Words ending in ENCE

334 words in the ENABLE list end in ENCE. The most common are EXPERIENCE, EVIDENCE, SCIENCE and CONFERENCE. They run from 5 to 19 letters, and the highest-scoring is CHEMILUMINESCENCE at 30 points.

Words
334
Lengths
5–19 letters
Top score
30 (CHEMILUMINESCENCE)

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The words

5-letter words 3

6-letter words 3

spence10thence11whence14

7-letter words 14

absence11 cadence12defence13 essence9 faience12licence11 lucence11offence15 potence11refence12science11 silence9 unfence12valence12

8-letter words 30

ambience14audience11 clarence12 commence16credence13eminence12evidence14 exigence18florence13lenience10mergence13nascence12opulence12patience12 presence12 pretence12prudence13salience10sapience12sentence10 sequence19 sithence13sixpence19tangence11tendence11tenpence12tuppence14twopence15vergence14violence13

9-letter words 45

accidence16adherence15affluence17appetence15coherence16covalence16decadence15deference15diligence13effluence17eloquence20emergence14 esurience11existence18 feculence16frequence23halfpence19immanence15imminence15impotence15impudence16incidence14 indigence13indolence12inference14influence14 inherence14innocence13 insolence11nescience13obedience14penitence13prurience13purulence13redolence12reference14 refluence14remanence13residence12 reticence13reverence14sentience11stridence12vehemence19virulence14

10-letter words 68

abhorrence17abstinence14ascendence15bioscience16competence18condolence15conference17 confidence18 confluence17congruence15conscience16 continence14corpulence16dehiscence18dependence16 deterrence13difference19 diffidence20dissidence14divergence17ebullience14effulgence19excellence21 expedience22experience21 flatulence15geoscience15impatience16imprudence17incurrence14indulgence14insistence12insurgence13negligence14 occurrence16 permanence16pertinence14pestilence14precedence17preference17 prescience16prevalence17 prominence16providence18 pubescence18quiescence23recommence18recurrence14renascence14resilience12resurgence13senescence14somnolence14subsidence15succulence16threepence17transience12truculence14tumescence16turbulence14
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11-letter words 54

adolescence16ambivalence20antecedence16antiscience15beneficence20benevolence18candescence18coalescence17coexistence22coincidence18 complacence21concurrence17conferrence18consequence24 consistence15contingence16convenience18 convergence19despondence17equivalence25evanescence18excrescence24florescence18fraudulence17impenitence17inappetence17incoherence18inexistence20infrequence25insentience13iridescence16irreverence16maleficence20malevolence18munificence20nonevidence17nonsentence13nonviolence16omnipotence17omniscience17opalescence17percipience19persistence15polyvalence21preeminence17presentence15provenience18putrescence17reemergence16submergence18subsentence15subsequence24subsistence15turgescence16

12-letter words 51

acquiescence27antiviolence17arborescence18belligerence17codependence20concrescence20detumescence19disobedience18equipollence25ethnoscience19fluorescence19impermanence20impertinence18improvidence22inadvertence18incalescence18incompetence20incongruence17incontinence16indehiscence20independence18 indifference21inexpedience24inexperience23intelligence15 interference17 intumescence18juvenescence26luminescence18magnificence22misreference19multivalence19neuroscience16nonexistence21noninfluence17nonresidence15obsolescence18omnipresence18pearlescence18preemergence19preexistence23quintessence23reexperience23reminiscence18reoccurrence18resplendence17reviviscence22subservience19transference17translucence16transparence16

13-letter words 29

birefringence21circumference24clairaudience18concupiscence23convalescence22defervescence24deliquescence27effervescence26efflorescence23impercipience23incandescence20inconsequence26inconsistence17inconvenience20 inflorescence20intermittence17intransigence16jurisprudence25magniloquence27nonconference20nonconfidence21nonoccurrence19postemergence20prepubescence23pseudoscience20recrudescence20supereminence19transcendence18ultraviolence18

14-letter words 15

condescendence22correspondence21 grandiloquence27interinfluence19noncoincidence21nonconcurrence20nonequivalence28omnicompetence24overconfidence25overdependence23overindulgence21postexperience27preadolescence21rejuvenescence28teleconference21

15-letter words 11

bioluminescence23counterevidence23counterviolence22hypersomnolence27interdependence21nonindependence21noninterference20phosphorescence29superintendence20thermoremanence24videoconference26

16-letter words 3

counterinfluence23immunocompetence28postindependence24

17-letter words 3

chemiluminescence30superintelligence22triboluminescence25

18-letter words 2

immunofluorescence29thermoluminescence29

19-letter words 3

counterintelligence24countertransference26electroluminescence27

Highest-scoring words

Scored with Scrabble letter values, before bonus squares.

chemiluminescence30immunofluorescence29phosphorescence29thermoluminescence29immunocompetence28nonequivalence28rejuvenescence28acquiescence27electroluminescence27grandiloquence27

Questions

How many words end in ENCE?

334 words in the ENABLE word list end in ENCE.

What is the longest word that ends in ENCE?

COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, with 19 letters. Next come COUNTERTRANSFERENCE and ELECTROLUMINESCENCE.

What is the highest-scoring word that ends in ENCE?

CHEMILUMINESCENCE, worth 30 points with Scrabble letter values.