Five-letter position pattern
5 Letter Words with C as the 4th Letter
Looking for 5 letter words with C as the 4th letter? C in the fourth box almost always forms one of three endings, CE, CH or CK, which gives words such as SINCE, PLACE, WHICH, WATCH, BLACK and CHECK. The endings and examples below make it quicker to solve Wordle, Scrabble and crossword clues.
540matching five-letter words
5 Letter Words with C as the 4th Letter
- abaca
- abaci
- aback
- abacs
- acock
- aface
- aitch
- alack
- aleck
- alecs
- amice
- amici
- amuck
- anack
- apace
- araca
- arace
- arach
- areca
- aspca
- atocs
- avick
- azoch
- bacca
- bacco
- baccy
- banca
- banco
- bancs
- barca
- batch
- bauch
- beach
- becco
- beech
- beice
- belch
- bench
- biach
- biccy
- bilch
- birch
- bitch
- black
- bleck
- blick
- block
- blocs
- bocca
- bocce
- bocci
- bonce
- botch
- bouch
- boucl
- brace
- brach
- brack
- bract
- breck
- brick
- broch
- brock
- bucca
- buick
- bunce
- bunch
- bunco
- butch
- caeca
- calci
- canch
- casco
- catch
- cauch
- cecca
- cerci
- chace
- chack
- chaco
- check
- chica
- chich
- chick
- chico
- chics
- choca
- chock
- choco
- chocs
- chuck
- cinch
- cinct
- circa
- circe
- circs
- cisco
- clach
- clack
- cleck
- clich
- click
- clock
- cluck
- coach
- coact
- cocci
- cocco
- conch
- concn
- cooch
- cotch
- couch
- crack
- crick
- croci
- crock
- crocs
- cruck
- csect
- cueca
- culch
- curch
- cutch
- cwtch
- dance
- dancy
- darcy
- datch
- daych
- deice
- deuce
- diact
- disci
- disco
- discs
- ditch
- dolce
- dolci
- doncy
- dooce
- douce
- doucs
- drack
- draco
- dreck
- drice
- dsect
- dunce
- dunch
- dutch
- edict
- educe
- educt
- eject
- elect
- emacs
- enact
- epact
- epics
- epoch
- erect
- erica
- erick
- erics
- eruca
- eruct
- eveck
- evict
- exact
- execs
- exect
- fancy
- farce
- farci
- farcy
- fasci
- felch
- fence
- fetch
- filch
- finca
- finch
- firca
- fiscs
- fitch
- flack
- fleck
- flect
- flick
- flics
- flock
- flocs
- force
- forcy
- fotch
- frack
- fract
- freck
- frock
- furca
- ganch
- garce
- gatch
- gaucy
- gawcy
- glace
- glack
- gorce
- gotch
- gouch
- grace
- gracy
- grece
- greco
- grice
- gryce
- guaco
- gulch
- haick
- halch
- hance
- hanch
- hatch
- hecco
- helco
- hence
- heuch
- hilch
- hitch
- hocco
- hoick
- hooch
- hotch
- huaca
- huaco
- hulch
- hunch
- hutch
- icaco
- icica
- inact
- juice
- juicy
- junco
- karch
- kauch
- keach
- keech
- kench
- kerch
- ketch
- kiack
- klick
- kluck
- knack
- knock
- kotch
- kutch
- kyack
- lacca
- laich
- laics
- lance
- lanch
- larch
- latch
- lauch
- leach
- leccy
- leech
- lench
- letch
- leuch
- leuco
- licca
- linch
- loach
- looch
- louch
- lrecl
- luach
- lunch
- lurch
- lynch
- macco
- march
- marcs
- match
- meach
- mecca
- meech
- melch
- merch
- mercs
- mercy
- milch
- mince
- mincy
- misce
- misch
- mitch
- moeck
- mooch
- mouch
- mowch
- mulch
- mulct
- munch
- musca
- mutch
- nance
- nancy
- narco
- narcs
- nasch
- natch
- nauch
- niece
- nitch
- nonce
- notch
- nowch
- nunce
- nunch
- orach
- oracy
- ounce
- palch
- pance
- parch
- pasch
- patch
- peace
- peach
- peece
- pence
- perca
- perce
- perch
- phoca
- piccy
- piece
- pilch
- pinch
- pisco
- pitch
- place
- plack
- pleck
- plica
- ploce
- plock
- pluck
- poach
- ponce
- poncy
- pooch
- porch
- posca
- potch
- pouce
- pouch
- poucy
- price
- prich
- prick
- pricy
- psych
- pubco
- punce
- punch
- punct
- quack
- quica
- quich
- quick
- rance
- ranch
- ratch
- reach
- react
- recce
- recco
- reccy
- reech
- reice
- retch
- rinch
- roach
- rotch
- ruach
- runch
- rutch
- saice
- saick
- saics
- sanct
- sauce
- sauch
- saucy
- secco
- seech
- sence
- shack
- shice
- shick
- shock
- shuck
- sicca
- since
- sitch
- skice
- slack
- sleck
- slice
- slich
- slick
- slock
- smack
- smich
- smock
- snack
- sneck
- snick
- snock
- snuck
- sonce
- soncy
- souce
- souct
- sowce
- space
- spack
- spacy
- spece
- speck
- specs
- spect
- spica
- spice
- spick
- spics
- spicy
- stack
- stech
- stich
- stick
- stock
- stuck
- styca
- subch
- succi
- sulci
- swack
- swick
- synch
- syncs
- taich
- talck
- talcs
- talcy
- tasco
- teach
- telco
- tench
- terce
- tetch
- teuch
- thack
- theca
- thick
- ticca
- tinct
- titch
- tlaco
- torch
- torcs
- tosca
- touch
- trace
- track
- tract
- treck
- trica
- trice
- trick
- troca
- troch
- trock
- troco
- truce
- truck
- tunca
- turco
- twice
- twick
- unact
- unice
- urucu
- utick
- vauch
- vetch
- vinca
- vinci
- vlach
- voice
- vouch
- waacs
- warch
- watch
- wauch
- welch
- wench
- whack
- which
- wicca
- wilco
- wince
- winch
- witch
- wouch
- wrack
- wreck
- wrick
- yacca
- yarco
- yecch
- yeech
- yince
- yocco
- yoick
- yucca
- yucch
- zilch
- zinco
- zincs
- zincy
- zocco
- zucco
Common Endings for 5 Letter Words with C as the 4th Letter
Most words in this group follow a handful of endings. CE gives SINCE, PLACE and FORCE; CH gives WHICH, WATCH and MARCH; CK gives BLACK, CHECK and TRACK. Learning them lets you jump from the fourth letter to a short list of likely words.
Useful five-letter words
WHICH, SINCE, PLACE, BLACK and WATCH are among the most familiar words on this page, so they make sensible first guesses. CHECK, FORCE and QUICK are worth keeping in reserve.
- WHICH
- SINCE
- PLACE
- BLACK
- WATCH
A Wordle Tip for C in the Fourth Box
Test E, H and K in the fifth box first. CE gives SINCE, PLACE and FORCE, CH gives WHICH, WATCH and MARCH, and CK gives BLACK, TRACK and QUICK. One well chosen guess can settle which ending you need. After that, the first few letters decide between the remaining candidates.
Playing These Words in Scrabble
In Scrabble, C is worth three points, so it is a useful mid value tile that can lift a score when it lands on a premium square. Keeping a few words in mind, such as WHICH, SINCE and PLACE, makes it easier to use the tile when it turns up on your rack.
Frequently asked questions
Which ending is most common when C is the fourth letter
CE, CH and CK share the group fairly evenly, so none is safe to assume. Start with E, then try H and K if it fails.
Is C a common fourth letter in five letter words
C is a common fourth letter in five letter words. That makes it a useful test, because the endings above cover most of the words.
What are good 5 letter words with C as the 4th letter to guess first
WHICH, SINCE and PLACE are good places to start, because they are familiar and spread across different letters. BLACK and WATCH make good follow ups.