Words ending in ANCE
There are 283 words ending in ANCE in our word list. 58 of them are common everyday words, such as CHANCE, PERFORMANCE, ADVANCE and APPEARANCE. They range from 5 to 15 letters, and 10-letter words are the biggest group, with 58.
- Words
- 283
- Common words
- 58
- Longest
- COUNTERINSTANCE
- 15 letters
- Top score
- HYPERVIGILANCE
- 28 points
-ANCE makes nouns for an action or state, as in ENTRANCE and ALLOWANCE.
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5-letter words (5)
- dance
- lance
- nance
- rance
- hance
6-letter words (9)
- chance
- stance
- glance
- fiance
- nuance
- trance
- prance
- seance
- usance
7-letter words (11)
- advance
- balance
- finance
- enhance
- romance
- penance
- askance
- valance
- durance
- joyance
- sonance
8-letter words (38)
- distance
- instance
- alliance
- entrance
- guidance
- nuisance
- reliance
- defiance
- elegance
- issuance
- ordnance
- radiance
- variance
- ambiance
- parlance
- pittance
- riddance
- abeyance
- deviance
- tendance
- vibrance
- affiance
- outrance
- valiance
- abidance
- acutance
- adamance
- bechance
- brisance
- buoyance
- feasance
- iterance
- laitance
- nondance
- outdance
- piquance
- portance
- voidance
9-letter words (56)
- insurance
- ambulance
- ignorance
- substance
- tolerance
- abundance
- allowance
- arrogance
- assurance
- avoidance
- clearance
- dominance
- endurance
- fragrance
- freelance
- ordinance
- relevance
- resonance
- vengeance
- annoyance
- appliance
- grievance
- hindrance
- imbalance
- impedance
- semblance
- severance
- vigilance
- luminance
- perchance
- rebalance
- refinance
- utterance
- dalliance
- esperance
- obeisance
- petulance
- pleasance
- pursuance
- reactance
- unbalance
- assonance
- emittance
- hesitance
- mischance
- puissance
- sibilance
- jubilance
- poignance
- aberrance
- cofinance
- exultance
- flagrance
- militance
- quittance
- tarriance
10-letter words (58)
- appearance
- assistance
- importance
- resistance
- acceptance
- accordance
- attendance
- compliance
- governance
- allegiance
- brilliance
- dissonance
- observance
- provenance
- reluctance
- repentance
- temperance
- admittance
- conveyance
- covariance
- exuberance
- remittance
- sustenance
- absorbance
- ascendance
- cognizance
- connivance
- consonance
- inductance
- invariance
- irradiance
- dependance
- monstrance
- ordonnance
- penetrance
- repugnance
- sufferance
- affirmance
- defeasance
- desistance
- inelegance
- luxuriance
- nurturance
- purveyance
- survivance
- vicariance
- chatoyance
- expectance
- immittance
- intendance
- malignance
- misbalance
- outbalance
- prefinance
- purtenance
- reentrance
- reprobance
- suppliance
11-letter words (46)
- performance
- maintenance
- disturbance
- inheritance
- remembrance
- renaissance
- resemblance
- deliverance
- intolerance
- reassurance
- capacitance
- concordance
- conformance
- continuance
- countenance
- furtherance
- irrelevance
- malfeasance
- reinsurance
- coinsurance
- comeuppance
- conductance
- contrivance
- encumbrance
- flamboyance
- forbearance
- nonchalance
- reflectance
- chrominance
- discordance
- illuminance
- insouciance
- misfeasance
- acquittance
- misalliance
- misguidance
- nonfeasance
- outdistance
- overbalance
- absorptance
- attractance
- conversance
- exorbitance
- forbiddance
- impuissance
- mesalliance
12-letter words (32)
- significance
- surveillance
- acquaintance
- circumstance
- perseverance
- extravagance
- predominance
- reappearance
- clairvoyance
- happenstance
- recognizance
- disallowance
- intemperance
- overreliance
- preclearance
- protuberance
- remonstrance
- unimportance
- appurtenance
- complaisance
- microbalance
- transhumance
- concomitance
- disseverance
- happenchance
- incognizance
- inconsonance
- inobservance
- noninsurance
- overissuance
- precipitance
- reconveyance
13-letter words (14)
- disappearance
- preponderance
- noncompliance
- overabundance
- transmittance
- recalcitrance
- nonattendance
- nonresistance
- disaffirmance
- nonacceptance
- nonappearance
- nonobservance
- overdominance
- ultradistance
14-letter words (13)
- reconnaissance
- counterbalance
- discontinuance
- insignificance
- hypervigilance
- superabundance
- disinheritance
- nonperformance
- discountenance
- intransigeance
- nonconformance
- overcompliance
- preperformance
15-letter words (1)
- counterinstance
Darker borders mark common everyday words. Rarer words follow in each group.
Questions
How many words ending in ANCE are there?
Our word list has 283 words ending in ANCE. 58 of them are common everyday words.
What is the longest word ending in ANCE?
COUNTERINSTANCE is the longest, with 15 letters.
Which word ending in ANCE scores the most points?
Using standard letter tile values, HYPERVIGILANCE scores 28 points, the most of any word ending in ANCE in our list.
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