5 FiveLetterWords

Five-letter words starting with C and ending in C (C___C)

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What the remaining words have in common

14 matching words1 not previously used5 past answersBest matching test word: CEROCTight family: CO_IC (3)

Position 2O 36%U 21%E 14%A 7%
Position 3B 14%M 14%N 14%R 14%
Position 4I 57%E 29%O 14%

Possible answers

CIVIC COLIC COMIC CONIC CUBIC CYNIC

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

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This pattern has 14 words in the Wordle guess list; 6 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 6 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.

Previously used by Wordle: CIVIC (September 23, 2021); COLIC (November 28, 2025); CONIC (December 11, 2021); CUBIC (January 21, 2026); CYNIC (February 14, 2022).

Top-ranked splitter BALON
Average remaining
1.0
Worst branch
1
Information
2.58 bits

It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.

Hard Mode Use CONIC instead.

BALON does not fit this page's clues. CONIC keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.67 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.

Tight family: CO_IC

COLIC, COMIC, CONIC differ only in the third position. Trying them one at a time can use several turns; BALON tests the family more efficiently.

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Pattern guide

What fits C___C?

All 14 matching words are shown above. 6 are possible answers.

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Useful letters still to test

I 57% O 50% E 43% U 21% R 21% M 14%

Common letter pairs

IC 8/14 words (57%) CO 5/14 words (36%) EC 4/14 words (29%) CU 3/14 words (21%) NI 2/14 words (14%)

Vowels

No vowels: 0% · one: 7% · two: 93% · three or more: 0%

Common questions
How many five-letter words match C___C?
14 five-letter words match C___C in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 6 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
Among all matching words, CEROC has the highest feedback entropy at 4.52 bits against the possible answers.