4 letter words with C in the middle

Our dictionary holds 55 4 letter words with c in the middle, all exactly 4 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is ICKY, worth 13 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with S than any other letter — 21 of them, about 38% of the list.

14 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (25%), including icon, acid, acts, echo, scan; the remaining 41 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.