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There are 9 eight-letter words ending with LECT

ACROLECT	• acrolect n. (Sociolinguistics) The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically… • ACROLECT n. a variety of language closest to the prestige form.
BASILECT	• basilect n. (Sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is… • BASILECT n. the least prestigious language of an area.
COMPLECT	• complect v. (Archaic, transitive) To join by weaving. • complect v. (Archaic, transitive) To embrace. • COMPLECT v. to weave together.
DESELECT	• deselect v. (Transitive) To not select; to rule out of selection. • deselect v. (Transitive, Britain, politics) To reject (an incumbent) as a party’s candidate for a forthcoming election. • deselect v. (Transitive, graphical user interface) To remove from an existing selection.
IDIOLECT	• idiolect n. (Linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual. • IDIOLECT n. an individual's distinctive form of speech.
NONELECT	• nonelect n. (Religion) One not chosen for salvation. • NONELECT n. those not chosen for salvation.
PRAELECT	• PRAELECT v. to lecture, also PRELECT.
PREELECT	• preelect v. (Transitive) To elect beforehand; forechoose. • PREELECT v. to elect beforehand.
RESELECT	• reselect v. To select again. • RESELECT v. to choose again.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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English Wiktionary: 21 words
Scrabble in French: no word
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Scrabble in Romanian: 3 words

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