5-Letter Words Starting with C
There are 241 common five-letter words starting with C in Hintwordo's list, and 419 more that are valid but rarely used. The most familiar are COULD, COURT, CLASS, CLOSE, CAUSE, CHECK. Words are ranked by how often they appear in real-world writing, so the ones at the top are the likeliest answers in a daily five-letter puzzle.
Apart from the letter in the name, the most common letters in this list are A (in 42% of words), R (41%) and E (39%) — good letters to test next.
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Common words (241)
Type a pattern with ? for unknown letters (s?a?e), or letters the word must contain (ae).
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- very common: could
- very common: court
- very common: class
- very common: close
- very common: cause
- very common: check
- very common: child
- very common: clear
- very common: chief
- very common: cover
- very common: crazy
- very common: clean
- very common: coach
- very common: claim
- very common: civil
- very common: color
- very common: carry
- very common: crime
- very common: catch
- very common: coast
- very common: count
- very common: click
- very common: cheap
- very common: crowd
- very common: chair
- very common: chain
- very common: cream
- very common: cycle
- very common: crown
- very common: chose
- very common: crash
- very common: cable
- very common: chest
- very common: chart
- very common: cloud
- very common: clock
- very common: comic
- very common: crack
- very common: china
- very common: corps
- very common: canal
- very common: climb
- very common: cross
- very common: cargo
- very common: chill
- very common: couch
- very common: crush
- very common: curve
- very common: cabin
- very common: charm
- very common: cruel
- very common: chick
- very common: curse
- very common: cheat
- very common: cease
- very common: cloth
- very common: civic
- very common: clerk
- very common: crude
- very common: clash
- very common: cheek
- very common: cough
- very common: chess
- very common: clown
- very common: champ
- very common: choir
- very common: coral
- very common: creep
- very common: combo
- very common: crawl
- very common: cedar
- very common: chili
- very common: choke
- very common: cubic
- very common: creed
- very common: crisp
- very common: crust
- very common: chalk
- common: clone
- common: chord
- common: chase
- common: chunk
- common: cocoa
- common: comet
- common: cache
- common: comfy
- common: condo
- common: crank
- common: caste
- common: chant
- common: curly
- common: creek
- common: cigar
- common: circa
- common: cloak
- common: cater
- common: cobra
- common: craft
- common: canoe
- common: cider
- common: candy
- common: cling
- common: cameo
- common: crate
- common: crave
- common: clamp
- common: carve
- common: crook
- common: chuck
- common: cadet
- common: craze
- common: coupe
- common: cutie
- common: canon
- common: cliff
- common: cello
- common: comma
- common: cheer
- common: chemo
- common: clout
- common: corny
- common: chute
- common: codex
- common: croft
- common: curry
- common: carat
- common: chore
- common: crept
- common: curvy
- common: chime
- common: crane
- common: creme
- common: clasp
- common: crypt
- common: churn
- common: cabal
- common: cadre
- common: cramp
- common: crock
- common: chino
- common: cumin
- common: celeb
- common: coven
- common: clung
- common: crumb
- common: chasm
- common: crass
- common: chimp
- common: chewy
- common: cleft
- common: clump
- common: cuter
- common: chump
- common: clove
- common: canny
- common: cairn
- common: crepe
- common: cacao
- common: caper
- common: carer
- common: chock
- common: comer
- common: crest
- common: camel
- common: corgi
- common: covet
- common: canto
- common: cynic
- common: colon
- common: chirp
- common: conch
- common: credo
- common: cacti
- common: chaff
- common: crony
- common: chard
- common: cuppa
- common: coder
- common: conga
- common: clank
- common: cushy
- common: cilia
- common: cinch
- common: colic
- common: clang
- common: clink
- common: clack
- common: covey
- common: crimp
- common: crone
- less common: catty
- less common: curia
- less common: cower
- less common: chomp
- less common: chine
- less common: creak
- less common: campy
- less common: cress
- less common: cheep
- less common: calyx
- less common: codon
- less common: curio
- less common: conic
- less common: crier
- less common: cupid
- less common: chafe
- less common: croak
- less common: cagey
- less common: creel
- less common: clade
- less common: cleat
- less common: calla
- less common: canst
- less common: copse
- less common: compo
- less common: cluck
- less common: caulk
- less common: chert
- less common: clunk
- less common: croup
- less common: chive
- less common: croon
- less common: capon
- less common: chide
- less common: cruse
- less common: copra
- less common: civet
- less common: carob
- less common: curie
- less common: coyly
- less common: cubit
- less common: cavil
- less common: carpi
- less common: crick
- less common: carny
- less common: carom
- less common: calve
- less common: cabby
- less common: clime
- less common: caber
Letter patterns in these words
Most common other letters
- a42%
- r41%
- e39%
- o33%
- l25%
- h25%
Most common letter by position
| Position 1 | Position 2 | Position 3 | Position 4 | Position 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| c100% | h20% | a15% | e13% | e17% |
A strong first guess from this list: clear
Puzzle tips
- If you know the first letter is C, spend your next guess on common vowels and consonants you haven't tried rather than on another C-word.
- Check the “most common letter by position” table below: it shows which second and last letters are most likely.
- Enter your guesses in the solver to combine this with everything else you know, including yellow letters.
Less common valid words (419)
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