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5 Letter Words With C and E

All 1,045 5 letter words with c and e, with the likely Wordle answers marked. Browse the full list and filter to answers or common words.

5 Letter Words With C and E such as ACUTE, BEACH, BEECH

Some guesses turn the C and the E yellow at once, and 5 letter words with C and E then depend on which of the pair comes first.

When the C comes straight before the E, it is pronounced as an S, the soft sound that ends SINCE and PRICE.

The soft ending is therefore the order worth testing first: a C fourth, then an E to end the word.

List of 5 Letter Words With C and E

  • ACUTE
  • BEACH
  • BEECH
  • BELCH
  • BENCH
  • BICEP
  • BRACE
  • CABLE
  • CACHE
  • CADET
  • CAGEY
  • CAMEL
  • CAMEO
  • CANOE
  • CAPER
  • CARVE
  • CASTE
  • CATER
  • CAUSE
  • CEASE
  • CEDAR
  • CELLO
  • CHAFE
  • CHASE
  • CHEAP
  • CHEAT
  • CHECK
  • CHEEK
  • CHEER
  • CHESS
  • CHEST
  • CHIDE
  • CHIEF
  • CHIME
  • CHOKE
  • CHORE
  • CHOSE
  • CHUTE
  • CIDER
  • CLEAN
  • CLEAR
  • CLEAT
  • CLEFT
  • CLERK
  • CLONE
  • CLOSE
  • CLOVE
  • CLUED
  • COMET
  • COPSE
  • CORER
  • COUPE
  • COVEN
  • COVER
  • COVET
  • COVEY
  • COWER
  • CRANE
  • CRATE
  • CRAVE
  • CRAZE
  • CREAK
  • CREAM
  • CREDO
  • CREED
  • CREEK
  • CREEP
  • CREME
  • CREPE
  • CREPT
  • CRESS
  • CREST
  • CRIED
  • CRIER
  • CRIME
  • CRONE
  • CRUDE
  • CRUEL
  • CURSE
  • CURVE
  • CUTIE
  • CYBER
  • CYCLE
  • DANCE
  • DECAL
  • DECAY
  • DECOR
  • DECOY
  • DECRY
  • DEUCE
  • DICEY
  • DUNCE
  • ECLAT
  • EDICT
  • EJECT
  • ELECT
  • EMCEE
  • ENACT
  • EPOCH
  • ERECT
  • ETHIC
  • EVICT
  • EXACT
  • EXCEL
  • FACET
  • FARCE
  • FENCE
  • FETCH
  • FLECK
  • FORCE
  • GECKO
  • GRACE
  • HENCE
  • JUICE
  • LANCE
  • LEACH
  • LEECH
  • MECCA
  • MEDIC
  • MERCY
  • MINCE
  • NICER
  • NICHE
  • NIECE
  • OCEAN
  • OCTET
  • OUNCE
  • PEACE
  • PEACH
  • PECAN
  • PENCE
  • PERCH
  • PIECE
  • PLACE
  • PRICE
  • RACER
  • REACH
  • REACT
  • RECAP
  • RECUR
  • RECUT
  • RELIC
  • RETCH
  • SAUCE
  • SCALE
  • SCARE
  • SCENE
  • SCENT
  • SCONE
  • SCOPE

Common 5 Letter Words With C and E

  • SINCE
  • PLACE
  • CLOSE
  • CAUSE
  • CHECK
  • CLEAR
  • FORCE
  • PRICE
  • SPACE
  • CHIEF
  • COVER
  • VOICE
  • PIECE
  • PEACE
  • CLEAN
  • SCENE
  • REACH
  • DANCE
  • BEACH
  • CRIME
  • TWICE
  • SCALE
  • SCORE
  • CHEAP
  • OCEAN
  • TEACH
  • CREAM
  • CYCLE
  • GRACE
  • CHOSE
  • CABLE
  • CHEST
  • EXACT
  • UNCLE
  • CHASE
  • BENCH
  • HENCE
  • CREEK
  • JUICE
  • SAUCE
  • SCOPE
  • MERCY
  • SCREW
  • FENCE
  • TRACE
  • CURVE
  • CHEAT
  • ELECT
  • ACUTE
  • CLERK
  • CRUDE
  • CYBER
  • CHESS
  • LANCE
  • CEDAR
  • EXCEL
  • CLONE
  • CREST
  • DECOR
  • CAMEL

5 Letter Words With C and E for Wordle

  • CHASE
  • CAUSE
  • CEDAR
  • SINCE
  • PLACE
  • CLOSE
  • CHECK
  • CLEAR
  • FORCE
  • PRICE
  • SPACE
  • CHIEF
  • COVER
  • VOICE
  • PIECE
  • PEACE
  • CLEAN
  • SCENE
  • REACH
  • DANCE
  • BEACH
  • CRIME
  • TWICE
  • SCALE
  • SCORE
  • CHEAP
  • OCEAN
  • TEACH
  • CREAM
  • CYCLE
  • GRACE
  • CHOSE
  • CABLE
  • CHEST
  • EXACT
  • UNCLE
  • BENCH
  • HENCE
  • CREEK
  • JUICE
  • SAUCE
  • SCOPE
  • MERCY
  • SCREW
  • FENCE
  • TRACE
  • CURVE
  • CHEAT
  • ELECT
  • ACUTE
  • CLERK
  • CRUDE
  • CYBER
  • CHESS
  • LANCE
  • EXCEL
  • CLONE
  • CREST
  • DECOR
  • CAMEL

5 Letter Words With C and E by Position

5 Letter Words Starting With C and Ending in E

  • CLOSE
  • CAUSE
  • CRIME
  • CYCLE
  • CHOSE
  • CABLE
  • CHASE
  • CURVE
  • CRUDE
  • CLONE
  • CACHE
  • CURSE

5 Letter Words Starting With E and Ending in C

  • ETHIC
  • ELRIC
  • ENIAC
  • ESPEC
  • EDDIC
  • ELAIC
  • ELFIC
  • ENCYC
  • ESTOC
  • EXSEC

5 Letter Words With C and E Together

  • SINCE
  • PLACE
  • CHECK
  • FORCE
  • PRICE
  • SPACE
  • VOICE
  • PIECE
  • PEACE
  • SCENE
  • DANCE
  • TWICE

5 Letter Words With C E and Another Letter

5 Letter Words With C E and I

  • SINCE
  • PRICE
  • CHIEF
  • VOICE
  • PIECE
  • CRIME
  • TWICE
  • JUICE
  • CRIED
  • SLICE
  • NICHE
  • NIECE

5 Letter Words With C E and R

  • CLEAR
  • FORCE
  • PRICE
  • COVER
  • REACH
  • CRIME
  • SCORE
  • CREAM
  • GRACE
  • CREEK
  • MERCY
  • SCREW

Full list: 5 Letter Words With C, E and R

5 Letter Words With A C and E

  • PLACE
  • CAUSE
  • CLEAR
  • SPACE
  • PEACE
  • CLEAN
  • REACH
  • DANCE
  • BEACH
  • SCALE
  • CHEAP
  • OCEAN

Full list: 5 Letter Words With A, C and E

5 Letter Words With C E and H

  • CHECK
  • CHIEF
  • REACH
  • BEACH
  • CHEAP
  • TEACH
  • CHOSE
  • CHEST
  • CHASE
  • BENCH
  • HENCE
  • CHEAT

Full list: 5 Letter Words With C, E and H

Meanings of 5 Letter Words With C and E

  • TERCE: The third canonical hour; about 9 a.m.
  • CERIC: Of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4.
  • CENSE: Perfume especially with a censer.
  • CYDER: A beverage made from juice pressed from apples.
  • CADGE: Ask for and get free; be a parasite.
  • SOCLE: A plain plinth that supports a wall.
  • THECA: Outer sheath of the pupa of certain insects.
  • CECAL: Of or like a cecum.
  • COZEN: Cheat or trick.
  • CAGER: An athlete who plays basketball.
  • CLOZE: Based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure.
  • BONCE: Informal terms for a human head.
  • CORER: A device for removing the core from apples. It is on the answer list.
  • SCUTE: Large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle or the underside of a snake.
  • ACKEE: Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe.
  • GENIC: Of or relating to or produced by or being a gene.
  • LETCH: Man with strong sexual desires.
  • ECLAT: Enthusiastic approval. It is on the answer list.

FAQs

What are 5 letter words with C and E?

There are 1,045 of them. The everyday ones include SINCE, PLACE, CLOSE, CAUSE and CHECK.

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

1,045 in total, and 169 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

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

169 of them have been answers, among them CLEAR, FORCE, PRICE, SPACE and CHIEF.

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

1,045 of them, including SINCE, PLACE, CLOSE, CAUSE and CHECK.

Can a Wordle answer contain C and E?

Yes. SINCE, PLACE and CLOSE 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. CHECK and CASES 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?

SINCE. 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. ZEBEC and YINCE 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?

BELCH, CAGEY and CHAFE. 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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