5 Letter Words Ending in C
Need five-letter words that end in C? There are 124 valid 5 letter words ending in C, and 27 of them are common everyday words. The most used is music. Use the finder for your Wordle clues, or browse the lists below. To search all words at once, use the 5 letter words finder.
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5 letter words ending in C at a glance
- Valid words
- 124
- Common words
- 27
- Most common
- music
- Top Scrabble score (common)
- toxic 14 pts
- Top Scrabble score (all)
- zymic 21 pts
- Best Wordle guess in this set
- comic
- The 1st letter is M in 19% of common words.
- The 2nd letter is O in 26% of common words.
- The 3rd letter is N in 22% of common words.
- The 4th letter is I in 89% of common words.
Common 5 letter words ending in C (27)
The words with 5 letters ending in C you're most likely to know, most used first.
- music9
- basic9
- magic10
- topic9
- comic11
- logic8
- panic9
- toxic14
- civic12
- sonic7
- cubic11
- optic9
- attic7
- lyric10
- ethic10
- havoc13
- mimic11
- medic10
- tonic7
- relic7
- manic9
- ionic7
- stoic7
- franc10
- lilac7
- tunic7
- pubic11
How to find a five-letter word that ends in a C
Looking for 5 letter words that end with C to solve a Wordle? The finder above already has C in the last green box; add your other clues.
A real example from our word list: the answer is SONIC, and all you know is that it ends in C, which leaves 27 common words. Open with COMIC, the guess that splits this set most evenly.
Guess 1: COMIC O, I and C are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 6 possible answers: topic, logic, toxic, sonic, tonic and ionic.
Guess 2: TONIC O, N, I and C are green, and the rest are grey. That leaves 2 possible answers: sonic and ionic.
Guess 3: SONIC All five letters are green. Solved in 3.
What comes before the final C?
The most common endings are -IC (89%), -OC (4%) and -NC (4%). If you know the last letter is C, these pairs are the best place to start for the fourth letter.
| Ends in | Number of common words | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| -IC | 24 | music, basic, magic, topic |
| -OC | 1 | havoc |
| -NC | 1 | franc |
| -AC | 1 | lilac |
What the most common ones mean
- music
- nounan artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
- basic
- adjectivepertaining to or constituting a base or basis
- magic
- nounany art that invokes supernatural powers
- topic
- nounthe subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- comic
- adjectivearousing or provoking laughter
- logic
- nounthe branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
- panic
- nounan overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- toxic
- adjectiveof or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
- civic
- adjectiveof or relating or belonging to a city
- sonic
- adjective(of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level
- cubic
- adjectiveinvolving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable
- optic
- nounthe organ of sight
- attic
- nounfloor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof
- lyric
- adjectiveexpressing deep emotion
- ethic
- nounthe principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
About 5 letter words ending in C
Most 5 letter words ending in C end in -IC: comic, magic, topic, tonic, logic, panic. That pattern is so strong that if C is green in the last spot, I is almost certainly fourth. The exceptions are rare, like havoc and lilac. Many -IC words are adjectives or come from Greek, such as toxic, sonic and cubic. In Wordle, once you have -IC, the first three letters decide the answer, and the list is short enough to work through quickly.
C ranks 17 out of 26 as a last letter for 5 letter words.
Common endings with C
Nearly every common C-ending word ends in -IC, and they fall into easy groups. Feelings and qualities: manic and stoic. Subjects and ideas: ethic, lyric and music. Shapes and science: ionic and optic. The exceptions are rare enough to memorise: havoc and lilac are the main ones. In Wordle, the -IC pattern means that once C is green last, I is almost certainly fourth, and you only need to find the first three letters. For C at the start of a word, which is much more common, see 5 letter words starting with C.
Vowels in 5 letter words ending in C
I is the most common vowel here, appearing in 93% of the common words, followed by O (37%) and A (30%). The least common is E (11%).
7% have just one vowel, like lyric and franc. At the other end, ionic has three or more.
Nouns, verbs and adjectives
By main meaning (WordNet), there are 17 nouns and 10 adjectives.
Nouns include music, magic and topic. Adjectives include basic, comic and toxic.
Best Wordle guesses that end in C
Top guesses, with the average number of the 27 common words each leaves: TONIC (4.8), TUNIC (4.9), TOPIC (5.0), OPTIC (5.1) and STOIC (5.1).
26% repeat a letter, and one has a double letter: attic.
Highest-scoring 5 letter words ending in C in Scrabble
Top common words: toxic (14), havoc (13) and civic (12). All valid words: zymic (21), zebec (18) and xylic (17). 5 words reach 15 points or more.
All 124 valid 5 letter words ending in C97 rarer words accepted in Scrabble and Wordle, not shown above. Plurals are marked.
- cynic12
- folic10
- codec10
- colic9
- doric8
- artic7
- conic9
- runic7
- humic12
- iliac7
- sumac9
- antic7
- boric9
- yogic11
- craic9
- mafic12
- oleic7
- malic9
- aspic9
- auric7
- bronc9
- lytic10
- mesic9
- toric7
- ohmic12
- linac7
- salic7
- eniac7
- duroc8
- xeric14
- genic8
- ludic8
- telic7
- tronc7
- triac7
- typic12
- daric8
- demic10
- baric9
- sodic8
- ontic7
- rebec9
- ceric9
- asdic8
- lotic7
- nomic9
- vatic10
- xebec16
- aulic7
- metic9
- serac7
- azoic16
- melic9
- acmic11
- adunc8
- amnic9
- areic7
- bobac11
- caboc11
- cosec9
- cumec11
- cusec9
- dinic8
- domic10
- estoc7
- gamic10
- hemic12
- hylic13
- ictic9
- ileac7
- iodic8
- loric7
- mucic11
- naric7
- ogmic10
- orgic8
- oshac10
- osmic9
- pudic10
- pyric12
- rabic9
- roric7
- sepic9
- seric7
- siroc7
- taroc7
- theic10
- umiac9
- ureic7
- varec10
- vinic10
- vraic10
- xenic14
- xylic17
- yonic10
- zebec18
- zymic21
Questions people ask
How many 5 letter words ending in C are there?
124 valid words; 27 of them are common everyday words.
What is a five-letter word that ends in a C?
The most common is music. Other everyday examples are basic, magic and topic.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in C?
comic, leaving about 4.8 possible answers on average.
Which 5 letter word ending in C scores the most in Scrabble?
Among common words, toxic scores 14 points. Among all valid words, zymic scores 21.
What 5 letter words start with M and end in C?
M is the most common first letter for these words (5 of the common words). Examples: music, magic, mimic and medic.
Do more 5 letter words end with C or start with C?
124 valid 5 letter words end with C, compared with 898 that start with it. See 5 letter words starting with C.
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