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5-letter words starting with CE

There are 32 5-letter words starting with CE in the standard word-game list. The most common are cease, cello, cedar, celeb, cebid, cecal. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
cease(‘cease’ is a noun only in the phrase ‘without cease’) end7
celloa large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing7
cedarany of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars8
celebA celebrity; a famous person.9
cebidAny monkey in the family Cebidae.10
cecalof or like a cecum9
cecumthe cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens11
cederOne who cedes something.8
ceibaAny tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.9
cellaThe central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos.7
celoma cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity…9
censeperfume especially with a censer7
centoA hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing…7
ceorlAn Anglo-Saxon churl.7
ceriaThe compound cerium(IV) oxide.7
cericof or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 49

All 32 words

  • cease
  • cello
  • cedar
  • celeb
  • cebid
  • cecal
  • cecum
  • ceded
  • ceder
  • cedes
  • cedis
  • ceiba
  • ceils
  • cella
  • celli
  • cells
  • celom
  • celts
  • cense
  • cento
  • cents
  • ceorl
  • cepes
  • cerci
  • cered
  • ceres
  • ceria
  • ceric
  • ceros
  • cesta
  • cesti
  • cetes