Five-letter words starting with C
663 five-letter words begin with the letter C. The complete list is below in alphabetical order, grouped by second letter so you can scan straight to the ones that fit your puzzle.
Most common five-letter words starting with C
Ranked by how often they appear in written English.
- click
- could
- check
- class
- court
- china
- cards
- child
- color
- close
- costs
- cheap
- cover
- clear
- cases
- cross
- cable
- cause
- comes
- civil
- coast
- chief
- clean
- cells
Highest-scoring five-letter words starting with C
Standard Scrabble tile values, before any board multipliers.
- cozey 19
- crazy 19
- calyx 17
- choky 17
- cylix 17
- chaff 16
- check 16
- chevy 16
- chewy 16
- chick 16
- chivy 16
- chock 16
- chuck 16
- chuff 16
- cimex 16
- civvy 16
- cloze 16
- cocky 16
- colza 16
- comix 16
- cozen 16
- cozes 16
- cozie 16
- craze 16
All 663 five-letter words starting with C
CA 120
- cabal
- cabby
- caber
- cabin
- cable
- cabob
- cacao
- cacas
- cache
- cacti
- caddy
- cades
- cadet
- cadge
- cadgy
- cadis
- cadre
- caeca
- cafes
- caffs
- caged
- cager
- cages
- cagey
- cahow
- caids
- cains
- caird
- cairn
- cajon
- caked
- cakes
- cakey
- calfs
- calif
- calix
- calks
- calla
- calls
- calms
- calve
- calyx
- camas
- camel
- cameo
- cames
- campi
- campo
- camps
- campy
- canal
- candy
- caned
- caner
- canes
- canid
- canna
- canny
- canoe
- canon
- canso
- canst
- canto
- cants
- canty
- caped
- caper
- capes
- caphs
- capon
- capos
- caput
- carat
- carbo
- carbs
- cards
- cared
- carer
- cares
- caret
- carex
- cargo
- carks
- carle
- carls
- carns
- carny
- carob
- carol
- carom
- carpi
- carps
- carrs
- carry
- carse
- carte
- carts
- carve
- casas
- cased
- cases
- casks
- casky
- caste
- casts
- casus
- catch
- cater
- cates
- catty
- cauld
- caulk
- cauls
- cause
- caved
- caver
- caves
- cavie
- cavil
- cawed
CE 32
- cease
- cebid
- cecal
- cecum
- cedar
- ceded
- ceder
- cedes
- cedis
- ceiba
- ceils
- celeb
- cella
- celli
- cello
- cells
- celom
- celts
- cense
- cento
- cents
- ceorl
- cepes
- cerci
- cered
- ceres
- ceria
- ceric
- ceros
- cesta
- cesti
- cetes
CH 99
- chads
- chafe
- chaff
- chain
- chair
- chalk
- champ
- chams
- chang
- chant
- chaos
- chape
- chaps
- chapt
- chard
- chare
- chark
- charm
- charr
- chars
- chart
- chary
- chase
- chasm
- chats
- chaws
- chays
- cheap
- cheat
- check
- cheek
- cheep
- cheer
- chefs
- chela
- chemo
- chert
- chess
- chest
- cheth
- chevy
- chews
- chewy
- chiao
- chias
- chick
- chico
- chics
- chide
- chief
- chiel
- child
- chile
- chili
- chill
- chimb
- chime
- chimp
- china
- chine
- chink
- chino
- chins
- chips
- chirk
- chirm
- chiro
- chirp
- chirr
- chits
- chive
- chivy
- chock
- choir
- choke
- choky
- cholo
- chomp
- chook
- chops
- chord
- chore
- chose
- chott
- chows
- chubs
- chuck
- chufa
- chuff
- chugs
- chump
- chums
- chunk
- churl
- churn
- churr
- chute
- chyle
- chyme
CI 22
- cibol
- cider
- cigar
- cilia
- cimex
- cinch
- cines
- cions
- circa
- cires
- cirri
- cisco
- cissy
- cists
- cited
- citer
- cites
- civet
- civic
- civie
- civil
- civvy
CL 71
- clach
- clack
- clade
- clads
- clags
- claim
- clamp
- clams
- clang
- clank
- clans
- claps
- clapt
- claro
- clary
- clash
- clasp
- class
- clast
- clave
- clavi
- claws
- clays
- clean
- clear
- cleat
- cleek
- clefs
- cleft
- clepe
- clept
- clerk
- clews
- click
- cliff
- clift
- climb
- clime
- cline
- cling
- clink
- clips
- clipt
- cloak
- clock
- clods
- clogs
- clomb
- clomp
- clone
- clonk
- clons
- cloot
- clops
- close
- cloth
- clots
- cloud
- clour
- clout
- clove
- clown
- cloys
- cloze
- clubs
- cluck
- clued
- clues
- clump
- clung
- clunk
CO 166
- coach
- coact
- coala
- coals
- coaly
- coapt
- coast
- coati
- coats
- cobbs
- cobby
- cobia
- coble
- cobra
- cocas
- cocci
- cocks
- cocky
- cocoa
- cocos
- codas
- codec
- coded
- coden
- coder
- codes
- codex
- codon
- coeds
- coffs
- cogon
- cohog
- cohos
- coifs
- coign
- coils
- coins
- coirs
- coked
- cokes
- colas
- colds
- coled
- coles
- colic
- colin
- colly
- colog
- colon
- color
- colts
- colza
- comae
- comal
- comas
- combe
- combo
- combs
- comer
- comes
- comet
- comfy
- comic
- comix
- comma
- commy
- compo
- comps
- compt
- comte
- conch
- condo
- coned
- cones
- coney
- conga
- conge
- congo
- conic
- conin
- conks
- conky
- conns
- conte
- conto
- conus
- cooch
- cooed
- cooee
- cooer
- cooey
- coofs
- cooks
- cooky
- cools
- cooly
- coomb
- coops
- coopt
- coots
- copal
- coped
- copen
- coper
- copes
- copra
- copse
- coral
- corby
- cords
- cored
- corer
- cores
- corgi
- coria
- corks
- corky
- corms
- corns
- cornu
- corny
- corps
- corse
- cosec
- coses
- coset
- cosey
- cosie
- costa
- costs
- cotan
- coted
- cotes
- cotta
- couch
- coude
- cough
- could
- count
- coupe
- coups
- court
- couth
- coved
- coven
- cover
- coves
- covet
- covey
- covin
- cowed
- cower
- cowls
- cowry
- coxae
- coxal
- coxed
- coxes
- coyed
- coyer
- coyly
- coypu
- cozen
- cozes
- cozey
- cozie
CR 74
- craal
- crabs
- crack
- craft
- crags
- crake
- cramp
- crams
- crane
- crank
- crape
- craps
- crash
- crass
- crate
- crave
- crawl
- craws
- craze
- crazy
- creak
- cream
- credo
- creed
- creek
- creel
- creep
- creme
- crepe
- crept
- crepy
- cress
- crest
- crews
- cribs
- crick
- cried
- crier
- cries
- crime
- crimp
- cripe
- crisp
- croak
- croci
- crock
- crocs
- croft
- crone
- crony
- crook
- croon
- crops
- crore
- cross
- croup
- crowd
- crown
- crows
- croze
- cruck
- crude
- cruds
- cruel
- cruet
- crumb
- crump
- cruor
- crura
- cruse
- crush
- crust
- crwth
- crypt
CU 62
- cubby
- cubeb
- cubed
- cuber
- cubes
- cubic
- cubit
- cuddy
- cuffs
- cuifs
- cuing
- cuish
- cukes
- culch
- culet
- culex
- culls
- cully
- culms
- culpa
- culti
- cults
- cumin
- cupel
- cupid
- cuppa
- cuppy
- curbs
- curch
- curds
- curdy
- cured
- curer
- cures
- curet
- curfs
- curia
- curie
- curio
- curls
- curly
- curns
- currs
- curry
- curse
- curst
- curve
- curvy
- cusec
- cushy
- cusks
- cusps
- cusso
- cutch
- cuter
- cutes
- cutey
- cutie
- cutin
- cutis
- cutty
- cutup
CY 16
- cyano
- cyans
- cycad
- cycas
- cycle
- cyclo
- cyder
- cylix
- cymae
- cymar
- cymas
- cymes
- cymol
- cynic
- cysts
- cyton
CZ 1
- czars
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Common questions
How many five-letter words start with C?
There are 663 five-letter words beginning with C, all listed on this page in alphabetical order.
What are the most common five-letter words starting with C?
Ranked by how often they appear in written English, the most common are: click, could, check, class, court, china, cards, child. The full "most common" list is near the top of this page.
What is the highest-scoring five-letter word starting with C in Scrabble?
cozey scores 19 points on plain tiles, before any double- or triple-word squares. Premium squares and the 50-point bingo bonus can change the ranking completely.
Can I use these words for Wordle?
Yes — every Wordle answer is a five-letter word, and this list covers all of them. To narrow it down with the clues you already have, use the Wordle solver: enter your greens, yellows and grays and it filters this same dictionary.
Are proper nouns and abbreviations included?
No. The list only contains words from the ENABLE lexicon, which excludes proper nouns, abbreviations and hyphenated forms — the same rule tournament Scrabble and most word games follow. Read more on the methodology page.
Counted from a 172,749-word public-domain lexicon, last reviewed 2026-08-01. How this list was built.