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5 Letter Words With C and E

533 words. That is how many five-letter words with C and E our dictionary accepts, 5.9% of all 9,032 five-letter words. 144 of them are everyday words (since, place, close, cause), and only those can be the answer in our daily 5-letter puzzle.

C and E sit side by side in 218 of these words (41%), most often as CE. On average a word here has 2.0 vowels, and the most frequent other vowel is A (in 172 words). 20% repeat a letter, like check. The most common first letter is C (269 words).

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Common 5-letter words with C and E (144)

Everyday words, most common first. Only these can be the answer in our daily puzzle.

Tip: try scare as your next guess. It tests 5 different letters that are common in this group. Since 20% of these words repeat a letter, try a double when nothing else fits.

All 5-letter words with C and E (533)

From A to Z, including plurals and other forms that count as guesses.

acerb acers aceta ached aches ackee acmes acned acnes acred acres acted acute aecia alecs amice apace arced areca areic beach becap becks beech belch bench bicep bices bocce boche bonce brace caber cable cache cades cadet cadge cadre caeca cafes caged cager cages cagey caked cakes cakey calve camel cameo cames caned caner canes canoe caped caper capes cared carer cares caret carex carle carse carte carve cased cases caste cater cates cause caved caver caves cavie cawed cease cebid cecal cecum cedar ceded ceder cedes cedis ceiba ceils celeb cella celli cello cells celom celts cense centi cento cents ceorl cepes cerci cered ceres ceria ceric ceros certs cesar cesta cesti cetes chafe chape chare chase cheap cheat check cheek cheep cheer chefs chela chemo chert chess chest cheth chevy chews chewy chide chief chiel chile chime chine chive choke chore chose chute chyle chyme cider cimex cines cires cited citer cites civet civie clade clave clean clear cleat cleek clefs cleft clems clepe clept clerk clews clime cline clone close clove cloze clued clues coble codec coded coden coder codes codex coeds coked cokes coled coles coley comae combe comer comes comet comte coned cones coney conge conte cooed cooee cooer cooey coped copen coper copes copse cored corer cores corse cosec coses coset cosey cosie coted cotes coude coupe coved coven cover coves covet covey cowed cower coxae coxed coxes coyed coyer cozed cozen cozes cozey cozie crake crane crape crate crave craze creak cream credo creds creed creek creel creep creme crepe crept crepy cress crest crews cried crier cries crime crine cripe crone crore croze crude cruel cruet cruse cryer cubeb cubed cuber cubes cukes culet culex cupel cured curer cures curet curie curse curve cusec cuter cutes cutey cutie cyber cycle cyder cymae cymes daces dance decaf decal decay decks decor decos decoy decry deice deuce diced dicer dices dicey dolce douce dreck duces dulce dunce eched eches echos eclat ecrus edict educe educt eject elect emcee enact epact epics epoch erect erica eruct escar escot ethic evict exact excel execs faced facer faces facet farce fecal feces fecit fecks fence fetch fices fiche fleck force fyces gecko gecks genic glace grace hacek hance hecks hemic hence heuch icier icker ileac juice kecks kench ketch laced lacer laces lacey lance leach leech letch luces lucre lycea lycee maced macer maces mache macle mecca medic melic mercy mesic metic miche mince nacre nance necks nicer niche niece nonce ocean ocher ochre ocker ocrea octet oleic ounce paced pacer paces pacey peace peach pecan pechs pecks pecky pence perch piece place ploce ponce price puces raced racer races rance reach react rebec recap recce recks recon recta recti recto recur recut relic retch riced ricer rices ruche saice sauce scale scape scare scena scend scene scent scone scope score scree screw scute secco sects sepic serac sices since slice sneck socle space speck specs spice sucre sycee syces taces tacet tache teach techs techy tecta telco telic tench terce teuch theca trace trice truce twice ulcer uncle ureic vedic vetch viced vices voces voice wacke wecht welch wench wince wreck xebec xenic xeric yecch yechs yechy yince zebec

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More 5-letter word lists with C or E

Starting with C (696)Starting with E (202)Ending in C (102)Ending in E (967) With E and S (1,645)With E and R (1,363)With A and E (1,283)With D and E (926)With E and L (923)With E and T (896)With E and I (879)With E and O (844)With E and N (745)With A and C (566)With E and P (560)With E and M (505)

Frequently asked questions

How many five-letter words have both C and E?

Our dictionary has 533, which is 5.9% of all five-letter words. 144 of them are common words that can be the daily answer; the rest are valid guesses.

What is the most common five-letter word with both C and E?

Going by how often words appear in everyday English, since, followed by place and close.

What is a good guess from this list?

Try scare. It has 5 different letters, all common in this group, so one guess tells you a lot. 20% of these words repeat a letter, so keep doubles in mind later.

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