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5-Letter Words Starting With C and Ending in B

There are 9 five-letter words starting with C and ending in B in our dictionary; 4 of them are common words.

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All 9 words

  • climb11 points
  • crumb11 points
  • carob9 points
  • celeb9 points
  • chimb14 points
  • cabob11 points
  • clomb11 points
  • coomb11 points
  • cubeb11 points

Quick facts

  • Total words: 9
  • By usage: 2 very common, 2 common, 5 rare

Highest scoring (classic tiles)

  1. chimb 14
  2. cabob 11
  3. climb 11
  4. clomb 11
  5. coomb 11
  6. crumb 11
  7. cubeb 11
  8. carob 9
  9. celeb 9

Most common

  1. climb
  2. crumb
  3. carob
  4. celeb
  5. chimb
  6. cabob
  7. clomb
  8. coomb
  9. cubeb

Definitions

climb (noun)
An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
crumb (noun)
A very small quantity of something.
carob (noun)
Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute.
cubeb (noun)
Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes.

Looking for five-letter words starting with C and ending in B? You are in the right place. This list has 9 of them, sorted so the familiar words such as CLIMB and CRUMB appear before the obscure ones. Every entry is a real dictionary word, and every score badge is computed from standard tile values. Use the filters in the search box to keep only the words that also fit the other letters on your rack or the pattern in your puzzle.

How to use this page

To use this page, start with the search box. Type the letters on your rack, add a question mark for each blank, and press search. The tool keeps this page's constraint and returns only the words you can spell. Below the box, the full list is arranged with common words first, followed by the quick facts, definitions and related lists.

Tips

A blank tile is the most powerful piece on your rack because it stands in for any letter. When you search this list with a blank, the tool underlines the letter the blank replaced so you know which tile to lay down. Spend a blank only when it unlocks a long word or a premium square; using it for a three-letter play is almost always a waste. If you hold two blanks, look for a word from this list that needs both, because a seven-tile play with the bonus outscores nearly everything else.

Questions

How many five-letter words starting with C and ending in B are there?

Our dictionary has 9 five-letter words starting with C and ending in B, of which 4 are common English words. The count comes from the public-domain ENABLE list, so it can differ slightly from the dictionary a particular game uses.

What is the highest-scoring word among the five-letter words starting with C and ending in B?

CHIMB scores 14 points with classic tile values, ignoring board multipliers. The full top ten is in the quick facts above; switch the tile set on the search tool if you play with different letter values.

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