5-letter words with C as the fourth letter
There are 392 five-letter words with C as the fourth letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring are QUACK and QUICK, tied at 20 points. C is the most common first letter among them (45), and the average score is 11 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green C in the fourth position leaves these 392 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with C in slot 4, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include QUACK, QUICK, ZILCH, QUICH and ZINCY. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a C in slot 4 further.
For Wordle, REACH 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 392 words.
5-letter words with C as the fourth letter in numbers
- Words
- 392
- Highest scoring
- QUACK 20 pts
- Average score
- 11.0 pts
- With a definition
- 234 (60%)
- A15
- B33
- C45
- D23
- E18
- F23
- G11
- H13
- J3
- K9
- L19
- M19
- N9
- O3
- P33
- Q3
- R13
- S43
- T26
- V5
- W14
- Y7
- Z5
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with c as the fourth letter
5-letter words with C as the fourth letter (392)
These 300 of the 392 are a spread sample: the 50 highest scoring first, then words taken in turn from every first 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 fourth letter?
Unscrambly's list has 392 five-letter words with C in the fourth position, 3.1% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your fourth tile turned green as C, these 392 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 REACH.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with C as the fourth letter?
QUACK and QUICK tie at 20 points in Scrabble. Next come QUICH (19), ZILCH (19) and ZINCY (19). The average is 11 points.