Words with 'a' as the first letter that end with 'nce'


With an avalanche of choice (116 entries), there's definitely no limit.

6 letter words

  • adance
  • avance

7 letter words

  • abience
  • absence
  • adience
  • advance
  • aglance
  • aidance
  • annonce
  • ascence
  • askance

8 letter words

  • abeyance
  • abidance
  • absconce
  • acutance
  • adamance
  • affiance
  • alliance
  • ambiance
  • ambience
  • amenance
  • ancience
  • announce
  • audience
  • avowance

9 letter words

  • abaisance
  • abearance
  • aberrance
  • abondance
  • abundance
  • accedence
  • accidence
  • acescence
  • adherence
  • adjacence
  • admirance
  • affluence
  • allowance
  • allurance
  • ambulance
  • anywhence
  • annoyance
  • apparance
  • apparence
  • appetence
  • appliance
  • arrivance
  • arrogance
  • assonance
  • assurance
  • avoidance

10 letter words

  • abhorrence
  • abrenounce
  • absorbance
  • abstinence
  • acceptance
  • accordance
  • acturience
  • admittance
  • adnascence
  • advenience
  • advertence
  • advowsance
  • affirmance
  • albescence
  • allegiance
  • alternance
  • annuisance
  • antichance
  • appearance
  • appendance
  • appendence
  • approvance
  • archprince
  • ascendance
  • ascendence
  • assistance
  • attendance
  • attingence
  • avirulence

11 letter words

  • abscondence
  • absorptance
  • accrescence
  • acquiesence
  • acquittance
  • adolescence
  • afterchance
  • aggrievance
  • ambivalence
  • antecedence
  • antiromance
  • antiscience
  • armipotence
  • assemblance
  • astringence
  • attractance
  • autoscience

12 letter words

  • acaulescence
  • acquaintance
  • acquiescence
  • adherescence
  • alkalescence
  • altiloquence
  • appurtenance
  • arborescence
  • attemperance

13 letter words

  • adularescence
  • antiresonance
  • antisubstance
  • auxosubstance

14 letter words

  • anticonscience
  • antipestilence
  • antitemperance

15 letter words

  • anticoincidence

16 letter words

  • autofluorescence
  • autoluminescence

What is the best score you could get in Scrabble from this list of words with 'a' as the first letter that end with 'nce'?
With a massive 116 entries, it's best to try 'affiance' scoring 16 points in total.

What's an unusual word on this page of words that start with 'a' and end with 'nce'?
One example of an unusual word from this list goes to 'adherence'. The dictionary defines it as "1. The quality or state of adhering. 2. The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions. Syn. -- Adherence, adhesion. These words, which were once freely interchanged, are now almost entirely separated. Adherence is no longer used to denote...".

How many characters are in the longest word from this page?
'Autofluorescence' is the largest word that the Dictionarypedia database could locate. It consists of 16 letters.

Is there any word on this page that sticks out as the most common?
According to our database, the most common word in the dictionary that start with 'a' and end with 'nce' is 'appearance'.

How many possible words can you make using the combination requested?
You can go with up to 116 entries.