5-Letter Words Ending in C
97 five-letter words end in C; 27 of them are common words, shown in bold. Common words are where Wordle answers come from.
Best Wordle guesses
Ranked by how many green and yellow tiles each word turns up, on average, against the common words Wordle answers come from.
| # | Word | Green | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relic | 0.29 | 1.32 |
| 2 | ethic | 0.15 | 1.30 |
| 3 | stoic | 0.37 | 0.96 |
| 4 | franc | 0.40 | 0.90 |
| 5 | tonic | 0.35 | 0.96 |
| 6 | medic | 0.28 | 1.02 |
| 7 | lyric | 0.21 | 1.05 |
| 8 | sonic | 0.44 | 0.84 |
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97 words ending in C
- musiccommon
- basiccommon
- magiccommon
- topiccommon
- comiccommon
- logiccommon
- paniccommon
- toxiccommon
- civiccommon
- soniccommon
- cubiccommon
- opticcommon
- atticcommon
- lyriccommon
- ethiccommon
- havoccommon
- mimiccommon
- mediccommon
- toniccommon
- reliccommon
- maniccommon
- ioniccommon
- stoiccommon
- franccommon
- lilaccommon
- tuniccommon
- pubiccommon
- cynic
- codec
- colic
- conic
- runic
- humic
- iliac
- sumac
- antic
- boric
- yogic
- mafic
- oleic
- malic
- aspic
- auric
- bronc
- lytic
- mesic
- toric
- ohmic
- linac
- salic
- duroc
- xeric
- genic
- ludic
- telic
- triac
- typic
- daric
- baric
- sodic
All 97 five-letter words
Starting with A 11
acmic adunc amnic antic areic asdic aspic attic aulic auric azoic
Starting with B 4
baric basic boric bronc
Starting with C 10
ceric civic codec colic comic conic cosec cubic cusec cynic
Starting with D 3
daric domic duroc
Starting with E 1
ethic
Starting with F 1
franc
Starting with G 2
gamic genic
Starting with H 3
havoc hemic humic
Starting with I 5
ictic ileac iliac iodic ionic
Starting with L 7
lilac linac logic lotic ludic lyric lytic
Starting with M 9
mafic magic malic manic medic melic mesic mimic music
Starting with N 1
naric
Starting with O 6
ohmic oleic ontic optic orgic osmic
Starting with P 4
panic pubic pudic pyric
Starting with R 4
rabic rebec relic runic
Starting with S 7
salic sepic serac sodic sonic stoic sumac
Starting with T 9
taroc telic tonic topic toric toxic triac tunic typic
Starting with U 2
umiac ureic
Starting with V 2
vatic vinic
Starting with X 3
xebec xenic xeric
Starting with Y 2
yogic yonic
Starting with Z 1
zebec
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Questions people ask
How many five-letter words end in C?
Our list has 97. 27 of them are common everyday words; the rest are rarer words you are more likely to meet in Scrabble or a crossword than in conversation. The list is a public-domain English word list, sorted by how often each word appears in everyday writing.
What are the most common five-letter words that end in C?
MUSIC, BASIC, MAGIC, TOPIC, COMIC — in that order, by how often they appear in everyday English.
What is the best Wordle guess that ends in C?
RELIC. Against the common five-letter words Wordle draws its answers from, it turns up 0.29 green and 1.32 yellow tiles on average — more than any other word on this list. The method is the same as on our Best Wordle Starting Words page.