There are 788 words with the suffix ANCE in our word list of 382,657 words, and every one of them is on this page — grouped by length so you can scan fast, with a live filter when you need something narrower. The biggest group is the 10-letter words (137 of them); the spread is 7 of them 5 letters long, 18 of them 6 letters long, 33 of them 7 letters long, 79 of them 8 letters long, and more up to 15 letters. The longest entries are chemoresistance, counteralliance and counterfeisance. Word-game players keep lists like this open for a reason: Scrabble and Words With Friends reward the obscure corners of the dictionary, crossword solvers live on pattern matching, and Wordle players work by elimination. You can use this Words Ending in ANCE (Suffix ANCE) free on IlmHunt — no sign-up needed, and it runs entirely in your browser.
The suffix -ANCE a state, act or quality (importance, performance, assistance) — three examples from this page: abeyance, abidance, acutance.
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5-letter words (7)
dance hance lance nance pance rance vance
6-letter words (18)
adance avance chance crance elance fiance france glance lyance noance nuance prance scance seance skance stance trance usance
7-letter words (33)
advance aglance aidance askance balance bobance corance creance criance devance durance enhance exhance extance finance garance havance inhance joyance levance lowance mayance noyance penance potance relance romance sonance sorance surance vacance valance voyance
8-letter words (79)
abeyance abidance acutance adamance affiance alliance ambiance amenance amorance avowance bearance bechance beisance biddance brisance buoyance captance chevance crepance currance daliance defiance deviance distance doleance elegance ensuance entrance exitance failance feasance firmance garvance geomance guidance instance issuance iterance jactance laitance leakance ligeance noisance nondance nuisance obeyance operance ordnance outdance outlance outrance owerance parlance pastance piquance pittance plesance portance radiance reliance resiance riddance showance signance sorrance sortance tadvance tendance terrance tholance tresance unchance untrance vagrance valiance variance vibrance voidance wariance
9-letter words (124)
abaisance abearance aberrance abondance abundance admirance allowance allurance ambulance annoyance apparance appliance arrivance arrogance assonance assurance avoidance calavance chievance clearance conisance constance conusance covenance cumbrance dalliance demilance disusance dominance doubtance elastance emittance endurance ensurance eructance esperance exultance exundance eyeglance faineance flagrance flippance fragrance freelance garavance grievance habitance hapchance heritance hesitance hindrance honorance hovedance ignorance imbalance impedance imperance indurance inertance insulance insurance jouisance jubilance liverance luminance manurance medisance meditance mischance mountance mumchance naissance obeisance occupance oliprance omittance ordinance oscitance oubliance overdance perchance permeance petulance plaisance pleasance poignance pregnance puissance pursuance quittance ralliance reactance readvance rebalance recreance recusance refinance relevance resonance ropedance securance semblance severance shuttance sibilance simulance snaphance sovenance sportance squinance stagnance stepdance substance tarriance tolerance unbalance undulance usherance utterance venerance vengeance vigilance werowance yieldance
10-letter words (137)
absorbance acceptance accordance admittance advowsance affirmance allegiance alternance annuisance antichance appearance appendance approvance ascendance assistance attendance bienseance brilliance captivance chatoyance chevisance chiromance cognisance cognizance colligance comeupance commonance compliance condonance connivance consonance convenance conveyance covariance cullisance customance debarrance deceivance defailance defaisance defeasance dependance desistance desperance disadvance disbalance dissonance endearance eschewance expectance exuberance festinance foreglance germinance governance gubernance hinderance immittance imparlance impartance impeccance importance indignance indistance inductance inelegance inquirance intendance intrudance invariance irradiance jouissance luxuriance malignance miscreance monstrance msalliance nurturance observance obstinance obtainance oppugnance ordonnance oscillance outbalance outromance overglance penetrance perdurance pisistance plebeiance ponderance postulance preadvance prebalance prefinance prevenance prevoyance procurance proromance provenance providance pulsatance purtenance purveyance quaintance rayonnance realliance recordance redefiance redundance reentrance regardance reiterance reluctance remittance repellance repentance reprobance repugnance resistance resultance retardance selectance stimulance sufferance suffisance sunderance suppliance surveyance survivance sustenance temperance unentrance unisonance unreliance upbuoyance
11-letter words (120)
absorptance acquittance afterchance aggrievance antiromance assemblance attractance capacitance chrominance coinsurance comeuppance compearance comportance concordance condensance conductance conformance continuance contradance contrivance conversance countenance defaillance deliverance descendance disavowance discordance discrepance disentrance disturbance encumbrance enheritance equibalance equisonance exorbitance exsuperance extuberance fartherance flamboyance forbearance forbiddance furtherance gardeviance glitterance illuminance immaculance impuissance incogitance inconstance incumbrance inhabitance inheritance inordinance insouciance intolerance invigilance irrelevance irresonance maintenance malfeasance mesalliance misalliance misfeasance misguidance misreliance nonchalance nondefiance nonfeasance nonguidance nonradiance nonreliance nonvariance outdistance overadvance overbalance perceivance performance permittance perpetuance persistance perturbance portendance prealliance predefiance preentrance preguidance preissuance prevailance prevoidance proalliance prodefiance quickenance reallowance reannoyance reappliance reassurance reavoidance reclearance recoverance recuperance reflectance regenerance reinsurance remembrance renaissance renunciance resemblance reutterance suballiance submittance subradiance supportance susceptance triumphance unabundance unarrogance undulatance unfragrance vituperance vociferance
12-letter words (111)
acquaintance appurtenance attemperance circumstance clairvoyance coappearance coassistance complaisance concomitance connoissance considerance contemplance counterdance demidistance demonstrance desesperance diathermance disagreeance disallowance disordinance displeasance dissemblance disseverance equidistance extravagance foreguidance happenchance happenstance importunance inaccordance incognizance incompliance inconsonance inexpectance inobservance inquaintance intemperance interbalance irrepentance irresistance malefeazance microbalance misallowance missemblance nonarrogance nonassonance nonassurance nonavoidance nonclearance nondominance nonendurance nonflagrance noninsurance nonoccupance nonpursuance nonseverance nonsibilance nontolerance nonutterance nonvigilance omnidistance overbearance overdistance overelegance overreliance participance perseverance preabundance preallowance preassurance precipitance preconizance predominance prefragrance pregrievance preinsurance preordinance previgilance proinsurance protuberance reacceptance readmittance reaffirmance reappearance reassistance reattendance recognizance recompliance reconveyance remonstrance resufferance significance subdominance subsibilance superfinance supervisance surveillance transhumance unacceptance unaccordance unattendance uncompliance underbalance underfinance unimportance unobservance unrelentance unreluctance unrepentance unresistance untemperance
13-letter words (88)
antiresonance antisubstance auxosubstance coinheritance disacceptance disaccordance disaffirmance disappearance discompliance disconsolance disregardance distemperance enterparlance foreassurance hyperelegance indisturbance interalliance malconvenance malobservance misappearance misgovernance misobservance nonacceptance nonaffirmance nonallegiance nonappearance nonappendance nonascendance nonassistance nonattendance noncognizance noncompliance nonconnivance nonconsonance nonconveyance nondefeasance nondependance nondesistance nonexuberance nongovernance nonmalignance nonobservance nonpurveyance nonregardance nonrepentance nonresistance nonsufferance nonsustenance outrecuidance overabundance overdominance overinsurance overtolerance preacceptance preaccordance preappearance precompliance preconveyance preimportance preobservance preponderance prereluctance preremittance proacceptance proattendance protemperance reacuaintance recalcitrance recontinuance recontrivance recountenance redeliverance remaintenance reperformance somnambulance subappearance superelegance superreliance transformance transmittance transportance unconversance undisturbance unforbearance unperformance unremembrance unresemblance vraisemblance
14-letter words (55)
antitemperance counteradvance counterbalance discontinuance discountenance disencumbrance disinheritance equiponderance hyperresonance inacquaintance insignificance interinsurance intransigeance miscontinuance misperformance misremembrance misresemblance noncompearance nonconformance noncontinuance noncontrivance nonconversance nondeliverance nondisturbance nonforbearance noninhabitance nonmaintenance nonperformance nonperpetuance nonremembrance nonresemblance overallegiance overbrilliance overexuberance overimportance overluxuriance precontrivance predisturbance preinheritance premaintenance preresemblance reacquaintance reconnaissance reconnoissance semiallegiance superabundance superallowance superarrogance superfluitance supervigilance unacquaintance uncomplaisance underinsurance unextravagance unperseverance
15-letter words (16)
chemoresistance counteralliance counterfeisance disacquaintance interresistance nonacquaintance noncomplaisance nonperseverance nonprotuberance nonremonstrance nonsignificance photoresistance preacquaintance presignificance proextravagance superponderance
Frequently asked questions
How many words with the suffix ANCE are there?
Our word list contains 788 words with the suffix ANCE, out of 382,657 entries in total. They run from 5 to 15 letters, and the 10-letter group is the largest with 137 words.
What are the longest words with the suffix ANCE?
The longest are chemoresistance (15 letters), counteralliance (15 letters) and counterfeisance (15 letters).
Which words with the suffix ANCE score highest in Scrabble?
By raw letter values, the top scorers on this page are preacquaintance (30 points), proextravagance (30 points) and disacquaintance (29 points) — before any letter or word multipliers. One honest caveat: this list is a broad English word list, so a few rare or technical entries appear that official game dictionaries (and Wordle’s answer list) do not accept. Always check a play against the dictionary your game uses.
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