5-Letter Words Starting with C

All 559 five-letter words that start with C: page 1 of 2

CA

• caapi9n. A hallucinogen, obtained from the South American vine, Banisteriopsis...
• cabal9n. A secret plot.
• caban9n. A grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, used in the Philippine...
• cabas9n. A flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag, usually used by women.
• caber9n. A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland...
• cabin9n. A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built...
• cable9n. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a...
• cabri9n. A pronghorn.
• cacao9n. A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
• cache12n. Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals...
• caddy12n. A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used...
• cadel8n. An ornate capital letter used in calligraphy, consisting of interlaced...
• cadet8n. A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
• cadge9v. To beg.
• cadre8n. A frame or framework.
• caged9adj. Confined in a cage.
• cager8n. A person or machine responsible for managing a mineshaft cage.
• cagey11adj. Wary, careful, shrewd.
• cahow13n. An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.
• caird8n. A travelling tinker or a tramp.
• cairn7n. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the...
• cajan14n. Synonym of pigeon pea (“Cajanus cajan”).
• cajon14n. A large valley surrounded by mountains of considerable height...
• caked12adj. Congealed into a cakelike consistency; (of something covered in such a...
• calas7n. Dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs...
• calin7n. An alloy of lead and tin, from the Far East.
• calla7n. A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern...
• calmy12adj. Tranquil; calm.
• calva10n. The calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull.
• calve10v. To give birth to a calf.
• calyx17n. The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which...
• camas9n. Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
• camel9n. A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus...
• cameo9n. A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
• camia9n. Hedychium coronarium; a perennial flowering plant from the ginger...
• camis9n. A light, loose dress or robe.
• campo11n. A police officer assigned to a university campus.
• campy14adj. Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or...
• canal7n. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel...
• candy11n. Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
• caned8adj. Intoxicated by alcohol or drugs.
• caner7n. One who canes.
• canes7n. Bamboo plants of genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo...
• canid8n. Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves...
• canna7n. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and...
• canny10adj. Careful, prudent, cautious.
• canoe7n. A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people...
• canon7n. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
• canso7n. A love song sung by a troubadour.
• canto7n. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
• canty10adj. Lively; cheerful; merry; brisk.
• caped10adj. Wearing a cape or capes.
• capel9n. A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin...
• caper9n. A playful leap or jump.
• capiz18n. The windowpane oyster.
• caple9n. A horse.
• capon9n. A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
• cappa11n. The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.
• cappo11n. Synonym of capote (“coat”).
• cappy14adj. Having, resembling, or relating to a cap (headwear).
• capri9n. A deep shade of sky blue between cyan and azure.
• caput9n. The head.
• carat7n. A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for...
• carbo9n. Carbohydrate.
• carby12n. Synonym of carb (“carburetor or carburettor”).
• cardo8n. The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.
• cards8n. Card games.
• caree7n. One who is cared for; one who receives care.
• carer7n. Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or...
• caret7n. A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that...
• carex14n. Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.
• carga8n. A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 222...
• cargo8n. Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
• carib9n. A hummingbird of the genus Eulampis.
• carle7n. Peasant; fellow.
• carny10n. A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated...
• carob9n. An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the...
• carol7n. A round dance accompanied by singing.
• carom9n. A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two...
• caron7n. Háček.
• carry10v. To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport...
• carse7n. Low, fertile land; a river valley.
• carte7n. A bill of fare; a menu.
• carty10adj. Characteristic of a carthorse.
• carus7n. Deep coma or lethargy.
• carve10v. To cut meat in order to serve it.
• casal7adj. Of or relating to a case.
• casco9n. A flat-bottomed, square-ended boat once used in the Philippines as a...
• cased8adj. Having a case or covering; encased or clad.
• casis7n. A Muslim holy man or a saint.
• casse7n. A fault in wine, caused by an enzyme, making it turn from red to brown...
• casta7n. A hierarchical system of race classification created by Spanish elites...
• caste7n. Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian...
• casus7n. A possible world, as a starting point for reasoning.
• catch12n. The act of seizing or capturing.
• cater7v. To provide, particularly.
• cates7n. Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies...
• catio7n. An outdoor enclosure for cats.
• catto7n. A cat.
• catty10adj. Resembling or characteristic of a cat.
• catur7n. A light rowboat used on the coast of Malabar in the early days of the...
• cauda8n. A diacritical mark with various forms, attached to the e of the e...
• caulk11n. Caulking.
• cause7n. The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces...
• caval10adj. Relating to the vena cava.
• cavan10n. A unit of dry capacity approximately equivalent to 2.3 US bushels.
• cavea10n. The seating section of a Greek or Roman theatre or amphitheatre.
• caver10n. A person who explores caves.
• cavey13adj. Resembling or characteristic of a cave.
• cavil10v. To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
• cavin10n. A hollow route, adapted to cover troops and facilitate their approach...
• cavum12n. The lower part of the concha of the ear adjoining the origin of the...
• cavus10n. In planetary geology, an irregular steep-sided depression that does not...

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• cease7v. To stop.
• cecil9n. A fried ball of minced meat, breadcrumbs, onions, etc.
• cedar8n. A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
• ceder8n. One who cedes something.
• ceiba9n. Any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
• ceili7n. A social event with traditional Irish or Scottish music and dancing.
• celeb9n. A celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated.
• cella7n. The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from...
• cello7n. A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four...
• celly10n. A cellmate.
• cense7v. To perfume with incense.
• cento7n. A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from...
• ceria7n. The compound cerium(IV) oxide.
• ceric9adj. Containing cerium with valence four.
• certi7adj. Fashionable, cool.
• cesta7n. A hook-shaped basket used to catch and throw the ball in jai alai.
• cetin7n. The white, waxy constituent of spermaceti.
• cetyl10n. The univalent hexadecyl radical C₁₆H₃₃- present in many waxes.

CH

• chaat10n. Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India or other South...
• chack16v. To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of...
• chafe13n. Heat excited by friction.
• chaff16n. The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
• chaga11n. A parasitic fungus of trees, usually birch, found on the circumboreal...
• chain10n. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
• chair10n. An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or...
• chala10n. Croton scouleri, a tree native to the Galapagos.
• chalk14n. A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).
• chama12n. Any of several types of informal cooperative society.
• champ14n. Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address).
• chana10n. A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.
• chang11n. A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia.
• chank14n. The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in...
• chant10v. To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic...
• chaos10n. The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
• chape12n. The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.
• chapo12n. Chapati (food).
• chaps12n. Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.
• chara10n. A green alga of the genus Chara.
• chard11n. An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly...
• chare10n. A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
• chark14n. Charcoal; coke.
• charm12n. An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a...
• chart10n. A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
• chary13adj. Careful, cautious, shy, wary.
• chase10n. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
• chasm12n. A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
• chast10v. To chasten.
• chaun10n. A gap or rift.
• chaus10n. Synonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus).
• chawl13n. A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for...
• chaya13n. A teahouse in Japan.
• cheap12adj. Low or reduced in price.
• cheat10v. To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a...
• check16n. An inspection or examination.
• chedi11n. A Thai Buddhist monument similar to a stupa.
• cheek14n. The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer...
• cheel10n. A girl.
• cheep12v. Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.
• cheer10n. A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
• cheez19n. Composition.
• chela10n. A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid.
• chemo12v. To treat with chemotherapy.
• chert10n. Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure...
• chess10n. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces...
• chest10n. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
• chevy16n. A hunt or pursuit; a chase.
• chewy16adj. Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.
• chiao10n. A Taoist ritual of cosmic renewal.
• chibi12n. A child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.
• chica12n. A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
• chich15n. The chickpea.
• chick16n. A young bird.
• chico12n. A Latin-American boy; a Latino.
• chide11v. To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
• chief13n. The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other...
• chiff16n. The characteristic sound made as part of the attack of certain notes on...
• chigi11n. In Japanese architecture, a V-shaped finial used mainly on Shinto...
• child11n. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty)...
• chili10n. The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated...
• chill10n. A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
• chime12n. A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell...
• chimo12interj. Hello; goodbye.
• china10n. Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from...
• chine10n. The top of a ridge.
• ching11n. A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy...
• chink14n. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
• chino10n. A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
• chips12n. A carpenter.
• chirk14v. To become happier.
• chiro10n. A chiropractor.
• chirp12n. A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
• chiru10n. The Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsonii.
• chism12n. A shoot or sprout; a bud.
• chiva13n. Heroin.
• chive13n. A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
• chmod13v. To change the access permissions and related special flags of (a file...
• chock16n. Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a...
• choco12n. An army reservist.
• choir10n. A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are...
• choke14v. To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for...
• choko14n. A small handleless cup in which saké is served.
• chole10n. Chickpeas, or a curry consisting mainly of chickpeas.
• choli10n. A short-sleeved blouse worn under a sari; an Indian underbodice.
• chomo12n. A child molester.
• chomp14n. The act of chomping (see below).
• chone10n. An inhalant or exhalant canal in a sponge; a pore sieve.
• chook14n. A chicken, especially a hen.
• choom12n. An Englishman.
• chope12v. To reserve (a place), such as a seat in a fast food restaurant...
• chops12n. Jaws, lips, mouth.
• chord11n. A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding...
• chore10n. A task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or...
• choro10n. A genre of Brazilian popular music.
• chort10n. A seventeenth-century unit of Burgundy glass.
• chose10n. A thing; personal property.
• chota10adj. Small; younger.
• chout10n. An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue, levied by the Marathas...
• chowk17n. An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used...
• chown13v. To change the owner of (a file or directory).
• chron10n. A period of time between two geomagnetic reversals.
• chuba12n. A long sheepskin coat made of thick wool, worn by Tibetans.
• chubb14n. An erection of the penis.
• chuck16n. Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
• chuff16adj. Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.
• chula10n. A hearth, stove, or other traditional cooking-place.
• chump14n. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
• chunk14n. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick...
• chupa12n. A unit of volume equivalent to around 375 mL.
• churi10n. An Indian bracelet.
• churl10n. A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl...
• churn10v. To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or...
• chute10n. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to...
• chyle13n. A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small...
• chyme15n. The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from...

CI

• cider8n. An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented...
• cigar8n. A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of...
• ciggy12n. A cigarette.
• cilly10n. Any predictable facet of the Enigma Machine cipher due to operator...
• cimex16n. Any member of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug.
• cinch12n. A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
• circa9prep. Synonym of around, about, approximately, particularly used with...
• circs9n. Circumstances.
• cisco9n. Any North American freshwater fish of certain species of the genus...
• cited8adj. That has a citation.
• civet10n. Any of the small carnivorous catlike mammals encompassing certain...
• civic12adj. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship...
• civil10adj. Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the...
• civvy16n. A civilian; someone who is not in the military.

CL

• clack13n. An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects...
• clade8n. A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor...
• claes7n. Clothes.
• claim9n. A demand of ownership made for something.
• clamp11n. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are...
• clang8n. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects...
• clank11n. A loud, hard sound of metal hitting metal.
• claro7n. A cigar whose wrapper is very light tan or yellowish.
• clary10n. Clary sage (Salvia sclarea).
• clash10n. A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects; a crash.
• clasp9n. A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together...
• class7n. A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or...
• clast7n. A fragment of rock that was broken from a larger rock or rock unit.
• clava10n. Synonym of gracile tubercle.
• clave10n. A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.
• clean7adj. Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty...
• clear7adj. Transparent in colour.
• cleat7n. A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order...
• cleek11n. A large hook.
• cleft10n. An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by...
• clerk11n. One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records...
• cleve10n. A room; chamber.
• click13n. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound...
• cliff13n. A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
• clift10n. A cliff.
• climb11v. To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards...
• clime9n. A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
• cline7n. A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or...
• cling8n. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
• clink11n. The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
• clint7n. The relatively flat part of a limestone pavement between the grikes.
• clive10v. To climb; ascend.
• cloak11n. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape...
• clock13n. A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time...
• clomp11n. The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.
• clone7n. A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single...
• clonk11n. The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact.
• close7v. To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap...
• cloth10n. A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or...
• cloud8n. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
• clout7n. Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
• clove10n. A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove...
• clown10n. A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and...
• cloze16n. A form of written examination in which candidates are required to...
• clubs9n. One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.
• cluck13n. The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her...
• clump11n. A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
• clung8adj. Shrunken; wasted away.
• clunk11n. A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into...
• cluse7n. A defile or narrow gorge, especially one that cuts transversely through...

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• coach12n. A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
• coady11n. A sauce, usually made from boiled molasses, spices, and an acid such as...
• coast7n. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large...
• coati7n. Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the...
• cobby14adj. Stocky.
• cobia9n. A perciform marine fish of species Rachycentron canadum.
• coble9n. A small flat-bottomed fishing boat suitable for launching from a beach...
• cobra9n. Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck...
• cocci11n. Coccidioidomycosis.
• cocoa9n. The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from...
• codec10n. A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data...
• coded9adj. Encoded; written in code or cipher.
• coder8n. A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.
• codex15n. An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by...
• codon8n. A handbell used for summoning monks.
• cogen8n. Cogeneration; a combination heating plant and power generator.
• cogon8n. Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata...
• cohen10n. A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest...
• coily10adj. Having coils; coiling.
• coked12adj. Intoxicated with cocaine.
• coker11n. The industrial plant in which coke is manufactured.
• cokes11n. A simpleton; a dupe.
• cokey14adj. Cocaine-addicted.
• colet7n. A lower servant in a church.
• coley10n. Coalfish, Pollachius virens.
• colic9n. Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such...
• colin7n. The American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
• colly10adj. Black as coal.
• colon7n. The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
• color7n. The spectral composition of visible light.
• colza16n. Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an...
• comal9n. A flat, pan-like clay or metal griddle used to cook tortillas or other...
• combe11n. A valley, often wooded and often with no river.
• combi11n. An aircraft adapted to carry either cargo or passengers, or both at...
• combo11n. A small musical group.
• combs11n. Combinations (underwear).
• comer9n. One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
• comes9n. The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.
• comet9n. A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and...
• comfy15adj. Comfortable.
• comic11adj. Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
• comix16n. Comics, especially those that are self-published and deal with offbeat...
• comma11n. The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence...
• compo11n. Workers' compensation.
• compt11adj. Neat; spruce.
• compy14n. A computer.
• comte9n. A French count.
• conal7adj. Shaped like a cone or funnel; conic.
• conch12n. A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own...
• conda8n. A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots...
• conde8n. The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to...
• condy11n. The giant Caribbean sea anemone, Condylactis gigantea.
• coned8adj. Segregated or delineated by traffic cones (of an area).
• coner7n. A marijuana cigarette tapered to a conical shape.
• coney10n. The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica.
• conga8n. A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
• congo8interj. Congratulations.
• conic9adj. Synonym of conical.
• conky14adj. Having a prominent nose.
• conny10adj. Brave; fine; canny.
• const7n. A variable whose value cannot be changed directly.
• conte7n. An Italian count.
• conto7n. In Portugal and Brazil, a million reis.
• conus7n. A cone.
• convo10n. A conversation.
• cooch12n. The vagina or vulva.
• cooee7n. A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly...
• cooky14n. Dated spelling of cookie.
• coomb11n. A tub or vat, especially used in brewing.
• copal9n. A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea...
• copay12v. To jointly pay with another or others.
• coped10adj. Clad in a cope.
• copei9n. The copaiba tree.
• copen9v. To cowrite.
• coper9n. One who copes.
• copin9n. Synonym of medio, particularly in Asturias, a traditional Spanish unit...
• coppa11n. Capicola.
• coppe11n. A spider.
• coppy14adj. Like or resembling a cop (police officer).
• copra9n. The dried kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extruded.
• copse9n. A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting...
• copus9n. A mug.
• coque16n. A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.
• coqui16n. A coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus).
• corah10adj. Plain, undyed.
• coral7n. Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most...
• cords8n. Corduroys.
• cordy11adj. Of, or like, cord; having cords or cord-like parts.
• cored8adj. Having a core.

Questions about these words

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

Word.ws lists 559 five-letter words that start with C, plus 246 rare ones.

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

could, court, class, close, comes, cause, check and child.

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

crazy scores 19 points with the standard letter tile values.

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