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Words starting with N, then I, then C, then E, ending in S

65 words fit this spine. They're all listed below. They start with N, end with S, and contain I then C then E in that order in between — not necessarily side by side.

Near misses
  • nagged doesn't fit: it starts with N but ends with D, not S.
  • nachos doesn't fit: it has the right ends but no I in the middle.
  • necrosis doesn't fit: it has every letter of NICES but they don't appear in order inside it.

6-letter words

niches, nieces

7-letter words

nickels, nickers, nickles, notices, novices

8-letter words

niceness, niceties, nictates, nitchies, noticers

9-letter words

navicerts, nicknames, nicotines, nuisances

10-letter words

nesciences, niccolites, nicenesses, nicknamers, nictitates, nitpickers, nosepieces

11-letter words

negligences, nematicides, neocortices, nightscopes, nonsciences

12-letter words

niacinamides, nickelodeons, nightclothes, nonevidences, nonviolences, noticeboards

13-letter words

neurosciences, nickeliferous, nicotinamides, nightclubbers, nonexistences, nonincumbents, noninfluences, noninsurances, nonresidences

14-letter words

nitroglycerins, noncandidacies, noncompliances, nonconfidences, nondisclosures, nonresidencies, nonresistances

15-letter words

neurotoxicities, nincompooperies, nitrocelluloses, nitroglycerines, noncoincidences, nonequivalences, nonintercourses, nonsensicalness

16-letter words

nephrotoxicities, nonarchitectures, nonindependences, noninterferences

17-letter words

nonbelligerencies, nonsensicalnesses, nucleophilicities

Where this pattern came from