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5-Letter Words Starting with C (51 words)

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5-Letter Words (51):

cades (8 points)

Aqua and motor endings

Herring barrels.

Small barrels

C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts

cafes (10 points)

Trysting places, perhaps

Trysting places perhaps

Internet sites (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+F·4+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts

cages (8 points)

Where canaries crash (wordplay)

Bar rooms (wordplay)

Match boxes (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts

cakes (11 points)

Some candle holders (wordplay)

Candle holders (wordplay)

Ale's complement (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts

cames (9 points)

Parts of rose windows.

Slender lead rods used in windows.

Lead bars in windows.

C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts

canes (7 points)

Supporters in the old days (wordplay)

Support staffs (wordplay)

Christmas hang-ups (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

capes (9 points)

Superhero film trailers (wordplay)

Superman's closetful (wordplay)

May and Ann eg

C·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts

cares (7 points)

Has it in one's heart (wordplay)

Looks out (for)

Gives a darn

C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cases (7 points)

Spade work (wordplay)

Cabinets for sick people (wordplay)

Suitable containers (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cates (7 points)

Gremlins co-star, 1984

Drop Dead Fred actress Phoebe

Former head of the Marine Corps.

C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

caves (10 points)

Perhaps warning of hail in there

Rock bottom locales (wordplay)

Stone Age dwellings

C·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts

cedes (8 points)

Gives over (to)

Formally gives up

Surrenders by treaty

C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts

cedis (8 points)

Money of Ghana

C·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts

ceils (7 points)

Covers the overhead (wordplay)

Overlays the overhead (wordplay)

Overlays with plaster.

C·3+E·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cells (7 points)

Rooms behind bars (wordplay)

Joint rooms (wordplay)

Pen pals' homes (wordplay)

C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts

celts (7 points)

Enya album (with "The")

Bretons, for one

Bretons for one

C·3+E·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cents (7 points)

They fill the bill (wordplay)

Smart money (wordplay)

Slight change (wordplay)

C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cepes (9 points)

Cepe

C·3+E·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts

ceres (7 points)

Succession, say, for Demeter

Demeter's counterpart

Demeter's Roman counterpart

C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

ceros (7 points)

Caribbean food fish

Large mackerel-like fish

W. I. food fish.

C·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cetes (7 points)

Bands of badgers

Companies of badgers

Sea monsters

C·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

chefs (13 points)

Pan handlers (wordplay)

Crepe-suzette experts

Recipe writers, often

C·3+H·4+E·1+F·4+S·1 = 13 pts

chess (10 points)

Knight's activity (wordplay)

War for 30 men and 2 women (wordplay)

War for 32 men (wordplay)

C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts

chews (13 points)

Ponders (with "on")

Breaks down at dinner (wordplay)

Processes the fat (wordplay)

C·3+H·4+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 13 pts

cines (7 points)

French movie houses

Movies in Mexicompany

Movies in Mexico

C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cires (7 points)

Highly-glazed fabrics

Glazed fabrics

Waxy finishes

C·3+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cites (7 points)

Names, landmarks and eyesores, say

Quotes (an author)

Names landmarks and eyesores, say

C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

clefs (10 points)

Pitch signs (wordplay)

Staff openings (wordplay)

Heads of staffs (wordplay)

C·3+L·1+E·1+F·4+S·1 = 10 pts

clews (10 points)

Balls of yarn

Balls of yarn.

Sound hints for fixing a hammock

C·3+L·1+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 10 pts

clues (7 points)

Prints and tracks maybe

What are you looking at (wordplay)

Prints and tracks, maybe

C·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

codes (8 points)

Implements some website design, say

Writes an app, say

Writes in C++, say

C·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts

coeds (8 points)

Students at Columbia, say

Sorority members perhaps

Dated women in college (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts

cokes (11 points)

Alternatives to RCs

Drinks in red-and-white cans

Vending machine drinks

C·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts

coles (7 points)

Natalie and the old king (wordplay)

Kin of cabbages

Slaw and Porter

C·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

comes (9 points)

Emanates (from)

Reaches, with to

Awakens, with "to"

C·3+O·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts

cones (7 points)

Receptacles of sorts

Ones getting a licking (wordplay)

Perhaps 1 x 100 have a point

C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

copes (9 points)

Deals with the strain

Doesn't crack under pressure

Contends as with difficulties

C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts

cores (7 points)

Prepares an apple, perhaps

Gala garbage (wordplay)

Prepares an apple perhaps

C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

coses (7 points)

Has a friendly chat Var.

Has a friendly chat variable

Friendly chats variable

C·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cotes (7 points)

French for "coasts"

Shelters for sheep.

Shelters for birds.

C·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

coves (10 points)

Shelters on shorelines

Small bays, fellows

Places to put in

C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts

coxes (14 points)

Ones calling out the rowing rhythm

Regatta crew leaders, for short

They take the helm in a racing crew

C·3+O·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts

cozes (16 points)

Chats

Chats.

C·3+O·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts

cress (7 points)

Leaves for a buffet (wordplay)

Plant used in salads

Leaves with a peppery taste

C·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 7 pts

crews (10 points)

Groups of workers, on ships say

Ships' complements, say

Junk collections (wordplay)

C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 10 pts

cries (7 points)

Displays joy, maybe

Reacts to a ballad, maybe

Betrays hunger, maybe

C·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cubes (9 points)

Ice boxes (wordplay)

Takes to a higher power (wordplay)

They're for the bath, sugar!

C·3+U·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts

cukes (11 points)

Sober pickles (wordplay)

Salad ingredients, for short

Pickle plants, for short

C·3+U·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts

cures (7 points)

Salts or smokes, perhaps

Salts or smokes perhaps

Priests in Lyon

C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cutes (7 points)

Affected coyness, with "the"

Affected preciousness, with "the"

Affected modesty with the

C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

cymes (12 points)

Flowers like forget-me-nots.

Flower clusters.

Flower clusters

C·3+Y·4+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts

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Your search: your search in dictionary American. Results: 51.

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:

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Ending with:

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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

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