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Words Containing ANCE
6-Letter Words (21 found)
7-Letter Words (36 found)
8-Letter Words (75 found)
- abeyance
- abidance
- acutance
- adamance
- advanced
- advancer
- advances
- affiance
- alliance
- ambiance
- ancestor
- ancestry
- balanced
- balancer
- balances
- bechance
- brisance
- bromance
- buoyance
- canceled
- canceler
- cancered
- chancels
- chancers
- chancery
- defiance
- deviance
- distance
- durances
- elegance
- enhanced
- enhancer
- enhances
- entrance
- feasance
- fiancees
- financed
- finances
- glancers
- guidance
- instance
- issuance
- iterance
- joyances
- laitance
- lancelet
- lanceted
- nondance
- nuisance
- ordnance
- outdance
- outrance
- pancetta
- parlance
- penanced
- penances
- piquance
- pittance
- portance
- prancers
- radiance
- reliance
- riddance
- romanced
- romancer
- romances
- sonances
- spancels
- tendance
- valanced
- valances
- valiance
- variance
- vibrance
- voidance
9-Letter Words (122 found)
- aberrance
- abeyances
- abidances
- abundance
- acutances
- adamances
- advancers
- affianced
- affiances
- alliances
- allowance
- ambiances
- ambulance
- ancestors
- ancestral
- annoyance
- appliance
- arrogance
- assonance
- assurance
- avoidance
- balancers
- bechanced
- bechances
- brisances
- bromances
- buoyances
- cancelers
- canceling
- cancelled
- canceller
- chanceful
- clearance
- cofinance
- dalliance
- danceable
- dancehall
- defiances
- deviances
- distanced
- distances
- dominance
- elegances
- emittance
- endurance
- enhancers
- entranced
- entrances
- esperance
- exultance
- feasances
- flagrance
- fragrance
- freelance
- geomancer
- grievance
- guidances
- hesitance
- hindrance
- ignorance
- imbalance
- impedance
- instanced
- instances
- insurance
- issuances
- iterances
- jubilance
- laitances
- lancelets
- lancewood
- luminance
- militance
- mischance
- nondancer
75 of 122 words shown
10-Letter Words (143 found)
- aberrances
- absorbance
- abundances
- acceptance
- accordance
- admittance
- affirmance
- affordance
- allegiance
- allowanced
- allowances
- ambulances
- ancestored
- ancestress
- ancestries
- annoyances
- anticancer
- appearance
- appliances
- arrogances
- ascendance
- assistance
- assonances
- assurances
- attendance
- avoidances
- breakdance
- brilliance
- cancelable
- cancellers
- cancelling
- cancellous
- chancellor
- chanceries
- chatoyance
- clearances
- cofinanced
- cofinances
- cognizance
- compliance
- connivance
- consonance
- conveyance
- covariance
- dalliances
- defeasance
- dependance
- desistance
- dissonance
- dominances
- emittances
- endurances
- esperances
- exceedance
- expectance
- exuberance
- exultances
- flagrances
- fragrances
- freelanced
- freelancer
- freelances
- geomancers
- governance
- grievances
- hesitances
- hindrances
- ignorances
- imbalanced
- imbalances
- immittance
- impedances
- importance
- inductance
- inelegance
75 of 143 words shown
11-Letter Words (122 found)
- absorbances
- absorptance
- acceptances
- accordances
- acquittance
- admittances
- advancement
- affirmances
- affordances
- allegiances
- ancestoring
- ancestrally
- appearances
- ascendances
- assistances
- attendances
- breakdanced
- breakdancer
- breakdances
- brilliances
- cancelation
- cancellable
- capacitance
- chancellery
- chancellors
- chancellory
- chatoyances
- chiromancer
- chrominance
- cognizances
- coinsurance
- comeuppance
- compliances
- concordance
- conductance
- conformance
- connivances
- consonances
- continuance
- contrivance
- conversance
- conveyancer
- conveyances
- countenance
- covariances
- defeasances
- deliverance
- dependances
- desistances
- discordance
- dissonances
- disturbance
- encumbrance
- enhancement
- entranceway
- exceedances
- exorbitance
- expectances
- exuberances
- flamboyance
- forbearance
- forbiddance
- freelancers
- furtherance
- governances
- illuminance
- importances
- impuissance
- inductances
- inelegances
- inheritance
- insouciance
- intendances
- intolerance
- invariances
75 of 122 words shown
12-Letter Words (97 found)
- absorptances
- acquaintance
- acquittances
- advancements
- ancestresses
- appurtenance
- breakdancers
- cancelations
- cancellation
- capacitances
- chiromancers
- chrominances
- circumstance
- clairvoyance
- coinsurances
- comeuppances
- complaisance
- concomitance
- concordances
- conductances
- conformances
- continuances
- contrivances
- conveyancers
- countenancer
- countenances
- deliverances
- disallowance
- discordances
- disseverance
- disturbances
- encumbrancer
- encumbrances
- enhancements
- entrancement
- entranceways
- exorbitances
- extravagance
- flamboyances
- forbearances
- forbiddances
- furtherances
- happenchance
- happenstance
- illuminances
- impuissances
- incognizance
- inconsonance
- inheritances
- inobservance
- insouciances
- intemperance
- intolerances
- irrelevances
- maintenances
- malfeasances
- microbalance
- microfinance
- misalliances
- misfeasances
- misguidances
- necromancers
- noncancerous
- nonchalances
- nonfeasances
- noninsurance
- oblanceolate
- outdistanced
- outdistances
- overbalanced
- overbalances
- overissuance
- overreliance
- performances
- perseverance
75 of 97 words shown
13-Letter Words (53 found)
- acquaintances
- appurtenances
- cancellations
- chancelleries
- chancellories
- circumstanced
- circumstances
- clairvoyances
- complaisances
- concomitances
- disaffirmance
- disallowances
- disappearance
- disseverances
- encumbrancers
- entrancements
- extravagances
- happenchances
- happenstances
- inconsonances
- inobservances
- intemperances
- microbalances
- nonacceptance
- nonappearance
- nonattendance
- noncancelable
- noncompliance
- nonobservance
- nonresistance
- overabundance
- overdominance
- overissuances
- perseverances
- precancelling
- precipitances
- preclearances
- predominances
- preponderance
- protuberances
- reappearances
- recalcitrance
- recognizances
- reconveyances
- remembrancers
- remonstrances
- rhabdomancers
- significances
- substanceless
- surveillances
- transmittance
- ultradistance
- underfinanced
14-Letter Words (28 found)
- chancellorship
- counterbalance
- disaffirmances
- disappearances
- discontinuance
- discountenance
- disinheritance
- hypervigilance
- insignificance
- intransigeance
- nonacceptances
- nonappearances
- nonattendances
- noncompliances
- nonconformance
- nonobservances
- nonperformance
- nonresistances
- overabundances
- overcompliance
- overdominances
- preperformance
- preponderances
- reacquaintance
- recalcitrances
- reconnaissance
- superabundance
- transmittances
How many SCRABBLE® words contain ANCE?
There are 716 words that contain ANCE in the Official SCRABBLE® Dictionary, ranging from 5-letter words to 15-letter words. The highest-scoring SCRABBLE® words containing ANCE is hypervigilance, which is worth 28 points, followed by chancellorships at 27 points.
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