4-letter words starting with C
There are 305 four-letter words that start with C in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are CHEZ, CHIZ and COZY, tied at 18 points. O is the most common second letter, in 84 of them, and the average score is 8.2 points.
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C is a chameleon: hard before A, O and U, soft before E and I, and it hides inside the useful ch and ck pairs. These 305 words are 5.6% of all 5,469 four-letter words, and C is the 7th most common first letter at this length. The solver above is already set to 4 letters starting with C, so typing your rack shows only the ones your tiles can make.
4-letter words starting with C in numbers
- Words
- 305
- Highest scoring
- CHEZ 18 pts
- Average score
- 8.2 pts
- With a definition
- 190 (62%)
- A68
- E18
- H38
- I16
- L23
- O84
- R23
- U28
- W1
- Y5
- Z1
Highest-scoring 4-letter words starting with c
4-letter words starting with C (305)
These 300 of the 305 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every second letter; within each, words with a dictionary definition come first. The solver above searches all of them for your tiles, and the free JSON API has the full word lists.
Frequently asked questions
How many 4 letter words start with C?
305, which is 5.6% of the 5,469 four-letter words in Unscrambly's list. 190 of them have a dictionary definition.
What is the best 4 letter word starting with C for Scrabble?
CHEZ, CHIZ and COZY tie at 18 points before bonus squares. Next come COXY (16), COZE (15) and CZAR (15). The average is 8.2 points.
Which letter most often comes second in 4 letter words starting with C?
O, in 84 of the 305 (28%). A follows with 68.