Word.ws English Dictionary

5-Letter Words Starting with CAR

There are 24 five-letter words that start with CAR on Word.ws, from carat to carve. The most common are carry, cards, cargo, carol and carve.

Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.

All 24 five-letter words that start with CAR

  • 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.
3 rare five-letter words that start with CAR

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with CAR are there?
Word.ws lists 24 five-letter words that start with CAR, plus 3 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with CAR?
carry, cards, cargo, carol, carve, carte, carat and carer.
Which of the five-letter words that start with CAR has the highest letter score?
carex scores 14 points with the standard letter tile values.

Related word lists

Source and license

Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Cite this page: “5-Letter Words Starting with CAR: 24 Words.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/words/5-letter/starting-with-car. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.