Common 5-letter words that start with CA
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- cards★8one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing…
- cases★7an occurrence of something
- cable★9a telegram sent abroad
- cause★7to bring about
- calls★7to summon
- canon★7a law decreed by a church council
- carry★10to convey from one place to another
- catch★12to capture after pursuit
- cache★12a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
- candy★11a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
- camps★11temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
- carol★7to sing joyously
- camel★9a large, humped mammal
- cargo★8conveyed merchandise
- canal★7to dig an artificial waterway through
- cabin★9small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
All 169 words
5-letter words starting with CAA (1)
Top score: CAAED, 8 points
5-letter words starting with CAB (9)
Top score: CABBY, 14 points. a driver of a cab
5-letter words starting with CAC (6)
Top score: CACKY, 16 points
5-letter words starting with CAD (9)
Top score: CADDY, 12 points (tied with one other). to caddie
5-letter words starting with CAE (2)
Top score: CAECA, 9 points. a bodily cavity with one opening
5-letter words starting with CAF (2)
Top score: CAFFS, 13 points. a caf
5-letter words starting with CAG (5)
Top score: CAGEY, 11 points. having keen insight
5-letter words starting with CAH (1)
Top score: CAHOW, 13 points. a sea bird
5-letter words starting with CAI (4)
Top score: CAIRD, 8 points (tied with one other). a vagrant
5-letter words starting with CAJ (2)
Top score: CAJUN, 14 points (tied with one other). a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia (`Cajun' comes from…
5-letter words starting with CAK (3)
Top score: CAKEY, 14 points. tending to form lumps
5-letter words starting with CAL (14)
Top score: CALYX, 17 points. the outer protective covering of a flower
5-letter words starting with CAM (12)
Top score: CAMPY, 14 points. comically exaggerated
5-letter words starting with CAN (18)
Top score: CANDY, 11 points. a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
5-letter words starting with CAP (14)
Top score: CAPIZ, 18 points. a bivalve mollusk
5-letter words starting with CAR (33)
Top score: CAREX, 14 points. a marsh plant
5-letter words starting with CAS (9)
Top score: CASKY, 14 points. resembling a cask
5-letter words starting with CAT (5)
Top score: CATCH, 12 points. to capture after pursuit
5-letter words starting with CAU (10)
Top score: CAULK, 11 points (tied with one other). to make the seams of a ship watertight
5-letter words starting with CAV (7)
Top score: CAVED, 11 points. to hollow out
5-letter words starting with CAW (2)
Top score: CAWKS, 14 points
5-letter words starting with CAX (1)
Top score: CAXON, 14 points
About these words
- 169 of the 12,982 5-letter words start with CA (1%).
- 129 are good in NWL2023, 169 in Collins Scrabble Words, 129 in WOW24 and 121 in the Words With Friends list. 35 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, capiz scores the most (18), then calyx (17), then capex and cacky (16 each), then ten words on 14.