5 Letter Words With A, C and E

320 5 letter words with a, c and e, of which 57 could still come up as the answer. Those are marked, the rest are ordered behind them.

When the C turns up alongside an A and an E, 5 letter words with A, C and E are best tackled from the final squares.

There a common ending is a soft C ahead of a silent E, as SPACE and DANCE spell it.

Before anything less familiar, rule that ending in or out with the very next guess.

List of 5 Letter Words With C A and E

ACUTE
BEACH
BRACE
CABLE
CACHE
CADET
CAGEY
CAMEL
CAMEO
CANOE
CAPER
CARVE
CASTE
CATER
CAUSE
CEASE
CEDAR
CHAFE
CHASE
CHEAP
CHEAT
CLEAN
CLEAR
CLEAT
CRANE
CRATE
CRAVE
CRAZE
CREAK
CREAM
DANCE
DECAL
DECAY
ECLAT
ENACT
EXACT
FACET
FARCE
GRACE
LANCE
LEACH
MECCA
OCEAN
PEACE
PEACH
PECAN
PLACE
RACER
REACH
REACT
RECAP
SAUCE
SCALE
SCARE
SPACE
TEACH
TRACE
ACRES
CAKES
CASES
EMACS
FACED
FACES
RACES
ABCEE
ACALE
ACATE
ACCEL
ACEDY
ACENE
ACERB
ACERS
ACETA
ACHED
ACHEN
ACHER
ACHES
ACHEY
ACIER
ACIES
ACKEE
ACKER
ACKEY
ACMES
ACNED
ACNES
ACOEL
ACONE
ACRED
ACTED
AECIA
AERIC
AFACE
ALCAE
ALCEA
ALCES
ALECK
ALECS
ALICE
AMICE
ANCLE
ANCRE
ANICE
APACE
ARACE
ARCAE
ARCED
ARCES
ARCHE
ARECA
AREIC
AZTEC
BACHE
BACNE
BECAP
CAAED
CABER
CABRE
CACEI
CADEE
CADER
CADES
CADEW
CADGE
CADIE
CADRE
CAECA
CAESE
CAFES
CAFFE
CAGED
CAGER
CAGES
CAITE
CAKED
CAKER
CAKEY
CALEB
CALEF
CALLE
CALVE
CAMES
CAMPE
CANED
CANEH
CANEL
CANER
CANES
CAPED
CAPEL

Common 5 Letter Words With C A and E

PLACE
CAUSE
CLEAR
SPACE
PEACE
CLEAN
REACH
DANCE
BEACH
SCALE
CHEAP
OCEAN
TEACH
CREAM
GRACE
CABLE
EXACT
CHASE
SAUCE
TRACE
CHEAT
ACUTE
LANCE
CEDAR
CAMEL
CACHE
CASES
FACES
FACED
RACES
ACRES
CAKES
EMACS

5 Letter Words With C A and E for Wordle

CACHE
LANCE
RACES
PLACE
CAUSE
CLEAR
SPACE
PEACE
CLEAN
REACH
DANCE
BEACH
SCALE
CHEAP
OCEAN
TEACH
CREAM
GRACE
CABLE
EXACT
CHASE
SAUCE
TRACE
CHEAT
ACUTE
CEDAR
CAMEL
REACT
SCARE
CEASE
CRANE
DECAY
PEACH
BRACE
CASTE
CATER
CANOE
CAMEO
CRATE
CRAVE
RACER
RECAP
ENACT
CARVE
MECCA
CADET
CRAZE
FARCE
LEACH
FACET
DECAL
PECAN
CAPER
CREAK
CHAFE
CAGEY
CLEAT
ECLAT

5 Letter Words With C A and E by Position

5 Letter Words Starting With C Containing A and E

CAUSE
CLEAR
CLEAN
CHEAP
CREAM
CABLE
CHASE
CHEAT
CEDAR
CAMEL
CACHE
CEASE

5 Letter Words Starting With A Containing C and E

ACUTE
ACRES
ACTED
ALICE
ACHES
AZTEC
ACKER
APACE
ACHED
ACCEL
ALECK
ARCHE

5 Letter Words Starting With E Containing C and A

EXACT
ENACT
ECLAT
EMACS
ERICA
ENIAC
ECARD
EPACT
ECADS
ECART
ECASH
ECHAR

5 Letter Words Ending in A Containing C and E

MECCA
ERICA
CELIA
MECHA
CREMA
PICEA
CELLA
CHELA
ARECA
CUEVA
CEIBA
CHEKA

5 Letter Words Ending in E Containing C and A

PLACE
CAUSE
SPACE
PEACE
DANCE
SCALE
GRACE
CABLE
CHASE
SAUCE
TRACE
ACUTE

5 Letter Words With C A E and Another Letter

5 Letter Words With C A E and R

CLEAR
REACH
CREAM
GRACE
TRACE
CEDAR
REACT
SCARE
CRANE
BRACE
CATER
CRATE

5 Letter Words With C A E and L

PLACE
CLEAR
CLEAN
SCALE
CABLE
LANCE
CAMEL
LEACH
DECAL
CLEAT
ECLAT
ALICE

5 Letter Words With C A E and S

CAUSE
SPACE
SCALE
CHASE
SAUCE
SCARE
CEASE
CASTE
CASES
FACES
RACES
ACRES

5 Letter Words With C A E and H

REACH
BEACH
CHEAP
TEACH
CHASE
CHEAT
CACHE
PEACH
LEACH
CHAFE
ACHES
MECHA

5 Letter Words With C A E and D

DANCE
CEDAR
DECAY
CADET
DECAL
FACED
ACTED
CARED
RACED
PACED
LACED
CAGED

5 Letter Words With C A E and T

TEACH
EXACT
TRACE
CHEAT
ACUTE
REACT
CASTE
CATER
CRATE
ENACT
CADET
FACET

Meanings of 5 Letter Words With C A and E

CADGE: Ask for and get free; be a parasite.
THECA: Outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects.
CECAL: Of or like a cecum.
CAGER: An athlete who plays basketball.
ACKEE: Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe.
ECLAT: Enthusiastic approval. It is on the answer list.
NACRE: The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
MACER: An official who carries a mace of office.
CRAPE: Curl tightly.
ARCED: Forming or resembling an arch.
CARET: A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
ARECA: Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
CALVE: Birth.
CRAKE: Any of several short-billed Old World rails.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words with C A and E?

There are 320 of them. The everyday ones include PLACE, CAUSE, CLEAR, SPACE and PEACE.

How many 5 letter words have C A and E in them?

320 in total, and 57 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

Which 5 letter words with C A and E are Wordle answers?

57 of them have been answers, among them CLEAN, REACH, DANCE, BEACH and SCALE.

What 5 letter words have C A and E in any order?

320 of them, including PLACE, CAUSE, CLEAR, SPACE and PEACE.

Can a Wordle answer contain A, C and E?

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

Do any of these use the same letter twice?

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

Is ACERB really a word?

Yes. Sour or bitter in taste. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

Which one has the best chance of just being the answer?

PLACE. 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.

Are all of these accepted as guesses?

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

Which of these would most players overlook?

CAGEY, CHAFE and CLEAT. 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.

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