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5-Letter Words Starting with C

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5-Letter Words Starting with C (17 words)

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5-Letter Words (17):

cabby (14 points)

One traveling often by taxi

Driver for hire

Driver of a kind

C·3+A·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 14 pts

caddy (12 points)

Woods' worker (wordplay)

Ace of clubs (wordplay)

Woods' man with woods (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts

cadgy (12 points)

Cheerful, in Scotland

Cheerful in Scotland

C·3+A·1+D·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts

cagey (11 points)

Hiding something, say

Shrewd and careful

Hesitant to commit

C·3+A·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts

cakey (14 points)

""Lumpy, also CAKY""

C·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 14 pts

campy (14 points)

Like Bette Midler concerts

Like TV's 'Batman'

So bad it's good

C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4 = 14 pts

candy (11 points)

Stocking stuffer perhaps

Girl's name (diminutive)

Cook carrots perhaps

C·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 11 pts

canny (10 points)

Knowing Nancy tickled

Cute girl in Cyprus

Shrewd like Scotsman

C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

canty (10 points)

Twain's pauper

Pauper Tom in a Twain tale

Pauper in "The Prince and the Pauper"

C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

carny (10 points)

Person who earns a fair wage (wordplay)

Barker for example

Ferris wheel operator, for example

C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

carry (10 points)

Cash connection (wordplay)

Be pregnant (with)

Act up, with "on"

C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

casky (14 points)

Resembling a cask

C·3+A·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts

catty (10 points)

Spiteful Tommy (wordplay)

City states drop sites it's spiteful!

Unit of weight in the Far East

C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

chary (13 points)

Cautious, cleaner close to canary

Careful cleaner? Unknown

Less than confident

C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

clary (10 points)

Robert of Hogans Heroes

Wine-honey-spice drink

Robert of "Hogan's Heroes"

C·3+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

coaly (10 points)

Like lignite

Like anthracite.

Like anthracite

C·3+O·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

crazy (19 points)

Like a fox (wordplay)

Not making sense

Touched in the head

C·3+R·1+A·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 19 pts

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Your search: your search in dictionary American. Results: 17.

Refine to C+: CA CB CC CD CE CF CG CH CI CJ CK CL CM CN CO CP CQ CR CS CT CU CV CW CX CY CZ

Starting with:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Ending with:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Containing:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Popular patterns: TH QU CH SH PH WH CK NG NK EE OO EA OU AI IE TION SION

By length:

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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