5-Letter Words Starting With C
Looking for five-letter words that start with C? There are 679 of them in the tournament word lists, and every one is on this page. The most common, like CLICK, COULD, CHECK, sit right at the top.
Unlike alphabetical lists that bury likely answers in the middle, this list is sorted by how often each word appears in everyday English. Scan the first rows for probable answers; dig deeper for rare, high-scoring plays.
Most common
- click13
- could8
- check16
- class7
- court7
- china10
- cards8
- child11
- color7
- close7
- costs7
- cheap12
- cover10
- clear7
- cases7
- cross7
- cable9
- cause7
- comes9
- civil10
All 679 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- coast 7
- chief 13
- clean 7
- cells 7
- calls 7
- canon 7
- chair 10
- crime 9
- count 7
- claim 9
- creek 11
- chain 10
- chart 10
- clubs 9
- codes 8
- carry 10
- clips 9
- cycle 12
- cisco 9
- clock 13
- cream 9
- coach 12
- costa 7
- crazy 19
- catch 12
- cache 12
- comic 11
- crown 10
- crack 13
- craft 10
- coins 7
- crash 10
- chile 10
- chips 12
- candy 11
- chest 10
- corps 9
- clerk 11
- camps 11
- crowd 11
- cloud 8
- cited 8
- carol 7
- curve 10
- camel 9
- chase 10
- combo 11
- charm 12
- cents 7
- civic 12
- cheat 10
- cloth 10
- cargo 8
- chuck 16
- cedar 8
- chose 10
- congo 8
- cyber 12
- clone 7
- coral 7
- colin 7
- chaos 10
- chess 10
- canal 7
- cabin 9
- crops 9
- chick 16
- condo 8
- craps 9
- cliff 13
- cubic 11
- chevy 16
- climb 11
- cakes 11
- colon 7
- crest 7
- choir 10
- crude 8
- crane 7
- coupe 9
- cares 7
- couch 12
- chili 10
- celeb 9
- chill 10
- cobra 9
- cried 8
- coded 9
- cruel 7
- chang 11
- coats 7
- cease 7
- curry 10
- cigar 8
- curse 7
- crisp 9
- canoe 7
- cheer 10
- clamp 11
- crush 10
- carts 7
- cocoa 9
- clash 10
- circa 9
- cough 11
- creed 8
- carat 7
- cutie 7
- cites 7
- chord 11
- comet 9
- clown 10
- codec 10
- clues 7
- crews 10
- champ 14
- crawl 10
- cafes 10
- carte 7
- comma 11
- cheek 14
- chats 10
- chalk 14
- cooks 11
- cords 8
- chunk 14
- cello 7
- caves 10
- cocos 9
- crate 7
- cared 8
- crust 7
- chefs 13
- curly 10
- chico 12
- crank 11
- cater 7
- colts 7
- cores 7
- cured 8
- cages 8
- crypt 12
- cubes 9
- cries 7
- creep 9
- cider 8
- creme 9
- cadet 8
- carbs 9
- casts 7
- chars 10
- clans 7
- cones 7
- cameo 9
- combs 11
- coils 7
- cures 7
- croft 10
- cloak 11
- choke 14
- cribs 9
- cuffs 13
- colby 12
- chant 10
- comix 16
- clasp 9
- chops 12
- cunts 7
- crows 10
- claws 10
- comfy 15
- campo 11
- codex 15
- crave 10
- crore 7
- colds 8
- caste 7
- coder 8
- chime 12
- caddy 12
- crook 11
- corgi 8
- cupid 10
- cline 7
- crabs 9
- coles 7
- chino 10
- chimp 14
- craze 16
- carve 10
- cling 8
- cadre 8
- crock 13
- clogs 8
- ceres 7
- comps 11
- chute 10
- canes 7
- cysts 10
- cults 7
- carer 7
- chaps 12
- cleft 10
- crepe 9
- calif 10
- chews 13
- codon 8
- clams 9
- covey 13
- curls 7
- clove 10
- chica 12
- churn 10
- cairn 7
- coeds 8
- crumb 11
- cools 7
- cajon 14
- corby 12
- canto 7
- crimp 11
- clout 7
- curie 7
- conte 7
- cumin 9
- coffs 13
- crept 9
- canna 7
- comer 9
- calla 7
- coden 8
- coney 10
- chore 10
- compo 11
- casas 7
- chemo 12
- cabal 9
- cynic 12
- clays 10
- chasm 12
- caged 9
- cotta 7
- chock 16
- curio 7
- coals 7
- caper 9
- cacti 9
- curbs 9
- cates 7
- colic 9
- clots 7
- chard 11
- capes 9
- credo 8
- celts 7
- cinch 12
- cubed 10
- comte 9
- chewy 16
- cheep 12
- crass 7
- carle 7
- cramp 11
- conus 7
- corse 7
- cased 8
- conch 12
- corny 10
- camas 9
- chine 10
- crier 7
- cleat 7
- clung 8
- crick 13
- curvy 13
- cocky 16
- conto 7
- clump 11
- carex 14
- cacao 9
- crump 11
- cyclo 12
- corky 14
- ceded 9
- conga 8
- coven 10
- chaff 16
- clary 10
- caret 7
- combe 11
- clave 10
- cress 7
- culpa 9
- campy 14
- clift 10
- carbo 9
- chump 14
- clank 11
- coves 10
- chomp 14
- crocs 9
- clade 8
- calyx 17
- copay 12
- clack 13
- caulk 11
- claro 7
- calms 9
- chirp 12
- coups 9
- crone 7
- creel 7
- cruse 7
- chums 12
- cubby 14
- covet 10
- cuddy 12
- cored 8
- conic 9
- canny 10
- corks 11
- chins 10
- cotes 7
- curia 7
- canst 7
- clang 8
- coble 9
- copes 9
- caved 11
- corns 7
- casks 11
- coped 10
- chiao 10
- chubs 12
- crags 8
- croak 11
- clink 11
- cuvee 10
- cilia 7
- comal 9
- cuppa 11
- carob 9
- cuter 7
- cella 7
- claps 9
- carrs 7
- croup 9
- cushy 13
- cesta 7
- colas 7
- coops 9
- cobbs 11
- campi 11
- ceiba 9
- crony 10
- cluck 13
- cutty 10
- cubit 9
- chink 14
- chics 12
- chert 10
- clued 8
- creak 11
- chiro 10
- cully 10
- chafe 13
- capon 9
- coots 7
- chive 13
- clefs 10
- canty 10
- catty 10
- crake 11
- caned 8
- chela 10
- caput 9
- comas 9
- culex 14
- cyano 10
- cokes 11
- curds 8
- capos 9
- corer 7
- copra 9
- cruet 7
- cower 10
- chapt 12
- caked 12
- copse 9
- cowed 11
- cades 8
- coset 7
- cloze 16
- cusps 9
- cento 7
- copal 9
- caped 10
- coria 7
- carps 9
- ceili 7
- chads 11
- crits 7
- crape 9
- czars 16
- clast 7
- cissy 10
- cobia 9
- clews 10
- carls 7
- cecum 11
- clunk 11
- cagey 11
- chide 11
- celli 7
- croon 7
- caner 7
- civet 10
- clime 9
- cooed 8
- cabby 14
- calve 10
- calix 14
- cutey 10
- chola 10
- culls 7
- cycad 13
- cooly 10
- cedes 8
- casus 7
- copen 9
- caird 8
- chook 14
- chows 13
- cager 8
- cutis 7
- carpi 9
- coyly 13
- cocci 11
- caver 10
- charr 10
- cooch 12
- capiz 18
- corms 9
- clods 8
- ceder 8
- colly 10
- carse 7
- caber 9
- cornu 7
- creds 8
- cecal 9
- canso 7
- carom 9
- carny 10
- citer 7
- culms 9
- cholo 10
- coned 8
- cants 7
- cedis 8
- conns 7
- cowls 10
- coved 11
- cires 7
- chirk 14
- chays 13
- chiel 10
- chary 13
- cozen 16
- coxes 14
- coses 7
- cycas 12
- compt 11
- ceria 7
- cense 7
- cooky 14
- crams 9
- coxed 15
- cines 7
- chugs 11
- centu 7
- cains 7
- chits 10
- cripe 9
- cavil 10
- chiru 10
- cleek 11
- culti 7
- coude 8
- cosey 10
- cooee 7
- cimex 16
- cames 9
- cuing 8
- carns 7
- cowry 13
- coper 9
- canid 8
- coked 12
- churl 10
- coati 7
- chare 10
- cuber 9
- curfs 10
- croci 9
- chais 10
- camos 9
- culet 7
- cists 7
- clach 12
- codas 8
- coyer 10
- chams 12
- cions 7
- cobby 14
- colza 16
- croze 16
- chuff 16
- cesti 7
- curst 7
- choky 17
- cozey 19
- cabob 11
- cacas 9
- cadge 9
- cadgy 12
- cadis 8
- caeca 9
- caffs 13
- cahow 13
- caids 8
- cakey 14
- calfs 10
- calks 11
- calos 7
- caphs 12
- carks 11
- casky 14
- cauld 8
- cauls 7
- cavie 10
- cawed 11
- cebid 10
- ceils 7
- celom 9
- ceorl 7
- cepes 9
- cerci 9
- cered 8
- ceric 9
- ceros 7
- cetes 7
- chape 12
- chark 14
- chaws 13
- cheth 13
- chias 10
- chimb 14
- chirm 12
- chirr 10
- chivy 16
- chott 10
- chufa 13
- churr 10
- chyle 13
- chyme 15
- cibol 9
- cirri 7
- civie 10
- civvy 16
- clads 8
- clags 8
- clapt 9
- clavi 10
- clepe 9
- clept 9
- clipt 9
- clomb 11
- clomp 11
- clonk 11
- clons 7
- cloot 7
- clops 9
- clour 7
- cloys 10
- cnida 8
- coact 9
- coala 7
- coaly 10
- coapt 9
- cocas 9
- cogon 8
- cohog 11
- cohos 10
- coifs 10
- coign 8
- coirs 7
- coled 8
- colog 8
- comae 9
- commy 14
- conge 8
- conin 7
- conks 11
- conky 14
- cooer 7
- cooey 10
- coofs 10
- coomb 11
- coopt 9
- cosec 9
- cosie 7
- cotan 7
- coted 8
- couth 10
- covin 10
- coxae 14
- coxal 14
- coyed 11
- coypu 12
- cozes 16
- cozie 16
- craal 7
- craws 10
- crepy 12
- cruck 13
- cruds 8
- cruor 7
- crura 7
- crwth 13
- cubeb 11
- cuifs 10
- cuish 10
- cukes 11
- culch 12
- cupel 9
- cuppy 14
- curch 12
- curdy 11
- curer 7
- curet 7
- curns 7
- currs 7
- cusec 9
- cusks 11
- cusso 7
- cutch 12
- cutes 7
- cutin 7
- cutup 9
- cyans 10
- cyder 11
- cylix 17
- cymae 12
- cymar 12
- cymas 12
- cymes 12
- cymol 12
- cyton 10
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there that start with C?
There are 679 five-letter words that start with C in the tournament word lists. The most common are CLICK, COULD, CHECK.
What are common five-letter words that start with C?
CLICK, COULD, CHECK, CLASS, COURT are the most frequently used. The full list of 679 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Are these valid Wordle words?
Nearly all of them. Wordle draws its answers from a curated list of common five-letter words, but it accepts almost any dictionary word as a guess, including the words on this page.
5-Letter words starting with C, by last letter
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