276 five-letter words start with C. 148 of them (7.6% of the 1,953-puzzle Wordle archive) have already been used as answers, most recently CLICK on 2026-08-25. CARES is the strongest opening guess in the list.
What this 276-word list looks like
Every figure below is generated from our own five-letter corpus rather than copied from a generic word list, so the numbers move with the data behind the Wordle solver and the five-letter word finder.
Most common second letter
| Letter(s) | Words | Share of this list |
|---|---|---|
| O | 52 | 18.8% |
| H | 51 | 18.5% |
| A | 49 | 17.8% |
| R | 45 | 16.3% |
| L | 43 | 15.6% |
| U | 18 | 6.5% |
Among 276 words starting with C, this is how often each letter appears next.
Most common endings
| Letter(s) | Words | Share of this list |
|---|---|---|
| ED | 21 | 7.6% |
| ES | 20 | 7.2% |
| PS | 11 | 4% |
| TS | 10 | 3.6% |
| CK | 9 | 3.3% |
| ER | 8 | 2.9% |
The two-letter endings that show up most often in words starting with C.
Most common letters in this list
| Letter(s) | Words | Share of this list |
|---|---|---|
| C | 276 | 100% |
| A | 114 | 41.3% |
| E | 114 | 41.3% |
| S | 106 | 38.4% |
| R | 97 | 35.1% |
| O | 90 | 32.6% |
| L | 73 | 26.4% |
| H | 61 | 22.1% |
How many of the 276 words contain each letter at least once. Useful when you want a follow-up guess that tests letters this pattern rarely rules out.
Vowel spread
| Letter(s) | Words | Share of this list |
|---|---|---|
| 0 distinct vowels | 2 | 0.7% |
| 1 distinct vowel | 143 | 51.8% |
| 2 distinct vowels | 127 | 46% |
| 3 distinct vowels | 4 | 1.4% |
Words grouped by how many distinct vowels they hold. Wordle answers starting with C follow the same broad shape, so a guess with two different vowels usually survives longer than one with three.
Repeated letters in this list
69 of these words (25%) use the same letter twice — CALLS, CARRY, CASES, CATCH, CEASE, CHECK. Wordle colours duplicate letters from left to right, so a gray copy can sit next to a green one in the same row. The double-letter rules guide walks through how to read those rows without discarding a letter you still need.