There are a total of 204 8-letter words containing 'ect', and the number may vary in different dictionaries. You can specify the dictionary and order.

• abjectly ₂₆
• acrolect ₁₅
• advected ₁₇
• affected ₁₈
• affecter ₁₇
• analecta ₁₃
• analects ₁₃
• aspected ₁₅
• basilect ₁₅
• bisected ₁₅
• bisector ₁₄
• cathects ₁₆
• codirect ₁₅
• coeffect ₂₀
• coerects ₁₄
• collects ₁₆
• complect ₂₁
• confects ₁₈
• connects ₁₆
• convects ₁₉
• corrects ₁₄
• defected ₁₆
• defector ₁₅
• deflects ₁₆
• dejected ₂₂
• deselect ₁₃
• detected ₁₃
• detecter ₁₂
• detector ₁₂
• dialects ₁₃
• directed ₁₃
• directer ₁₂
• directly ₁₅
• director ₁₂
• disjecta ₂₁
• disjects ₂₁
• dissects ₁₂
• eclectic ₁₈
• ectoderm ₁₅
• ectomere ₁₄
• ectopias ₁₄
• ectopics ₁₇
• ectosarc ₁₄
• ectozoan ₂₁
• ectozoon ₂₁
• effected ₁₈
• effecter ₁₇
• effector ₁₇
• ejecting ₂₃
• ejection ₂₁
• ejective ₂₄
• ejectors ₂₀
• electees ₁₂
• electing ₁₅
• election ₁₃
• elective ₁₆
• electors ₁₂
• electret ₁₂
• electric ₁₅
• electron ₁₃
• electros ₁₂
• electrum ₁₆
• erecters ₁₁
• erectile ₁₂
• erecting ₁₄
• erection ₁₂
• erective ₁₅
• erectors ₁₁
• eutectic ₁₅
• evection ₁₆
• expected ₂₂
• exsected ₁₉
• flection ₁₆
• hectares ₁₃
• hectical ₁₇
• hecticly ₁₉
• hectored ₁₄
• humected ₁₈
• idiolect ₁₃
• indirect ₁₃
• infected ₁₆
• infecter ₁₅
• infector ₁₅
• inflects ₁₆
• injected ₂₂
• injector ₂₁
• insectan ₁₃
• inspects ₁₅
• invected ₁₇
• lecterns ₁₃
• lections ₁₃
• lectrice ₁₅
• lectured ₁₄
• lecturer ₁₃
• lectures ₁₃
• neglects ₁₅
• nonelect ₁₄
• objected ₂₄
• objector ₂₃
• obtected ₁₅
• orective ₁₅
• pandects ₁₆
• pectases ₁₄
• pectates ₁₄
• pectines ₁₅
• pectized ₂₄
• pectizes ₂₃
• pectoral ₁₅
• perfecta ₁₇
• perfecto ₁₇
• perfects ₁₇
• plectron ₁₆
• plectrum ₁₉
• praefect ₁₇
• praelect ₁₅
• preelect ₁₅
• preerect ₁₄
• prefects ₁₇
• prelects ₁₅
• projects ₂₃
• prosects ₁₄
• prospect ₁₇
• protects ₁₄
• rectally ₁₅
• redefect ₁₅
• redirect ₁₂
• reejects ₂₀
• reelects ₁₂
• reerects ₁₁
• refected ₁₅
• reflects ₁₅
• reinfect ₁₅
• reinject ₂₁
• rejected ₂₁
• rejectee ₂₀
• rejecter ₂₀
• rejector ₂₀
• reobject ₂₃
• resected ₁₂
• reselect ₁₂
• respects ₁₄
• sections ₁₂
• sectoral ₁₂
• sectored ₁₂
• selected ₁₃
• selectee ₁₂
• selectly ₁₅
• selector ₁₂
• smectics ₁₇
• smectite ₁₄
• spectate ₁₄
• specters ₁₄
• spectral ₁₅
• spectres ₁₄
• spectrum ₁₈
• suberect ₁₅
• subjects ₂₄
• subsects ₁₅
• suspects ₁₅
• synectic ₁₇
• tectites ₁₁
• tectonic ₁₅
• trajects ₂₀
• transect ₁₂
• trifecta ₁₄
• trisects ₁₁
• unselect ₁₄
• vectored ₁₆
• vivisect ₁₉
• coinfect ₁₅
• ectogene ₁₁
• expecter ₁₉
• specting ₁₃
• abjected ₂₀
• carrects ₁₂
• conjects ₁₉
• ectasias ₁₀
• ecthymas ₁₈
• ectogeny ₁₄
• ectopies ₁₂
• ectozoic ₂₁
• ectropic ₁₄
• hectorer ₁₃
• hectorly ₁₆
• lectress ₁₀
• lecturns ₁₀
• nectared ₁₁
• pectinal ₁₂
• pectinei ₁₂
• pectised ₁₃
• pectises ₁₂
• pectoses ₁₂
• perfecti ₁₅
• plectres ₁₂
• porrects ₁₂
• rections ₁₀
• rectitic ₁₂
• rectitis ₁₀
• rectoral ₁₀
• rectress ₁₀
• sectator ₁₀
• selectas ₁₀
• spectrin ₁₂
• tranects ₁₀

There are 204 8-letter words containing ect in the well-known word game dictionary, 166 in the Scrabble US (US/Canada/Thailand - TWL/NWL) dictionary, and 197 in the Scrabble UK (International - SOWPODS/CSW) dictionary, and 169 in the Words with Friends (WWF) dictionary.