoices nesciences nosepieces obediences obeisances obsolesces ordinances overprices oversauces penitences petulances pleasances poignances pontifices precipices prejudices pronounces pruriences puissances pursuances purulences quittances reactances rebalances redolences reenforces references refinances refluences reinforces relevances remanences reminisces reproduces reservices residences resonances resurfaces reticences reverences sacrifices semblances sentiences severances showpieces showplaces sibilances sidepieces slivovices stridences subindices substances superraces tailpieces tarriances timepieces tolerances transduces unbalances utterances vehemences vengeances vigilances virulences whitefaces workforces workpieces workplaces
11 letters 166
abhorrences absorbances abstinences acceptances accomplices accordances actinomyces admittances advertences affirmances afterpieces allegiances altarpieces appearances applesauces apprentices ascendances ascendences assistances attendances biosciences birthplaces brilliances cantatrices chatoyances cockatrices cognizances competences compliances condolences conferences confidences confluences congruences connivances consciences consonances continences convalesces conveyances corpulences covariances crawlspaces crosspieces cyberspaces defeasances dehiscences deliquesces dentifrices dependances dependences desistances deterrences differences diffidences directrices disservices dissidences dissonances divergences divulgences ebulliences effervesces effloresces effulgences excellences executrices expectances expediences experiences exuberances fieldpieces flatulences geosciences governances grandnieces hydrospaces hyperspaces immittances impatiences importances imprudences incandesces incipiences incurrences inductances indulgences inelegances insistences insurgences intendances interspaces interstices invariances irradiances luxuriances malignances mediatrices misbalances monstrances mouthpieces negligences neocortices nonsciences nurturances observances occurrences ordonnances outbalances outproduces penetrances permanences pertinences pestilences precedences preferences prefinances presciences prevalences prominences prothoraces provenances providences pubescences purtenances purveyances quiescences recommences reconvinces recrudesces recurrences reentrances refulgences reluctances remittances renascences repentances reprobances repugnances resentences resiliences resistances resurgences scapegraces senescences shankpieces somnolences subsciences subsidences subsurfaces succulences sufferances suppliances survivances sustenances temperances testatrices threepences transiences truculences tumescences turbulences uncoalesces underprices vicariances virescences
12 letters 124
absorptances acquittances adolescences ambivalences antecedences antisciences attractances beneficences benevolences candescences capacitances centerpieces chrominances coadjutrices coalescences coexistences coincidences coinsurances comeuppances commonplaces complacences concordances concurrences conductances conferrences conformances consequences consistences contingences continuances contrivances conveniences convergences conversances cotransduces countenances deliverances despondences discordances disturbances dominatrices encumbrances equivalences evanescences excrescences exorbitances flamboyances florescences forbearances forbiddances fraudulences furtherances generatrices illuminances impenitences impuissances inappetences incoherences inexistences infrequences inheritances inheritrices insentiences insouciances intolerances iridescences irrelevances irreverences letterspaces maintenances maleficences malevolences malfeasances malpractices mantelpieces marketplaces masterpieces mesalliances mesothoraces metathoraces misalliances misfeasances misguidances munificences nonchalances nonevidences nonfeasances nonsentences nonviolences omnipotences omnisciences opalescences outdistances overbalances overproduces overservices percipiences performances persistences photoreduces polyvalences preannounces preeminences presentences proveniences putrescences reassurances reemergences reflectances reinsurances reintroduces remembrances renaissances resemblances streptomyces stringpieces submergences subsentences subsequences subsistences superhelices superinduces transpierces turgescences
13 letters 91
acquaintances acquiescences appurtenances arborescences belligerences chimneypieces circumstances clairvoyances codependences complaisances concomitances concrescences counterforces detumescences disallowances disobediences disseverances equipollences ethnosciences extravagances fluorescences frontispieces happenchances happenstances hydrothoraces hypersurfaces impermanences impertinences improvidences inadvertences incalescences incognizances incompetences incongruences inconsonances incontinences indehiscences independences indifferences inexpediences inexperiences inobservances intelligences intemperances interferences intumescences juvenescences luminescences magnificences microbalances mispronounces misreferences multivalences neurosciences nonexistences noninfluences noninsurances nonresidences obsolescences omnipresences outreproduces overissuances overreliances pearlescences perseverances phosphoresces precipitances preclearances predominances preexistences protuberances quintessences reappearances recognizances reconveyances reexperiences reminiscences remonstrances reoccurrences resplendences reviviscences saccharomyces significances subserviences surveillances transferences transhumances translucences transparences undersurfaces unimportances
14 letters 44
birefringences circumferences clairaudiences concupiscences convalescences defervescences deliquescences disaffirmances disappearances effervescences efflorescences impercipiences incandescences inconsequences inconsistences inconveniences inflorescences intermittences intransigences jurisprudences magniloquences nonacceptances nonappearances nonattendances noncompliances nonconferences nonconfidences nonobservances nonoccurrences nonresistances overabundances overdominances pneumothoraces preponderances prepubescences pseudosciences recalcitrances recrudescences supereminences thoroughbraces transcendences transmittances ultradistances ultraviolences
15 letters 28
cephalothoraces condescendences correspondences counterbalances discontinuances discountenances disinheritances grandiloquences hypervigilances insignificances interinfluences intransigeances noncoincidences nonconcurrences nonconformances nonequivalences nonperformances omnicompetences overcompliances overconfidences overdependences overindulgences preadolescences preperformances reconnaissances rejuvenescences superabundances teleconferences
16 letters 13
administratrices bioluminescences counterevidences counterinstances counterviolences hypersomnolences interdependences nonindependences noninterferences phosphorescences superintendences thermoremanences videoconferences
17 letters 2
counterinfluences immunocompetences
18 letters 4
chemiluminescences magnetoresistances superintelligences triboluminescences
19 letters 2
immunofluorescences thermoluminescences
20 letters 5
counterintelligences countersurveillances countertransferences electroluminescences photoreconnaissances
Using these words
To find words ending in CES from your own letters, use the Word Unscrambler with CES in Ends with, or try a pattern such as ???CES 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.