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9-letter words with C as the 8th letter

A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Use this when C is fixed in the 8th slot; rotate high-frequency consonants elsewhere to prune fast. For example: aberrance, aberrancy, abundance.

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519 words

Word	Length	Syllables
aberrance	9	3
aberrancy	9	4
abundance	9	3
academics	9	4
accidence	9	3
acoustics	9	3
acquiesce	9	2
acritarch	9	3
acrostics	9	3
adherence	9	3
adjacency	9	4
adjutancy	9	4
aerospace	9	3
affluence	9	2
affluency	9	3
afterdeck	9	3
agnostics	9	3
aliteracy	9	5
allowance	9	3
amberjack	9	3
ambulance	9	3
ammoniacs	9	3
amnesiacs	9	3
analytics	9	4
annoyance	9	2
anoretics	9	4
anorexics	9	4
antalgics	9	3
antiblack	9	3
anticrack	9	3
antiknock	9	3
antipyics	9	3
antishock	9	3
antistick	9	3
aphasiacs	9	3
appetence	9	3
appetency	9	4
applejack	9	3
appliance	9	2
architect	9	3
armagnacs	9	3
armistice	9	3
aromatics	9	4
arrogance	9	3
assonance	9	3
assurance	9	3
asthenics	9	3
ataraxics	9	4
athletics	9	3
autistics	9	3
autocracy	9	4
avoidance	9	3
awestruck	9	3
ayahuasca	9	3
backbench	9	2
backblock	9	2
backspace	9	2
backtrack	9	2
bailiwick	9	3
barleducs	9	3
baronetcy	9	4
billycock	9	3
bioethics	9	2
biologics	9	3
bionomics	9	3
blackcock	9	2
blackface	9	2
blackjack	9	2
blowtorch	9	2
bodycheck	9	3
bootblack	9	2
brainsick	9	2
breakneck	9	2
brushback	9	2
bullfinch	9	2
bushwhack	9	2
buttstock	9	2
byproduct	9	3
camelback	9	3
candidacy	9	4
captaincy	9	3
carbolics	9	3
carryback	9	3
catholics	9	3
celeriacs	9	3
cellblock	9	2
chaffinch	9	2
cheapjack	9	2
chopstick	9	2
clearance	9	2
cockroach	9	2
cofinance	9	3
coherence	9	3
coherency	9	4
colonelcy	9	4
constancy	9	3
constrict	9	2
construct	9	2
contumacy	9	4
cookshack	9	2
coproduce	9	3
coproduct	9	3
cosmetics	9	3
covalence	9	3
covalency	9	4
cowardice	9	3
crabstick	9	2
crackback	9	2
cranreuch	9	2
crookback	9	2
crookneck	9	2
dactylics	9	3
dalliance	9	2
dalmatics	9	3
decadence	9	3
decadency	9	4
deference	9	3
democracy	9	4
demoniacs	9	3
diabetics	9	3
didactics	9	3
dietetics	9	3
dilatancy	9	4
diligence	9	3
diplomacy	9	4
disaffect	9	3
disinfect	9	3
diuretics	9	3
dogmatics	9	3
domestics	9	3
dominance	9	3
doughface	9	2
dramatics	9	3
dreadlock	9	2
drumstick	9	2
dyslexics	9	3
eclectics	9	3
ecliptics	9	3
economics	9	4
ecstatics	9	3
ectosarcs	9	3
ecumenics	9	4
effluence	9	2
electrics	9	3
eloquence	9	3
emergence	9	3
emergency	9	4
emittance	9	3
enclitics	9	3
encyclics	9	3
endosarcs	9	3
endurance	9	3
entoproct	9	3
enuretics	9	4
enzootics	9	3
epidemics	9	4
esoterica	9	5
esperance	9	3
esthetics	9	3
esurience	9	3
euphenics	9	3
eutectics	9	3
euthenics	9	3
existence	9	3
exultance	9	3
exultancy	9	4
feculence	9	3
feedstock	9	2
firebrick	9	3
fireplace	9	3
flagrance	9	2
flagrancy	9	3
flagstick	9	2
flashback	9	2
flintlock	9	2
flippancy	9	3
fluoresce	9	2
forecheck	9	3
forensics	9	3
forereach	9	3
foreshock	9	3
fortalice	9	3
fragrance	9	2
fragrancy	9	3
freelance	9	2
frenetics	9	3
frequence	9	2
frequency	9	3
gemutlich	9	3
genuflect	9	3
geodesics	9	3
glyconics	9	3
goldbrick	9	2
goldfinch	9	2
gonococci	9	4
gooseneck	9	3
greenback	9	2
greensick	9	2
grievance	9	2
gunnysack	9	3
gynocracy	9	4
haematics	9	3
hairpiece	9	2
halfpence	9	2
harmonica	9	4
harmonics	9	3
hatchback	9	2
haversack	9	3
headpiece	9	2
headspace	9	2
headstock	9	2
heartsick	9	2
heelpiece	9	2
hemistich	9	3
hemstitch	9	2
hesitance	9	3
hesitancy	9	4
hidrotics	9	3
hindrance	9	2
hollyhock	9	3
hopscotch	9	2
horseback	9	3
huckaback	9	3
hunchback	9	2
hygienics	9	3
hypnotics	9	3
hypothecs	9	3
hysterics	9	3
ignorance	9	3
imbalance	9	3
immanence	9	3
immanency	9	4
immediacy	9	4
imminence	9	3
imminency	9	4
impedance	9	3
imperfect	9	3
impotence	9	3
impotency	9	4
impudence	9	3
incidence	9	3
incorrect	9	3
indecency	9	4
indigence	9	3
indolence	9	3
inerrancy	9	4
inference	9	3
influence	9	2
inherence	9	3
injustice	9	3
innocence	9	3
innocency	9	4
insolence	9	3
insurance	9	3
intellect	9	3
interdict	9	3
interface	9	3
interject	9	3
interlace	9	3
interlock	9	3
intersect	9	3
intestacy	9	4
intricacy	9	4
introduce	9	3
introject	9	3
inviolacy	9	4
isagogics	9	4
isogonics	9	4
jubilance	9	3
lampblack	9	2
leaseback	9	3
leukemics	9	3
lightface	9	2
liquorice	9	3
liturgics	9	3
livestock	9	3
logistics	9	3
luminance	9	3
luminesce	9	3
magnetics	9	3
magnifico	9	4
mahlstick	9	2
marshalcy	9	3
matchlock	9	2
matriarch	9	2
maulstick	9	2
mechanics	9	3
metallics	9	3
microinch	9	2
militance	9	3
militancy	9	4
mischance	9	2
mischoice	9	2
misdirect	9	3
misstruck	9	2
mnemonics	9	3
mobocracy	9	4
monadnock	9	3
monastics	9	3
monocracy	9	4
muckamuck	9	3
narcotics	9	3
neoterics	9	3
nescience	9	2
neuritics	9	3
neurotics	9	3
nonaddict	9	3
nonchurch	9	2
nonimpact	9	3
noninsect	9	3
nonmusics	9	3
nonpolice	9	3
nonspeech	9	2
nosepiece	9	3
notchback	9	2
obedience	9	3
obeisance	9	3
obsolesce	9	3
obstinacy	9	4
occupancy	9	4
operatics	9	4
ordinance	9	3
orthotics	9	3
outpreach	9	2
overcoach	9	3
overmatch	9	3
overprice	9	3
overreach	9	3
overreact	9	3
oversauce	9	3
overstock	9	3
overtrick	9	3
oxytocics	9	4
pachalics	9	3
pandemics	9	3
paperback	9	3
paranoics	9	3
pashalics	9	3
patriarch	9	2
penitence	9	3
perchance	9	2
perisarcs	9	3
petulance	9	3
petulancy	9	4
phenetics	9	3
phenolics	9	3
phonemics	9	3
phonetics	9	3
photonics	9	3
phthisics	9	2
pickaback	9	3
piggyback	9	3
pinchbeck	9	2
placekick	9	3
plangency	9	3
pleasance	9	2
poignance	9	2
poignancy	9	3
polyptych	9	3
poppycock	9	3
portapack	9	3
portulaca	9	4
postsyncs	9	2
precipice	9	3
pregnancy	9	3
prejudice	9	3
prelaunch	9	2
premedics	9	3
preselect	9	3
pronounce	9	2
proxemics	9	3
prurience	9	2
pruriency	9	3
puissance	9	2
pursuance	9	2
purulence	9	3
pyromancy	9	4
quidnuncs	9	2
quillback	9	2
quittance	9	2
racetrack	9	3
razorback	9	3
reactance	9	2
rebalance	9	3
recollect	9	3
reconnect	9	3
recontact	9	3
reconvict	9	3
recusancy	9	4
redolence	9	3
reenforce	9	2
reference	9	3
refinance	9	3
refluence	9	2
reinforce	9	2
reinspect	9	2
relevance	9	3
relevancy	9	4
remanence	9	3
reminisce	9	3
renitency	9	4
reproduce	9	3
republics	9	3
reservice	9	3
residence	9	3
residency	9	4
resonance	9	3
resurface	9	3
resurrect	9	3
reticence	9	3
reticency	9	4
retrodict	9	3
retropack	9	3
reverence	9	3
rhetorics	9	3
rhythmics	9	2
roadblock	9	2
romantics	9	3
rootstock	9	2
roughneck	9	2
sabbatics	9	3
sacrifice	9	3
sandaracs	9	3
semantics	9	3
semblance	9	2
semierect	9	3
semiotics	9	3
sentience	9	2
sergeancy	9	3
severance	9	3
shashlick	9	2
shellback	9	2
shipwreck	9	2
shoeblack	9	2
showpiece	9	2
showplace	9	2
shtetlach	9	2
sibilance	9	3
sidepiece	9	3
sidetrack	9	3
significs	9	3
simoniacs	9	3
simpatico	9	4
slapstick	9	2
slickrock	9	2
smokejack	9	3
someplace	9	3
spagyrics	9	3
specifics	9	3
spondaics	9	2
stagnancy	9	3
stopwatch	9	2
stridence	9	2
stridency	9	3
subagency	9	4
subbranch	9	2
substance	9	2
subtonics	9	3
subtopics	9	3
subtunics	9	3
sunstruck	9	2
superjock	9	3
superrace	9	3
superrich	9	3
supremacy	9	4
surfperch	9	2
surrogacy	9	4
sweepback	9	2
syllabics	9	3
systemics	9	3
tailpiece	9	2
tarriance	9	2
tectonics	9	3
telestics	9	3
tesseract	9	3
theatrics	9	2
thematics	9	3
theocracy	9	3
thornback	9	2
throwback	9	2
thumbtack	9	2
timepiece	9	3
timocracy	9	4
tolerance	9	3
toothpick	9	2
topstitch	9	2
toreutics	9	3
touchback	9	2
transduce	9	2
transfect	9	2
trictracs	9	2
trierarch	9	2
trisomics	9	3
trochaics	9	2
turmerics	9	3
ultrarich	9	3
unbalance	9	3
unperfect	9	3
utterance	9	3
vehemence	9	3
vengeance	9	2
ventifact	9	3
vigilance	9	3
virulence	9	3
virulency	9	4
volcanics	9	3
waterbuck	9	3
whaleback	9	3
whipstock	9	2
whiteface	9	3
wisecrack	9	3
woodblock	9	2
woodchuck	9	2
workbench	9	2
workforce	9	2
workpiece	9	2
workplace	9	2
wristlock	9	2
yardstick	9	2

FAQs

How do I play around a fixed C in the 8th slot?
Try mixing common consonant clusters (ST, TR, CH) in other positions while keeping C locked.

Why are uncommon words included?
We compile from a broad English list. Skim the top rows for more common picks.