Spelling rule that ends ''except after C'' Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IBEFOREE Spelling rule that ends ''except after C'' (8) Newsday Mar 1, 2021
7% SPECIALCASE Exception to the rule (7,4) (11) Puzzler Oct 16, 2025
6% BUT Except (3) Thomas Joseph Oct 16, 2025
6% RECEIVE Common verb containing the exception mentioned in the "i before e …" spelling rule (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Sep 28, 2025
5% SAINT Person of exceptional virtue (5) Puzzler Backwords Nov 10, 2025
5% ARE "Rules __ rules" (3) LA Times Daily Nov 5, 2025
5% REIGN Rule (5) The Telegraph Quick Nov 5, 2025
5% HEX Malicious spell (3) LA Times Daily Nov 4, 2025
5% ASA __ rule (3) Newsday Oct 31, 2025
5% WITCH Spelling champ? (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 29, 2025

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