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5 Letter Words Starting with C

Every 5-letter English word in the JumbleFix dictionary that starts with C. Each word links to its definition. Face-value Scrabble and Words With Friends scores are shown so you can pick a high-scoring play without leaving the page.

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  1. chuckScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    v. i.. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

  2. chudeScrabble 11 · WWF 12

    Old Slavic term for Finnic peoples. Chud or Chude is a term historically applied in the early East Slavic annals to several Baltic Finnic peoples in the area of what is now Estonia, Karelia and Northwestern Russia.

  3. chuetScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    n.. Minced meat.

  4. chufaScrabble 13 · WWF 14

    n.. A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.

  5. chuffScrabble 16 · WWF 17

    n.. A coarse or stupid fellow.

  6. chugsScrabble 11 · WWF 13

    verb. Third person singular present of chug: makes a dull, explosive sound, as of an engine running slowly.

  7. chumpScrabble 14 · WWF 17

    n.. A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.

  8. chumsScrabble 12 · WWF 14

    noun. Plural of chum; close friends.

  9. chunkScrabble 14 · WWF 16

    n.. A short, thick piece of anything.

  10. churlScrabble 10 · WWF 12

    n.. A rustic; a countryman or laborer.

  11. churnScrabble 10 · WWF 12

    v. t.. A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.

  12. churrScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    v.. make a vibrant sound, as of some birds

  13. chuseScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    v. t.. See Choose.

  14. chuteScrabble 10 · WWF 11

    n.. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

  15. chyleScrabble 13 · WWF 13

    n.. A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.

  16. chymeScrabble 15 · WWF 15

    n.. The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.

  17. cibolScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    n.. A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.

  18. cicerScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    n.. chickpea plant; Asiatic herbs

  19. ciderScrabble 8 · WWF 9

    n.. The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.

  20. cigarScrabble 8 · WWF 10

    n.. A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.

  21. ciggyScrabble 12 · WWF 14

    noun. Informal term for a cigarette.

  22. ciguaScrabble 8 · WWF 11

    noun. A tropical American palm tree (Acrocomia crispa) with edible, oily nuts.

  23. ciliaScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    n. pl.. The eyelashes.

  24. cimexScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    n.. A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.

  25. cinchScrabble 12 · WWF 14

    n.. A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

  26. cinctScrabble 9 · WWF 12

    verb. To gird or encircle; to surround.

  27. cindyScrabble 11 · WWF 12

    noun. A female given name, often a diminutive of Cynthia or Lucinda.

  28. cinelScrabble 7 · WWF 10

    noun. A rare term for a cinema or movie theater.

  29. cinesScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    noun. Plural of cine; motion pictures or films.

  30. cinqsScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    noun. Plural of cinq; fives in dice or cards.

  31. cionsScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    noun. Plural of cion; shoots or scions used for grafting.

  32. cippiScrabble 11 · WWF 14

    pl.. of Cippus

  33. ciproScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    n.. an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints

  34. circeScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    n.. (Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine

  35. circsScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    noun. Informal short for circumstances.

  36. ciresScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    noun. Plural of cire; fabrics or finishes with a glossy, polished appearance.

  37. cirioScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    n.. candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers

  38. cirriScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    n. pl.. See Cirrus.

  39. ciscoScrabble 9 · WWF 11

    n.. The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.

  40. cissyScrabble 10 · WWF 10

    a.. having unsuitable feminine qualities

  41. cistaScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    noun. A box or chest, especially a cylindrical container used in ancient religious rites.

  42. cistsScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    noun. Plural of cist; ancient stone coffins or chests.

  43. citalScrabble 7 · WWF 9

    n.. Summons to appear, as before a judge.

  44. citedScrabble 8 · WWF 9

    imp. & p. p.. of Cite

  45. citeeScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    noun. A person who is cited, especially in a legal summons or notice.

  46. citerScrabble 7 · WWF 8

    n.. One who cites.

  47. civetScrabble 10 · WWF 12

    n.. A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.

  48. civicScrabble 12 · WWF 15

    a.. Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.

  49. civilScrabble 10 · WWF 13

    a.. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.

  50. civvyScrabble 16 · WWF 18

    noun. Informal term for a civilian, especially as opposed to a member of the armed forces.