5-letter words with C as the fifth letter

There are 124 five-letter words with C as the fifth letter. Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green tile fixes a position, and this is the full list of answers that still fit. 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.

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Every word below is exactly five letters with C in the fifth position, shown with its Scrabble score. Common picks include acmic, adunc, amnic, antic and areic. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a specific puzzle further.

Highest-scoring 5-letter words with c as the fifth letter

WordScoreLength
zymic215
zebec185
xylic175
azoic165
xebec165
toxic145
xenic145
xeric145
havoc135
hylic135

5-letter words with C as the fifth letter (124)

Frequently asked questions

How many 5-letter words have C as the fifth letter?

Our dictionary lists 124 five-letter words with C in the fifth position.

How do I use this list for Wordle?

If your fifth tile turned green as C, this is your candidate list. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters.

What is a common example?

ACMIC is a common five-letter word with C as its fifth letter.

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