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5-Letter Words Starting with CO

There are 127 five-letter words that start with CO on Word.ws, from coach to cozen. The most common are could, court, comes, cover and coach.

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All 127 five-letter words that start with CO

COA

  • 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...

COB

  • 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...

COC

  • cocci11n. Coccidioidomycosis.
  • cocoa9n. The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from...

COD

  • 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.

COG

  • cogen8n. Cogeneration; a combination heating plant and power generator.
  • cogon8n. Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata...

COH

  • cohen10n. A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest...

COI

  • coily10adj. Having coils; coiling.

COK

  • coked12adj. Intoxicated with cocaine.
  • coker11n. The industrial plant in which coke is manufactured.
  • cokes11n. A simpleton; a dupe.
  • cokey14adj. Cocaine-addicted.

COL

  • 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...

COM

  • 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.

CON

  • 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.

COO

  • 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.

COP

  • 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.

COQ

  • coque16n. A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.
  • coqui16n. A coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus).

COR

  • 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.
  • corer7n. A utensil for removing the core from apples and similar fruit or...
  • corky14adj. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
  • corno7n. French horn.
  • cornu7n. A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
  • corny10adj. Boring and unoriginal.
  • corps9n. A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
  • corro7n. Written communications, especially in a business setting.
  • corse7n. A (living) body.

COS

  • coset7n. The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a...
  • cosmo9n. A cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice...
  • costa7n. Synonym of rib.

COT

  • cotch12v. To hang out or chill out; to relax.
  • cotta7n. A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full...

COU

  • couch12n. An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of...
  • cough11v. Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or...
  • could8v. Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
  • count7v. To recite numbers in sequence.
  • coupe9n. A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling...
  • cours7n. Three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural...
  • court7n. An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls...
  • couth10adj. Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.

COV

  • coven10n. A nunnery, a convent.
  • cover10n. A lid.
  • covet10v. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
  • covey13n. A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes...
  • covid11n. A cubit.
  • covin10n. Fraud, deception.

COW

  • cowal10n. A billabong, or stagnant pool.
  • cowan10n. A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an...
  • cowed11adj. Frightened into submission.
  • cower10v. To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
  • cowie10n. A pill, especially of the drug ecstasy.

COX

  • coxal14adj. Sciatic (relating to the hip).
  • coxed15adj. Having a cox.
  • coxie14n. A coxswain.

COY

  • coyly13adv. In a coy manner.
  • coypu12n. A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling...

COZ

  • cozen16v. To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or...
48 rare five-letter words that start with CO

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with CO are there?
Word.ws lists 127 five-letter words that start with CO, plus 48 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with CO?
could, court, comes, cover, coach, color, coast and count.
Which of the five-letter words that start with CO has the highest letter score?
cozen 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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