4-Letter Words Starting with C

All 276 four-letter words that start with C

CA

• caba8n. A cabas, or lady's bag.
• caca8n. Excrement; feces.
• cack12n. A squawk.
• cade7adj. Abandoned by its mother and reared by hand.
• cadr7n. Car of the cdr in Lisp. The second element in a list.
• caer6n. A Welsh fortress.
• cafe9n. A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic...
• caff12n. Synonym of café.
• cage7n. An enclosure made of spaced bars, normally to hold animals while...
• caid7n. A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish...
• cail6v. To throw, pelt; to throw weakly.
• cair6v. To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.
• cake10n. A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs...
• cale6n. Any of a number of marine fish in the family Odacidae.
• calf9n. A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
• calk10n. A pointed projection on a horseshoe to prevent its slipping.
• call6v. To request, summon, or beckon.
• calm8adj. Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
• calp8n. A dark shaly limestone occurring in the Carboniferous limestone of...
• calx13n. The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been...
• cama8n. A hybrid animal produced by breeding a camel and a llama.
• came8prep. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state...
• cami8n. A camisole.
• camo8n. A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are...
• camp10n. An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other...
• cane6n. The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including...
• cans6n. Headphones.
• cant6n. An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
• cany9adj. Of or relating to cane (the plant) or canes.
• capa8n. A Spanish cloak.
• cape8n. A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a...
• capo8n. A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to...
• caps8n. Capital letters; capitals.
• carb8n. The hole on a pipe which is covered and opened to control the inflow of...
• card7n. A playing card.
• care6n. Close attention; concern; responsibility.
• carf9n. Synonym of kerf.
• cark10v. To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
• carl6n. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
• carn6interj. Come on.
• carp8n. Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
• carr6n. Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
• cart6n. A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal...
• casa6n. House.
• case6n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
• cash9n. Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks...
• cask10n. A large barrel for the storage of liquid, especially of alcoholic...
• cass6v. To render moot or void; to annul; to reject.
• cast6v. To move, or be moved, away.
• cate6n. A delicacy or item of food.
• caul6n. A style of close-fitting circular cap worn by women in the sixteenth...
• caut6v. To emit the characteristic call of a panther.
• cave9n. A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face...
• cavy12n. Synonym of domestic guinea pig.
• cawl9n. A traditional Welsh soup, typically made with beef, lamb, or salted...
• cayo9n. A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key.

CE

• cede7v. To give up; yield to another.
• cedi7n. The currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas and represented by ₵.
• ceil6v. To line or finish (a surface, such as a wall), with plaster, stucco...
• cele6n. Celebrity.
• cell6n. A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
• celt6n. A prehistoric chisel-bladed tool.
• cene6n. A control gene.
• cent6n. A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of...
• cere6n. A fleshy, waxy area at the base of the upper beak in certain birds.
• cero6n. A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in...
• cert6n. Certificate.
• cess6n. An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.

CH

• chad10n. Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous...
• chag10n. A branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse.
• chai9n. A female Romani.
• chal9n. A male gypsy.
• cham11n. An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.
• chan9n. Fanwork depicting sexual relationships betwen an adult and a minor;.
• chap11n. A man, a fellow.
• char9v. To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
• chat9v. To be engaged in informal conversation.
• chaw12n. That which is chewed.
• chay12n. The letter ⟨/⟩, which stands for the ch sound /tʃ/, in Pitman shorthand.
• cheb11n. A boob; a tit; a breast.
• chee9n. Synonym of mace (“old Chinese unit of weight”).
• chef12n. The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
• chek13n. A Hong Kong foot.
• chem11n. A chemical weapon.
• chew12v. To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws...
• chey12interj. Expression of dismissal following an unmet expectation.
• chez18prep. At the home of.
• chia9n. A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
• chib11n. A shiv (makeshift knife).
• chic11adj. Elegant, stylish.
• chig10v. To chew.
• chii9n. A call for forming a run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit...
• chin9n. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline...
• chio9adj. Cute, pretty.
• chip11n. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
• chir9n. A freshwater whitefish species that lives in the Arctic-draining basins...
• chit9n. A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
• chiv12n. The scooped-out portion at the end of a stave used to make a cask...
• chod10n. A fat person.
• chok13n. A law or commandment without a comprehensible explanation or purpose.
• choo9n. The sound of a locomotive whistle.
• chop11n. A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
• chou9n. Choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet...
• chow12n. Food, especially snacks.
• chub11n. A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus).
• chud10n. Chewing gum.
• chug10n. A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a...
• chum11n. A friend; a pal.
• chup11n. A short, loud, and urgent sound, usually of a bird.
• chur9interj. A strong voicing of agreement, approval, or thanks: awesome!, cheers!...
• chut9n. A repeated short, low vocal sound made by guinea pigs, thought to...

CI

• ciao6interj. Hello, hi.
• cine6n. Cinefilm.
• circ8n. Circumcision.
• cire6n. A fabric with a glazed finish.
• ciss6v. To retract (from a uniform film applied to a damp, oily or nonabsorbent...
• cist6n. A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient...
• cite6v. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
• city9n. A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal...

CL

• clad7adj. Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the...
• clag7n. A glue or paste made from starch.
• clam8n. A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for...
• clan6n. A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or...
• clap8n. The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces...
• clas6n. A Celtic monastery.
• clat6n. A clod of earth.
• claw9n. A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a...
• clay9n. A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina...
• clef9n. A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches...
• cleg7n. A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae: gadfly, horsefly, deer...
• clem8v. To be hungry; starve.
• clep8v. To chatter, gossip, tell tales.
• clew9n. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth...
• cley9n. A claw.
• clip8v. To grip tightly.
• clit6n. A penis likened to a clitoris, especially in terms of smallness.
• clod7n. A lump of something, especially earth or clay.
• clog7n. A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an...
• clop8n. The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
• clot6n. A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
• clou6n. Something which holds the greatest attention; the chief point of...
• cloy9v. To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
• club8n. A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a...
• clue6n. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.

CO

• coal6n. A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains...
• coat6n. An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
• coax13v. To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually...
• cobb10n. A sea-cob or gull.
• coca8n. Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family...
• coco8n. Coconut palm.
• coda7n. A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through...
• code7n. A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it...
• codo7n. A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 41.6 cm.
• coff12v. To buy, purchase.
• coho9n. An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the...
• coif9n. A hairdo.
• coil6n. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
• coin6n. A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but...
• coir6n. The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making...
• coit6n. Synonym of coition.
• coke10n. Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a...
• cola6n. The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
• cold7adj. Having a low temperature.
• cole6n. Cabbage.
• coli6n. Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower...
• coll6v. To hug or embrace.
• colo6n. Co-location.
• colt6n. A young male horse.
• coly9n. Any bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to...
• coma8n. A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually...
• comb10n. A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it...
• come8v. To move nearer to the point of perspective.
• comm10n. Synonym of commlink.
• comp10v. To accompany, in music.
• coms8n. Combinations (underwear).
• cone6n. A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around...
• cong7n. A type of carved jade tube made in China starting in the Neolithic.
• conk10n. The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also...
• conn6n. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to...
• cons6n. A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used...
• cony9n. A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus...
• cook10n. A person who prepares food.
• cool6adj. Of a mildly low temperature.
• coom8n. Soot, smut.
• coon6n. A raccoon.
• coop8n. A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
• coot6n. Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black...
• cope8v. To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
• copi8n. Asian carp.
• cops8n. The police, considered as a group entity.
• copy11n. The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an...
• corb8n. A brown meagre (Sciaena umbra).
• cord7n. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a...
• core6n. The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
• corf9n. A large basket, especially as used for coal.
• cork10n. The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody...
• corm8n. A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of...
• corn6n. Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a...
• coro6n. Syllabic abbreviation of coroutine.
• corr6n. A fight.
• cory9n. Any fish belonging to the genus Corydoras, a group of South American...
• cose6v. To make oneself cosy; to be snug.
• cosh9n. A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a blackjack.
• coss6n. A measure of distance, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half...
• cost6v. To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.
• cosy9adj. Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social and comfortable.
• cota6n. A perennial herb, Thelesperma megapotamicum (synonym Thelesperma...
• cote6n. A cottage or hut.
• coto6n. A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 10.4 cm.
• coup8n. A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
• cour6n. A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of...
• cous6n. Cousin (usually as a term of address, but not necessarily towards one's...
• cove9n. A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
• cowl9n. A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with...
• coxa13n. The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders...
• coxy16n. Coccidiosis.
• coya9n. The wife of the Sapa Inca in the Inca Empire.
• coze15n. A cosy, friendly talk.

CR

• crab8n. Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs...
• crag7n. A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
• cram8v. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one...
• cran6n. An embellishment played on a chanter of a bagpipe or a tin whistle...
• crap8n. A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
• craw9n. The crop of a bird.
• cray9n. A crayfish or lobster.
• cred7n. Credibility.
• crem8n. Crematorium.
• crep8n. Trainer (sports shoe).
• crew9n. A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility...
• cria6n. A young South American camelid (llama, vicuna, guanaco or alpaca).
• crib8n. A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable...
• cric8n. Cricothyrotomy; cricothyroidotomy.
• crim8n. A criminal.
• crin6n. Horsehair fabric.
• crip8n. A person with a disability.
• crit6n. Criticism.
• croc8n. A crocodile.
• cron6n. A scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task.
• crop8n. A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food...
• crow9n. A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical...
• croy9n. A natural or man-made protrusion or jetty projecting on a river and...
• crud7n. Dirt, filth or refuse.
• crus6n. The shin (tibia and fibula).
• crut6n. A cross-measure tunnel or drift.
• crux13n. The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
• cryo9n. Cryoprecipitate.

CU

• cube8n. A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
• cuck12n. A cuckold or cuckquean.
• cuda7n. A barracuda.
• cued7adj. Having or relying on a cue or cues.
• cuff12n. The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
• cuke10n. A cucumber.
• cull6v. To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
• culm8n. Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel.
• culo6n. Ass.
• cult6n. The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity...
• cume8v. Earn cumulatively at the box office.
• cuny9n. An ordinary seaman.
• cups8n. A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, bearing the symbol of a cup or...
• curb8n. A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New...
• curd7n. The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with...
• cure6n. A method, device or medication that restores good health.
• curl6n. A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
• curr6v. To coo like an owl.
• curt6adj. Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
• cush9adj. Excellent, very good.
• cusk10n. A codlike saltwater fish in the family Lotidae, Brosme brosme.
• cusp8n. A sharp point or pointed end.
• cuss6v. To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.
• cute6adj. Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other...
• cuts6n. Corporal punishment at school.

CY

• cyan9n. An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by...
• cyma11n. The wavelike, curved shape of a cymatium, consisting of a concave and a...
• cyme11n. A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate...
• cyst9n. A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing...

CZ

• czar15n. An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.

Questions about these words

How many four-letter words that start with C are there?

Word.ws lists 276 four-letter words that start with C, plus 32 rare ones.

What are common four-letter words that start with C?

come, city, care, case, call, came, cost and club.

Which of the four-letter words that start with C has the highest letter score?

chez scores 18 points with the standard letter tile values.

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