5-Letter Words With A and C
There are 563 five-letter words with A and C in them. The list below ranks them by real-world frequency, so everyday words like LOCAL, BLACK, PLACE appear before the obscurities.
Every entry comes from the tournament word lists, the kind of list used in Wordle, Scrabble, and Words With Friends, so each one is a genuine dictionary word.
Most common
- local7
- black13
- place9
- class7
- march12
- china10
- space9
- cards8
- track11
- beach12
- cheap12
- watch13
- clear7
- cases7
- basic9
- cable9
- cause7
- match12
- dance8
- peace9
All 563 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- coast 7
- scale 7
- clean 7
- calls 7
- canon 7
- chair 10
- claim 9
- patch 12
- magic 10
- facts 10
- chain 10
- reach 10
- chart 10
- carry 10
- ocean 7
- cream 9
- coach 12
- costa 7
- crazy 19
- exact 14
- catch 12
- teach 10
- grace 8
- cache 12
- crack 13
- craft 10
- actor 7
- crash 10
- faces 10
- acres 7
- candy 11
- nancy 10
- camps 11
- trace 7
- packs 13
- acute 7
- carol 7
- stack 11
- camel 9
- chase 10
- sauce 7
- charm 12
- ranch 10
- faced 11
- cheat 10
- macro 9
- cargo 8
- races 7
- cedar 8
- vocal 10
- coral 7
- acids 8
- fancy 13
- chaos 10
- canal 7
- cabin 9
- batch 12
- racks 11
- panic 9
- scuba 9
- craps 9
- yacht 13
- tract 7
- focal 10
- scary 10
- cakes 11
- lance 7
- bacon 9
- decay 11
- franc 10
- crane 7
- backs 13
- cares 7
- acted 8
- cobra 9
- chang 11
- react 7
- coats 7
- cease 7
- cigar 8
- peach 12
- hatch 13
- scans 7
- snack 11
- canoe 7
- scrap 9
- clamp 11
- racer 7
- carts 7
- cocoa 9
- clash 10
- circa 9
- carat 7
- hacks 14
- attic 7
- lacks 11
- scarf 10
- roach 10
- scare 7
- champ 14
- recap 9
- crawl 10
- jacks 18
- paced 10
- shack 14
- cafes 10
- carte 7
- comma 11
- chats 10
- scams 9
- chalk 14
- macon 9
- caves 10
- crate 7
- cared 8
- decal 8
- erica 7
- crank 11
- brace 9
- cater 7
- slack 11
- cages 8
- wacky 17
- acorn 7
- sacks 11
- latch 10
- lilac 7
- cadet 8
- carbs 9
- havoc 13
- scars 7
- casts 7
- chars 10
- clans 7
- lacey 10
- cameo 9
- leach 10
- smack 13
- cloak 11
- manic 9
- lycra 10
- chant 10
- scalp 9
- actin 7
- clasp 9
- mecca 11
- enact 7
- claws 10
- campo 11
- facet 10
- scart 7
- crave 10
- banco 9
- caste 7
- pecan 9
- aches 10
- caddy 12
- crabs 9
- wicca 12
- raced 8
- craze 16
- carve 10
- mocha 12
- cadre 8
- ascot 7
- canes 7
- vicar 10
- yucca 12
- scamp 11
- macho 12
- carer 7
- laced 8
- chaps 12
- calif 10
- clams 9
- farce 10
- whack 17
- nance 7
- chica 12
- cairn 7
- cajon 14
- canto 7
- paces 9
- knack 15
- laces 7
- tacit 7
- canna 7
- calla 7
- octal 7
- scant 7
- casas 7
- cabal 9
- clays 10
- tacky 14
- chasm 12
- tacos 7
- caged 9
- cotta 7
- amici 9
- coals 7
- caper 9
- quack 20
- cacti 9
- cates 7
- saucy 10
- chard 11
- decaf 11
- capes 9
- pacer 9
- flack 14
- crass 7
- vocab 12
- carle 7
- cramp 11
- jacky 21
- nacho 10
- cased 8
- camas 9
- cleat 7
- finca 10
- scape 9
- facia 10
- glace 8
- barca 9
- tacks 11
- carex 14
- mache 12
- cacao 9
- linac 7
- conga 8
- orcas 7
- chaff 16
- clary 10
- nicad 8
- caret 7
- clave 10
- culpa 9
- campy 14
- aback 13
- scaly 10
- carbo 9
- larch 10
- clank 11
- macaw 12
- clade 8
- calyx 17
- wacko 14
- copay 12
- clack 13
- caulk 11
- claro 7
- micra 9
- calms 9
- tical 7
- canny 10
- narco 7
- rance 7
- curia 7
- canst 7
- pacts 9
- clang 8
- caved 11
- iliac 7
- sumac 9
- casks 11
- pacha 12
- chiao 10
- crags 8
- croak 11
- loach 10
- dicta 8
- sacra 7
- hance 10
- cilia 7
- comal 9
- cuppa 11
- apace 9
- carob 9
- ached 11
- cella 7
- claps 9
- carrs 7
- antic 7
- cesta 7
- colas 7
- spica 9
- ducal 8
- campi 11
- ceiba 9
- scram 9
- vinca 10
- malic 9
- arcus 7
- creak 11
- eclat 7
- scabs 9
- pacey 12
- chafe 13
- mafic 12
- capon 9
- canty 10
- catty 10
- crake 11
- caned 8
- chela 10
- caput 9
- acrid 8
- comas 9
- scald 8
- macks 13
- cyano 10
- capos 9
- copra 9
- ancho 10
- chapt 12
- brach 12
- caked 12
- scena 7
- triac 7
- scaup 9
- natch 10
- cades 8
- copal 9
- caped 10
- coria 7
- carps 9
- recta 7
- chads 11
- acari 7
- abaca 9
- auric 7
- areca 7
- scarp 9
- crape 9
- czars 16
- clast 7
- poach 12
- cobia 9
- carls 7
- amuck 13
- wrack 14
- cagey 11
- nacre 7
- caner 7
- schwa 13
- scats 7
- cabby 14
- calve 10
- calix 14
- chola 10
- cycad 13
- vacua 10
- macer 9
- casus 7
- caird 8
- aspic 9
- cager 8
- maces 9
- facer 10
- epact 9
- carpi 9
- pucka 13
- tache 10
- caver 10
- charr 10
- marcs 9
- scads 8
- capiz 18
- carse 7
- caber 9
- acnes 7
- serac 7
- cecal 9
- canso 7
- carom 9
- carny 10
- baric 9
- cants 7
- ducat 8
- micas 9
- spacy 12
- alack 11
- picas 9
- chays 13
- ascus 7
- chary 13
- acing 8
- tacts 7
- musca 9
- cycas 12
- lacer 7
- ceria 7
- dacha 11
- achoo 10
- crams 9
- cains 7
- bract 9
- pical 9
- aitch 10
- naric 7
- cavil 10
- parch 12
- ancon 7
- arced 8
- theca 10
- cames 9
- acini 7
- carns 7
- canid 8
- plack 13
- coati 7
- chare 10
- chais 10
- bacca 11
- camos 9
- tachs 10
- orach 10
- daric 8
- octan 7
- clach 12
- codas 8
- chams 12
- colza 16
- abaci 9
- acerb 9
- aceta 7
- acidy 11
- ackee 11
- acmes 9
- acmic 11
- acned 8
- acock 13
- acold 8
- acred 8
- acyls 10
- adunc 8
- aecia 7
- alcid 8
- alecs 7
- amice 9
- amnic 9
- areic 7
- asdic 8
- aulic 7
- azoic 16
- becap 11
- 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
- chape 12
- chark 14
- chaws 13
- chias 10
- chufa 13
- clads 8
- clags 8
- clapt 9
- clavi 10
- cnida 8
- coact 9
- coala 7
- coaly 10
- coapt 9
- cocas 9
- comae 9
- cotan 7
- coxae 14
- coxal 14
- craal 7
- craws 10
- crura 7
- cyans 10
- cymae 12
- cymar 12
- cymas 12
- daces 8
- escar 7
- farci 10
- farcy 13
- gamic 10
- guaco 8
- hacek 14
- ileac 7
- jacal 14
- kyack 18
- laich 10
- laics 7
- lycea 10
- maced 10
- machs 12
- macle 9
- narcs 7
- nucha 10
- ocrea 7
- octad 8
- pacas 9
- plica 9
- rabic 9
- racon 7
- ratch 10
- saice 7
- salic 7
- sauch 10
- scags 8
- scall 7
- scatt 7
- scaur 7
- schav 13
- scrag 8
- scuta 7
- socas 7
- taces 7
- tacet 7
- talcs 7
- taroc 7
- tecta 7
- thack 14
- umiac 9
- uncap 9
- uncia 7
- vatic 10
- wacke 14
- wacks 14
- yacks 14
- yclad 11
- yucas 10
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with A and C in them?
There are 563 five-letter words with A and C in them in the tournament word lists. The most common are LOCAL, BLACK, PLACE.
What are common five-letter words with A and C in them?
LOCAL, BLACK, PLACE, CLASS, MARCH are the most frequently used. The full list of 563 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Can I play these words in Scrabble?
Yes. The list combines ENABLE and the North American tournament list (TWL), so these words are playable in Scrabble-style games, including Words With Friends.