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5-Letter Words Starting with CRA

There are 21 five-letter words that start with CRA on Word.ws, from crabs to crazy. The most common are crazy, crash, crack, craft and craig.

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All 21 five-letter words that start with CRA

  • crabs9n. Pubic lice.
  • crack13v. To form cracks.
  • craft10n. Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying...
  • craic9n. Often preceded by the: amusement, fun, especially through enjoyable...
  • craig8n. A rocky crag.
  • crake11n. Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
  • crame9n. A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall.
  • cramp11n. A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled...
  • crane7n. Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long...
  • crank11adj. Hard; difficult.
  • crape9n. Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.
  • craps9n. A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make...
  • crapy12adj. Resembling crape.
  • crase7v. Early Modern spelling of craze (“break into pieces, crack”).
  • crash10n. A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
  • crass7adj. Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or...
  • crate7n. A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
  • crave10v. To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
  • crawl10v. To move by dragging one's body along or close to a surface, like a worm...
  • craze16n. A strong habitual desire or fancy.
  • crazy19adj. Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
4 rare five-letter words that start with CRA

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with CRA are there?
Word.ws lists 21 five-letter words that start with CRA, plus 4 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with CRA?
crazy, crash, crack, craft, craig, crane, crawl and crank.
Which of the five-letter words that start with CRA has the highest letter score?
crazy scores 19 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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