5-letter words starting with C

You can play 888 5-letter words starting with C, and 198 of them are Wordle answers, second only to S.

914 wordsTop pick COULDHighest score CHIZZ 28

219 of 914 are everyday words (24%). A mix of familiar words and game-only finds.

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S starts the most 5-letter words (1,547); X starts the fewest (15). C ranks #2 of 26. The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 219 · most-used first

Showing the top 48 of 219 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 914

A to Z. Includes rare and Collins-only words. Linked tiles open the word's meaning, score and rhymes.

CAAED₈
CABAL₉
CABAS₉
CABBY₁₄
CABER₉
CABIN₉
CABLE₉
CABOB₁₁
CABOC₁₁
CABRE₉
CACAO₉
CACAS₉
CACHE₁₂
CACKY₁₆
CACTI₉
CADDY₁₂
CADEE₈
CADES₈
CADET₈
CADGE₉
CADGY₁₂
CADIE₈
CADIS₈
CADRE₈
CAECA₉
CAESE₇
CAFES₁₀
CAFFS₁₃
CAGED₉
CAGER₈
CAGES₈
CAGEY₁₁
CAGOT₈
CAHOW₁₃
CAIDS₈
CAINS₇
CAIRD₈
CAIRN₇
CAJON₁₄
CAJUN₁₄
CAKED₁₂
CAKES₁₁
CAKEY₁₄
CALFS₁₀
CALID₈
CALIF₁₀
CALIX₁₄
CALKS₁₁
CALLA₇
CALLS₇
CALMS₉
CALMY₁₂
CALOS₇
CALPA₉
CALPS₉
CALVE₁₀
CALYX₁₇
CAMAN₉
CAMAS₉
CAMEL₉
CAMEO₉
CAMES₉
CAMIS₉
CAMOS₉
CAMPI₁₁
CAMPO₁₁
CAMPS₁₁
CAMPY₁₄
CAMUS₉
CANAL₇
CANDY₁₁
CANED₈
CANEH₁₀
CANER₇
CANES₇
CANGS₈
CANID₈
CANNA₇
CANNS₇
CANNY₁₀
CANOE₇
CANON₇
CANSO₇
CANST₇
CANTO₇
CANTS₇
CANTY₁₀
CAPAS₉
CAPED₁₀
CAPER₉
CAPES₉
CAPHS₁₂
CAPIZ₁₈
CAPLE₉
CAPON₉
CAPOS₉
CAPOT₉
CAPRI₉
CAPUL₉
CAPUT₉
CARAP₉
CARAT₇
CARBO₉
CARBS₉
CARBY₁₂
CARDI₈
CARDS₈
CARDY₁₁
CARED₈
CARER₇
CARES₇
CARET₇
CAREX₁₄
CARGO₈
CARKS₁₁
CARLE₇
CARLS₇
CARNS₇
CARNY₁₀
CAROB₉
CAROL₇
CAROM₉
CARPI₉
CARPS₉
CARRS₇
CARRY₁₀
CARSE₇
CARTA₇
CARTE₇
CARTS₇
CARVE₁₀
CARVY₁₃
CASAS₇
CASCO₉
CASED₈
CASES₇
CASKS₁₁
CASKY₁₄
CASTE₇
CASTS₇
CASUS₇
CATCH₁₂
CATER₇
CATES₇
CATHS₁₀
CATTY₁₀
CAUDA₈
CAUKS₁₁
CAULD₈
CAULK₁₁
CAULS₇
CAUMS₉
CAUPS₉
CAURI₇
CAUSA₇
CAUSE₇
CAVAS₁₀
CAVED₁₁
CAVEL₁₀
CAVER₁₀
CAVES₁₀
CAVIE₁₀
CAVIL₁₀
CAWED₁₁
CAWKS₁₄
CAXON₁₄
CEASE₇
CEAZE₁₆
CEBID₁₀
CECAL₉
CECUM₁₁
CEDAR₈
CEDED₉
CEDER₈
CEDES₈
CEDIS₈
CEIBA₉
CEILI₇
CEILS₇
CELEB₉
CELLA₇
CELLI₇
CELLO₇
CELLS₇
CELLY₁₀
CELOM₉
CELTS₇
CENSE₇
CENTO₇
CENTS₇
CENTU₇
CEORL₇
CEPES₉
CERCI₉
CERED₈
CERES₇
CERGE₈
CERIA₇
CERIC₉
CERNE₇
CEROS₇
CERTS₇
CESSE₇
CESTA₇
CESTI₇
CETES₇
CETYL₁₀
CHACE₁₂
CHACK₁₆
CHACO₁₂
CHADO₁₁
CHADS₁₁
CHAFE₁₃
CHAFF₁₆
CHAFT₁₃
CHAGA₁₁
CHAIN₁₀
CHAIR₁₀
CHAIS₁₀
CHALK₁₄
CHALS₁₀
CHAMP₁₄
CHAMS₁₂
CHANA₁₀
CHANG₁₁
CHANK₁₄
CHANT₁₀
CHAOS₁₀
CHAPE₁₂
CHAPS₁₂
CHAPT₁₂
CHARA₁₀
CHARD₁₁
CHARE₁₀
CHARK₁₄
CHARM₁₂
CHARR₁₀
CHARS₁₀
CHART₁₀
CHARY₁₃
CHASE₁₀
CHASM₁₂
CHATS₁₀
CHAVE₁₃
CHAVS₁₃
CHAWK₁₇
CHAWS₁₃
CHAYA₁₃
CHAYS₁₃
CHEAP₁₂
CHEAT₁₀
CHECK₁₆
CHEEK₁₄
CHEEP₁₂
CHEER₁₀
CHEFS₁₃
CHEKA₁₄
CHELA₁₀
CHELP₁₂
CHEMO₁₂
CHEMS₁₂
CHERE₁₀
CHERT₁₀
CHESS₁₀
CHEST₁₀
CHETH₁₃
CHEVY₁₆
CHEWS₁₃
CHEWY₁₆
CHIAO₁₀
CHIAS₁₀
CHIBS₁₂
CHICA₁₂
CHICH₁₅
CHICK₁₆
CHICO₁₂
CHICS₁₂
CHIDE₁₁
CHIEF₁₃
CHIEL₁₀
CHIKS₁₄
CHILD₁₁
CHILE₁₀
CHILI₁₀
CHILL₁₀
CHIMB₁₄
CHIME₁₂
CHIMO₁₂
CHIMP₁₄
CHINA₁₀
CHINE₁₀
CHING₁₁
CHINK₁₄
CHINO₁₀
CHINS₁₀
CHIPS₁₂
CHIRK₁₄
CHIRL₁₀
CHIRM₁₂
CHIRO₁₀
CHIRP₁₂
CHIRR₁₀
CHIRT₁₀
CHIRU₁₀
CHITS₁₀
CHIVE₁₃
CHIVS₁₃
CHIVY₁₆
CHIZZ₂₈
CHOCK₁₆
CHOCO₁₂
CHOCS₁₂
CHODE₁₁
CHOGS₁₁
CHOIL₁₀
CHOIR₁₀
CHOKE₁₄
CHOKO₁₄
CHOKY₁₇
CHOLA₁₀
CHOLI₁₀
CHOLO₁₀
CHOMP₁₄
CHONS₁₀
CHOOF₁₃
CHOOK₁₄
CHOOM₁₂
CHOPS₁₂
CHORD₁₁
CHORE₁₀
CHOSE₁₀
CHOTA₁₀
CHOTT₁₀
CHOUT₁₀
CHOUX₁₇
CHOWK₁₇
CHOWS₁₃
CHUBS₁₂
CHUCK₁₆
CHUFA₁₃
CHUFF₁₆
CHUGS₁₁
CHUMP₁₄
CHUMS₁₂
CHUNK₁₄
CHURL₁₀
CHURN₁₀
CHURR₁₀
CHUSE₁₀
CHUTE₁₀
CHYLE₁₃
CHYME₁₅
CHYND₁₄
CIAOS₇
CIBOL₉
CIDED₉
CIDER₈
CIDES₈
CIELS₇
CIGAR₈
CIGGY₁₂
CILIA₇
CILLS₇
CIMAR₉
CIMEX₁₆
CINCH₁₂
CINCT₉
CINES₇
CINQS₁₆
CIONS₇
CIPPI₁₁
CIRCA₉
CIRCS₉
CIRES₇
CIRLS₇
CIRRI₇
CISCO₉
CISSY₁₀
CISTS₇
CITAL₇
CITED₈
CITER₇
CITES₇
CIVES₁₀
CIVET₁₀
CIVIC₁₂
CIVIE₁₀
CIVIL₁₀
CIVVY₁₆
CLACH₁₂
CLACK₁₃
CLADE₈
CLADS₈
CLAES₇
CLAGS₈
CLAIM₉
CLAME₉
CLAMP₁₁
CLAMS₉
CLANG₈
CLANK₁₁
CLANS₇
CLAPS₉
CLAPT₉
CLARO₇
CLART₇
CLARY₁₀
CLASH₁₀
CLASP₉
CLASS₇
CLAST₇
CLATS₇
CLAUT₇
CLAVE₁₀
CLAVI₁₀
CLAWS₁₀
CLAYS₁₀
CLEAN₇
CLEAR₇
CLEAT₇
CLECK₁₃
CLEEK₁₁
CLEEP₉
CLEFS₁₀
CLEFT₁₀
CLEGS₈
CLEIK₁₁
CLEMS₉
CLEPE₉
CLEPT₉
CLERK₁₁
CLEVE₁₀
CLEWS₁₀
CLICK₁₃
CLIED₈
CLIES₇
CLIFF₁₃
CLIFT₁₀
CLIMB₁₁
CLIME₉
CLINE₇
CLING₈
CLINK₁₁
CLINT₇
CLIPE₉
CLIPS₉
CLIPT₉
CLITS₇
CLOAK₁₁
CLOAM₉
CLOCK₁₃
CLODS₈
CLOFF₁₃
CLOGS₈
CLOKE₁₁
CLOMB₁₁
CLOMP₁₁
CLONE₇
CLONK₁₁
CLONS₇
CLOOP₉
CLOOT₇
CLOPS₉
CLOSE₇
CLOTE₇
CLOTH₁₀
CLOTS₇
CLOUD₈
CLOUR₇
CLOUS₇
CLOUT₇
CLOVE₁₀
CLOWN₁₀
CLOWS₁₀
CLOYE₁₀
CLOYS₁₀
CLOZE₁₆
CLUBS₉
CLUCK₁₃
CLUED₈
CLUES₇
CLUMP₁₁
CLUNG₈
CLUNK₁₁
CLYPE₁₂
CNIDA₈
COACH₁₂
COACT₉
COADY₁₁
COALA₇
COALS₇
COALY₁₀
COAPT₉
COARB₉
COAST₇
COATE₇
COATI₇
COATS₇
COBBS₁₁
COBBY₁₄
COBIA₉
COBLE₉
COBRA₉
COBZA₁₈
COCAS₉
COCCI₁₁
COCCO₁₁
COCKS₁₃
COCKY₁₆
COCOA₉
COCOS₉
CODAS₈
CODEC₁₀
CODED₉
CODEN₈
CODER₈
CODES₈
CODEX₁₅
CODON₈
COEDS₈
COFFS₁₃
COGIE₈
COGON₈
COGUE₈
COHAB₁₂
COHOE₁₀
COHOG₁₁
COHOS₁₀
COIFS₁₀
COIGN₈
COILS₇
COINS₇
COIRS₇
COITS₇
COKED₁₂
COKES₁₁
COLAS₇
COLBY₁₂
COLDS₈
COLED₈
COLES₇
COLEY₁₀
COLIC₉
COLIN₇
COLLS₇
COLLY₁₀
COLOG₈
COLON₇
COLOR₇
COLTS₇
COLZA₁₆
COMAE₉
COMAL₉
COMAS₉
COMBE₁₁
COMBI₁₁
COMBO₁₁
COMBS₁₁
COMBY₁₄
COMER₉
COMES₉
COMET₉
COMFY₁₅
COMIC₁₁
COMIX₁₆
COMMA₁₁
COMMO₁₁
COMMS₁₁
COMMY₁₄
COMPO₁₁
COMPS₁₁
COMPT₁₁
COMTE₉
COMUS₉
CONCH₁₂
CONDO₈
CONED₈
CONES₇
CONEY₁₀
CONFS₁₀
CONGA₈
CONGE₈
CONGO₈
CONIA₇
CONIC₉
CONIN₇
CONKS₁₁
CONKY₁₄
CONNE₇
CONNS₇
CONTE₇
CONTO₇
CONUS₇
CONVO₁₀
COOCH₁₂
COOED₈
COOEE₇
COOER₇
COOEY₁₀
COOFS₁₀
COOKS₁₁
COOKY₁₄
COOLS₇
COOLY₁₀
COOMB₁₁
COOMS₉
COOMY₁₂
COONS₇
COOPS₉
COOPT₉
COOST₇
COOTS₇
COOZE₁₆
COPAL₉
COPAY₁₂
COPED₁₀
COPEN₉
COPER₉
COPES₉
COPPY₁₄
COPRA₉
COPSE₉
COPSY₁₂
COQUI₁₆
CORAL₇
CORAM₉
CORBE₉
CORBY₁₂
CORDS₈
CORED₈
CORER₇
CORES₇
COREY₁₀
CORGI₈
CORIA₇
CORKS₁₁
CORKY₁₄
CORMS₉
CORNI₇
CORNO₇
CORNS₇
CORNU₇
CORNY₁₀
CORPS₉
CORSE₇
CORSO₇
CORYS₁₀
COSEC₉
COSED₈
COSES₇
COSET₇
COSEY₁₀
COSIE₇
COSMO₉
COSTA₇
COSTE₇
COSTS₇
COTAN₇
COTED₈
COTES₇
COTHS₁₀
COTTA₇
COTTS₇
COUCH₁₂
COUDE₈
COUGH₁₁
COULD₈
COUNT₇
COUPE₉
COUPS₉
COURB₉
COURD₈
COURE₇
COURS₇
COURT₇
COUTH₁₀
COVED₁₁
COVEN₁₀
COVER₁₀
COVES₁₀
COVET₁₀
COVEY₁₃
COVID₁₁
COVIN₁₀
COWAL₁₀
COWAN₁₀
COWED₁₁
COWER₁₀
COWKS₁₄
COWLS₁₀
COWPS₁₂
COWRY₁₃
COXAE₁₄
COXAL₁₄
COXED₁₅
COXES₁₄
COYAU₁₀
COYED₁₁
COYER₁₀
COYLY₁₃
COYPU₁₂
COZED₁₇
COZEN₁₆
COZES₁₆
COZEY₁₉
COZIE₁₆
CRAAL₇
CRABS₉
CRACK₁₃
CRAFT₁₀
CRAGS₈
CRAIC₉
CRAIG₈
CRAKE₁₁
CRAME₉
CRAMP₁₁
CRAMS₉
CRANE₇
CRANK₁₁
CRANS₇
CRAPE₉
CRAPS₉
CRAPY₁₂
CRARE₇
CRASH₁₀
CRASS₇
CRATE₇
CRAVE₁₀
CRAWL₁₀
CRAWS₁₀
CRAYS₁₀
CRAZE₁₆
CRAZY₁₉
CREAK₁₁
CREAM₉
CREDO₈
CREDS₈
CREED₈
CREEK₁₁
CREEL₇
CREEP₉
CREES₇
CREME₉
CREMS₉
CRENA₇
CREPE₉
CREPT₉
CREPY₁₂
CRESS₇
CREST₇
CREWE₁₀
CREWS₁₀
CRIAS₇
CRIBS₉
CRICK₁₃
CRIED₈
CRIER₇
CRIES₇
CRIME₉
CRIMP₁₁
CRIMS₉
CRINE₇
CRIOS₇
CRIPE₉
CRIPS₉
CRISE₇
CRISP₉
CRITH₁₀
CRITS₇
CROAK₁₁
CROCI₉
CROCK₁₃
CROCS₉
CROFT₁₀
CROGS₈
CROMB₁₁
CROME₉
CRONE₇
CRONK₁₁
CRONY₁₀
CROOK₁₁
CROOL₇
CROON₇
CROPS₉
CRORE₇
CROSS₇
CROST₇
CROUP₉
CROUT₇
CROWD₁₁
CROWN₁₀
CROWS₁₀
CROZE₁₆
CRUCK₁₃
CRUDE₈
CRUDO₈
CRUDS₈
CRUDY₁₁
CRUEL₇
CRUES₇
CRUET₇
CRUFT₁₀
CRUMB₁₁
CRUMP₁₁
CRUNK₁₁
CRUOR₇
CRURA₇
CRUSE₇
CRUSH₁₀
CRUST₇
CRUSY₁₀
CRUVE₁₀
CRWTH₁₃
CRYER₁₀
CRYPT₁₂
CTENE₇
CUBBY₁₄
CUBEB₁₁
CUBED₁₀
CUBER₉
CUBES₉
CUBIC₁₁
CUBIT₉
CUCKS₁₃
CUDDY₁₂
CUFFO₁₃
CUFFS₁₃
CUIFS₁₀
CUING₈
CUISH₁₀
CUITS₇
CUKES₁₁
CULCH₁₂
CULET₇
CULEX₁₄
CULLS₇
CULLY₁₀
CULMS₉
CULPA₉
CULTI₇
CULTS₇
CULTY₁₀
CUMEC₁₁
CUMIN₉
CUNDY₁₁
CUNEI₇
CUNIT₇
CUNTS₇
CUPEL₉
CUPID₁₀
CUPPA₁₁
CUPPY₁₄
CURAT₇
CURBS₉
CURCH₁₂
CURDS₈
CURDY₁₁
CURED₈
CURER₇
CURES₇
CURET₇
CURFS₁₀
CURIA₇
CURIE₇
CURIO₇
CURLI₇
CURLS₇
CURLY₁₀
CURNS₇
CURNY₁₀
CURRS₇
CURRY₁₀
CURSE₇
CURSI₇
CURST₇
CURVE₁₀
CURVY₁₃
CUSEC₉
CUSHY₁₃
CUSKS₁₁
CUSPS₉
CUSSO₇
CUTCH₁₂
CUTER₇
CUTES₇
CUTEY₁₀
CUTIE₇
CUTIN₇
CUTIS₇
CUTTO₇
CUTTY₁₀
CUTUP₉
CUVEE₁₀
CUZES₁₆
CWTCH₁₅
CYANO₁₀
CYANS₁₀
CYBER₁₂
CYCAD₁₃
CYCAS₁₂
CYCLE₁₂
CYCLO₁₂
CYDER₁₁
CYLIX₁₇
CYMAE₁₂
CYMAR₁₂
CYMAS₁₂
CYMES₁₂
CYMOL₁₂
CYNIC₁₂
CYSTS₁₀
CYTES₁₀
CYTON₁₀
CZARS₁₆

Letters by positionIn 28% of these words the 5th letter is S.

2nd letter

O24%
A18%
H16%

3rd letter

A13%
O11%
R10%

4th letter

E17%
N6%
T6%

5th letter

S28%
E12%
Y8%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 7 in Scrabble; CHIZZ tops the list with 28. Scores before board bonuses.

77 points: 218 words
8 points: 86 words
99 points: 148 words
10 points: 165 words
1111 points: 94 words
12 points: 71 words
1313 points: 44 words
14 points: 42 words
1515 points: 6 words
16 points: 28 words
1717 points: 7 words
18 points: 2 words
1919 points: 2 words
20 points: 0 words
2121 points: 0 words
22 points: 0 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 0 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 0 words
28 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
CHIZZ	28	28	Collins only
CRAZY	19	19	All three
COZEY	19	19	All three
CAPIZ	18	20	Collins · NWL
COBZA	18	20	Collins only
CALYX	17	18	All three
CHOWK	17	17	Collins only
CHOUX	17	18	Collins only
CHOKY	17	16	All three
CHAWK	17	17	Collins only
COZED	17	18	Collins only
CYLIX	17	18	All three

C is the runner-up letter in five-letter English, behind only S in both the full list and the Wordle answers. What sets it apart is how tightly its answers cluster. Three blends, CR, CH and CL, account for 116 of the 198, so a single well-chosen second guess can narrow the remaining field very quickly.

CR, CH and CL cover most C answers

CR leads with 45 answers, including CROSS, CROWD and crisp. CH is close behind with 40, such as CHECK, CHILD and chair.

CL adds 31 more, like CLASS, CLEAR and CLOUD. After that, a vowel takes over: CA opens 32 answers and CO opens 29, giving everyday words like COAST and carry.

So if your opener lands a green C, place R, H or L second on the next guess. One of the three will hit more often than not. A guess like chord tests H in second place and still shows whether the word holds an R.

Soft C is rare at the start of answers

Note

Only 12 C answers put E, I or Y second, such as CIDER, CIVIL, CYCLE and CEDAR. A hard C sound is the safe default, so leave E and I out of the second square at first.

C words that finish with K

K ends 24 C answers, far more than for most first letters, so keep it in mind for the last square.
The CK pattern alone closes 11 answers, from CLICK and CRACK to CHUCK and CLOCK.
Other K endings follow a consonant, as in CLERK, CHALK, CRANK and CHUNK.
E still ends the most C answers at 33, so test E first, then K.

5-letter words starting with C for Scrabble

C words average 9.8 points, the highest of the six busiest first letters and just ahead of B at 9.5. The 3-point C gives every word in the group a head start.

CHIZZ sits at the top with 28 points, but only Collins takes it. In NWL games, CRAZY and cozey tie at 19, and crazy is the highest-scoring C word that is also a Wordle answer.

CALYX and choky are worth 17 each, and CHOUX matches them in Collins. Calyx is a neat way to unload an X when the board gets tight.

Dictionary choice matters less here than for many letters. NWL accepts 681 of the 888 C words and ENABLE accepts 665, so only 207 are Collins-only, and most club favourites are safe everywhere.

Questions people ask

What is the most common way for a Wordle C word to begin?

CR is the most common opening, starting 45 C answers such as cross and crowd. CH follows with 40 and CL with 31, so those three pairs cover 116 of the 198 C answers.

Which letter starts the second-most Wordle answers?

C starts the second-most Wordle answers, with 198 out of 2,315. Only S has more at 366, while B comes a close third with 173, just 25 behind C.

Why do so many C words end in K?

Many C words come from short, punchy sounds spelled with CK, such as click, crack and clock. Among Wordle answers, 24 C words end in K, and 11 of those use the CK pair.

What is a high-scoring C word that is also a Wordle answer?

Crazy is the best example at 19 points in Scrabble, and it is a valid Wordle answer too. Check, chuck and chaff follow at 16 points each.

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5-letter words starting with C

Common words 219 · most-used first

Highest-scoring words

CR, CH and CL cover most C answers

Soft C is rare at the start of answers

C words that finish with K

5-letter words starting with C for Scrabble

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