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130 verified matches
The opening tile is already settled, leaving 4 places to test. CABER keeps A, B, E, and R distinct after C, which makes it a useful comparison point rather than an automatic guess.
130 real matches in Wurdella
5-Letter Words Starting With C
130 playable 5-letter words begin with C, stretching alphabetically from CABAL to CYNIC. The first tile is already settled here, so the useful differences all sit in the remaining 4 places.
Repeated letters
40 answers repeat a letter
CABAL, CACAO, CANAL, and CARRY are among the repeated-letter choices. For a cleaner letter test, compare them with CABER, CABIN, and CABLE.
Reading order
The list runs from CABAL to CYNIC
CABAL, CABER, CABIN, CABLE, and CACAO open the list; CYNIC is the final entry alphabetically.
All 130 matches from CABAL to CYNIC
130 matches call for filters, not a top-to-bottom guessing queue. Start with excluded letters, use CABER as a comparison point and let the position and vowel summaries cut the field down.
- CABAL
- CABER
- CABIN
- CABLE
- CACAO
- CAIRD
- CAMEL
- CAMEO
- CANAL
- CANDY
- CANTO
- CANTY
- CAPER
- CAPUT
- CARGO
- CARRY
- CATCH
- CAUSE
- CAVIL
- CEASE
- CECAL
- CEDAR
- CEORL
- CERIC
- CESTA
- CHAFE
- CHAFF
- CHAIN
- CHAIR
- CHALK
- CHAOS
- CHAPE
- CHARM
- CHASE
- CHASM
- CHEAP
- CHECK
- CHEEK
- CHEER
- CHERT
- CHESS
- CHEST
- CHIDE
- CHIEF
- CHILD
- CHILI
- CHILL
- CHIRR
- CHOIR
- CHUNK
- CHYLE
- CIDER
- CILIA
- CIRCA
- CIVET
- CIVIC
- CIVIL
- CLAIM
- CLANG
- CLASH
- CLASP
- CLASS
- CLEAN
- CLEAR
- CLEAT
- CLEFT
- CLERK
- CLIFF
- CLIMB
- CLOAK
- CLOAM
- CLOCK
- CLONE
- CLOSE
- CLOUD
- CLOUT
- CLOVE
- CLOWN
- CLOZE
- COACH
- COAST
- COATI
- COGON
- COIGN
- COLOR
- COMET
- COMIC
- COOMB
- COPSE
- CORNU
- COSET
- COTTA
- COUCH
- COUGH
- COULD
- COUNT
- COURT
- COVER
- COVET
- COWER
- COYLY
- CRACK
- CRAFT
- CRAIC
- CRAKE
- CRANE
- CRASH
- CRASS
- CRAVE
- CRAZY
- CREAM
- CREDO
- CREED
- CREEL
- CRIME
- CRISP
- CRONE
- CRONY
- CROSS
- CROWD
- CROWN
- CRUMB
- CRWTH
- CRYPT
- CULCH
- CULEX
- CURIO
- CURVE
- CYCLE
- CYNIC
What separates these 130 candidates
A, E, and R appear across the open parts of the list more often than the other movable letters. CABER exposes 4 distinct letters outside the fixed clue: A, B, E, and R.
Leaders in open positions
- second: H in 26 words
- third: A in 28 words
- fourth: E in 17 words
- fifth: E in 20 words
Movable letters seen most often
- A appears outside the fixed clue in 60 candidates
- E appears outside the fixed clue in 54 candidates
- R appears outside the fixed clue in 48 candidates
- O appears outside the fixed clue in 46 candidates
- L appears outside the fixed clue in 43 candidates
Vowel count across the matches
79 of the 130 matches use 2 vowels. CABER is one concrete example of that shape.
0 vowels: 21 vowel: 422 vowels: 793 vowels: 7
C owns the opening square
Why CABER is worth comparing
Keep C anchored at the front and compare the remaining tiles, not the whole word. CABER checks 4 different follow-up letters—A, B, E, and R—so any gray among them removes that word immediately and may clear several neighbors from the list too.
CABER belongs here because it starts with C; that alone does not make it legal on your current board. Submit it only when A, B, E, and R also agree with the feedback you have already earned.
Browse solving strategies →Meanings found in this 130-word result set
Every match on this page has a glossary note. The entries for CABAL, CABER, and CABIN show the exact sense Wurdella uses, which is worth checking before an unfamiliar spelling costs a turn.
- CABAL
- A secret group working toward a shared purpose.
- CABER
- A heavy tapered pole thrown in the Scottish sport of tossing the caber.
- CABIN
- A small simple house or shelter, or an enclosed compartment on a vehicle or vessel.
- CABLE
- A thick rope or bundle of wires used to carry power, data, or mechanical force.
- CACAO
- Seeds used to make cocoa and chocolate.
- CAIRD
- A Scottish term for an itinerant tinker, craftsman, or traveling worker.
- CAMEL
- A large desert mammal with one or two humps used for storing fat.
- CAMEO
- A brief appearance by a notable person in a performance.
- CANAL
- An artificial waterway used for navigation or carrying water.
- CANDY
- A sweet food made mainly from sugar, chocolate, or similar ingredients.
- CANTO
- A major division or section of a long poem.
- CANTY
- Cheerful, lively, or in good spirits; chiefly Scottish.
- CAPER
- A playful leap or an adventurous illegal scheme.
- CAPUT
- A head or headlike part, especially in anatomical terminology.
- CARGO
- Goods transported by ship, aircraft, truck, or train.
- CARRY
- To support and move something from one place to another.
- CATCH
- To intercept and hold something moving through the air or to capture someone or something.
- CAUSE
- To make something happen; also a reason why something happens.
Keep C in front and change one other condition
From 5-Letter Words Starting With C, the nearest alternative is 5-Letter Words Starting With A, currently with 140 matches. Use the links below only when new board feedback changes the constraint you actually know.
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5-Letter Words Starting With A
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5-Letter Words Starting With S
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5-Letter Words Starting With B
Open list →74 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With F
Open list →64 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With P
Open list →62 matches
5-Letter Words Starting With G
Open list →Try CABER only with C already fixed first
Return to CABER only when the first square is confirmed as C. Keep every green where it is, move every yellow, and reject the word immediately if one of A, B, E, and R has already turned gray.