5-Letter Words Starting With CI
There are 22 five-letter words starting with CI in our dictionary; 11 of them are common words.
Type your own letters to find only the 5-letter words you can make, or leave it empty to open this list in the word finder.
All 22 words
- civil10 points
- circa9 points
- cider8 points
- cited8 points
- cites7 points
- cinch12 points
- civic12 points
- cigar8 points
- civet10 points
- cilia7 points
- cirri7 points
- cimex16 points
- cisco9 points
- civvy16 points
- cissy10 points
- civie10 points
- cibol9 points
- cines7 points
- cions7 points
- cires7 points
- cists7 points
- citer7 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 22
- By usage: 8 very common, 3 common, 11 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- cimex 16
- civvy 16
- cinch 12
- civic 12
- cissy 10
- civet 10
- civie 10
- civil 10
- cibol 9
- circa 9
Most common
- civil
- circa
- cider
- cited
- cites
- cinch
- civic
- cigar
- civet
- cilia
Definitions
- civil (adjective)
- Applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military.
- cider (noun)
- A beverage made from juice pressed from apples.
- cinch (noun)
- Any undertaking that is easy to do.
- civic (adjective)
- Of or relating or belonging to a city.
Below you will find all 22 five-letter words starting with CI from our dictionary, grouped in one list with the common words first. Each chip shows the word and its classic tile score, and a small dot marks the words that appear in everyday English. CIVIL, CIRCA and CIDER are typical of the familiar entries. To check which of these you can spell right now, enter your letters in the box above and press search.
How to use this page
This page works as both a reference and a tool. As a reference, it lists every word that start with the letters CI, sorted by familiarity. As a tool, it accepts your own letters in the search box and returns the subset you can play, with scores. The related links at the end cover neighbouring letters and lengths.
Tips
If you know some letters of a word and their positions, a pattern search finds it faster than scanning a list. Open the word finder, type the word with question marks for the unknown letters, and every match appears immediately. You can combine a pattern with the starts-with and ends-with filters to narrow the set further. This works for crosswords, for daily five-letter puzzles and for any tile game where a board word gives you two or three fixed letters.
Questions
How many five-letter words starting with CI are there?
Our dictionary has 22 five-letter words starting with CI, of which 11 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 CI?
CIMEX scores 16 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.