5 letter words starting with C

662 words. Add the other letters you know to narrow the list.

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662 words, first 200 shown

Best words to try

Sorted by how many of this list's common letters they use: CORES, CARES, COLES, COALS, CORSE and COLAS. Words with no repeated letters test the most letters per guess; 470 of the 662 words have none.

Highest-scoring words

  • COZEY19 points
  • CRAZY19 points
  • CALYX17 points
  • CHOKY17 points
  • CYLIX17 points

Patterns in this list

The most common second letter is O (165 words), followed by A (120). 3 of them have no A, E, I, O or U: CRWTH, CRYPT and CYSTS.

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How many 5 letter words start with C?

There are 662 5 letter words that start with C in our word list.

What is the highest scoring 5 letter word that start with C?

COZEY, worth 19 points with standard Scrabble letter values.

What is a good Wordle guess that starts with C?

CARES, CORES and CARSE use 5 different letters that are common in this list, so they rule out the most words.