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8-Letter Words Starting with C (82 words)

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cabernet (12 points)

Popular pairing with steak au poivre

Dry table wine

Dry red wine

C·3+A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 12 pts

cachepot (17 points)

Ornamental container in a flower shop

Decorative container for a flowerpot

Ornamental plant holder

C·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+P·3+O·1+T·1 = 17 pts

campiest (14 points)

Most amusingly exaggerated

Most theatrically over-the-top

Most theatrically playful

C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts

canniest (10 points)

Shrewdest sort of ancients

Instance (anagram)

Most careful and shrewd

C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

canoeist (10 points)

One who's up a creek (wordplay)

One with paddles

Kayaker, for example

C·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

canzonet (19 points)

Short cheerful lively Italian song

C·3+A·1+N·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 19 pts

carburet (12 points)

Vaporize and mix gas for car use

C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 12 pts

carcanet (12 points)

Old jewelled collar with a lot of body and no extras

C·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 12 pts

casement (12 points)

Roger's window (wordplay)

Frame traitor (wordplay)

Window when framed by putty, perhaps

C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts

castanet (10 points)

Fisher's favorite instrument (wordplay)

Go fishing with a click (wordplay)

Go fishing, perhaps, with clicks

C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts

cattiest (10 points)

Most likely to inject venom

Most spiteful

C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

cellaret (10 points)

Wine cupboard - all Crete (anagram)

Cabinet for wine and liquor

Small wine cabinet

C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts

centrist (10 points)

Middle-of-the-road

Third Way Democrat, for example

Middle-of-the-roader

C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

ceramist (12 points)

One who deals with wheels

Maker of baked dishes

Potter's wheel user

C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts

cerement (12 points)

Stiff covering about to be sealed in adhesive

Shroud.

C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts

cervelat (13 points)

Dry smoked sausage

Clever at manipulating sausage

Smoked pork sausage

C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1 = 13 pts

chariest (13 points)

Cagiest, most cautious

Most suspicious

Most cautious

C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts

chastest (13 points)

Most pure and virginal

Most pure little man facing trial

Most ascetic.

C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts

cheapest (15 points)

The space (anagram)

Of the poorest quality

Costing the least

C·3+H·4+E·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts

checkout (19 points)

*Pay for your online purchases, say

Supermarket cash desk

Supermarket pay desk

C·3+H·4+E·1+C·3+K·5+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 19 pts

chestnut (13 points)

Rusty saw perhaps that's dropped by tree

8 heard a million times (wordplay)

Tired "old" saying

C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+N·1+U·1+T·1 = 13 pts

chevalet (16 points)

Bridge of a stringed instrument

C·3+H·4+E·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 16 pts

chewiest (16 points)

Least tender

Sort of ethics we found hardest to swallow immediately

C·3+H·4+E·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts

chiefest (16 points)

Most important

Most important shift, EEC becoming something else

C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts

chillest (13 points)

Chill

C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts

chirkest (17 points)

Chirk

C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts

choicest (15 points)

Oscar in charge in case? That's best!

Best of the best

Top-of-the-line

C·3+H·4+O·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts

chokiest (17 points)

Choky

C·3+H·4+O·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts

chuffest (19 points)

Chuff

C·3+H·4+U·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 19 pts

clarinet (10 points)

What's in in the wine - blow that!

Perhaps let in car carrying instrument

There's tin in Clare, blow it!

C·3+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts

clayiest (13 points)

Clayey

C·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts

cleanest (10 points)

Most suitable for younger ears

Detergent ad superlative

Most dirt-free

C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

clearest (10 points)

Like the best explanations

Easiest to understand

Most like crystal

C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

closeout (10 points)

Kind of sale.

Bargain hunter's bonanza

Shelf-clearing sale

C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 10 pts

cloudlet (11 points)

A small cloud

C·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 11 pts

clubfeet (15 points)

Clubfoot

C·3+L·1+U·1+B·3+F·4+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 15 pts

coaliest (10 points)

Coaly

C·3+O·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

coarsest (10 points)

Questioning of Socrates most common

Most blue, Charlie's in bed

Socrates in most unrefined form

C·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

coattest (10 points)

To attest jointly

C·3+O·1+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

cobbiest (14 points)

Cobby

C·3+O·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts

cockiest (16 points)

Most arrogantly confident

Most macho

Most conceited and arrogant like male fowl

C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts

codirect (13 points)

Work like the Coen brothers

C·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 13 pts

coeffect (18 points)

An accompanying effect

C·3+O·1+E·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 18 pts

coherent (13 points)

Holding together as a whole

Intelligible and lucid

Logical and lucid

C·3+O·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts

coinvent (13 points)

To invent together

C·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts

colewort (13 points)

Kale

C·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 13 pts

collaret (10 points)

Small cape

C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts

comfiest (15 points)

Comfy

C·3+O·1+M·3+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts

compleat (14 points)

Chilean writer, unfortunately unread

Literarily rounded, more than enough topless in dress

C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 14 pts

complect (16 points)

To weave together

C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 16 pts

conquest (19 points)

Escape from prison (wordplay)

Lounge lizard's goal

Prescott's subject.

C·3+O·1+N·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 19 pts

contempt (14 points)

Disdain or disrespect, perhaps or court

Open disrespect, to a court, say

Hearing problem (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+T·1 = 14 pts

coparent (12 points)

One with shared custody, maybe

Share rearing duties

Have partial custody

C·3+O·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts

copyedit (16 points)

Get the word out, maybe (wordplay)

Polish a profile, perhaps

Change the story, say

C·3+O·1+P·3+Y·4+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1 = 16 pts

corkiest (14 points)

Corky

C·3+O·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts

corniest (10 points)

Most tired (wordplay)

Least edgy, as a joke

Like the worst dad joke

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

corselet (10 points)

Alternative spelling for a cuirass

Light foundation garment

Girdle-and-bra undergarment

C·3+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts

cosecant (12 points)

One of the trigonometric functions

Scientific calculator function

Reciprocal in trigonometry

C·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts

cotenant (10 points)

Person holding property jointly

One of two sharing an apartment

Not the only one that letter deals with (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts

couldest (11 points)

Can

C·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts

couthest (13 points)

Most refined, facetiously

Most sophisticated

C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts

covalent (13 points)

Type of chemical bond

Like some bonds

Bonding by sharing tiny things: love can flourish over time

C·3+O·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts

covenant (13 points)

Tiny insect that casts spells (wordplay)

Formal agreement in a convent

Promise to keep relative in want

C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts

coverlet (13 points)

Insurance allowed for a bedspread

It's usually quilted

Insurance allowed for a counterpane

C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 13 pts

crabmeat (14 points)

Cake ingredient (wordplay)

Seafood salad ingredient, perhaps

Target of some leg-pulling

C·3+R·1+A·1+B·3+M·3+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 14 pts

crankest (14 points)

Crank

C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts

crassest (10 points)

Having the least refinement

Most foolish head swallowing dope

Crude to the max

C·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

craziest (19 points)

Most off the wall

Most unsound or half-baked

Most absurd or foolhardy

C·3+R·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 19 pts

creodont (11 points)

An extinct carnivore

C·3+R·1+E·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts

crepiest (12 points)

Crepy

C·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts

crescent (12 points)

Sailors almost smell the moon above?!

Bow Street (wordplay)

Shape of some rolls.

C·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts

crispest (12 points)

Most fresh, as lettuce

Most incisive

C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts

crossest (10 points)

Most ill-humored

Most angry

Most irritable

C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

crosslet (10 points)

Small heraldic shape

Sign of heraldry with Queen in closest buckles

C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts

crotchet (15 points)

Needlework absorbs a little time, note

Endlessly short-tempered, note

Note body part getting extremely erect

C·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+T·1 = 15 pts

crowfeet (16 points)

Crowfoot

C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+F·4+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 16 pts

cruelest (10 points)

Having the least mercy

Most inhumane

Most inhuman

C·3+R·1+U·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

cuppiest (14 points)

Cuppy

C·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts

curdiest (11 points)

Curdy

C·3+U·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts

curliest (10 points)

Larry, compared to the other stooges

Most like an afro

Most stocky

C·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts

curviest (13 points)

Most shapely dogs, ultimately perfect when contest is held

C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts

cushiest (13 points)

Least burdensome, as a job

It's easiest for coppers to disturb heist

C·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts

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