An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. For example, LISTEN and SILENT are anagrams because they use the exact same letters in a different order.

How do I solve anagrams?

Enter your letters (up to 30) in the input field. Use # for blank tiles. Select your dictionary and scoring system, then click Find Words to see all possible results.

Can I find partial anagrams using only some of my letters?

Yes! Our anagram solver finds all words using any subset of your letters, not just words using all of them. Use the minimum length filter to focus on longer words.

Is the anagram solver free to use?

Yes! The anagram solver is completely free with no registration required, no usage limits, and no ads. Use it as many times as you like.

8-Letter Words Starting with C

Browse words matching your filter criteria

66 Words Found

19 Max Score

8 Letters

Search for Words

Unscramble Scrabble WWF Wordle Crossword Anagram

▶ Advanced Options

8 letters Starts with: c Ends with: t Contains: s

Clear All

Found 66 words in the American English dictionary 8 letters

8-Letter Words Starting with C (66 words)

Score A-Z Length

Search Complete!
66 words found matching your search criteria
Results by Ifindwords.com

8-Letter Words (66):

cabalist (12 points)

Believer in an esoteric Hebrew sect

Mystic, interpreter of Scriptures.

Secret plotter

C·3+A·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 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

camshaft (18 points)

Tripod (wordplay)

Device that operates valves in an engine

Rod to operate valves in an engine

C·3+A·1+M·3+S·1+H·4+A·1+F·4+T·1 = 18 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

canonist (10 points)

Ecclesiastical law expert

Specialist in religious law

Expert in church law.

C·3+A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 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

catalyst (13 points)

Long journey (by sea)

It'll get you a reaction (wordplay)

Agent for change

C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1 = 13 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

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

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

chartist (13 points)

Reformer of 'Top of the Pops' (wordplay)

Church painter, perhaps, or reformer

Church painter, one who hoped to reform

C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·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

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

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

chiliast (13 points)

A supporter of chiliasm

C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 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

classist (10 points)

An advocate of {classism=n}

C·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+S·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

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

coassist (10 points)

To assist jointly

C·3+O·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·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

cockshut (19 points)

The close of day

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

colonist (10 points)

Coin slot (anagram)

William Penn was one.

Mayflower Pilgrim, for example

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

colorist (10 points)

One doing the highlights (wordplay)

Salon worker

C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·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

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

constant (10 points)

Always faithful (wordplay)

Faithful to the CNN - toast it!

Canst not be shaken (wordplay)

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

contrast (10 points)

Can't sort out difference in tone

Dissimilitude as shown by juxtaposition.

Dissimilarity of things compared

C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 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

coscript (14 points)

To collaborate in writing a script

C·3+O·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1 = 14 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

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

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

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

crosscut (12 points)

Alternate movie shots

Go against the grain

To alternate sequences when editing film

C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+C·3+U·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

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

cryostat (13 points)

Apparatus maintaining very low temperature

Vessel in which something is stored at a low temperature

Apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature

C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1 = 13 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

Frequently Asked Questions

How does this word finder work?

Enter letters or a pattern, optionally pick a dictionary, and we'll find every valid word matching your criteria. Results show with point scores, definitions, and clickable details.

What dictionaries are available?

32 dictionaries across 11 languages including Scrabble TWL/SOWPODS, Words With Friends, Crossword, and per-language dictionaries for German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish.

Can I see crossword clues for results?

Yes — when applicable, each result word is clickable to show known crossword clues from our 1.99M-clue corpus plus dictionary definitions and external lookup links.

Is this free?

All basic searches are free. Unlimited usage and advanced features require a subscription via grandewebnetwork members.

How current is your data?

Word lists are updated monthly to track new tournament dictionary editions. Clue corpora are refreshed quarterly from public crossword archives.

Your search: your search in dictionary American. Results: 66.

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

Authoritative Dictionary Resources

Verify words and explore definitions at these trusted sources:

📚 Merriam-Webster American Dictionary 📖 Collins Dictionary Comprehensive Reference 🎓 Cambridge Dictionary British English 📝 Wiktionary Free Dictionary 🌐 Wikipedia Lexicography

8-Letter Words Starting with C

Search for Words

Frequently Asked Questions

How does this word finder work?

What dictionaries are available?

Can I see crossword clues for results?

Is this free?

How current is your data?

Similar Searches

Authoritative Dictionary Resources

Explore More Word Lists

By Word Length

Starting With

Ending With

Word Games

Special Words

Browse All Dictionaries

English - Game

English - General

French

German

Spanish

Other Languages

Search for Words

Frequently Asked Questions

How does this word finder work?

What dictionaries are available?

Can I see crossword clues for results?

Is this free?

How current is your data?

Similar Searches

Related Word Lists

Word Game Helpers

Authoritative Dictionary Resources

Explore More Word Lists

By Word Length

Starting With

Ending With

Word Games

Special Words

Browse All Dictionaries

English - Game

English - General

French

German

Spanish

Other Languages