5-letter words with C as the first letter
There are 898 five-letter words with C as the first letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is CHIZZ at 28 points. O is the most common second letter among them (215), and the average score is 9.9 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green C in the first position leaves these 898 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with C in slot 1, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include CHIZZ, CRAZY, CEZVE, COZEY and CAPIZ. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a C in slot 1 further.
For Wordle, CORSE is a strong guess from this list: of the familiar words with five different letters, it uses the letters found in the most of these 898 words.
5-letter words with C as the first letter in numbers
- Words
- 898
- Highest scoring
- CHIZZ 28 pts
- Average score
- 9.9 pts
- With a definition
- 516 (57%)
- A166
- E42
- H141
- I34
- L95
- N1
- O215
- R107
- T1
- U76
- W1
- Y18
- Z1
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with c as the first letter
5-letter words with C as the first letter (898)
These 300 of the 898 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 5 letter words have C as the first letter?
Unscrambly's list has 898 five-letter words with C in the first position, 7.1% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your first tile turned green as C, these 898 words are your candidates. Cross off any word that uses a letter you have already ruled out, and prefer a guess that tests new letters, such as CORSE.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with C as the first letter?
CHIZZ scores 28 points in Scrabble. Next come CEZVE (19), COZEY (19) and CRAZY (19). The average is 9.9 points.