7-letter words with C as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter

The 643 7-letter words with C as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter include familiar picks like capital and captain, plus CAZIQUE at 27 points.

643 wordsTop pick CAPITALHighest score CAZIQUE 27

58 of 643 are everyday words (9%). Mostly rare words: great for Scrabble, tough for daily puzzles.

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With C in 1st place, O is the most common 2nd letter (776 words). The bar under each letter shows the size of its list.

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Common words 58 · most-used first

CAPITAL₁₁
CALLING₁₀
CAPTAIN₁₁
CARRIED₁₀
CAPABLE₁₃
CAREFUL₁₂
CAUSING₁₀
CABINET₁₁
CAPTURE₁₁
CAMERAS₁₁
CARRIER₉
CARRIES₉
CASTING₁₀
CAREERS₉
CARTOON₉
CAMPING₁₄
CAPITOL₁₁
CAUTION₉
CATCHES₁₄
CATALOG₁₀
CARDIAC₁₂
CALCIUM₁₃
CANDLES₁₀
CAVALRY₁₅
CAPTION₁₁
CAPSULE₁₁
CAPTIVE₁₄
CALIBER₁₁
CARROTS₉
CARAVAN₁₂
CANCERS₁₁
CALORIE₉
CASHIER₁₂
CABBAGE₁₄
CATCHER₁₄
CARVING₁₃
CARAMEL₁₁
CASCADE₁₂
CASINOS₉
CASTLES₉
CANNONS₉
CARPETS₁₁
CALMING₁₂
CATFISH₁₅
CANNING₁₀
CARNAGE₁₀
CAMPERS₁₃
CABARET₁₁

Showing the top 48 of 58 common words. See every valid word

All valid words 643

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

CABALAS₁₁
CABANAS₁₁
CABARET₁₁
CABBAGE₁₄
CABBAGY₁₇
CABBALA₁₃
CABBIES₁₃
CABBING₁₄
CABEZON₂₀
CABILDO₁₂
CABINED₁₂
CABINET₁₁
CABLERS₁₁
CABLETS₁₁
CABLING₁₂
CABOMBA₁₅
CABOOSE₁₁
CABOVER₁₄
CABRIES₁₁
CABRIOS₁₁
CABRITS₁₁
CACHACA₁₆
CACHETS₁₄
CACHEXY₂₄
CACHING₁₅
CACHOUS₁₄
CACIQUE₂₀
CACKIER₁₅
CACKLED₁₆
CACKLER₁₅
CACKLES₁₅
CACODYL₁₅
CACOEPY₁₆
CACOLET₁₁
CACONYM₁₆
CACOONS₁₁
CACTOID₁₂
CACUMEN₁₃
CADAGAS₁₁
CADAGIS₁₁
CADAVER₁₃
CADDICE₁₃
CADDIED₁₂
CADDIES₁₁
CADDISH₁₄
CADDYSS₁₄
CADEAUX₁₇
CADELLE₁₀
CADENCE₁₂
CADENCY₁₅
CADENZA₁₉
CADGERS₁₁
CADGIER₁₁
CADGING₁₂
CADMIUM₁₄
CADRANS₁₀
CADUACS₁₂
CADUCEI₁₂
CAEOMAS₁₁
CAERULE₉
CAESARS₉
CAESIUM₁₁
CAESTUS₉
CAESURA₉
CAFARDS₁₃
CAFFEIN₁₅
CAFFILA₁₅
CAFILAS₁₂
CAFTANS₁₂
CAGANER₁₀
CAGEFUL₁₃
CAGIEST₁₀
CAGMAGS₁₃
CAGOULE₁₀
CAGOULS₁₀
CAHIERS₁₂
CAHOOTS₁₂
CAHOUNS₁₂
CAILLES₉
CAIMACS₁₃
CAIMANS₁₁
CAIQUES₁₈
CAIRNED₁₀
CAISSON₉
CAITIFF₁₅
CAITIVE₁₂
CAJAPUT₁₈
CAJEPUT₁₈
CAJOLED₁₇
CAJOLER₁₆
CAJOLES₁₆
CAJONES₁₆
CAJUPUT₁₈
CAKEBOX₂₂
CAKIEST₁₃
CAKINGS₁₄
CALALOO₉
CALALUS₉
CALAMAR₁₁
CALAMUS₁₁
CALANDO₁₀
CALATHI₁₂
CALCARS₁₁
CALCIFY₁₇
CALCINE₁₁
CALCITE₁₁
CALCIUM₁₃
CALCULI₁₁
CALDERA₁₀
CALDRON₁₀
CALECHE₁₄
CALENDS₁₀
CALESAS₉
CALIBER₁₁
CALIBRE₁₁
CALICES₁₁
CALICHE₁₄
CALICLE₁₁
CALICOS₁₁
CALIGOS₁₀
CALIMAS₁₁
CALIPEE₁₁
CALIPER₁₁
CALIPHS₁₄
CALIVER₁₂
CALIXES₁₆
CALKERS₁₃
CALKING₁₄
CALKINS₁₃
CALLAIS₉
CALLANS₉
CALLANT₉
CALLBOY₁₄
CALLEES₉
CALLERS₉
CALLETS₉
CALLING₁₀
CALLOPS₁₁
CALLOSE₉
CALLOUS₉
CALLOUT₉
CALLOWS₁₂
CALLUNA₉
CALMANT₁₁
CALMEST₁₁
CALMIER₁₁
CALMING₁₂
CALOMEL₁₁
CALORIC₁₁
CALORIE₉
CALOTTE₉
CALOYER₁₂
CALPACK₁₇
CALPACS₁₃
CALPAIN₁₁
CALQUED₁₉
CALQUES₁₈
CALTHAS₁₂
CALTRAP₁₁
CALTROP₁₁
CALUMBA₁₃
CALUMET₁₁
CALUMNY₁₄
CALVARY₁₅
CALVERS₁₂
CALVING₁₃
CALYCES₁₄
CALYCLE₁₄
CALYPSO₁₄
CALYXES₁₉
CALZONE₁₈
CALZONI₁₈
CAMAIEU₁₁
CAMAILS₁₁
CAMARON₁₁
CAMASES₁₁
CAMBERS₁₃
CAMBIAL₁₃
CAMBISM₁₅
CAMBIST₁₃
CAMBIUM₁₅
CAMBOGE₁₄
CAMBREL₁₃
CAMBRIC₁₅
CAMCORD₁₄
CAMELIA₁₁
CAMELID₁₂
CAMELOT₁₁
CAMELRY₁₄
CAMEOED₁₂
CAMERAE₁₁
CAMERAL₁₁
CAMERAS₁₁
CAMESES₁₁
CAMGIRL₁₂
CAMIONS₁₁
CAMISAS₁₁
CAMISES₁₁
CAMISIA₁₁
CAMLETS₁₁
CAMMIES₁₃
CAMMING₁₄
CAMOGIE₁₂
CAMOODI₁₂
CAMORRA₁₁
CAMOTES₁₁
CAMPANA₁₃
CAMPERS₁₃
CAMPEST₁₃
CAMPHOL₁₆
CAMPHOR₁₆
CAMPIER₁₃
CAMPILY₁₆
CAMPING₁₄
CAMPION₁₃
CAMPLED₁₄
CAMPLES₁₃
CAMPONG₁₄
CAMPOUT₁₃
CAMUSES₁₁
CAMWOOD₁₅
CANADAS₁₀
CANAKIN₁₃
CANALED₁₀
CANAPES₁₁
CANARDS₁₀
CANASTA₉
CANBANK₁₅
CANCANS₁₁
CANCELS₁₁
CANCERS₁₁
CANCHAS₁₄
CANDELA₁₀
CANDENT₁₀
CANDIDA₁₁
CANDIDS₁₁
CANDIED₁₁
CANDIES₁₀
CANDLED₁₁
CANDLER₁₀
CANDLES₁₀
CANDOCK₁₆
CANDORS₁₀
CANDOUR₁₀
CANELLA₉
CANFULS₁₂
CANGLED₁₁
CANGLES₁₀
CANGUES₁₀
CANIEST₉
CANIKIN₁₃
CANINES₉
CANINGS₁₀
CANKERS₁₃
CANKERY₁₆
CANKLES₁₃
CANNACH₁₄
CANNELS₉
CANNERS₉
CANNERY₁₂
CANNIER₉
CANNILY₁₂
CANNING₁₀
CANNOLI₉
CANNONS₉
CANNULA₉
CANOERS₉
CANOLAS₉
CANONIC₁₁
CANONRY₁₂
CANOPIC₁₃
CANSFUL₁₂
CANTALA₉
CANTALS₉
CANTARS₉
CANTATA₉
CANTATE₉
CANTDOG₁₁
CANTEEN₉
CANTERS₉
CANTEST₉
CANTHAL₁₂
CANTHIC₁₄
CANTHUS₁₂
CANTICO₁₁
CANTIER₉
CANTILY₁₂
CANTINA₉
CANTING₁₀
CANTION₉
CANTLED₁₀
CANTLES₉
CANTLET₉
CANTONS₉
CANTORS₉
CANTRAP₁₁
CANTRED₁₀
CANTREF₁₂
CANTRIP₁₁
CANULAE₉
CANULAR₉
CANULAS₉
CANVASS₁₂
CANYONS₁₂
CANZONA₁₈
CANZONE₁₈
CANZONI₁₈
CAPABLE₁₃
CAPABLY₁₆
CAPCOMS₁₅
CAPEESH₁₄
CAPELAN₁₁
CAPELET₁₁
CAPELIN₁₁
CAPERED₁₂
CAPERER₁₁
CAPFULS₁₄
CAPICHE₁₆
CAPISCE₁₃
CAPITAL₁₁
CAPITAN₁₁
CAPITOL₁₁
CAPIZES₂₀
CAPLESS₁₁
CAPLETS₁₁
CAPLINS₁₁
CAPORAL₁₁
CAPOTES₁₁
CAPOUCH₁₆
CAPPERS₁₃
CAPPING₁₄
CAPRATE₁₁
CAPRESE₁₁
CAPRICE₁₃
CAPRIDS₁₂
CAPRIFY₁₇
CAPRINE₁₁
CAPROCK₁₇
CAPROIC₁₃
CAPSIDS₁₂
CAPSIZE₂₀
CAPSTAN₁₁
CAPSULE₁₁
CAPTAIN₁₁
CAPTANS₁₁
CAPTCHA₁₆
CAPTION₁₁
CAPTIVE₁₄
CAPTORS₁₁
CAPTURE₁₁
CAPUCHE₁₆
CAPUERA₁₁
CARABAO₁₁
CARABID₁₂
CARABIN₁₁
CARACAL₁₁
CARACKS₁₅
CARACOL₁₁
CARACTS₁₁
CARACUL₁₁
CARAFES₁₂
CARAMBA₁₃
CARAMEL₁₁
CARANNA₉
CARAPAX₁₈
CARATES₉
CARAUNA₉
CARAVAN₁₂
CARAVEL₁₂
CARAWAY₁₅
CARBARN₁₁
CARBEEN₁₁
CARBENE₁₁
CARBIDE₁₂
CARBIES₁₁
CARBINE₁₁
CARBONS₁₁
CARBORA₁₁
CARBOYS₁₄
CARCAKE₁₅
CARCASE₁₁
CARCASS₁₁
CARCELS₁₁
CARDECU₁₂
CARDERS₁₀
CARDIAC₁₂
CARDIAE₁₀
CARDIAS₁₀
CARDIES₁₀
CARDING₁₁
CARDIOS₁₀
CARDONS₁₀
CARDOON₁₀
CARDUUS₁₀
CAREENS₉
CAREERS₉
CAREFUL₁₂
CAREMES₁₁
CARFARE₁₂
CARFULS₁₂
CARGOED₁₁
CARGOES₁₀
CARHOPS₁₄
CARIAMA₁₁
CARIBES₁₁
CARIBOO₁₁
CARIBOU₁₁
CARICES₁₁
CARIERE₉
CARINAE₉
CARINAL₉
CARINAS₉
CARINGS₁₀
CARIOCA₁₁
CARIOLE₉
CARIOSE₉
CARIOUS₉
CARITAS₉
CARJACK₂₂
CARKING₁₄
CARLESS₉
CARLINE₉
CARLING₁₀
CARLINS₉
CARLISH₁₂
CARLOAD₁₀
CARLOCK₁₅
CARLOTS₉
CARMINE₁₁
CARNAGE₁₀
CARNALS₉
CARNETS₉
CARNEYS₁₂
CARNIED₁₀
CARNIER₉
CARNIES₉
CARNIFY₁₅
CARNOSE₉
CAROACH₁₄
CAROCHE₁₄
CAROLED₁₀
CAROLER₉
CAROLUS₉
CAROMED₁₂
CAROMEL₁₁
CAROTID₁₀
CAROTIN₉
CAROUSE₉
CARPALE₁₁
CARPALS₁₁
CARPARK₁₅
CARPELS₁₁
CARPERS₁₁
CARPETS₁₁
CARPING₁₂
CARPOOL₁₁
CARPORT₁₁
CARRACK₁₅
CARRACT₁₁
CARRATS₉
CARRECT₁₁
CARRELL₉
CARRELS₉
CARRICK₁₅
CARRIED₁₀
CARRIER₉
CARRIES₉
CARRION₉
CARROCH₁₄
CARROMS₁₁
CARROTS₉
CARROTY₁₂
CARRYON₁₂
CARSEYS₁₂
CARSICK₁₅
CARTAGE₁₀
CARTELS₉
CARTERS₉
CARTFUL₁₂
CARTING₁₀
CARTONS₉
CARTOON₉
CARTWAY₁₅
CARVELS₁₂
CARVERS₁₂
CARVERY₁₅
CARVIES₁₂
CARVING₁₃
CARWASH₁₅
CASABAS₁₁
CASAVAS₁₂
CASBAHS₁₄
CASCADE₁₂
CASCARA₁₁
CASEASE₉
CASEATE₉
CASEINS₉
CASELAW₁₂
CASEMAN₁₁
CASEMEN₁₁
CASEOSE₉
CASEOUS₉
CASERNE₉
CASERNS₉
CASETTE₉
CASHAWS₁₅
CASHBOX₂₁
CASHEWS₁₅
CASHIER₁₂
CASHING₁₃
CASHOOS₁₂
CASINGS₁₀
CASINOS₉
CASITAS₉
CASKETS₁₃
CASKING₁₄
CASQUED₁₉
CASQUES₁₈
CASSABA₁₁
CASSATA₉
CASSAVA₁₂
CASSENA₉
CASSENE₉
CASSIAS₉
CASSINA₉
CASSINE₉
CASSINO₉
CASSOCK₁₅
CASSONE₉
CASSPIR₁₁
CASTERS₉
CASTING₁₀
CASTLED₁₀
CASTLES₉
CASTOCK₁₅
CASTOFF₁₅
CASTORS₉
CASTORY₁₂
CASTRAL₉
CASUALS₉
CASUIST₉
CATAGEN₁₀
CATALOG₁₀
CATALOS₉
CATALPA₁₁
CATAPAN₁₁
CATARRH₁₂
CATASTA₉
CATAWBA₁₄
CATBIRD₁₂
CATBOAT₁₁
CATCALL₁₁
CATCHED₁₅
CATCHEN₁₄
CATCHER₁₄
CATCHES₁₄
CATCHUP₁₆
CATCLAW₁₄
CATECHU₁₄
CATELOG₁₀
CATENAE₉
CATENAS₉
CATERAN₉
CATERED₁₀
CATERER₉
CATFACE₁₄
CATFALL₁₂
CATFISH₁₅
CATGUTS₁₀
CATHEAD₁₃
CATHECT₁₄
CATHING₁₃
CATHODE₁₃
CATHOLE₁₂
CATHOOD₁₃
CATIONS₉
CATJANG₁₇
CATKINS₁₃
CATLIKE₁₃
CATLING₁₀
CATLINS₉
CATMINT₁₁
CATNAPS₁₁
CATNEPS₁₁
CATNIPS₁₁
CATSKIN₁₃
CATSPAW₁₄
CATSUIT₉
CATSUPS₁₁
CATTABU₁₁
CATTAIL₉
CATTALO₉
CATTERY₁₂
CATTIER₉
CATTIES₉
CATTILY₁₂
CATTING₁₀
CATTISH₁₂
CATWALK₁₆
CATWORM₁₄
CAUDATE₁₀
CAUDLED₁₁
CAUDLES₁₀
CAUDRON₁₀
CAUKERS₁₃
CAULDER₁₀
CAULINE₉
CAULKED₁₄
CAULKER₁₃
CAULOME₁₁
CAUMING₁₂
CAUSALS₉
CAUSERS₉
CAUSEYS₁₂
CAUSING₁₀
CAUSTIC₁₁
CAUTELS₉
CAUTERS₉
CAUTERY₁₂
CAUTION₉
CAVALLA₁₂
CAVALLY₁₅
CAVALRY₁₅
CAVEATS₁₂
CAVEMAN₁₄
CAVEMEN₁₄
CAVEOLA₁₂
CAVERNS₁₂
CAVETTI₁₂
CAVETTO₁₂
CAVIARE₁₂
CAVIARS₁₂
CAVIERS₁₂
CAVILED₁₃
CAVILER₁₂
CAVINGS₁₃
CAVORTS₁₂
CAWINGS₁₃
CAWKERS₁₆
CAYENNE₁₂
CAYMANS₁₄
CAYUSES₁₂
CAZIQUE₂₇

Letters by positionIn 35% of these words the 7th letter is S.

3rd letter

R21%
N13%
L12%

4th letter

T11%
I10%
A9%

5th letter

I19%
E13%
A12%

6th letter

E19%
N13%
R10%

7th letter

S35%
E12%
A6%

Highest-scoring words

Scrabble and Words With Friends points, before board bonuses

Score spreadMost of these words score 11 in Scrabble; CAZIQUE tops the list with 27. Scores before board bonuses.

99 points: 131 words
10 points: 64 words
1111 points: 156 words
12 points: 92 words
1313 points: 54 words
14 points: 54 words
1515 points: 38 words
16 points: 21 words
1717 points: 8 words
18 points: 12 words
1919 points: 4 words
20 points: 4 words
2121 points: 1 words
22 points: 2 words
2323 points: 0 words
24 points: 1 words
2525 points: 0 words
26 points: 0 words
2727 points: 1 words

Word	Scrabble	Words With Friends	Dictionaries
CAZIQUE	27	29	All three
CACHEXY	24	24	All three
CARJACK	22	26	Collins · NWL
CAKEBOX	22	24	NWL only
CASHBOX	21	22	All three
CAPSIZE	20	22	All three
CACIQUE	20	23	All three
CABEZON	20	23	All three
CAPIZES	20	22	Collins · NWL
CADENZA	19	21	All three
CALYXES	19	20	All three
CALQUED	19	22	All three

The opening CA gives you a large set, but the words vary sharply in familiarity and scoring potential. Capital, cabinet, and careful are recognizable options; CAZIQUE, CACHEXY, and CARJACK stand out on a score sheet. Only 58 entries rank among common English words, so a familiar start does not guarantee an everyday finish.

7-letter words with C as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter

There are 643 tournament-dictionary entries matching the CA opening.
Collins includes 621; NWL2023 includes 505, while ENABLE includes 452.
A total of 534 entries have definitions, and 58 count as common words.
The most frequent final letter is S, appearing on 222 entries.
CAZIQUE leads the score rankings at 27 points.

Which CA words are common or high-scoring?

For familiar choices, start with capital, captain, capable, careful, cabinet, and capture. The set also includes related forms such as carried, carries, and carrier, so check the whole word rather than stopping after the first few letters.

The ending pattern is lopsided: 222 words finish in S, compared with 78 ending in E and 41 in A. C-A-O? No; the second letter stays A throughout, while changing that slot to O produces 776 seven-letter C-O words.

That contrast makes the second letter a strong filter when you have it confirmed.

How should you use the score leaders?

CAZIQUE scores 27, followed by CACHEXY at 24; CARJACK and CAKEBOX each score 22. CAPSIZE, CACIQUE, CABEZON, and CAPIZES each reach 20. These are score-first choices, not the words most likely to come up in ordinary conversation.

For 7-letter words with C as the 1st letter and A as the 2nd letter, separate the easy-to-recognize options from the tournament-only possibilities. Source counts differ: Collins has 621 matches, but NWL2023 has 505. Check your game's word list before relying on a less familiar entry; a strong score is no help if your game rejects it.

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How many 7-letter words start with CA?

There are 643 seven-letter matches beginning with CA across the tournament dictionaries counted here. The totals vary by word list: Collins has 621, NWL2023 has 505, and ENABLE has 452, so the playable set depends on your game.

What is the highest-scoring seven-letter CA word?

CAZIQUE is the highest scorer in this set at 27 points. CACHEXY follows at 24, while CARJACK and CAKEBOX each score 22. These point totals identify strong scoring candidates, but you still need to confirm that your game's dictionary accepts the word.

Which common words begin with CA and have seven letters?

Capital, captain, capable, careful, cabinet, capture, and cartoon are familiar seven-letter CA words. The common-word subset contains 58 entries, so many matches are less familiar. Use the everyday examples to narrow a clue, then verify uncommon candidates in your game's word list.

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