5-letter words starting with CL

There are 71 5-letter words that start with CL in the Scrabble dictionary, less than 1% of all 8,909 5-letter words. Every one is valid in US Scrabble play.

The highest scoring is Cloze, worth 16 points without any bonuses. The commonest third letter is A: 23 of these words begin CLA. Words like Clams, Claws, Clift, Clone and Cloze are on the list.

If Wordle has shown you a green C and L in the first two boxes, this is the list to scan. The Scrabble dictionary is bigger than Wordle's own word lists, so not every word here will be a Wordle answer; our Wordle Cheat narrows the list down with the other clues you have.