3-Letter Words Ending in C
There are 17 three-letter words ending in C in our dictionary; 10 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 3-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 17 words
- arc5 points
- sic5 points
- sac5 points
- tic5 points
- doc6 points
- orc5 points
- vac8 points
- mac7 points
- pic7 points
- lac5 points
- hic8 points
- pec7 points
- roc5 points
- moc7 points
- pac7 points
- rec5 points
- sec5 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 17
- By usage: 3 very common, 7 common, 7 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- hic 8
- vac 8
- mac 7
- moc 7
- pac 7
- pec 7
- pic 7
- doc 6
- arc 5
- lac 5
Most common
- arc
- sic
- sac
- tic
- doc
- orc
- vac
- mac
- pic
- lac
Definitions
- arc (noun)
- Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
- sic (adverb)
- Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
- sac (noun)
- An enclosed space.
- tic (noun)
- A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
The three-letter words that end in C number 17 in our dictionary. About 10 of them are common, which is the group most players will recognise on sight, and the remainder are rarer words that still count in the majority of games. The list is complete, computed from the full word list rather than typed by hand, so you can trust that nothing is missing. The best scorer is HIC, at 8 points.
How to use this page
To use this page, start with the search box. Type the letters on your rack, add a question mark for each blank, and press search. The tool keeps this page's constraint and returns only the words you can spell. Below the box, the full list is arranged with common words first, followed by the quick facts, definitions and related lists.
Tips
A balanced rack has roughly three vowels and four consonants, and a lopsided rack is the most common reason players get stuck. If you are drowning in vowels, look for the words on this page with the most vowels and use them to reset. If you have too many consonants, a word with a single vowel will do the same job. When you cannot find a decent play, it is often better to swap tiles or play a short word that dumps the surplus than to force a poor score and keep the bad rack.
Questions
How many three-letter words ending in C are there?
Our dictionary has 17 three-letter words ending in C, of which 10 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.
What is the highest-scoring word among the three-letter words ending in C?
HIC scores 8 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.