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Words Starting With EC

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There are 251 words that start with EC in the ENABLE list, which is roughly 0.15% of the words Letterpile uses. The longest are ECHOCARDIOGRAPHERS and ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES; the shortest is ECU. Using commonly used tile values, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC (33 points) scores the most. 28 of them use no letter twice, which matters in games where every tile is separate. Different games use different dictionaries, so check your game's rules before relying on a word.

At a glance

FactValue
Words in this list251
Share of the ENABLE list shown on this site0.15%
LongestECHOCARDIOGRAPHERS and ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES (18 letters)
ShortestECU (3 letters)
Highest base score (common values)ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC, 33
No repeated letters28

Most common next letter after EC

LetterWords
H59
O59
T36
L28
C23

What stands out

  • None of these words is a palindrome (the same backward and forward).
  • 30 still form a word when the leading EC is removed, for example ECCENTRIC, ECCENTRICALLY, ECCENTRICITIES, ECCENTRICITY and ECHARD → CENTRIC, CENTRICALLY, CENTRICITIES, CENTRICITY and HARD.
  • The most common endings here are -ES (35), -IC (23), -MS (14).
  • The most common number of vowels (A, E, I, O, U) is 3, found in 74 of these words.
  • The average length is 9.5 letters.
  • After EC, the letter H comes next most often (59 words).

All EC- words

3 letters 1

ecu

4 letters 4

eche echo ecru ecus

5 letters 5

eched eches echos eclat ecrus

6 letters 14

ecarte ecesis echard eching echini echoed echoer echoes echoey echoic eclair eclats ectype eczema

7 letters 33

ecartes ecbolic eccrine ecdyses ecdysis ecdyson echards echelle echelon echidna echinus echoers echoing echoism eclairs eclipse eclogue ecocide ecology economy ecotone ecotype ecstasy ectases ectasis ectatic ecthyma ectopia ectopic ectozoa ectypal ectypes eczemas

8 letters 43

ecaudate ecbolics ecclesia ecdysial ecdysone ecdysons ecesises echelles echelons echidnae echidnas echinate echinoid echogram echoisms echoless eclectic eclipsed eclipses eclipsis ecliptic eclogite eclogues eclosion ecocidal ecocides ecofreak ecologic econobox economic ecotonal ecotones ecotypes ecotypic ecraseur ecstatic ectoderm ectomere ectopias ectosarc ectozoan ectozoon ecumenic

9 letters 44

eccentric ecclesiae ecclesial ecdysiast ecdysones echeloned echeveria echinoids echiuroid echograms echolalia echolalic echovirus eclampsia eclamptic eclectics eclipsing ecliptics eclogites eclosions ecofreaks ecologies ecologist economics economies economise economist economize ecosphere ecosystem ecraseurs ecstasies ecstatics ecthymata ectoderms ectomeres ectomorph ectoplasm ectosarcs ectotherm ectozoans ecumenics ecumenism ecumenist

10 letters 35

eccentrics ecchymoses ecchymosis ecchymotic ecdysiasts echeloning echeverias echinoderm echiuroids echolalias eclampsias eclipsises ecological ecologists econoboxes economical economised economises economists economized economizer economizes ecospecies ecospheres ecosystems ecotourism ecotourist ectodermal ectomorphs ectoplasms ectotherms ecumenical ecumenisms ecumenists eczematous

11 letters 18

echinococci echinoderms echoviruses eclecticism econometric economising economizers economizing ecotourisms ecotourists ectomorphic ectopically ectoplasmic ectothermic ectotrophic ecumenicism ecumenicist ecumenicity

12 letters 16

eccentricity ecclesiastic ecclesiology echinococcus echolocation eclectically eclecticisms ecologically econometrics econometrist economically ecstatically ectoparasite ecumenically ecumenicisms ecumenicists

13 letters 9

eccentrically ecclesiastics echolocations econometrists ecophysiology ectoparasites ectoparasitic ecumenicalism ecumenicities

14 letters 10

eccentricities ecclesiastical ecclesiologies ecclesiologist echinococcoses echinococcosis echocardiogram ecocatastrophe econometrician ecumenicalisms

15 letters 10

ecclesiasticism ecclesiological ecclesiologists echinodermatous echocardiograms eclaircissement ecocatastrophes econometrically econometricians ecophysiologies

16 letters 5

ecclesiastically ecclesiasticisms echocardiography eclaircissements ecophysiological

17 letters 2

echocardiographer echocardiographic

18 letters 2

echocardiographers echocardiographies

Using these words

To find words that start with EC using only your letters, open the Word Unscrambler, enter your letters and type EC in Starts with. For a known pattern, the Crossword Solver accepts EC???-style patterns. Words come from the open ENABLE word list. Different games use different dictionaries, so always check the rules of your game.

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