5-Letter Words Starting with CI
There are 14 five-letter words that start with CI on Word.ws, from cider to civvy. The most common are civil, cited, civic, cigar and circa.
Meanings from Wiktionary. Not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list.
All 14 five-letter words that start with 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.
15 rare five-letter words that start with CI
Questions about these words
- How many five-letter words that start with CI are there?
- Word.ws lists 14 five-letter words that start with CI, plus 15 rare ones.
- What are common five-letter words that start with CI?
- civil, cited, civic, cigar, circa, cider, cisco and cinch.
- Which of the five-letter words that start with CI has the highest letter score?
- civvy scores 16 points with the standard letter tile values.
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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.
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