13,071
Total words
221
5-letter words
44
Best Scrabble score

5-Letter Words Ending With C

Use these when Wordle shows position 5 as C (green). There are 221 options. Use Wordle Solver to add more clues.

ZYMIC21MAZIC18ZEBEC18XYLIC17ANZAC16AZOIC16AZTEC16XEBEC16ZONIC16EXSEC14JUTIC14KUFIC14LEXIC14LOXIC14TOXIC14XENIC14XERIC14HAVOC13HYLIC13KOPEC13

Top Scrabble Words Ending With C

WordLengthScrabbleWWF
AZOXYBENZOIC124446
BENZHYDROXAMIC144345
SQUAMOZYGOMATIC154347
EXAUTHORIZEEXC144243
AZODICARBOXYLIC154144
QUINQUESYLLABIC154046
PHENYLGLYOXYLIC153942
BENZOPHOSPHINIC153842
BENZOXYACETIC133841
XYLOTYPOGRAPHIC153840

By Length

CategoryCount
2-letter words ending with C18
3-letter words ending with C57
4-letter words ending with C75
5-letter words ending with C221
6-letter words ending with C522
7-letter words ending with C880
8-letter words ending with C1,322
9-letter words ending with C1,629
10-letter words ending with C2,051
11-letter words ending with C2,105
12-letter words ending with C1,717
13-letter words ending with C1,226
14-letter words ending with C770
15-letter words ending with C478

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Hook Plays: Using -C Endings in Scrabble

Words ending in C are valuable for hook plays - placing your word so that its last letter connects with or extends an existing board word. This scores multiple words simultaneously. Knowing all 13,071 words that end in C gives you the maximum number of available hook positions on any board state.

How many words end with C?
There are 13,071 English words ending with C in the standard dictionary.
What 5-letter words end in C?
There are 221 five-letter words ending in C. Top examples: ZYMIC, MAZIC, ZEBEC, XYLIC, ANZAC, AZOIC. These are key for Wordle when position 5 shows C as a green clue.