5-Letter Words Starting With C
There are 665 five-letter words starting with C. 223 are common English words, listed first; the other 442 are valid but rarer.
Common 5-letter words starting with C (223)
The likeliest answers in word games, A to Z.
- cabal
- cabin
- cable
- cache
- cadet
- cadre
- cafes
- caged
- cages
- cakes
- calif
- calls
- camel
- cameo
- camps
- canal
- candy
- canes
- canoe
- canon
- capes
- carat
- carbs
- cards
- cared
- cares
- cargo
- carol
- carry
- carte
- carts
- carve
- cases
- caste
- casts
- catch
- cater
- cause
- caves
- cease
- cedar
- ceded
- celeb
- cello
- cells
- cents
- chain
- chair
- chalk
- champ
- chang
- chant
- chaos
- chaps
- charm
- chart
- chase
- chats
- cheap
- cheat
- check
- cheek
- cheer
- chefs
- chemo
- chess
- chest
- chevy
- chick
- chico
- chief
- child
- chile
- chili
- chill
- chime
- china
- chino
- chips
- choir
- choke
- chops
- chord
- chore
- chose
- chuck
- chunk
- churn
- chute
- cider
- cigar
- circa
- cisco
- cited
- cites
- civic
- civil
- claim
- clamp
- clams
- clans
- clash
- clasp
- class
- claws
- clean
- clear
- clerk
- click
- cliff
- climb
- cling
- clips
- cloak
- clock
- clone
- close
- cloth
- cloud
- clout
- clown
- clubs
- clues
- coach
- coast
- coats
- cobra
- cocks
- cocky
- cocoa
- coded
- codes
- codex
- coils
- coins
- coles
- colin
- colon
- color
- colts
- combo
- combs
- comes
- comet
- comfy
- comic
- comma
- condo
- cones
- coney
- congo
- conte
- cooks
- cools
- coral
- cords
- cores
- corny
- corps
- costa
- costs
- couch
- cough
- could
- count
- coupe
- court
- coven
- cover
- crabs
- crack
- craft
- cramp
- crane
- crank
- crash
- crate
- crave
- crawl
- craze
- crazy
- cream
- creed
- creek
- creep
- creme
- crept
- crest
- crews
- cried
- cries
- crime
- crisp
- crock
- croft
- crook
- crops
- crore
- cross
- crowd
- crown
- crows
- crude
- cruel
- crush
- crust
- crypt
- cubes
- cubic
- cuffs
- cults
- cumin
- cupid
- cured
- cures
- curls
- curly
- curry
- curse
- curve
- curvy
- cutie
- cycle
Less common 5-letter words starting with C (442)
CA… (81)
- cabby
- caber
- cabob
- cacao
- cacas
- cacti
- caddy
- cades
- cadge
- cadgy
- cadis
- caeca
- caffs
- cager
- cagey
- cahow
- caids
- cains
- caird
- cairn
- cajon
- caked
- cakey
- calfs
- calix
- calks
- calla
- calms
- calve
- calyx
- camas
- cames
- campi
- campo
- campy
- caned
- caner
- canid
- canna
- canny
- canso
- canst
- canto
- cants
- canty
- caped
- caper
- caphs
- capon
- capos
- caput
- carbo
- carer
- caret
- carex
- carks
- carle
- carls
- carns
- carny
- carob
- carom
- carpi
- carps
- carrs
- carse
- casas
- cased
- casks
- casky
- casus
- cates
- catty
- cauld
- caulk
- cauls
- caved
- caver
- cavie
- cavil
- cawed
CE… (25)
- cebid
- cecal
- cecum
- ceder
- cedes
- cedis
- ceiba
- ceils
- cella
- celli
- celom
- celts
- cense
- cento
- ceorl
- cepes
- cerci
- cered
- ceres
- ceria
- ceric
- ceros
- cesta
- cesti
- cetes
CH… (56)
- chads
- chafe
- chaff
- chams
- chape
- chapt
- chard
- chare
- chark
- charr
- chars
- chary
- chasm
- chaws
- chays
- cheep
- chela
- chert
- cheth
- chews
- chewy
- chiao
- chias
- chics
- chide
- chiel
- chimb
- chimp
- chine
- chink
- chins
- chirk
- chirm
- chiro
- chirp
- chirr
- chits
- chive
- chivy
- chock
- choky
- cholo
- chomp
- chook
- chott
- chows
- chubs
- chufa
- chuff
- chugs
- chump
- chums
- churl
- churr
- chyle
- chyme
CI… (14)
- cibol
- cilia
- cimex
- cinch
- cines
- cions
- cires
- cirri
- cissy
- cists
- citer
- civet
- civie
- civvy
CL… (45)
- clach
- clack
- clade
- clads
- clags
- clang
- clank
- claps
- clapt
- claro
- clary
- clast
- clave
- clavi
- clays
- cleat
- cleek
- clefs
- cleft
- clepe
- clept
- clews
- clift
- clime
- cline
- clink
- clipt
- clods
- clogs
- clomb
- clomp
- clonk
- clons
- cloot
- clops
- clots
- clour
- clove
- cloys
- cloze
- cluck
- clued
- clump
- clung
- clunk
CO… (121)
- coact
- coala
- coals
- coaly
- coapt
- coati
- cobbs
- cobby
- cobia
- coble
- cocas
- cocci
- cocos
- codas
- codec
- coden
- coder
- codon
- coeds
- coffs
- cogon
- cohog
- cohos
- coifs
- coign
- coirs
- coked
- cokes
- colas
- colds
- coled
- colic
- colly
- colog
- colza
- comae
- comal
- comas
- combe
- comer
- comix
- commy
- compo
- comps
- compt
- comte
- conch
- coned
- conga
- conge
- conic
- conin
- conks
- conky
- conns
- conto
- conus
- cooch
- cooed
- cooee
- cooer
- cooey
- coofs
- cooky
- cooly
- coomb
- coons
- coops
- coopt
- coots
- copal
- coped
- copen
- coper
- copes
- copra
- copse
- corby
- cored
- corer
- corgi
- coria
- corks
- corky
- corms
- corns
- cornu
- corse
- cosec
- coses
- coset
- cosey
- cosie
- cotan
- coted
- cotes
- cotta
- coude
- coups
- couth
- coved
- coves
- covet
- covey
- covin
- cowed
- cower
- cowls
- cowry
- coxae
- coxal
- coxed
- coxes
- coyed
- coyer
- coyly
- coypu
- cozen
- cozes
- cozey
- cozie
CR… (36)
- craal
- crags
- crake
- crams
- crape
- craps
- crass
- craws
- creak
- credo
- creel
- crepe
- crepy
- cress
- cribs
- crick
- crier
- crimp
- cripe
- croak
- croci
- crocs
- crone
- crony
- croon
- croup
- croze
- cruck
- cruds
- cruet
- crumb
- crump
- cruor
- crura
- cruse
- crwth
CU… (48)
- cubby
- cubeb
- cubed
- cuber
- cubit
- cuddy
- cuifs
- cuing
- cuish
- cukes
- culch
- culet
- culex
- culls
- cully
- culms
- culpa
- culti
- cunts
- cupel
- cuppa
- cuppy
- curbs
- curch
- curds
- curdy
- curer
- curet
- curfs
- curia
- curie
- curio
- curns
- currs
- curst
- cusec
- cushy
- cusks
- cusps
- cusso
- cutch
- cuter
- cutes
- cutey
- cutin
- cutis
- cutty
- cutup
CY… (15)
- cyano
- cyans
- cycad
- cycas
- cyclo
- cyder
- cylix
- cymae
- cymar
- cymas
- cymes
- cymol
- cynic
- cysts
- cyton
CZ… (1)
- czars
No words on this page match those letters.
By the numbers
At a glance
- Words
- 665
- Common words
- 223 (34%)
- Most frequent second letter
- O (167 words)
Quick answers
Questions
How many 5-letter words starting with C are there?
665 in our list (the public-domain ENABLE word list). 223 of them are common English words; the other 442 are valid but rarely used.
What are the most common 5-letter words starting with C?
By how often they appear in everyday English: COULD, CAUSE, CLASS, CLOSE, COMES.
Which letter most often comes after C in these words?
O, in 167 of the 665 words (25%).