5 Letter Words Starting with CA

There are 281 of them. The everyday ones include CAUSE, CARRY, CATCH, CABLE and CANDY.

281 in total, and 31 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

CARDS, CAUSE and CAROL narrow this list fastest. CARDS leaves at most 118 words in the worst case.

61 of them, including CASES, CALLS, CARDS, CAMPS and CAKES.

Yes. CAUSE, CARRY and CATCH all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Yes. CASES and CALLS are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Yes. Ask for and get free; be a parasite. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

CAUSE. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. CAYOS and CAXON are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

CABBY, CAGEY and CAPUT. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.