3 letter words with C in the middle

Our dictionary holds 12 3 letter words with c in the middle, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is ICK, worth 9 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with I than any other letter — 4 of them, about 33% of the list.

6 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (50%), including act, ice, ace, eco, ich; the remaining 6 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.