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Words starting with C, then I, then I, then N, ending in G

359 words fit this spine. The 240 most recognizable are listed below, longest and commonest first. They start with C, end with G, and contain I then I then N in that order in between — not necessarily side by side.

Near misses
  • caballero doesn't fit: it starts with C but ends with O, not G.
  • catalog doesn't fit: it has the right ends but no I in the middle.
  • cackling doesn't fit: it has every letter of CIING but they don't appear in order inside it.

6-letter words

citing

7-letter words

ceiling, chiding, chiming, chining, coifing, coiling, coining

8-letter words

cabining, caviling, chaining, chairing, childing, chilling, chinking, chinning, chipping, chirking, chirming, chirping, chirring, chitling, chivying, choiring, cinching, circling, claiming, clicking, climbing, clinging, clinking, clipping, cliquing, coiffing, coigning, cruising

9-letter words

calcining, capsizing, cavilling, chicaning, chiseling, chivvying, cindering, ciphering, citifying, climaxing, clinching, codifying, codriving, coediting, coffining, cognising, cognizing, cojoining, colliding, combining, commixing, compiling, confiding, confining, conniving

10-letter words

calamining, calcifying, calipering, calorizing, canalising, canalizing, canonising, canonizing, caponizing, caprioling, captaining, captioning, caregiving, carnifying, cashiering, catfishing, cautioning, cavitating, certifying, chagrining, chamoising, charioting, chastising, cherishing, chickening, chippering, chirruping, chiselling, chittering, chivariing, chromizing, cincturing, circuiting, civilising, civilizing, clarifying, clarioning, clinkering, coadmiring, coalifying, cochairing, coderiving, coexisting, cogitating, cohabiting, coiffuring, coinciding, coinhering, coinsuring, colonising, colonizing, colorizing, comingling, committing, conceiving, confirming, conspiring, containing, continuing, convincing

11-letter words

calcimining, calibrating, callipering, campaigning, capsulizing, captivating, carbonizing, carburising, carburizing, cartelising, cartelizing, castigating, catechizing, cauterizing, cavaliering, chagrinning, chainsawing, chairmaning, championing, chivareeing, christening, chronicling, cicatrizing, circulating, classifying, cloistering, coadmitting, coassisting, cocainizing, cockbilling, cocktailing, codesigning, codirecting, cofinancing, coinferring, cointerring, coinventing, colligating, collimating, commingling, comminuting, complaining, conflicting, considering, criticizing, culminating, cultivating

12-letter words

cachinnating, calumniating, cantillating, capacitating, caparisoning, capitalising, capitalizing, capitulating, caramelising, caramelizing, caricaturing, carillonning, catabolizing, categorising, categorizing, centralising, centralizing, centrifuging, chairmanning, channelizing, charbroiling, chemisorbing, childbearing, chitchatting, chlorinating, cinematizing, circumcising, circumfusing, classicizing, cocaptaining, cockfighting, commodifying, complicating, compromising, conditioning, confiscating, contributing, coordinating

13-letter words

cabinetmaking, cannibalising, cannibalizing, cantilevering, catheterizing, catholicizing, certificating, childproofing, circularising, circularizing, circumventing, civilianizing, clotheslining, cocultivating, codiscovering, colonializing, commiserating, commissioning, communicating, contaminating, contradicting

14-letter words

characterizing, circumscribing, collectivising, collectivizing, counterfeiting

15-letter words

circumvallating, collateralizing, commercialising, commercializing

16-letter words

circumambulating, circumnavigating

17-letter words

circumstantiating

19-letter words

chromolithographing

Where this pattern came from