STUMPERS LXXXII

ANSE WORDS
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Dec. 2007
Raymond D. Love

There are three words in English that end in the letters ANSE.  Two are quite common, the third a little less so. Can you name these three words?

HINT:
The least common of the words is MANSE.

Answer:

The words are EXPANSE, CLEANSE, and MANSE.