Five-letter words starting with C

There are 665 five-letter words that start with C in the ENABLE word list used by this site. That is about 7.7% of all five-letter words. The highest-scoring is cozey, worth 19 points in standard Scrabble tile values.

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All 665 five-letter words starting with C

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Highest-scoring five-letter words starting with C

  • cozey 19 points
  • crazy 19 points
  • calyx 17 points
  • choky 17 points
  • cylix 17 points
  • chaff 16 points
  • check 16 points
  • chevy 16 points
  • chewy 16 points
  • chick 16 points
  • chivy 16 points
  • chock 16 points
  • chuck 16 points
  • chuff 16 points
  • cimex 16 points
  • civvy 16 points
  • cloze 16 points
  • cocky 16 points
  • colza 16 points
  • comix 16 points
  • cozen 16 points
  • cozes 16 points
  • cozie 16 points
  • craze 16 points

Patterns in this list

The most common second letters are co (167), ca (120), ch (99), cr (74), cl (71). 31 of these words contain three or more vowels, which can make them easier to spot when you are unscrambling.

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