9-Letter Words Starting With C
There are 2,351 nine-letter words starting with C in our dictionary; 1,053 of them are common words.
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The 600 most common of 2,351 words
- community18 points
- carefully17 points
- confirmed17 points
- convinced17 points
- character16 points
- combining16 points
- commented16 points
- comparing16 points
- completed16 points
- composing16 points
- computing16 points
- convinces16 points
- correctly16 points
- cardboard15 points
- committee15 points
- complains15 points
- complaint15 points
- completes15 points
- component15 points
- computers15 points
- confident15 points
- confusing15 points
- criticism15 points
- certainly14 points
- collected14 points
- concerned14 points
- confusion14 points
- connected14 points
- corrected14 points
- corrupted14 points
- currently14 points
- calculate13 points
- candidate13 points
- construct13 points
- catalogue12 points
- condition12 points
- considers12 points
- contained12 points
- continued12 points
- continues11 points
- civilized24 points
- civilizes23 points
- criticize22 points
- copyright20 points
- champagne19 points
- chemistry19 points
- childhood19 points
- commodity19 points
- chemicals18 points
- communism17 points
- conceived17 points
- convicted17 points
- cosmology17 points
- crunching17 points
- campaigns16 points
- chocolate16 points
- circuitry16 points
- committed16 points
- compelled16 points
- competing16 points
- compiling16 points
- comprised16 points
- conceives16 points
- conflicts16 points
- customary16 points
- cathedral15 points
- challenge15 points
- clarified15 points
- communist15 points
- companies15 points
- companion15 points
- competent15 points
- compilers15 points
- composers15 points
- composite15 points
- comprises15 points
- concluded15 points
- condemned15 points
- conducted15 points
- configure15 points
- confining15 points
- contrived15 points
- converted15 points
- crossword15 points
- canceling14 points
- cancelled14 points
- capturing14 points
- causality14 points
- centrally14 points
- certainty14 points
- charities14 points
- clarifies14 points
- cleverest14 points
- collapsed14 points
- concealed14 points
- concludes14 points
- conductor14 points
- confronts14 points
- consuming14 points
- contacted14 points
- contrives14 points
- converter14 points
- curiosity14 points
- curiously14 points
- canonical13 points
- cartridge13 points
- celebrate13 points
- circulate13 points
- classical13 points
- clearance13 points
- collapses13 points
- condensed13 points
- congested13 points
- connector13 points
- conscious13 points
- continuum13 points
- contracts13 points
- cooperate13 points
- corporate13 points
- criminals13 points
- customers13 points
- censoring12 points
- centering12 points
- cigarette12 points
- collating12 points
- colleague12 points
- colouring12 points
- condenses12 points
- consented12 points
- consisted12 points
- consulted12 points
- counseled12 points
- crossroad12 points
- cassettes11 points
- centuries11 points
- consensus11 points
- constants11 points
- constrain11 points
- container11 points
- continent11 points
- continual11 points
- correlate11 points
- countless11 points
- countries11 points
- creatures11 points
- criterion11 points
- clockwork24 points
- capsizing23 points
- chipmunks22 points
- cockroach22 points
- complexes22 points
- customize22 points
- chickened21 points
- chuckling21 points
- climaxing21 points
- colonized21 points
- conquered21 points
- cookbooks21 points
- critiqued21 points
- chauffeur20 points
- clockwise20 points
- colonizes20 points
- conqueror20 points
- conquests20 points
- corkscrew20 points
- craziness20 points
- critiques20 points
- captivity19 points
- childlike19 points
- choppered19 points
- coexisted19 points
- complying19 points
- conjugate19 points
- conjuring19 points
- crackpots19 points
- candidacy18 points
- cataclysm18 points
- catchment18 points
- catechism18 points
- chalkiest18 points
- champions18 points
- cherished18 points
- choppiest18 points
- chubbiest18 points
- chummiest18 points
- chunkiest18 points
- coffining18 points
- commenced18 points
- compacted18 points
- conveying18 points
- convoying18 points
- crackling18 points
- crosswalk18 points
- crybabies18 points
- canopying17 points
- cartwheel17 points
- castaways17 points
- catfishes17 points
- causeways17 points
- cheapened17 points
- cherishes17 points
- chieftain17 points
- ciphering17 points
- clenching17 points
- clergyman17 points
- clergymen17 points
- climactic17 points
- clinching17 points
- clutching17 points
- cocktails17 points
- comforted17 points
- commanded17 points
- commences17 points
- commended17 points
- compacter17 points
- conducive17 points
- conformed17 points
- cowardice17 points
- crocheted17 points
- crouching17 points
- crucified17 points
- cucumbers17 points
- cankering16 points
- capillary16 points
- captivate16 points
- carpentry16 points
- catchiest16 points
- catnapped16 points
- celebrity16 points
- chagrined16 points
- chameleon16 points
- chaperone16 points
- chaperons16 points
- chaplains16 points
- charcoals16 points
- cheapness16 points
- chronicle16 points
- clambered16 points
- clipboard16 points
- clippings16 points
- clubhouse16 points
- coherence16 points
- combating16 points
- commander16 points
- commandos16 points
- commodore16 points
- communing16 points
- commuting16 points
- compassed16 points
- composted16 points
- compounds16 points
- concisely16 points
- concocted16 points
- confiding16 points
- constancy16 points
- converged16 points
- copiously16 points
- courtship16 points
- craftsman16 points
- craftsmen16 points
- cranberry16 points
- crinkling16 points
- crippling16 points
- crookeder16 points
- crossbows16 points
- crucially16 points
- crucifies16 points
- crumbling16 points
- crumpling16 points
- cupboards16 points
- cypresses16 points
- canvasing15 points
- canvassed15 points
- capacitor15 points
- caretaker15 points
- cascading15 points
- cashiered15 points
- cavorting15 points
- certified15 points
- channeled15 points
- chartered15 points
- chastened15 points
- chastised15 points
- chattered15 points
- chiseling15 points
- chiselled15 points
- chortling15 points
- chorusing15 points
- clammiest15 points
- cleavages15 points
- cognitive15 points
- coincided15 points
- combatant15 points
- commonest15 points
- commotion15 points
- communion15 points
- commuters15 points
- compasses15 points
- completer15 points
- compliant15 points
- composure15 points
- conceding15 points
- conferred15 points
- confessed15 points
- confidant15 points
- confounds15 points
- conserved15 points
- convening15 points
- converges15 points
- conversed15 points
- convulsed15 points
- cordially15 points
- corpuscle15 points
- cosmetics15 points
- countdown15 points
- courtyard15 points
- crabbiest15 points
- crankiest15 points
- crayoning15 points
- creakiest15 points
- crumblier15 points
- crummiest15 points
- cunningly15 points
- curtsying15 points
- cushioned15 points
- cylinders15 points
- cafeteria14 points
- canvasser14 points
- canvasses14 points
- capsuling14 points
- captained14 points
- captioned14 points
- carnivals14 points
- carnivore14 points
- carpeting14 points
- catcalled14 points
- caucusing14 points
- cavaliers14 points
- cavalries14 points
- cementing14 points
- centipede14 points
- certifies14 points
- charlatan14 points
- chastises14 points
- chattiest14 points
- cheeriest14 points
- chestnuts14 points
- chilliest14 points
- choosiest14 points
- christens14 points
- circuited14 points
- civilians14 points
- clamoring14 points
- clamoured14 points
- coalesced14 points
- cocooning14 points
- coincides14 points
- comedians14 points
- conceited14 points
- concerted14 points
- concreted14 points
- concurred14 points
- condiment14 points
- conferrer14 points
- confesses14 points
- conserves14 points
- conspired14 points
- converses14 points
- convulses14 points
- corollary14 points
- corrosive14 points
- costuming14 points
- covenants14 points
- craftiest14 points
- cremating14 points
- crescendo14 points
- crevasses14 points
- crimsoned14 points
- crocodile14 points
- cultivate14 points
- curvature14 points
- cutthroat14 points
- calibrate13 points
- cannibals13 points
- carcasses13 points
- cardigans13 points
- carpenter13 points
- cataloged13 points
- catapults13 points
- cataracts13 points
- celibates13 points
- cindering13 points
- circulars13 points
- classmate13 points
- classroom13 points
- clumsiest13 points
- coalesces13 points
- collector13 points
- colliding13 points
- comeliest13 points
- concertos13 points
- concisest13 points
- concourse13 points
- concretes13 points
- condoning13 points
- congealed13 points
- consigned13 points
- conspires13 points
- constrict13 points
- consumers13 points
- contended13 points
- cordoning13 points
- corporals13 points
- corpulent13 points
- correcter13 points
- corrector13 points
- corroding13 points
- corrupter13 points
- cosmonaut13 points
- councilor13 points
- countable13 points
- courtroom13 points
- craggiest13 points
- creamiest13 points
- crediting13 points
- creepiest13 points
- cremation13 points
- crescents13 points
- crusading13 points
- culminate13 points
- curricula13 points
- calendars12 points
- calloused12 points
- callusing12 points
- cannoning12 points
- cantering12 points
- cardinals12 points
- careering12 points
- caressing12 points
- carolling12 points
- carousing12 points
- carriages12 points
- cartilage12 points
- cartooned12 points
- castigate12 points
- castrated12 points
- cautioned12 points
- censuring12 points
- censusing12 points
- clattered12 points
- cleansing12 points
- clearings12 points
- closeting12 points
- cloudiest12 points
- clustered12 points
- cluttered12 points
- coagulate12 points
- coarsened12 points
- colanders12 points
- collaring12 points
- congenial12 points
- congruent12 points
- connoting12 points
- consoling12 points
- consorted12 points
- construed12 points
- contagion12 points
- contender12 points
- contented12 points
- contested12 points
- contorted12 points
- contoured12 points
- cornering12 points
- corralled12 points
- corridors12 points
- corseting12 points
- cottoning12 points
- countered12 points
- cratering12 points
- creditors12 points
- credulous12 points
- crossings12 points
- crusaders12 points
- culturing12 points
- cunninger12 points
- curtailed12 points
- curtained12 points
- custodian12 points
- callouses11 points
- canisters11 points
- canneries11 points
- carnation11 points
- casserole11 points
- castrates11 points
- ceaseless11 points
- celestial11 points
- cellulose11 points
- cessation11 points
- citations11 points
- clarinets11 points
- cleanlier11 points
- cleansers11 points
- clearness11 points
- cloisters11 points
- closeness11 points
- coalition11 points
- coastline11 points
- collation11 points
- collision11 points
- collusion11 points
- colonials11 points
- colorless11 points
- consonant11 points
- construes11 points
- consulate11 points
- contrasts11 points
- corrosion11 points
- costliest11 points
- counselor11 points
- courteous11 points
- creations11 points
- cretinous11 points
- cruellest11 points
- cruelties11 points
- crustiest11 points
- checkbook26 points
- carjacker24 points
- checkmate22 points
- chopstick22 points
- checkered21 points
- chickadee21 points
- comebacks21 points
- crackdown21 points
- checklist20 points
- checkouts20 points
- cheekbone20 points
- chitchats19 points
- clampdown19 points
- cynically19 points
- combative18 points
- coworkers18 points
- chainsaws17 points
- cloakroom17 points
- cockiness17 points
- cohabited17 points
- comedowns17 points
- convivial17 points
- camcorder16 points
- clapboard16 points
- clobbered16 points
- comforter16 points
- crunchier16 points
- cameraman15 points
- cameramen15 points
- campsites15 points
- childless15 points
- conniving15 points
- coverings15 points
- crappiest15 points
- crinklier15 points
- callously14 points
- catalysts14 points
- centenary14 points
- cirrhosis14 points
- concierge14 points
- copulated14 points
- cornbread14 points
- coveralls14 points
- crossfire14 points
- crossover14 points
- crosstown14 points
- camellias13 points
- carbonate13 points
- catamaran13 points
- cesspools13 points
- clinician13 points
- columnist13 points
- copulates13 points
- crispiest13 points
- cruddiest13 points
- cuddliest13 points
- careening12 points
- celluloid12 points
- cloudless12 points
- corrugate12 points
- costarred12 points
- custodial12 points
- carousels11 points
- cesareans11 points
- classiest11 points
- closeouts11 points
- colonists11 points
- consortia11 points
- croissant11 points
- catechize25 points
- chaffinch25 points
- catalyzed24 points
- chickweed24 points
- cockfight24 points
- convexity24 points
Quick facts
- Total words: 2,351
- By usage: 525 very common, 528 common, 1,298 rare
Highest scoring (classic tiles)
- chazzanim 34
- chazzenim 34
- cheapjack 29
- czaritzas 29
- chutzpahs 28
- coxcombry 27
- crazyweed 27
- checkbook 26
- checkmark 26
- checkoffs 26
Most common
- community
- carefully
- confirmed
- convinced
- character
- combining
- commented
- comparing
- completed
- composing
Definitions
- community (noun)
- A group of people living in a particular local area.
- carefully (adverb)
- Taking care or paying attention.
- confirmed (adjective)
- Of persons; not subject to change.
- convinced (adjective)
- Persuaded of; very sure.
There are 2,351 nine-letter words starting with C, and 1,053 of them are words you would expect to see in everyday writing. The rest are technical terms, plurals, variant spellings and the odd loanword, all of which are legal in most tile games. The highest-scoring entry is CHAZZANIM at 34 points. Scan the common words first, then dip into the rare ones when the board leaves you no other option.
How to use this page
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Tips
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Questions
What is the highest-scoring word among the nine-letter words starting with C?
CHAZZANIM scores 34 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.
Why are some of these words unfamiliar?
1,298 of the 2,351 words on this page are tagged rare, meaning they fall outside the usual spell-check vocabulary. They are still real words, and many are legal plays, but you should expect a challenge if someone asks you to define them.