5-letter words with C as the third letter
There are 368 five-letter words with C as the third letter in Unscrambly's open word list; the highest scoring is JACKY at 21 points. M is the most common first letter among them (35), and the average score is 10.6 points.
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Pinning a letter to an exact slot is the core of Wordle strategy: a green C in the third position leaves these 368 words as candidates. Every word below is exactly five letters with C in slot 3, shown with its Scrabble score, and examples include JACKY, ZACKS, JACKS, JOCKS and JOCKO. Feed the letters you already know into the Wordle helper to narrow a puzzle with a C in slot 3 further.
For Wordle, ASCOT 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 368 words.
5-letter words with C as the third letter in numbers
- Words
- 368
- Highest scoring
- JACKY 21 pts
- Average score
- 10.6 pts
- With a definition
- 211 (57%)
- A14
- B22
- C18
- D33
- E5
- F19
- G4
- H8
- I6
- J6
- K5
- L25
- M35
- N12
- O11
- P30
- R30
- S18
- T25
- U9
- V8
- W9
- Y14
- Z2
Highest-scoring 5-letter words with c as the third letter
5-letter words with C as the third letter (368)
These 300 of the 368 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 third letter?
Unscrambly's list has 368 five-letter words with C in the third position, 2.9% of all five-letter words.
How do I use this list for Wordle?
If your third tile turned green as C, these 368 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 ASCOT.
What is the highest scoring 5 letter word with C as the third letter?
JACKY scores 21 points in Scrabble. Next come ZACKS (20), JACKS (18) and JOCKO (18). The average is 10.6 points.