5-Letter Words With C as the Third Letter
Our word finder knows 283 five-letter words with C as the third letter. Common picks such as LOCAL, FOCUS, FACTS lead the list, which makes it faster to spot the word your puzzle is hiding.
Words are ordered by usage frequency in a trillion-word English corpus, which is the closest thing to "most likely answer first" that a word list can offer.
Most common
- local7
- focus10
- facts10
- cycle12
- occur9
- micro9
- cache12
- picks13
- faces10
- excel14
- lucky14
- rocks11
- decor8
- packs13
- rocky14
- faced11
- macro9
- races7
- dicks12
- vocal10
All 283 words (the small number on each word is its Scrabble point value)
- socks 11
- uncle 7
- racks 11
- locks 11
- bucks 13
- yacht 13
- focal 10
- bacon 9
- decay 11
- backs 13
- decks 12
- niche 10
- uncut 7
- kicks 15
- racer 7
- ducks 12
- cocoa 9
- hacks 14
- lacks 11
- fucks 14
- locus 7
- recap 9
- jacks 18
- paced 10
- hicks 14
- macon 9
- cocos 9
- decal 8
- incur 7
- recon 7
- techs 10
- wacky 17
- sacks 11
- lacey 10
- docks 12
- lycra 10
- ulcer 7
- mecca 11
- nicer 7
- gecko 12
- facet 10
- ticks 11
- itchy 13
- licks 11
- pecan 9
- lucid 8
- wicca 12
- jocks 18
- vices 10
- raced 8
- mocha 12
- ducts 8
- ascot 7
- mucho 12
- fiche 13
- diced 9
- vicar 10
- yucca 12
- macho 12
- laced 8
- necks 11
- nicks 11
- picky 16
- wicks 14
- feces 10
- paces 9
- laces 7
- sects 7
- mucus 9
- tacit 7
- sucre 7
- tacky 14
- decoy 11
- tacos 7
- cacti 9
- ducky 15
- decaf 11
- nicol 7
- pacer 9
- vocab 12
- licht 10
- jacky 21
- nacho 10
- recur 7
- cocky 16
- facia 10
- tacks 11
- duchy 14
- mache 12
- cacao 9
- cyclo 12
- orcas 7
- ricks 11
- emcee 9
- nicad 8
- vichy 16
- ficus 10
- locum 9
- locos 7
- macaw 12
- tucks 11
- wacko 14
- micra 9
- tical 7
- mocks 13
- becks 13
- decry 11
- sucky 14
- pucks 13
- pacts 9
- recto 7
- bocce 11
- techy 13
- ricin 7
- dicky 15
- pacha 12
- dicta 8
- bicep 11
- dicey 11
- hocus 10
- sacra 7
- yucky 17
- recut 7
- duces 8
- ducal 8
- arcus 7
- mucin 9
- pacey 12
- dices 8
- mucky 16
- picot 9
- macks 13
- pocky 16
- ancho 10
- rices 7
- lochs 10
- dicot 8
- lucre 7
- sicko 11
- recta 7
- pecks 13
- voces 10
- hocks 14
- cecum 11
- jocko 18
- recce 9
- nacre 7
- licit 7
- cycad 13
- vacua 10
- macer 9
- fucus 10
- maces 9
- facer 10
- miche 12
- luces 7
- pucka 13
- wecht 13
- cocci 11
- tache 10
- dicer 8
- bucko 13
- ricer 7
- puces 9
- cecal 9
- ducat 8
- micas 9
- lucks 11
- incus 7
- picas 9
- rucks 11
- ascus 7
- bocci 11
- recit 7
- tacts 7
- cycas 12
- secco 9
- lacer 7
- dacha 11
- lycee 10
- micks 13
- pical 9
- mucks 13
- ancon 7
- arced 8
- nocks 11
- fices 10
- boche 12
- mucor 9
- bocks 13
- bacca 11
- tachs 10
- socle 7
- hecks 14
- hucks 14
- recti 7
- socko 11
- kicky 18
- aecia 7
- alcid 8
- becap 11
- bices 9
- cacas 9
- cocas 9
- daces 8
- decos 8
- dicty 11
- escar 7
- escot 7
- fecks 14
- fichu 13
- ficin 10
- fyces 13
- gecks 12
- gucks 12
- hacek 14
- incog 8
- jacal 14
- jucos 14
- kecks 15
- lichi 10
- lycea 10
- maced 10
- machs 12
- macle 9
- mucid 10
- mucro 9
- nucha 10
- oncet 7
- orcin 7
- pacas 9
- pechs 12
- pecky 16
- picul 9
- pocks 13
- racon 7
- recks 11
- riced 8
- ruche 10
- sices 7
- sicks 11
- socas 7
- sycee 10
- syces 10
- taces 7
- tacet 7
- tecta 7
- uncap 9
- uncia 7
- uncos 7
- uncoy 10
- uncus 7
- viced 11
- wacke 14
- wacks 14
- yacks 14
- yecch 15
- yechs 13
- yechy 16
- yocks 14
- yucas 10
- yucch 15
- yucks 14
Points use Scrabble US letter values
Frequently asked questions
How many five-letter words are there with C as the third letter?
There are 283 five-letter words with C as the third letter in the tournament word lists. The most common are LOCAL, FOCUS, FACTS.
What are common five-letter words with C as the third letter?
LOCAL, FOCUS, FACTS, CYCLE, OCCUR are the most frequently used. The full list of 283 words on this page is sorted by everyday frequency, so the common ones come first.
Why are the words in this order?
Words are ranked by how often they appear in a trillion-word corpus of written English, most common first. That surfaces likely puzzle answers instead of hiding them mid-alphabet. Use the sort control to switch to alphabetical or points order.