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5-Letter Words Starting with CRE

There are 15 five-letter words that start with CRE on Word.ws, from creak to crewe. The most common are cream, creek, creep, creed and crest.

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

All 15 five-letter words that start with CRE

  • creak11n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
  • cream9n. The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part...
  • creat7n. An usher to a riding master (riding instructor).
  • credo8n. A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief...
  • creed8n. That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious...
  • creek11n. A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main...
  • creel7n. A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
  • creen7v. To complain; to whine; to moan.
  • creep9v. To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
  • crema9n. The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.
  • crepe9n. A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
  • creps9n. Crepitations.
  • cress7n. A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a...
  • crest7n. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
  • crewe10n. A group of people, especially in Louisiana, who support a Mardi Gras...
1 rare five-letter words that start with CRE

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with CRE are there?
Word.ws lists 15 five-letter words that start with CRE, plus 1 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with CRE?
cream, creek, creep, creed, crest, crewe, crepe and credo.
Which of the five-letter words that start with CRE has the highest letter score?
creek scores 11 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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