Five-Letter Words Starting With C
There are 825 five-letter words starting with C in our word list, 7.2% of all five-letter words. CO- is the single most common opening, followed by CA-, CH-, CL- and CR-. Thanks to the CH-, CL- and CR- blends, the second letter of a C-word is a consonant more often than after most other consonants.
Quick facts
- Most common openings:
- CO- (204), CA- (155), CH- (128), CL- (90)
- Most common other letters:
- a, o, e, s, r
- Words with a repeated letter:
- 249 (30%)
Common five-letter words starting with C
The 280 everyday words from the full list below. Start here if you’re solving a daily puzzle, since those answers are usually familiar words.
- cabin
- cable
- cacao
- cache
- cacti
- cadet
- caged
- cages
- cagey
- caked
- cakes
- calks
- calls
- calms
- calve
- camel
- cameo
- camps
- canal
- candy
- caned
- canes
- canny
- canoe
- canon
- caped
- caper
- capes
- carat
- cards
- cared
- cares
- cargo
- carol
- carps
- carry
- carts
- carve
- cased
- cases
- casks
- caste
- casts
- catch
- cater
- caulk
- cause
- caved
- caves
- cawed
- cease
- cedar
- ceded
- cedes
- cello
- cells
- cents
- chafe
- chaff
- chain
- chair
- chalk
- champ
- chant
- chaos
- chaps
- charm
- chars
- chart
- chase
- chasm
- chats
- cheap
- cheat
- check
- cheek
- cheep
- cheer
- chefs
- chess
- chest
- chews
- chewy
- chick
- chide
- chief
- child
- chili
- chill
- chime
- chimp
- china
- chink
- chins
- chips
- chirp
- choir
- choke
- chops
- chord
- chore
- chose
- chows
- chuck
- chugs
- chums
- chunk
- churn
- chute
- cider
- cigar
- cinch
- circa
- cited
- cites
- civic
- civil
- clack
- claim
- clamp
- clams
- clang
- clank
- clans
- claps
- clash
- clasp
- class
- claws
- clean
- clear
- cleat
- clefs
- cleft
- clerk
- click
- cliff
- climb
- clime
- cling
- clink
- clips
- cloak
- clock
- clods
- clogs
- clone
- close
- cloth
- clots
- cloud
- clout
- clove
- clown
- clubs
- cluck
- clued
- clues
- clump
- clung
- coach
- coals
- coast
- coats
- cobra
- cocks
- cocky
- cocoa
- coded
- codes
- coils
- coins
- coked
- cokes
- colds
- colic
- colon
- color
- colts
- comas
- combs
- comes
- comet
- comic
- comma
- cones
- cooed
- cooks
- cools
- coops
- coped
- copes
- coral
- cords
- cored
- cores
- corks
- corns
- corny
- corps
- costs
- couch
- cough
- could
- count
- coups
- court
- cover
- coves
- covet
- cowed
- cower
- coyer
- crabs
- crack
- craft
- crags
- cramp
- crams
- crane
- crank
- crash
- crass
- crate
- crave
- crawl
- craze
- crazy
- creak
- cream
- creed
- creek
- creep
- crepe
- crept
- crest
- crews
- cribs
- cried
- cries
- crime
- crisp
- croak
- crock
- crony
- crook
- croon
- crops
- cross
- crowd
- crown
- crows
- crude
- cruel
- crumb
- crush
- crust
- crypt
- cubed
- cubes
- cubic
- cuffs
- cuing
- culls
- cults
- curbs
- curds
- cured
- cures
- curio
- curls
- curly
- curry
- curse
- curve
- cuter
- cycle
- cynic
- cysts
- czars
All five-letter words starting with C
Grouped by the first two letters. The list includes plurals and less common words, so check a game’s own rules before playing an unfamiliar one.
Starting with CA (155 words)
- cabal
- cabas
- cabby
- caber
- cabin
- cable
- cabob
- caboc
- cacao
- cacas
- cache
- cacti
- caddy
- cadee
- cades
- cadet
- cadge
- cadgy
- cadie
- cadis
- cadre
- caeca
- caese
- cafes
- caffs
- caged
- cager
- cages
- cagey
- cagot
- cahow
- caids
- cains
- caird
- cairn
- cajon
- cajun
- caked
- cakes
- cakey
- cakra
- calfs
- calid
- calif
- calix
- calks
- calla
- calls
- calms
- calmy
- calos
- calpa
- calve
- calyx
- caman
- camas
- camel
- cameo
- cames
- camis
- camos
- campi
- campo
- camps
- campy
- camus
- canal
- candy
- caned
- caneh
- caner
- canes
- cangs
- canid
- canna
- canns
- canny
- canoe
- canon
- canso
- canst
- canto
- cants
- canty
- capas
- caped
- caper
- capes
- caphs
- capiz
- caple
- capon
- capos
- capot
- capul
- caput
- carap
- carat
- carbo
- carbs
- carby
- cardi
- cards
- cardy
- cared
- carer
- cares
- caret
- carex
- cargo
- carks
- carle
- carls
- carns
- carny
- carob
- carol
- carom
- carpi
- carps
- carrs
- carry
- carse
- carta
- carte
- carts
- carve
- carvy
- casas
- casco
- cased
- cases
- casks
- casky
- caste
- casts
- casus
- catch
- cater
- cates
- catty
- cauda
- cauld
- caulk
- cauls
- causa
- cause
- caved
- cavel
- caver
- caves
- cavie
- cavil
- cawed
- caxon
Starting with CE (40 words)
- cease
- cebid
- cecal
- cecum
- cedar
- ceded
- ceder
- cedes
- cedis
- cegep
- ceiba
- ceili
- ceils
- celeb
- cella
- celli
- cello
- cells
- celom
- celts
- cense
- cento
- cents
- centu
- ceorl
- cepes
- cerci
- cered
- ceres
- cerge
- ceria
- ceric
- ceros
- certs
- cesar
- cesse
- cesta
- cesti
- cetes
- cetyl
Starting with CH (128 words)
- chace
- chaco
- chads
- chafe
- chaff
- chaft
- chain
- chair
- chais
- chalk
- chals
- champ
- chams
- chang
- chank
- chant
- chaos
- chape
- chaps
- chapt
- chara
- chard
- chare
- chark
- charm
- charr
- chars
- chart
- chary
- chase
- chasm
- chats
- chaws
- chaya
- chays
- cheap
- cheat
- check
- cheek
- cheep
- cheer
- chefs
- cheka
- chela
- chemo
- chert
- chess
- chest
- cheth
- chevy
- chews
- chewy
- chiao
- chias
- chica
- chich
- chick
- chico
- chics
- chide
- chief
- chiel
- chiks
- child
- chile
- chili
- chill
- chimb
- chime
- chimo
- chimp
- china
- chine
- ching
- chink
- chino
- chins
- chips
- chirk
- chirm
- chiro
- chirp
- chirr
- chirt
- chits
- chive
- chivs
- chivy
- chizz
- chock
- choco
- chocs
- choir
- choke
- choko
- choky
- chola
- choli
- cholo
- chomp
- choof
- chook
- choom
- chops
- chord
- chore
- chose
- chota
- chott
- chout
- choux
- chows
- chubs
- chuck
- chufa
- chuff
- chugs
- chump
- chums
- chunk
- churl
- churn
- churr
- chuse
- chute
- chuts
- chyle
- chyme
Starting with CI (31 words)
- ciaos
- cibol
- cider
- cigar
- cilia
- cills
- cimar
- cimex
- cinch
- cinct
- cines
- cions
- cippi
- circa
- circs
- cires
- cirls
- cirri
- cisco
- cissy
- cists
- cital
- cited
- citer
- cites
- cives
- civet
- civic
- civie
- civil
- civvy
Starting with CL (90 words)
- clach
- clack
- clade
- clads
- claes
- clags
- claim
- clame
- clamp
- clams
- clang
- clank
- clans
- claps
- clapt
- claro
- clart
- clary
- clash
- clasp
- class
- clast
- clave
- clavi
- claws
- clays
- clean
- clear
- cleat
- cleck
- cleek
- clefs
- cleft
- clegs
- clems
- clepe
- clept
- clerk
- cleve
- clews
- click
- clied
- clies
- cliff
- clift
- climb
- clime
- cline
- cling
- clink
- clint
- clips
- clipt
- clits
- cloak
- cloam
- clock
- clods
- cloff
- clogs
- cloke
- clomb
- clomp
- clone
- clonk
- clons
- cloop
- cloot
- clops
- close
- clote
- cloth
- clots
- cloud
- clour
- clous
- clout
- clove
- clown
- clows
- cloys
- cloze
- clubs
- cluck
- clued
- clues
- clump
- clung
- clunk
- clype
Starting with CN (1 word)
- cnida
Starting with CO (204 words)
- coach
- coact
- coala
- coals
- coaly
- coapt
- coarb
- coast
- coati
- coats
- cobbs
- cobby
- cobia
- coble
- cobra
- cobza
- cocas
- cocci
- cocco
- cocks
- cocky
- cocoa
- cocos
- codas
- codec
- coded
- coden
- coder
- codes
- codex
- codon
- coeds
- coffs
- cogie
- cogon
- cogue
- cohab
- cohen
- cohoe
- cohog
- cohos
- coifs
- coign
- coils
- coins
- coirs
- coked
- cokes
- colas
- colby
- colds
- coled
- coles
- coley
- colic
- colin
- colly
- colog
- colon
- color
- colts
- colza
- comae
- comal
- comas
- combe
- combo
- combs
- comby
- comer
- comes
- comet
- comfy
- comic
- comix
- comma
- commy
- compo
- comps
- compt
- comte
- comus
- conch
- condo
- coned
- cones
- coney
- conga
- conge
- congo
- conia
- conic
- conin
- conks
- conky
- conns
- conte
- conto
- conus
- convo
- cooch
- cooed
- cooee
- cooer
- cooey
- coofs
- cooks
- cooky
- cools
- cooly
- coomb
- cooms
- coomy
- coons
- coops
- coopt
- coost
- coots
- copal
- copay
- coped
- copen
- coper
- copes
- coppy
- copra
- copse
- copsy
- coral
- coram
- corbe
- corby
- cords
- cored
- coreq
- corer
- cores
- corey
- corgi
- coria
- corks
- corky
- corms
- corni
- corno
- corns
- cornu
- corny
- corps
- corse
- corso
- cosec
- cosed
- coses
- coset
- cosey
- cosie
- costa
- coste
- costs
- cotan
- coted
- cotes
- coths
- cotta
- cotte
- cotts
- couch
- coude
- cough
- could
- count
- coupe
- coups
- courb
- court
- couth
- coved
- coven
- cover
- coves
- covet
- covey
- covin
- cowal
- cowan
- cowed
- cower
- cowls
- cowps
- cowry
- coxae
- coxal
- coxed
- coxes
- coyed
- coyer
- coyly
- coypu
- cozed
- cozen
- cozes
- cozey
- cozie
Starting with CR (90 words)
- craal
- crabs
- crack
- craft
- crags
- craig
- crake
- cramp
- crams
- crane
- crank
- crans
- crape
- craps
- crapy
- crare
- crash
- crass
- crate
- crave
- crawl
- craws
- crays
- craze
- crazy
- creak
- cream
- credo
- creed
- creek
- creel
- creep
- crees
- creme
- crena
- crepe
- crept
- crepy
- cress
- crest
- crewe
- crews
- cribs
- crick
- cried
- crier
- cries
- crime
- crimp
- crine
- cripe
- crips
- crise
- crisp
- crith
- crits
- croak
- croci
- crock
- crocs
- croft
- crone
- cronk
- crony
- crook
- croon
- crops
- crore
- cross
- croup
- crout
- crowd
- crown
- crows
- croze
- cruck
- crude
- cruds
- crudy
- cruel
- cruet
- crumb
- crump
- cruor
- crura
- cruse
- crush
- crust
- crwth
- crypt
Starting with CT (1 word)
- ctene
Starting with CU (67 words)
- cubby
- cubeb
- cubed
- cuber
- cubes
- cubic
- cubit
- cuddy
- cuffs
- cuifs
- cuing
- cuish
- cuits
- cukes
- culch
- culet
- culex
- culls
- cully
- culms
- culpa
- culti
- cults
- cumec
- cumin
- cupel
- cupid
- cuppa
- cuppy
- curat
- curbs
- curch
- curds
- curdy
- cured
- curer
- cures
- curet
- curfs
- curia
- curie
- curio
- curls
- curly
- curns
- currs
- curry
- curse
- cursi
- curst
- curve
- curvy
- cusec
- cushy
- cusks
- cusps
- cusso
- cutch
- cuter
- cutes
- cutey
- cutie
- cutin
- cutis
- cutto
- cutty
- cutup
Starting with CY (17 words)
- cyano
- cyans
- cycad
- cycas
- cycle
- cyclo
- cyder
- cylix
- cymae
- cymar
- cymas
- cymes
- cymol
- cynic
- cysts
- cytes
- cyton
Starting with CZ (1 word)
- czars