CAR starts thirty-three of the 5 letter words with CA in them, and SCA starts thirty-two. Cargo, Carry and Cards begin with CAR, while Scale, Scare and Scarf begin with SCA.
Cause, Cares, Candy, Cargo and Scare are the strongest Wordle picks for testing C and A, with three new letters in each. In Scrabble, Capiz scores 18 points, with Calyx at 17.

5 Letter Words With CA In Them
These are the familiar 5 letter words with CA in them. Twenty of these thirty words start with C.
| Local | Cause | Cases |
| Calls | Carry | Catch |
| Scale | Cards | Cable |
| Cares | Scary | Candy |
| Canal | Camps | Cargo |
| Vocal | Cabin | Canon |
| Cared | Scare | Carol |
| Cakes | Decay | Scars |
| Caves | Scarf | Focal |
| Camel | Cache | Scans |
5 Letter Words With CA In Them By Position
CA starts 168 of the 265 words and ends 22, and the other 75 have CA in the middle. Caeca starts and ends with CA, so it is listed once, among the words starting with CA.
Words Starting With CA And Ending In A To N
Eighteen of these sixty-eight words end in E.
| Caeca | Calla | Calpa |
| Canna | Carta | Cauda |
| Causa | Cabob | Carob |
| Caboc | Caaed | Caged |
| Caird | Caked | Calid |
| Caned | Canid | Caped |
| Cared | Cased | Cauld |
| Caved | Cawed | Cable |
| Cabre | Cache | Cadee |
| Cadge | Cadie | Cadre |
| Caese | Calve | Canoe |
| Caple | Carle | Carse |
| Carte | Carve | Caste |
| Cause | Cavie | Calif |
| Caneh | Catch | Cacti |
| Campi | Capri | Cardi |
| Carpi | Cauri | Caulk |
| Cabal | Camel | Canal |
| Capul | Carol | Cavel |
| Cavil | Carom | Cabin |
| Cairn | Cajon | Cajun |
| Caman | Canon | Capon |
| Caron | Caxon |
Words Starting With CA And Ending In O To S
Ten of these sixty-nine words are familiar.
| Cacao | Cameo | Campo |
| Canso | Canto | Carbo |
| Cargo | Casco | Carap |
| Caber | Cager | Caner |
| Caper | Carer | Cater |
| Caver | Cabas | Cacas |
| Cacks | Cades | Cadis |
| Cafes | Caffs | Cages |
| Caids | Cains | Cakes |
| Calfs | Calks | Calls |
| Calms | Calos | Calps |
| Camas | Cames | Camis |
| Camos | Camps | Camus |
| Canes | Cangs | Canns |
| Cants | Capas | Capes |
| Caphs | Capos | Carbs |
| Cards | Cares | Carks |
| Carls | Carns | Carps |
| Carrs | Carts | Casas |
| Cases | Casks | Casts |
| Casus | Cates | Cauks |
| Cauls | Caums | Caups |
| Cavas | Caves | Cawks |
Words Starting With CA And Ending In T To Z
Eight of these thirty-one words have a K, J, Q, X or Z, which is worth five points or more in Scrabble.
| Cadet | Cagot | Canst |
| Capot | Caput | Carat |
| Caret | Cahow | Calix |
| Calyx | Capex | Carex |
| Cabby | Cacky | Caddy |
| Cadgy | Cagey | Cakey |
| Calmy | Campy | Candy |
| Canny | Canty | Carby |
| Cardy | Carny | Carry |
| Carvy | Casky | Catty |
| Capiz |
Words With CA In The Middle
Twenty-nine of these seventy-five words repeat a letter.
| Acais | Acari | Accas |
| Becap | Cecal | Cocas |
| Cycad | Cycas | Decad |
| Decaf | Decal | Decan |
| Decay | Ducal | Ducat |
| Ecads | Escar | Fecal |
| Focal | Jacal | Local |
| Macas | Macaw | Micas |
| Nicad | Occam | Orcas |
| Oscar | Pacas | Pecan |
| Pical | Picas | Pucan |
| Recal | Recap | Scabs |
| Scads | Scaff | Scags |
| Scail | Scala | Scald |
| Scale | Scall | Scalp |
| Scaly | Scamp | Scams |
| Scand | Scans | Scant |
| Scapa | Scape | Scapi |
| Scare | Scarf | Scarp |
| Scars | Scart | Scary |
| Scath | Scats | Scatt |
| Scaud | Scaup | Scaur |
| Scaws | Socas | Tacan |
| Tical | Uncap | Vicar |
| Vocab | Vocal | Yucas |
Words Ending In CA
Eighteen of these twenty-two words have exactly two vowels.
| Abaca | Areca | Bacca |
| Barca | Bocca | Chica |
| Circa | Erica | Finca |
| Furca | Mecca | Musca |
| Phoca | Plica | Spica |
| Theca | Ticca | Unica |
| Vinca | Wicca | Yacca |
| Yucca |
Best 5 Letter Words With CA In Them For Wordle
Of the 265 words, eighty-six repeat a letter, as Catch, Canal and Cacao do, so the picks are limited to words with five different letters. Two of the twelve picks start with S.
| Cause | Cares |
| Candy | Cargo |
| Scare | Scale |
| Cable | Cabin |
| Camel | Carol |
| Decay | Vocal |
Highest Scoring 5 Letter Words With CA In Them In Scrabble
Capiz leads at 18 points, and Calyx follows at 17, then Cacky and Capex at 16.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Capiz | 18 |
| Calyx | 17 |
| Cacky | 16 |
| Capex | 16 |
| Cabby | 14 |
| Cajon | 14 |
| Cajun | 14 |
| Cakey | 14 |
| Calix | 14 |
| Campy | 14 |
| Carex | 14 |
| Casky | 14 |
| Cawks | 14 |
| Caxon | 14 |
| Jacal | 14 |
Meanings Of 5 Letter Words With CA In Them
Each word is defined in its everyday sense.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Cabin | A small wooden house |
| Cable | A thick wire or rope |
| Cache | A hidden store |
| Cakes | Baked sweet foods |
| Calls | Shouts, or phone connections |
| Camel | A desert animal with a hump |
| Camps | Temporary sites with tents |
| Canal | An artificial waterway |
| Candy | Sweets |
| Canon | A body of accepted writings, or a church rule |
| Cards | Pieces of stiff paper for games or messages |
| Cared | Felt concern |
| Cares | Feels concern |
| Cargo | Goods carried by a ship or aircraft |
| Carol | A festive song |
| Carry | To hold and move |
| Cases | Instances, or containers |
| Catch | To seize something moving |
| Cause | A reason for an event |
| Caves | Underground hollows |
| Decay | To rot |
| Focal | Relating to a centre of attention |
| Local | Relating to a nearby place |
| Scale | A series of steps, or a device for weighing |
| Scans | Examines closely, or medical images |
| Scare | To frighten |
| Scarf | A length of cloth worn round the neck |
| Scars | Marks left by healed wounds |
| Scary | Frightening |
| Vocal | Relating to the voice |
FAQs
There are 265 in total. Thirty-six are familiar words such as Local, Cause and Cases, and the other 229 are rarer terms accepted in Scrabble.
The strongest are Cause, Cares, Candy, Cargo and Scare. Each has five different letters, so a single guess tests three new tiles beside C and A.
The highest score is 18 points, from Capiz. Calyx is next at 17, and Cacky and Capex follow at 16.
There are 168, such as Cause, Cases, Calls and Carry. Twenty-five of them are familiar words.
There are twenty-three, such as Circa, Mecca, Chica and Yucca. One of them is a familiar word.
S is the final letter of 73 of the 265 words, ahead of A with 31 and Y with 21. These three letters end 125 of the 265 words.
There are thirty-two, such as Scale, Scary, Scare, Scars and Scarf. Scale, Scary and Scare are the most familiar.
There are eighty-six that repeat a letter, out of the 265 words. Catch, Canal and Cacao are three of them.
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