5-Letter Words Ending In NCE

10 common words and 26 valid guesses end in "NCE". The ending is locked — narrow further by starting letter.

10 common words26 valid words

Common Words (10)

Words most likely to be the answer.

wince
mince
lance
since
dunce
pence
dance
fence
ounce
hence

Other Valid 5-Letter Words (16)

Valid as guesses, but unlikely to be the answer.

bonce
bunce
cence
gance
hance
nance
nonce
nunce
ponce
punce
rance
sence
vance
vince
yance
yince

What These Words Have in Common

Letter patterns across all 26 matches.

Most common letters

n26
c26
e26
a8
u5
i5
o4
p3
b2
d2

Most common letter by position

The most common letter in the 1st position is n, appearing in 3 of 26 words.

Vowel distribution

  • 0 with no vowels
  • 5 with 1 unique vowel
  • 20 with 2 unique vowels
  • 1 with 3+ unique vowels

Most common openings

  • bo- · 1 words
  • bu- · 1 words
  • ce- · 1 words
  • da- · 1 words
  • du- · 1 words

Strategy

10 possible answers end in "NCE". Try a guess that uses one of the common openings shown above.

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