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5-Letter Words Starting with C (54 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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