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Geological periods with 9 letters
Stuck on a crossword or a word game? 19 geological periods have exactly 9 letters, from “Calabrian” to “Tortonian”.
Geological periods that are 9 letters long
- Calabrian
- Calymmian
- Campanian
- Chibanian
- Ediacaran
- Eoarchean
- Lopingian
- Messinian
- Olenekian
- Oligocene
- Orosirian
- Paleocene
- Paleogene
- Paleozoic
- Selandian
- Tarantian
- Thanetian
- Tithonian
- Tortonian
About this list
- 19 of the 90 geological periods have exactly 9 letters (21%).
- Most start with C (4), T (4) and O (3).
- Only names of one word are counted, and only their letters: spaces, hyphens and apostrophes are not.
Quick answers
- What are some nine-letter geological periods?
- 19 of the 90 geological periods in Icillion have exactly 9 letters, for example Paleozoic, Paleogene and Oligocene.
- Which nine-letter geological periods start with C?
- C is the most common first letter here, with 4 names, such as Calabrian, Calymmian, Campanian and Chibanian.
Geological periods by first letter
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