6-letter words with C as the 1st letter and A as the 5th letter

The pattern fixes the first letter as C and the fifth as A, leaving four positions to narrow down. Among the 146 matches, 14 rank among the most common English words, so the set mixes recognizable options with rarer tournament entries. COMBAT, CANVAS, CEREAL, and CELLAR are good starting points when you need a word you already know.

At a glance: the C-A pattern

• There are 146 six-letter matches with C first and A fifth.
• Only 14 matches are among the 25,000 most common English words.
• Words ending in S lead the final-letter counts with 36; L follows with 35.
• CHAZAN tops the scoring examples at 20 points, ahead of COBZAS at 19.
• The matches include 101 ENABLE words, 143 Collins words, and 114 NWL2023 words; dictionary sets overlap.

How many 6-letter words have C first and A fifth?

There are 146, fewer than the 194 words beginning with S and ending with A in the same six-letter pattern. C with A fifth is still a substantial set: it has more matches than P with A fifth, which has 140.

The fifth-letter choice changes the size sharply. C with E fifth has 483 matches, while C with I fifth has 164 and C with O fifth has 116. If A is fixed by your puzzle, focus on the remaining letters rather than assuming the pattern is unusually rare.

Which C-first, A-fifth words score well?

CHAZAN scores 20 points, COBZAS scores 19, and CARFAX scores 18 before board bonuses. CLIMAX and COLZAS each score 17. Those are strong rack scores, but less familiar words can be risky if you do not know your game's dictionary.

For everyday play, try COMBAT, CASUAL, COLLAR, or CANVAS first. They fit the fixed letters without leaning on obscure vocabulary. The full set has 112 defined entries, but only 101 are in ENABLE, so check your game's word list when a candidate depends on a less common entry.