Five-letter words starting with C

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CABAL Likely CABBY Likely CABIN Likely CABLE Very unlikely used CACAO Very unlikely used CACHE Very unlikely used CACTI Very unlikely used CADDY Likely CADET Very unlikely used CAGEY Likely CAIRN Likely CAMEL Very unlikely used CAMEO Very unlikely used CANAL Very unlikely used CANDY Very unlikely used CANNY Very unlikely used CANOE Very unlikely used CANON Very unlikely used CAPER Very unlikely used CAPON Very unlikely used CAPUT Likely CARAT Very unlikely used CARGO Very unlikely used CAROL Very unlikely used CAROM Very unlikely used CARRY Very unlikely used CARVE Very unlikely used CASTE Likely CATCH Very unlikely used CATER Very unlikely used CATTY Very unlikely used CAULK Very unlikely used CAUSE Very unlikely used CAVIL Likely CEASE Very unlikely used CEDAR Very unlikely used CELLO Very unlikely used CHAFE Very unlikely used CHAFF Likely CHAIN Very unlikely used CHAIR Very unlikely used CHALK Very unlikely used CHAMP Possible used CHANT Very unlikely used CHAOS Very unlikely used CHARD Very unlikely used CHARM Very unlikely used CHART Very unlikely used CHASE Very unlikely used CHASM Very unlikely used CHEAP Very unlikely used CHEAT Possible used CHECK Very unlikely used CHEEK Very unlikely used CHEER Very unlikely used CHESS Likely CHEST Very unlikely used CHICK Likely CHIDE Very unlikely used CHIEF Very unlikely used CHILD Very unlikely used CHILI Very unlikely used CHILL Possible used CHIME Very unlikely used CHINA Likely CHIRP Very unlikely used CHOCK Very unlikely used CHOIR Very unlikely used CHOKE Very unlikely used CHORD Very unlikely used CHORE Very unlikely used CHOSE Very unlikely used CHUCK Very unlikely used CHUMP Very unlikely used CHUNK Very unlikely used CHURN Very unlikely used CHUTE Very unlikely used CIDER Very unlikely used CIGAR Possible used CINCH Very unlikely used CIRCA Very unlikely used CIVIC Possible used CIVIL Very unlikely used CLACK Very unlikely used CLAIM Likely CLAMP Very unlikely used CLANG Very unlikely used CLANK Likely CLASH Very unlikely used CLASP Very unlikely used CLASS Very unlikely used CLEAN Very unlikely used CLEAR Very unlikely used CLEAT Likely CLEFT Very unlikely used CLERK Very unlikely used CLICK Possible used CLIFF Very unlikely used CLIMB Very unlikely used CLING Very unlikely used CLINK Very unlikely used CLOAK Very unlikely used CLOCK Possible used CLONE Very unlikely used CLOSE Very unlikely used CLOTH Very unlikely used CLOUD Very unlikely used CLOUT Likely CLOVE Very unlikely used CLOWN Very unlikely used CLUCK Possible used CLUED Likely CLUMP Very unlikely used CLUNG Very unlikely used CLUNK Very unlikely used COACH Very unlikely used COAST Possible used COBRA Likely COCOA Very unlikely used COLIC Very unlikely used COLON Possible used COLOR Likely COMET Possible used COMFY Very unlikely used COMIC Likely COMMA Very unlikely used CONCH Very unlikely used CONDO Very unlikely used CONIC Possible used COPSE Very unlikely used CORAL Very unlikely used CORER Very unlikely used CORNY Possible used COUCH Very unlikely used COUGH Likely COULD Very unlikely used COUNT Very unlikely used COUPE Likely COURT Very unlikely used COVEN Very unlikely used COVER Very unlikely used COVET Very unlikely used COVEY Likely COWER Very unlikely used COYLY Very unlikely used CRACK Likely CRAFT Very unlikely used CRAMP Very unlikely used CRANE Very unlikely used CRANK Very unlikely used CRASH Very unlikely used CRASS Possible used CRATE Possible used CRAVE Very unlikely used CRAWL Very unlikely used CRAZE Possible used CRAZY Possible used CREAK Very unlikely used CREAM Very unlikely used CREDO Very unlikely used CREED Very unlikely used CREEK Likely CREEP Likely CREME Likely CREPE Very unlikely used CREPT Very unlikely used CRESS Likely CREST Very unlikely used CRICK Likely CRIED Likely CRIER Likely CRIME Very unlikely used CRIMP Very unlikely used CRISP Very unlikely used CROAK Possible used CROCK Very unlikely used CRONE Very unlikely used CRONY Likely CROOK Very unlikely used CROSS Very unlikely used CROUP Likely CROWD Very unlikely used CROWN Very unlikely used CRUDE Very unlikely used CRUEL Very unlikely used CRUMB Very unlikely used CRUMP Likely CRUSH Very unlikely used CRUST Possible used CRYPT Very unlikely used CUBIC Very unlikely used CUBIT Very unlikely used CUMIN Very unlikely used CURIO Very unlikely used CURLY Very unlikely used CURRY Very unlikely used CURSE Very unlikely used CURVE Very unlikely used CURVY Likely CUTIE Likely

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AROSE leaves 33.5787 matching words on average, weighted by the answer model through 2026-11-05. This is the recommended move among a fixed panel of 64 evaluated guesses. All 970 matching words count, including words outside the working answer pool.

This move is an information probe: it does not fit this list and cannot solve this illustrated position immediately. It tests letters in Normal Mode; a Hard Mode move must also keep your revealed hints.

To attempt the most likely matching answer now, CABAL has a 1.7% modelled immediate solve chance and leaves 242.3923 words on average. This compares an immediate answer attempt with the information gained by the recommended move.

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How many five-letter words start with C?
There are 970 five-letter words that start with C in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 203 words are possible answers.