Words Starting With C
1,971 words accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzles since 2018 starting with C, with meanings, pronunciation, etymology and puzzle appearances for each. Browse all letters.
C Words
- cabalNoun · Verb
A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
- cabalaProper noun
Alternative spelling of Kabbalah.
- cabalettaNoun
A short, rhythmically repetitive aria.
- cabaletteNoun
Alternative form of cabaletta.
- caballedVerb
simple past and past participle of cabal
- cabanaNoun
A cabin or hut for relaxing.
- cabbagingVerb · Noun
present participle and gerund of cabbage
- cabbalaProper noun
Alternative spelling of Kabbalah.
- cabbalahProper noun
Alternative form of Kabbalah.
- cabbedVerb
simple past and past participle of cab
- cabbieNoun
A cabdriver; someone who drives a taxi.
- cabbingVerb · Noun
present participle and gerund of cab
- cabbyNoun
Alternative form of cabbie (“taxi driver”).
- cabildoNoun
A local government council in some Spanish-speaking communities.
- cabinNoun · Verb
A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in…
- cabiningVerb
present participle and gerund of cabin
- cableNoun · Verb
A long object used to make a physical connection.
- cabledAdjective · Verb
Containing cables.
- cabletNoun
A slender or small cable.
- cabmanNoun
The driver of a hackney cab.
- cabmenNoun
plural of cabman
- cabobNoun · Verb
Obsolete form of kebab.
- cabombaNoun
fanwort
- caboodleNoun
Any large collection of things or people.
- cabrillaNoun
Epinephelus analogus (spotted grouper), of the eastern Pacific.
- cacaoNoun
A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
- cachalotNoun
The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus.
- cacheNoun · Verb
A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.
- cachecticAdjective
Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness.
- cachedVerb
simple past and past participle of cache
- cachetNoun · Verb
A seal, as of a letter.
- cachingNoun · Verb
The act or process of caching.
- cachinnateVerb
To laugh immoderately, loudly, or too often.
- cachouNoun
A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath.
- cachuchaNoun
A dance, in triple time and related to the flamenco and fandango, from Andalusia
- cackleNoun · Verb
The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
- cackledVerb
simple past and past participle of cackle
- cacklingVerb · Noun
present participle and gerund of cackle
- caconymNoun
An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.
- caconymyNoun
The use of a caconym.
- cacophonyNoun
A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
- cactiNoun
plural of cactus
- cactoidNoun
A member of the cactus subfamily Cactoideae.
- caddiceNoun
Alternative form of caddis (“larva”).
- caddieNoun · Verb
Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
- caddiedVerb
simple past and past participle of caddie
- caddyNoun · Verb
A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
- cadeAdjective · Noun
abandoned by its mother and reared by hand
- cadelleNoun
Tenebroides mauritanicus, a beetle that is a common pest in storehouses and granaries.
- cadenceNoun · Verb
The act or state of declining or sinking.
- cadencedAdjective · Verb
Having a regular, rhythmic cadence.
- cadencyNoun
Alternative form of cadence.
- cadetNoun
A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
- cadgeVerb · Noun
To tie, fasten.
- cadgedVerb
simple past and past participle of cadge
- cadgingVerb
present participle and gerund of cadge
- cadiNoun
Alternative form of qadi.
- cadmicAdjective
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing cadmium.
- caduceanAdjective
Of or relating to the caduceus, Mercury's wand, and symbol of medicine.
- caecallyAdverb
via the caecum
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