9-letter words ending in C
9-letter words ending in C number 884, with familiar choices like fantastic and strategic alongside Scrabble words scoring 28.
39 of 884 are everyday words (4%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.
S ends the most 9-letter words (16,180); V ends the fewest (1). C ranks #10 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.
Common words
- FANTASTIC14
- STRATEGIC12
- AUTOMATIC13
- REALISTIC11
- AUTHENTIC14
- AESTHETIC14
- SYNTHETIC17
- ALCOHOLIC16
- PATRIOTIC13
- TRAUMATIC13
- HYDRAULIC18
- ENERGETIC12
- METABOLIC15
- CINEMATIC15
- SARCASTIC13
- GEOMETRIC14
- ECCENTRIC15
- ANTARCTIC13
- PEDIATRIC14
- PRAGMATIC16
- BALLISTIC13
- INTRINSIC11
- NOSTALGIC12
- STATISTIC11
- PSYCHOTIC21
- PARASITIC13
- EMBRYONIC18
- INORGANIC12
- CATALYTIC16
- APOSTOLIC13
- PANORAMIC15
- SYMMETRIC18
- ALGEBRAIC14
- PARAMEDIC16
- PROPHETIC18
- STYLISTIC14
- SCHEMATIC18
- ENIGMATIC14
- PNEUMATIC15
All valid words 884
- ABIOGENIC14
- ACEPHALIC18
- ACOLUTHIC16
- ACROBATIC15
- ACROGENIC14
- ACRONYMIC18
- ADIABATIC14
- AEROBATIC13
- AEROLITIC11
- AEROLOGIC12
- AERONOMIC13
- AESTHETIC14
- AGELASTIC12
- AGONISTIC12
- AGROLOGIC13
- AGRONOMIC14
- AHISTORIC14
- AILANTHIC14
- AKARYOTIC18
- ALBINOTIC13
- ALCOHOLIC16
- ALDEHYDIC19
- ALEATORIC11
- ALEURONIC11
- ALGEBRAIC14
- ALICYCLIC18
- ALIPHATIC16
- ALKALOTIC15
- ALLANTOIC11
- ALLEGORIC12
- ALLOGENIC12
- ALLOMERIC13
- ALLOTYPIC16
- AMAUROTIC13
- AMBLYOPIC20
- AMETROPIC15
- AMMONITIC15
- AMORISTIC13
- ANABIOTIC13
- ANACLITIC13
- ANAEROBIC13
- ANALCIMIC15
- ANALECTIC13
- ANALEPTIC13
- ANALGESIC12
- ANALGETIC12
- ANAPESTIC13
- ANAPHASIC16
- ANAPHORIC16
- ANARTHRIC14
- ANASTATIC11
- ANDESITIC12
- ANECDOTIC14
- ANELASTIC11
- ANHEDONIC15
- ANIMISTIC13
- ANKYLOTIC18
- ANORECTIC13
- ANOSMATIC13
- ANOXAEMIC20
- ANTARCTIC13
- ANTHOZOIC23
- ANTHRACIC16
- ANTHROPIC16
- ANTICIVIC16
- ANTIGENIC12
- ANTIMERIC13
- ANTIMONIC13
- ANTIMUSIC13
- ANTINOMIC13
- ANTITOXIC18
- ANTITYPIC16
- ANTONYMIC16
- APATHETIC16
- APERIODIC14
- APHANITIC16
- APHERETIC16
- APIPHOBIC20
- APLANATIC13
- APLANETIC13
- APNEUSTIC13
- APODICTIC16
- APOMICTIC17
- APOPHATIC18
- APOPTOTIC15
- APOSPORIC15
- APOSTATIC13
- APOSTOLIC13
- AQUABATIC22
- AQUAROBIC22
- ARCHONTIC16
- ARHYTHMIC22
- AROMANTIC13
- ARTHRITIC14
- ASPHALTIC16
- ASTHMATIC16
- ASYLLABIC16
- ASYNDETIC15
- ASYSTOLIC14
- ATARACTIC13
- ATAVISTIC14
- ATHEISTIC14
- ATHEMATIC16
- ATHETOSIC14
- ATHETOTIC14
- ATOMISTIC13
- AUTARCHIC16
- AUTHENTIC14
- AUTOGAMIC14
- AUTOGENIC12
- AUTOLYTIC14
- AUTOMATIC13
- AUTONOMIC13
- AUTOTELIC11
- AUTOTOMIC13
- AUTOTOXIC18
- AUTOTYPIC16
- AUXOTONIC18
- AXIOMATIC20
- AYURVEDIC18
- AZOTAEMIC22
- BALLISTIC13
- BARIATRIC13
- BENTHONIC16
- BETATOPIC15
- BEZOARDIC23
- BIBLIOTIC15
- BICENTRIC15
- BIGENERIC14
- BIOCHEMIC20
- BIOMETRIC15
- BIOPHILIC18
- BIOSTATIC13
- BISHOPRIC18
- BISMUTHIC18
- BLASTEMIC15
- BOMBASTIC17
- BREGMATIC16
- BRICABRAC17
- BROMANTIC15
- CACHAEMIC20
- CACHECTIC20
- CACODYLIC19
- CACOETHIC18
- CACOGENIC16
- CADAVERIC17
- CAFFEINIC19
- CALENDRIC14
- CALORIFIC16
- CAMPHORIC20
- CASUISTIC13
- CATABATIC15
- CATABOLIC15
- CATALATIC13
- CATALOGIC14
- CATALYTIC16
- CATATONIC13
- CATEGORIC14
- CATHARTIC16
- CATHECTIC18
- CATHEPTIC18
- CATOPTRIC15
- CAUSALGIC14
- CELIBATIC15
- CENOBITIC15
- CENTAURIC13
- CHARABANC18
- CHEMURGIC19
- CHILIADIC17
- CHIMAERIC18
- CHIRAGRIC17
- CHIVALRIC19
- CHLORIDIC17
- CHLORITIC16
- CHLOROTIC16
- CHOLAEMIC18
- CHOLERAIC16
- CHOPLOGIC19
- CHOREATIC16
- CHORIONIC16
- CHROMATIC18
- CINCHONIC18
- CINEMATIC15
- CINERAMIC15
- CIRRHOTIC16
- CISTRONIC13
- CLADISTIC14
- CLASSIFIC16
- CLIMACTIC17
- COENOSARC13
- COLORIFIC16
- COLOSTRIC13
- CONCYCLIC20
- COPACETIC17
- COPASETIC15
- COPESETIC15
- COPROZOIC24
- COSEISMIC15
- COULIBIAC15
- COULOMBIC17
- COXCOMBIC26
- CREOSOTIC13
- CRYOGENIC17
- CYLINDRIC17
- CYNEGETIC17
- CYSTEINIC16
- CYTIDYLIC20
- CYTOLOGIC17
- CYTOLYTIC19
- CYTOSOLIC16
- CYTOTOXIC23
- DADAISTIC13
- DEMAGOGIC16
- DEMIURGIC15
- DENDRITIC13
- DIACRITIC14
- DIACTINIC14
- DIAERETIC12
- DIALECTIC14
- DIALLAGIC13
- DIAMETRIC14
- DIANOETIC12
- DIAPHONIC17
- DIAPYETIC17
- DIARISTIC12
- DIARRHEIC15
- DIASPORIC14
- DIASTASIC12
- DIASTATIC12
- DIASTOLIC12
- DIATHETIC15
- DIATROPIC14
- DICENTRIC14
- DICHOPTIC19
- DICHROMIC19
- DIDELPHIC18
- DIGASTRIC13
- DIGENETIC13
- DIGLOSSIC13
- DIGLOTTIC13
- DIGRAPHIC18
- DIMORPHIC19
- DIONYSIAC15
- DIOPSIDIC15
- DIORISTIC12
- DIPLOIDIC15
- DIPLONTIC14
- DIPLOZOIC23
- DIZYGOTIC25
- DOLERITIC12
- DOLOMITIC14
- DOLORIFIC15
- DRACONTIC14
- DUALISTIC12
- DYNAMITIC17
- DYSCRASIC17
- DYSCRATIC17
- DYSLECTIC17
- DYSPEPTIC19
- DYSPHAGIC21
- DYSPHASIC20
- DYSPHONIC20
- DYSPHORIC20
- DYSPNOEIC17
- DYSTECTIC17
- DYSTHETIC18
- DYSTHYMIC23
- EBIONITIC13
- ECCENTRIC15
- ECHOLALIC16
- ECLAMPTIC17
- ECTOGENIC14
- ECTOMERIC15
- EGOMANIAC14
- EGOTISTIC12
- ELENCHTIC16
- EMBRYONIC18
- EMBRYOTIC18
- EMPAESTIC15
- EMPLASTIC15
- ENCAUSTIC13
- ENDAMEBIC16
- ENDEICTIC14
- ENDOCYTIC17
- ENDOERGIC13
- ENDOGAMIC15
- ENDOGENIC13
- ENDOTOXIC19
- ENERGETIC12
- ENGRAMMIC16
- ENIGMATIC14
- ENZYMATIC25
- EPAENETIC13
- EPEDAPHIC19
- EPIBIOTIC15
- EPICRITIC15
- EPICYCLIC20
- EPIDERMIC16
- EPIDICTIC16
- EPILEPTIC15
- EPILITHIC16
- EPINASTIC13
- EPIPHANIC18
- EPIPHYTIC21
- EPISTATIC13
- EPISTEMIC15
- EPISTOLIC13
- EPITAPHIC18
- EPITHETIC16
- EPIZOOTIC22
- EPSILONIC13
- EQUISETIC20
- ERETHITIC14
- ERGOGENIC13
- ERGONOMIC14
- ERYTHEMIC19
- ESOTROPIC13
- ETHOLOGIC15
- ETHYLENIC17
- ETIOLOGIC12
- EUCHLORIC16
- EUDEMONIC14
- EUPLASTIC13
- EURYTHMIC19
- EURYTOPIC16
- EUTAXITIC18
- EUTROPHIC16
- EVANGELIC15
- EXCENTRIC20
- EXCITONIC20
- EXERGONIC19
- EXOCYCLIC25
- EXOPHORIC23
- EXOSMOTIC20
- EXOTROPIC20
- EXTRINSIC18
- FANTASMIC16
- FANTASTIC14
- FASCISTIC16
- FAUNISTIC14
- FELICIFIC19
- FERMIONIC16
- FIDEISTIC15
- FIREMANIC16
- FLORISTIC14
- FLUOROTIC14
- FLUVIATIC17
- FOLKLORIC18
- FORMULAIC16
- FUMAROLIC16
- GADOLINIC13
- GASOLINIC12
- GASTRITIC12
- GENITALIC12
- GENOTOXIC19
- GENOTYPIC17
- GEOCARPIC16
- GEOMANTIC14
- GEOMETRIC14
- GEOPHILIC17
- GEOPHYTIC20
- GEOSTATIC12
- GEOTACTIC14
- GEOTROPIC14
- GERIATRIC12
- GLOSSITIC12
- GLYCAEMIC19
- GLYCOLLIC17
- GNATHONIC15
- GOLIARDIC13
- GRAMMATIC16
- GRAPHEMIC19
- GRAPHITIC17
- GYMNASTIC17
- GYNARCHIC20
- HALCYONIC19
- HALIEUTIC14
- HALITOTIC14
- HALOGENIC15
- HANSEATIC14
- HAPLOIDIC17
- HAPLONTIC16
- HEGEMONIC17
- HELIOZOIC23
- HEMATINIC16
- HEMATITIC16
- HEMATURIC16
- HEMOLYTIC19
- HEMOTOXIC23
- HETEROTIC14
- HEURISTIC14
- HEXAPODIC24
- HOLANDRIC15
- HOLOGYNIC18
- HOLOTYPIC19
- HOMILETIC16
- HOMOEOTIC16
- HOMOGAMIC19
- HOMOLOGIC17
- HOMOLYTIC19
- HOMONYMIC21
- HOMOTAXIC23
- HOMOTONIC16
- HOMOTYPIC21
- HONORIFIC17
- HOROLOGIC15
- HUBRISTIC16
- HYBRISTIC19
- HYDRAULIC18
- HYDRAZOIC27
- HYDRIODIC19
- HYDROPTIC20
- HYPEREMIC21
- HYPEROPIC21
- HYPOBARIC21
- HYPOGENIC20
- HYPOMANIC21
- HYPOPNEIC21
- HYPOTONIC19
- HYPOXEMIC28
- IDEOLOGIC13
- IDIOMATIC14
- IDIOTYPIC17
- IMAGISTIC14
- IMBECILIC17
- IMPOLITIC15
- INDIGOTIC13
- INELASTIC11
- INFIDELIC15
- INORGANIC12
- INOTROPIC13
- INSOMNIAC13
- INTRINSIC11
- IONOGENIC12
- ISCHAEMIC18
- ISCHIADIC17
- ISCHIATIC16
- ISEIKONIC15
- ISENERGIC12
- ISOBATHIC16
- ISOCHORIC16
- ISOCLINIC13
- ISOCRATIC13
- ISOCYANIC16
- ISOCYCLIC18
- ISOGENEIC12
- ISOHYDRIC18
- ISOMETRIC13
- ISOPYCNIC18
- ISOSMOTIC13
- ISOSTATIC11
- ISOSTERIC11
- ISOTACTIC13
- ISOTROPIC13
- JUDGMATIC22
- KATABATIC17
- KATABOLIC17
- KERATOSIC15
- KERATOTIC15
- KETOGENIC16
- KINEMATIC17
- KLENDUSIC16
- KOPASETIC17
- LAMAISTIC13
- LAPIDIFIC17
- LASERDISC12
- LATERITIC11
- LATOSOLIC11
- LETHARGIC15
- LEUCAEMIC15
- LEUCISTIC13
- LEUKAEMIC17
- LEVIRATIC14
- LIENTERIC11
- LIMONITIC13
- LINOLENIC11
- LIPOLITIC13
- LIPOLYTIC16
- LOGAOEDIC13
- LOGOPEDIC15
- LUPULINIC13
- LYMPHATIC21
- LYOPHILIC19
- LYOPHOBIC21
- LYSIGENIC15
- LYSOGENIC15
- MACARONIC15
- MANUMATIC15
- MEGALOPIC16
- MEGATONIC14
- MELANITIC13
- MELANOTIC13
- MELANURIC13
- MELOMANIC15
- MEROISTIC13
- MESSIANIC13
- METABATIC15
- METABOLIC15
- METAGENIC14
- METAMERIC15
- METHANOIC16
- METHYSTIC19
- METONYMIC18
- MIASMATIC15
- MIDRASHIC17
- MISOGAMIC16
- MISOGYNIC17
- MITOGENIC14
- MONACIDIC16
- MONARCHIC18
- MONATOMIC15
- MONAXONIC20
- MONOBASIC15
- MONOCYTIC18
- MONOGAMIC16
- MONOGENIC14
- MONOLOGIC14
- MONOMERIC15
- MONOSOMIC15
- MONOTONIC13
- MONOTYPIC18
- MORPHEMIC20
- MORPHETIC18
- MORPHINIC18
- MORPHOTIC18
- MUCOLYTIC18
- MULTIDISC14
- MUTAGENIC14
- MYCOLOGIC19
- MYDRIATIC17
- MYLONITIC16
- MYOCLONIC18
- MYOMANTIC18
- MYOPATHIC21
- MYTHOPEIC21
- MYXEDEMIC26
- NARCISTIC13
- NEOGOTHIC15
- NEOLITHIC14
- NEOPHOBIC18
- NEOPHYTIC19
- NEOTROPIC13
- NEPHRITIC16
- NEPHROTIC16
- NEURALGIC12
- NEUSTONIC11
- NEUTRONIC11
- NICOTINIC13
- NOMOLOGIC14
- NONACIDIC14
- NONATOMIC13
- NONCYCLIC18
- NONEROTIC11
- NONETHNIC14
- NONEXOTIC18
- NONHEROIC14
- NONMETRIC13
- NONPOETIC13
- NONPUBLIC15
- NONRHOTIC14
- NONSTATIC11
- NONTRAGIC12
- NOOTROPIC13
- NOSOLOGIC12
- NOSTALGIC12
- NUCLEINIC13
- NUCLEONIC13
- NYMPHETIC21
- NYSTAGMIC17
- OBSTETRIC13
- OCTAPODIC16
- OECUMENIC15
- OENANTHIC14
- OLIGAEMIC14
- OMOPHAGIC19
- ONANISTIC11
- ONCOGENIC14
- ONCOLOGIC14
- ONCOLYTIC16
- ONOMASTIC13
- ONTOGENIC12
- ONTOLOGIC12
- OOGENETIC12
- OPODELDOC15
- ORCHESTIC16
- ORGIASTIC12
- ORTHOEPIC16
- ORTHOPTIC16
- OTOCYSTIC16
- OTOLITHIC14
- OTOSCOPIC15
- OXYPHILIC26
- PAEDEUTIC14
- PAIDEUTIC14
- PALEOZOIC22
- PANCOSMIC17
- PANCRATIC15
- PANEGYRIC17
- PANMICTIC17
- PANOISTIC13
- PANORAMIC15
- PANSOPHIC18
- PANTROPIC15
- PANZOOTIC22
- PARABOLIC15
- PARADISIC14
- PARAGOGIC15
- PARALEXIC20
- PARALYTIC16
- PARAMEDIC16
- PARANOEIC13
- PARANOIAC13
- PARASITIC13
- PARATONIC13
- PAREGORIC14
- PAROEMIAC15
- PARONYMIC18
- PAROTITIC13
- PARURETIC13
- PATRIOTIC13
- PATRISTIC13
- PEARLITIC13
- PEDAGOGIC16
- PEDIATRIC14
- PEDOCALIC16
- PEDOGENIC15
- PEDOLOGIC15
- PEDORTHIC17
- PEIRASTIC13
- PENTANOIC13
- PERICOPIC17
- PERIDOTIC14
- PEROXIDIC21
- PERTHITIC16
- PETALODIC14
- PHARAONIC16
- PHARISAIC16
- PHILIPPIC20
- PHLEBITIC18
- PHRENETIC16
- PHRENITIC16
- PHYLLITIC19
- PHYLLOMIC21
- PIANISTIC13
- PICOLINIC15
- PIETISTIC13
- PILGARLIC14
- PINOCYTIC18
- PISOLITIC13
- PLASMATIC15
- PLETHORIC16
- PLEURITIC13
- PNEUMATIC15
- PNEUMONIC15
- PODIATRIC14
- POLYBASIC18
- POLYCONIC18
- POLYDEMIC19
- POLYGAMIC19
- POLYGENIC17
- POLYMERIC18
- POLYPNEIC18
- POLYSEMIC18
- POLYSOMIC18
- POLYTYPIC21
- PONTIANAC13
- POROGAMIC16
- POROMERIC15
- PORPHYRIC21
- POSOLOGIC14
- PRAGMATIC16
- PREADAMIC16
- PREATOMIC15
- PREBIOTIC15
- PREEXILIC20
- PREMOSAIC15
- PRESBYTIC18
- PRISMATIC15
- PROBIOTIC15
- PROCLITIC15
- PRODROMIC16
- PROLEPTIC15
- PROMETRIC15
- PROPANOIC15
- PROPENOIC15
- PROPHASIC18
- PROPHETIC18
- PROPIONIC15
- PROSTATIC13
- PROTEINIC13
- PROTEOMIC15
- PROTHETIC16
- PROTISTIC13
- PROTOZOIC22
- PSALMODIC16
- PSAMMITIC17
- PSEPHITIC18
- PSORIATIC13
- PSYCHOTIC21
- PTOMAINIC15
- PURITANIC13
- PYODERMIC19
- PYORRHEIC19
- PYRAMIDIC19
- PYROGENIC17
- PYROLYTIC19
- PYROXENIC23
- PYROXYLIC26
- QUADRATIC21
- QUERCETIC22
- REALISTIC11
- RHAPONTIC16
- RHAPSODIC17
- RHEOBASIC16
- RHEOLOGIC15
- RHEUMATIC16
- RHYOLITIC17
- SACCHARIC18
- SAGENITIC12
- SALICYLIC16
- SALURETIC11
- SAPORIFIC16
- SAPRAEMIC15
- SAPROZOIC22
- SARCASTIC13
- SARCOPTIC15
- SCABIETIC15
- SCAZONTIC22
- SCHEMATIC18
- SCHLIERIC16
- SCLERITIC13
- SCLEROTIC13
- SCOLIOTIC13
- SCORBUTIC15
- SELENITIC11
- SEMEIOTIC13
- SEMITONIC13
- SERICITIC13
- SEROLOGIC12
- SEXAHOLIC21
- SEXOLOGIC19
- SHAMBOLIC18
- SICKLEMIC19
- SIDERITIC12
- SIDEROTIC12
- SILICOTIC13
- SMECTITIC15
- SODOMITIC14
- SOLOISTIC11
- SOPHISTIC16
- SOPORIFIC16
- SPANAEMIC15
- SPASMATIC15
- SPASMODIC16
- SPERMATIC15
- SPLENETIC13
- SPOROZOIC22
- STALACTIC13
- STATISTIC11
- STEATITIC11
- STEGNOTIC12
- STEMMATIC15
- STENOPAIC13
- STERNITIC11
- STIGMATIC14
- STOMACHIC18
- STRATEGIC12
- STRATONIC11
- STROMATIC13
- STRUMATIC13
- STRYCHNIC19
- STYLISTIC14
- SUBARCTIC15
- SUBATOMIC15
- SUBTROPIC15
- SUDORIFIC15
- SULPHATIC16
- SULPHITIC16
- SULPHONIC16
- SULPHURIC16
- SUPERCHIC18
- SYBARITIC16
- SYLLEPTIC16
- SYMBIOTIC18
- SYMMETRIC18
- SYMPATRIC18
- SYMPHONIC21
- SYMPHYTIC24
- SYMPOSIAC18
- SYMPTOTIC18
- SYNANTHIC17
- SYNCOPTIC18
- SYNCRETIC16
- SYNDROMIC17
- SYNGENEIC15
- SYNONYMIC19
- SYNOVITIC17
- SYNTACTIC16
- SYNTAGMIC17
- SYNTECTIC16
- SYNTHETIC17
- SYSTALTIC14
- SYZYGETIC27
- TACAMAHAC18
- TACHYONIC19
- TAXONOMIC20
- TELEGENIC12
- TELEGONIC12
- TELEMATIC13
- TELPHERIC16
- TEPHRITIC16
- THALASSIC14
- THEANDRIC15
- THEARCHIC19
- THEOGONIC15
- THEOLOGIC15
- THEOREMIC16
- THEORETIC14
- THERMOTIC16
- THRASONIC14
- THRENETIC14
- THRENODIC15
- TIPTRONIC13
- TOPOLOGIC14
- TOPONYMIC18
- TOURISTIC11
- TOXIGENIC19
- TRACHYTIC19
- TRANSONIC11
- TRAUMATIC13
- TRIATOMIC13
- TRIAZOLIC20
- TRICHITIC16
- TRICHOMIC18
- TRICHROIC16
- TRICLINIC13
- TRICROTIC13
- TRICYCLIC18
- TRIETERIC11
- TRIHYDRIC18
- TRILITHIC14
- TRIMETRIC13
- TROCHILIC16
- TROPISTIC13
- TULAREMIC13
- TYPHLITIC19
- TYPOLOGIC17
- UDOMETRIC14
- ULTRACHIC16
- UNACERBIC15
- UNCANONIC13
- UNDYNAMIC17
- UNPOLITIC13
- UPAITHRIC16
- UREOTELIC11
- UROLITHIC14
- UROSCOPIC15
- UTOPISTIC13
- VAGOTONIC15
- VAPORIFIC19
- VIBRIONIC16
- VIDEODISC16
- VIROLOGIC15
- VIRTUOSIC14
- VITAMINIC16
- VITRIOLIC14
- WHOLISTIC17
- XENOGENIC19
- ZEUGMATIC23
- ZOETROPIC22
- ZOOBIOTIC22
- ZOOGLOEIC21
- ZOOLITHIC23
- ZOOMANTIC22
- ZOOMETRIC22
- ZOOPHILIC25
- ZOOPHORIC25
- ZOOPHYTIC28
- ZOOSCOPIC24
- ZOOSPORIC22
- ZYGOMATIC26
- ZYMOGENIC26
- ZYMOLOGIC26
- ZYMOLYTIC28
Highest-scoring words
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Dictionaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPOXEMIC | 28 | 29 | All three |
| ZOOPHYTIC | 28 | 28 | Collins · NWL |
| ZYMOLYTIC | 28 | 29 | Collins · NWL |
| HYDRAZOIC | 27 | 26 | Collins only |
| SYZYGETIC | 27 | 27 | Collins · NWL |
| ZYGOMATIC | 26 | 28 | All three |
| OXYPHILIC | 26 | 27 | All three |
| COXCOMBIC | 26 | 31 | Collins · NWL |
| MYXEDEMIC | 26 | 28 | Collins · NWL |
| PYROXYLIC | 26 | 27 | Collins only |
| ZYMOGENIC | 26 | 29 | Collins · NWL |
| ZYMOLOGIC | 26 | 29 | Collins · NWL |
The ending C brings together everyday adjectives such as realistic, automatic, and authentic, plus plenty of less familiar entries. Only 39 of the 884 words are classed as common, so recognizable examples are a small slice of the full set. Many familiar picks share the -ic ending, but the list also includes words such as statistic and cinematic.
What stands out in this C-ending word list?
- There are 884 nine-letter words ending in C across the included tournament dictionaries.
- Collins has 874 matches, NWL2023 has 685, and ENABLE has 451; those dictionary counts overlap.
- Just 39 entries are classed as common, so expect many specialist or unfamiliar words.
- A is the most frequent first letter with 121 words; P follows with 116, then S with 86.
- Hypoxemic, zoophytic, and zymolytic each score 28 Scrabble points.
Which 9-letter words ending in C score highest?
Hypoxemic, zoophytic, and zymolytic tie for the top score at 28 points each. Hydrazoiс and syzygetic score 27, while zygomatic and oxyphilic score 26. These are far less familiar than fantastic or strategic, but the high-value letters make them worth checking when your rack and board fit.
A long word does not guarantee a strong play: look at the premium squares and whether the word is accepted in your game. The most recognizable entries, including automatic and realistic, are easier to spot, but they do not lead the scoring list.
How does the dictionary coverage compare?
The 884-word total combines entries from multiple tournament dictionaries, rather than describing a single game's word list. Collins includes 874 matches, compared with 685 in NWL2023 and 451 in ENABLE. A word present in one list may be absent from another, so check your game's dictionary before relying on an obscure play.
For nearby choices, the eight-letter C-ending set has 764 words, while the ten-letter set has 1,011. Nine-letter words ending in C sit between those counts, and they are much less numerous than nine-letter words ending in S, which number 16,180. Use the length and final-letter clues together to narrow your search.
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