October Beehive

How many common words of 5 or more letters can you spell using the letters in the hive? Every answer must use the center letter at least once. Letters may be reused in a word. At least one word will use all 7 letters.

Proper names and hyphenated words are not allowed.

Score 1 point for each answer, and 3 points for each word that contains all 7 letters.

Rating: 18 = Good, 23 = Excellent, 27 = Genius

(see the answers below)

Answers:
alliance, alpaca, apiece, appliance (3 points), cancel, canine, cilia, clean, clinic, clinical, clini- cian, icicle, incline, lance, lenience, niece, palace, panacea, panic, peace, pecan, penance, pic- nic, piece, pinnacle (3 points), place.
If you found other legitimate dictionary words in the beehive, feel free to include them in your score.