Common 8-letter words that start with C
With their Scrabble points and, for the first 16, a short meaning, most used first.
- computer★14a machine that computes automatically
- children★14a young person
- customer★12one who buys something
- complete★14having all necessary parts
- calendar★11a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
- contents★10everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- continue★10to go on with
- clothing★14wearing apparel
- consumer★12one that consumes
- contract★12a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- contains★10to hold within
- consider★11to think about
- capacity★17the ability to receive or contain
- creative★13having the ability or power to create
- critical★12marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
- coverage★14the extent to which something is covered
All 3,768 words
8-letter words starting with CA (837)
Top score: CAZIQUES, 28 points. a bird of genus Amblycercus
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8-letter words starting with CE (126)
Top score: CERVEZAS, 22 points. an alcoholic beverage
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8-letter words starting with CH (604)
Top score: CHIZZING, 32 points
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8-letter words starting with CI (107)
Top score: CIVILIZE, 22 points. to bring out of savagery
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8-letter words starting with CL (296)
Top score: CLACKBOX, 25 points
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8-letter words starting with CN (1)
Top score: CNEMIDES, 13 points
8-letter words starting with CO (1,081)
Top score: COENZYME, 24 points (tied with one other). a substance necessary for the functioning of certain enzymes
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8-letter words starting with CR (412)
Top score: CROZZLED, 29 points
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8-letter words starting with CT (1)
Top score: CTENIDIA, 11 points. a comblike anatomical structure
8-letter words starting with CU (212)
Top score: CUMQUATS, 21 points. a citrus fruit
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8-letter words starting with CW (1)
Top score: CWTCHING, 19 points
8-letter words starting with CY (83)
Top score: CYCLIZED, 25 points. to form one or more rings in a chemical compound
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8-letter words starting with CZ (7)
Top score: CZARITZA, 28 points. a czarina
About these words
- 3,768 of the 42,333 8-letter words start with C (9%), the second most of any letter.
- 2,934 are good in NWL2023, 3,766 in Collins Scrabble Words, 2,928 in WOW24 and 2,648 in the Words With Friends list. 316 are everyday words.
- In Scrabble points, chizzing scores the most (32), then chazzans and chazzens (31 each), then crozzled (29), then three words on 28.