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5-Letter Words Starting with C (80 words)

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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

calyx (17 points)

Literary journal with a botanical title

Flower's sepals, collectively

Outer covering of a flower

C·3+A·1+L·1+Y·4+X·8 = 17 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

chays (13 points)

Chay

C·3+H·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 13 pts

chevy (16 points)

Malibu, for one

Guy in a Chase scene (wordplay)

Tahoe, for one

C·3+H·4+E·1+V·4+Y·4 = 16 pts

chewy (16 points)

Requiring mastication, like toffee say

Tough to swallow (wordplay)

Like licorice sticks

C·3+H·4+E·1+W·4+Y·4 = 16 pts

chivy (16 points)

Badger starts to chase Himalayan climber

C·3+H·4+I·1+V·4+Y·4 = 16 pts

choky (17 points)

Nick with radiators in order? Unknown!

Like smog.

Like smog

C·3+H·4+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts

chyle (13 points)

It's a matter for digestion that the church starts with Ely up there

C·3+H·4+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts

chyme (15 points)

Food in the process of digestion.

Food pulp in stomach

C·3+H·4+Y·4+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts

cissy (10 points)

Feeble person (colloq.)

Whitney Houston's mom

Girl's nickname.

C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

civvy (16 points)

Not military, informally

Not military informally

C·3+I·1+V·4+V·4+Y·4 = 16 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

clays (10 points)

Modelers manipulate them

Tennis court surfaces

Potter's supplies

C·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts

cloys (10 points)

Is sickeningly sentimental

Wearies by an excess of sweetness.

Is too syrupy

C·3+L·1+O·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts

coaly (10 points)

Like lignite

Like anthracite.

Like anthracite

C·3+O·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

cobby (14 points)

Like a stocky cat

C·3+O·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 14 pts

cocky (16 points)

Remove errors from (program)

Far from self-effacing

Cheekily self-assured

C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts

colly (10 points)

Sheepdog (less usual spelling)

Scottish sheepdog (alternative spelling)

Begrime in Britain

C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

comfy (15 points)

Feeling good to wear, say

Having many layers, perhaps

Removed from herb for snug

C·3+O·1+M·3+F·4+Y·4 = 15 pts

commy (14 points)

Target of Sen. Joe McCarthy

Target of Sen Joe McCarthy

C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+Y·4 = 14 pts

coney (10 points)

New York island

Hot dog option

Where to eat baloney on a roll

C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

conky (14 points)

Full of a tree fungus

C·3+O·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts

cooey (10 points)

Aussie's cry

Aussies warning cry

Call for attention

C·3+O·1+O·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

cooky (14 points)

Chef on a ranch

Treat with milk alt sp

Lunch box item.

C·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts

cooly (10 points)

Asian laborer Var.

Unskilled laborer Var.

Unskilled laborer variable

C·3+O·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

corby (12 points)

Ellen who won three Emmys between and

Labour leader not for closure in steel town

Ellen who won three Emmys between 1973 and 1976

C·3+O·1+R·1+B·3+Y·4 = 12 pts

corky (14 points)

Like spoiled wine say

Like spoiled wine, say

Colin Kelly's son.

C·3+O·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts

corny (10 points)

Like elote and pone (wordplay)

Like this puzzle?

Like Kansas in August (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

cosey (10 points)

""A covering for a teapot, also COSIE, COZEY, COZIE""

C·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

covey (13 points)

Flock of partridges

Small flock of quail

Pack of partridges

C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

cowry (13 points)

Relative of wampum

Glossy spotted shell

Sea snail that makes you cry "ow!"

C·3+O·1+W·4+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

coyed (11 points)

Coy

C·3+O·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

coyer (10 points)

More affectedly demure

Not as forthcoming

Less open and forthright

C·3+O·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

coyly (13 points)

In mock modest manner

In a shy way

In a reserved manner

C·3+O·1+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts

coypu (12 points)

S.A. rodent

S. American "beaver"

Large aquatic South American rodent

C·3+O·1+Y·4+P·3+U·1 = 12 pts

cozey (19 points)

""A covering for a teapot, also COSEY, COSIE, COZIE""

C·3+O·1+Z·10+E·1+Y·4 = 19 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

crepy (12 points)

Crinkly as a fabric

Crinkly, as a fabric

Like a crinkly fabric

C·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts

crony (10 points)

Political bosom buddy

Inner circle member

Corny (anagram)

C·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

crypt (12 points)

Dead room (wordplay)

Vampires home perhaps

About to rent, say, vault

C·3+R·1+Y·4+P·3+T·1 = 12 pts

cubby (14 points)

Type of hole (wordplay)

Hole for sorting

Small, snug space

C·3+U·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 14 pts

cuddy (12 points)

House character Lisa

'House' character Lisa

C·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts

cully (10 points)

Fellow: Brit. slang.

Fellow Brit. slang.

Cheat deceive

C·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

cuppy (14 points)

{cuplike=adj}

C·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 14 pts

curdy (11 points)

Like Miss Muffet's fare

Like cottage cheese

Like Miss Muffets fare

C·3+U·1+R·1+D·2+Y·4 = 11 pts

curly (10 points)

Stooge who says "Soitenly!"

Jerome Horwitzs stage name

He was born Jerome, on October 22, 1903

C·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

curry (10 points)

That's hot doggish, perhaps

Spice with rice, maybe

Spice with rice maybe

C·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

curvy (13 points)

Shaped like an hourglass

Having bendings without angles.

Like mountain roads

C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+Y·4 = 13 pts

cushy (13 points)

Like a plum job, perhaps

Easy, soft (colloq.)

Like a plum job perhaps

C·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts

cutey (10 points)

Sweetie pie (Var.)

Good-looker (Var.)

Precious little sweetie (var.)

C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

cutty (10 points)

Short-stemmed tobacco pipe.

Something short: Scot.

Short pipe for a Scotsman.

C·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

cyano (10 points)

Word form for "blue"

Word form for blue

Dark-blue: Comb. form.

C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1+O·1 = 10 pts

cyans (10 points)

Printers' primary colors

Greenish-blue hues

Some print cartridge contents

C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts

cycad (13 points)

Seed plant (DC CAY anagram)

Palmlike tropical plant

Cone-bearing palm-like tropical plant

C·3+Y·4+C·3+A·1+D·2 = 13 pts

cycas (12 points)

A tropical plant

C·3+Y·4+C·3+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts

cycle (12 points)

Spin, for one

Harley, for one

Harley for one

C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts

cyclo (12 points)

Ring Comb. form

Prefix with -tron

Pedicab in Vietnam

C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1 = 12 pts

cyder (11 points)

{cider=n}

C·3+Y·4+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts

cylix (17 points)

""A drinking vessel, also KYLIX""

C·3+Y·4+L·1+I·1+X·8 = 17 pts

cymae (12 points)

Architectural moldings

C·3+Y·4+M·3+A·1+E·1 = 12 pts

cymar (12 points)

Loose robe for women

C·3+Y·4+M·3+A·1+R·1 = 12 pts

cymas (12 points)

Certain moldings

C·3+Y·4+M·3+A·1+S·1 = 12 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

cymol (12 points)

""A hydrocarbon, also CYMENE""

C·3+Y·4+M·3+O·1+L·1 = 12 pts

cynic (12 points)

Ambrose Bierce for one

Diogenes, for one

Diogenes for one

C·3+Y·4+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts

cysts (10 points)

Body bags (wordplay)

Sacs containing diseased matter

Dermatologist's concern

C·3+Y·4+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts

cyton (10 points)

The body of a nerve cell

C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts

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