Word.ws English Dictionary

Words Ending in EC

There are 18 words ending in EC on Word.ws, from 3 to 8 letters. The most common length is 4 letters (5 words). The words used most often are sec, dec, alec, rec and spec.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

3-letter words ending in EC

  • dec6adj. Declared.
  • pec7n. The pectoralis major muscle.
  • rec5v. To recommend.
  • sec5n. Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.

4-letter words ending in EC

  • alec6n. An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried.
  • exec13n. An executive; a person employed at the executive level.
  • msec8n. A millisecond, ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a second.
  • plec8n. Pleco (tropical fish).
  • spec8v. To specify, especially in a formal specification document.

5-letter words ending in EC

  • codec10n. A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data...
  • rebec9n. An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only...
  • xebec16n. A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport...

6-letter words ending in EC

  • fennec11n. A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding...
  • malbec12n. A variety of grape used in making red wine, originally from France, but...
  • parsec10n. Syllabic abbreviation of parallax second.
  • respec10v. To reallocate the distribution of skill points on a character's skill...
  • witsec11n. The US Marshals witness security program.

8-letter words ending in EC

  • hypothec21n. In Scotland, a landlord's right over the stocking (cattle, implements...
45 rare words ending in EC

Questions about these words

How many words ending in EC are there?
Word.ws lists 18 words ending in EC, plus 45 rare ones.
What are common words ending in EC?
sec, dec, alec, rec, spec, exec, codec and pec.
Which of the words ending in EC has the highest letter score?
hypothec scores 21 points with the standard letter tile values.

Related word lists

Source and license

Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Cite this page: “Words Ending in EC: 18 Words by Length.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/words/ending-in-ec. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.