CR joins two consonants that English never separates, so a Wordle player who confirms the pair has two positions filled and no vowel to work with. The 5 letter words starting with CR all place their first vowel third, which turns that slot into the deciding guess.
A and O take it almost as often as each other. Crash, Craft, Cross and Crowd cover both, and once those two vowels are ruled out the field shrinks quickly, since W and Y after CR produce almost nothing.
There are 110 five letter words starting with CR. Crazy, Crime, Crowd, Cream and Crown are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. CRA and CRO hold the deepest runs, so test A and O in the third slot first.
5 Letter Words Starting With CR
C and R take two slots without a vowel between them, which forces the first vowel to position three. The wider set begins at five letter words in English.
| Craal | Crabs | Crack | Craft |
| Crags | Craic | Craig | Crake |
| Crame | Cramp | Crams | Crane |
| Crank | Crans | Crape | Craps |
| Crapy | Crare | Crash | Crass |
| Crate | Crave | Crawl | Craws |
| Crays | Craze | Crazy | Creak |
| Cream | Credo | Creds | Creed |
| Creek | Creel | Creep | Crees |
| Creme | Crems | Crena | Crepe |
| Creps | Crept | Crepy | Cress |
| Crest | Crewe | Crews | Crias |
| Cribs | Crick | Cried | Crier |
| Cries | Crime | Crimp | Crims |
| Crine | Crios | Cripe | Crise |
| Crisp | Crith | Crits | Croak |
| Croci | Crock | Crocs | Croft |
| Crogs | Cromb | Crome | Crone |
| Cronk | Crons | Crony | Crook |
| Crool | Croon | Crops | Crore |
| Cross | Crost | Croup | Crout |
| Crowd | Crown | Crows | Croze |
| Cruck | Crude | Crudo | Cruds |
| Crudy | Cruel | Crues | Cruet |
| Cruft | Crumb | Crump | Crunk |
| Cruor | Crura | Cruse | Crush |
| Crust | Crusy | Cruve | Crwth |
| Cryer | Crypt |
5 Letter Words Starting With CR By Third Letter
A leads the third slot, with O close behind and E a short step back. Five letter words with R as the second letter leaves the first letter open.
5 Letter Words Starting With CRA
| Crack | Craft | Craig |
| Crane | Crank | Crash |
| Crawl | Crazy | Crabs |
| Crags | Cramp | Craps |
| Crass | Crate | Crave |
| Craze | Craic | Crake |
| Crams | Crans | Crape |
| Craal | Crame | Crapy |
| Crare | Craws | Crays |
5 Letter Words Starting With CRE
| Cream | Creed | Creek |
| Creep | Crest | Crews |
| Creak | Credo | Creme |
| Crepe | Crept | Crewe |
| Creds | Creel | Crees |
| Cress | Crems | Crena |
| Creps | Crepy |
5 Letter Words Starting With CRI
| Cried | Cries | Crime |
| Crisp | Cribs | Crick |
| Crimp | Crier | Crims |
| Crise | Crits | Crias |
| Crine | Crios | Cripe |
| Crith |
5 Letter Words Starting With CRO
| Crops | Cross | Crowd |
| Crown | Crock | Crocs |
| Croft | Crone | Crony |
| Crook | Crore | Crows |
| Croak | Crome | Cronk |
| Croon | Croup | Croci |
| Crogs | Cromb | Crons |
| Crool | Crost | Crout |
| Croze |
5 Letter Words Starting With CRU
| Crude | Cruel | Crush |
| Crust | Crumb | Crump |
| Crudo | Cruet | Cruft |
| Crunk | Cruse | Cruck |
| Cruds | Crudy | Crues |
| Cruor | Crura | Crusy |
| Cruve |
5 Letter Words Starting With CR By Ending Letter
S and E close half the CR words between them, and K follows. 5 letter words starting with CO works the same way.
5 Letter Words Starting With CR Ending In S
| Crews | Cries | Crops |
| Cross | Crabs | Crags |
| Craps | Crass | Cribs |
| Crocs | Crows | Crams |
| Crans | Creds | Crees |
| Cress | Crims | Crits |
| Craws | Crays | Crems |
| Creps | Crias | Crios |
| Crogs | Crons | Cruds |
| Crues |
5 Letter Words Starting With CR Ending In E
| Crane | Crime | Crude |
| Crate | Crave | Craze |
| Creme | Crepe | Crewe |
| Crone | Crore | Crake |
| Crape | Crise | Crome |
| Cruse | Crame | Crare |
| Crine | Cripe | Croze |
| Cruve |
5 Letter Words Starting With CR Ending In K
| Crack | Crank | Creek |
| Creak | Crick | Crock |
| Crook | Croak | Cronk |
| Crunk | Cruck |
5 Letter Words Starting With CR Ending In T
| Craft | Crest | Crust |
| Crept | Croft | Crypt |
| Cruet | Cruft | Crost |
| Crout |
5 Letter Words Starting With CR With A
A takes the third slot in 27 CR words and turns up in 33 across the set. 5 letter words starting with CH works the same way.
| Crack | Craft | Craig |
| Crane | Crank | Crash |
| Crawl | Crazy | Cream |
| Crabs | Crags | Cramp |
| Craps | Crass | Crate |
| Crave | Craze | Creak |
| Craic | Crake | Crams |
| Crans | Crape | Croak |
| Craal | Crame | Crapy |
| Crare | Craws | Crays |
| Crena | Crias | Crura |
5 Letter Words Starting With CR With E
E runs through 46 of these, more than any other letter here. 5 letter words starting with AR works the same way.
| Crane | Cream | Creed |
| Creek | Creep | Crest |
| Crews | Cried | Cries |
| Crime | Crude | Cruel |
| Crate | Crave | Craze |
| Creak | Credo | Creme |
| Crepe | Crept | Crewe |
| Crone | Crore | Crake |
| Crape | Creds | Creel |
| Crees | Cress | Crier |
| Crise | Crome | Cruet |
| Cruse | Cryer | Crame |
| Crare | Crems | Crena |
| Creps | Crepy | Crine |
| Cripe | Croze | Crues |
| Cruve |
5 Letter Words Starting With CR For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so no slot is spent on a repeat. 5 letter words with AR in the middle looks at that position on its own.
| Crazy | Crime | Crowd |
| Cream | Crown | Crash |
| Craft | Cried | Craig |
| Crush | Cruel | Crops |
| Crude | Cries | Crane |
| Crews | Crawl | Crisp |
Twenty eight CR words repeat a letter. Cross, Creep and Creed are the three that cost players a turn most often.
5 Letter Words Starting With CR For Scrabble
Z carries the top plays, and Crazy tops the set at 19 points before any bonus square.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Crazy | 19 |
| Croze | 16 |
| Craze | 16 |
| Crwth | 13 |
| Cruck | 13 |
| Crock | 13 |
| Crick | 13 |
| Crack | 13 |
| Crypt | 12 |
| Crepy | 12 |
| Crapy | 12 |
| Crunk | 11 |
| Crump | 11 |
| Crumb | 11 |
| Crudy | 11 |
5 Letter Words Starting With CR And Their Meanings
Scots, cookery and old craft usage account for most of the harder entries here.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Craal | An enclosure for cattle in southern Africa, also spelled kraal |
| Craic | Lively conversation and good company, from Irish usage |
| Crake | A short billed marsh bird of the rail family |
| Crare | A small trading vessel used in medieval Europe |
| Credo | A statement of belief, or the creed sung in a mass |
| Creel | A wicker basket used by anglers to carry fish |
| Crena | A notch or rounded tooth along an edge |
| Crine | To shrink or shrivel, from Scots usage |
| Crith | A unit of mass equal to the weight of a litre of hydrogen |
| Croci | The plural of crocus, the early flowering bulb |
| Croft | A small rented farm with an attached plot in Scotland |
| Cromb | A hooked implement used for pulling or dragging |
| Crone | An old woman, often cast as a figure of folklore |
| Crore | Ten million, used in Indian numbering |
| Croze | The groove cut inside a cask to seat the end |
| Cruck | A curved timber forming the frame of an old cottage |
| Cruet | A small glass bottle for oil or vinegar at table |
| Cruor | Clotted blood, used in older medical writing |
| Crura | The plural of crus, a leg or leg like part |
| Crwth | A bowed Welsh lyre with six strings |
FAQs
The strongest are Crazy, Crime, Crowd, Cream and Crown, since none of them repeat a letter. Cross, Creep and Creed spend a slot on a repeat, so hold those back.
The K ending gives you Crack, Crank, Creak, Creek, Crick, Croak, Crock and Crook. Cronk, Cruck and Crunk close the group and are accepted in Scrabble.
CRU gives you Crude, Cruel, Crush, Crust, Crumb, Crump and Cruet, along with Cruck, Crudo, Cruds, Crudy, Crues, Cruft, Crunk, Cruor, Crura, Cruse, Crusy and Cruve.
The E words run to Crime, Cream, Cried, Cruel, Cries, Crane, Crews, Crepe, Creak, Creed and Creep. Forty six CR words carry an E somewhere.
Crazy takes the top score at 19 points. Croze and Craze follow at 16, then Crwth and Cruck at 13, with Crick, Crock and Crack at 12.
The T ending gives you Craft, Crept, Crest, Croft, Crust and Crypt. Crost, Crout, Cruet and Cruft close on T as well.
The U words are Crush, Crust, Crude, Cruel, Crumb, Crump, Cruet and Croup. Cruck, Crudo, Cruds, Cruor, Crura and Cruse carry one too.
Yes, Croft is valid and scores 10 points. It names a small rented farm with an attached plot of land in Scotland.
