5-Letter Words Starting with CL

All 50 five-letter words that start with CL

CLA

• 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.

CLE

• 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.

CLI

• 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.

CLO

• 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...

CLU

• 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...

Questions about these words

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

Word.ws lists 50 five-letter words that start with CL, plus 27 rare ones.

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

class, close, clear, clean, claim, click, clubs and cloud.

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

cloze scores 16 points with the standard letter tile values.

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