Words starting with CL
Every word in the dictionary whose first 2 letters are CL — 963 of 172,823.
- Words
- 963
- Everyday
- 318in the size-ranked core
- Longest
- 21clinicopathologically
- Shortest
- 418 words tie
- clack
- clacked
- clacking
- clacks
- clad
- claim
- claimed
- claiming
- claims
- clairvoyance
- clairvoyant
- clairvoyants
- clam
- clamber
- clambered
- clambering
- clambers
- clammed
- clammier
- clammiest
- clamming
- clammy
- clamor
- clamored
- clamoring
- clamors
- clamp
- clamped
- clamping
- clamps
- clams
- clan
- clandestine
- clang
- clanged
- clanging
- clangs
- clank
- clanked
- clanking
- clanks
- clans
- clap
- clapped
- clapper
- clappers
- clapping
- claps
- claptrap
- claret
- clarification
- clarifications
- clarified
- clarifies
- clarify
- clarifying
- clarinet
- clarinets
- clarity
- clash
- clashed
- clashes
- clashing
- clasp
- clasped
- clasping
- clasps
- class
- classed
- classes
- classic
- classical
- classics
- classification
- classifications
- classified
- classifies
- classify
- classifying
- classing
- classmate
- classmates
- classroom
- classrooms
- classy
- clatter
- clattered
- clattering
- clatters
- clause
- clauses
- claustrophobia
- claw
- clawed
- clawing
- claws
- clay
- clean
- cleaned
- cleaner
- cleaners
- cleanest
- cleaning
- cleanlier
- cleanliest
- cleanliness
- cleanly
- cleans
- cleanse
- cleansed
- cleanser
- cleansers
- cleanses
- cleansing
- clear
- clearance
- clearances
- cleared
- clearer
- clearest
- clearing
- clearings
- clearly
- clearness
- clears
- cleat
- cleats
- cleavage
- cleavages
- cleave
- cleaved
- cleaver
- cleavers
- cleaves
- cleaving
- clef
- clefs
- cleft
- clefts
- clemency
- clench
- clenched
- clenches
- clenching
- clergies
- clergy
- clergyman
- clergymen
- cleric
- clerical
- clerics
- clerk
- clerked
- clerking
- clerks
- clever
- cleverer
- cleverest
- cleverly
- cleverness
- cliche
- cliches
- click
- clicked
- clicking
- clicks
- client
- clientele
- clienteles
- clients
- cliff
- cliffs
- climactic
- climate
- climates
- climax
- climaxed
- climaxes
- climaxing
- climb
- climbed
- climber
- climbers
- climbing
- climbs
- climes
- clinch
- clinched
- clinches
- clinching
- cling
- clinging
- clings
- clinic
- clinical
- clinically
- clinics
- clink
- clinked
- clinking
- clinks
- clip
- clipboard
- clipboards
- clipped
- clipping
- clippings
- clips
- clique
- cliques
- clitoris
- cloak
- cloaked
- cloaking
- cloaks
- clock
- clocked
- clocking
- clocks
- clockwise
- clockwork
- clockworks
- clod
- clods
- clog
- clogged
- clogging
- clogs
- cloister
- cloistered
- cloistering
- cloisters
- clone
- clones
- close
- closed
- closely
- closeness
- closer
- closes
- closest
- closet
- closeted
- closeting
- closets
- closing
- closure
- closures
- clot
- cloth
- clothe
- clothed
- clothes
- clothespin
- clothespins
- clothing
- cloths
- clots
- clotted
- clotting
- cloud
- cloudburst
- cloudbursts
- clouded
- cloudier
- cloudiest
- clouding
- clouds
- cloudy
- clout
- clouted
- clouting
- clouts
- clove
- clover
- clovers
- cloves
- clown
- clowned
- clowning
- clowns
- club
- clubbed
- clubbing
- clubhouse
- clubhouses
- clubs
- cluck
- clucked
- clucking
- clucks
- clue
- clued
- clueless
- clues
- cluing
- clump
- clumped
- clumping
- clumps
Showing the first 300 of 963, everyday words first and alphabetical inside each group. The longer openings below cut this list into readable pieces.
What is in this list
The longest is clinicopathologically at 21 letters.
They run from 4 to 21 letters; 206 of them have 8 letters, more than any other length.
318 of them — 33% — are in the everyday tier; the rest are filed as rarer.
Every one of them contains each of C and L.
The one furthest down the tiers is clarinettists, filed in the unranked list.
4
185
716
1067
1558
2069
13910
9811
5512
4813
2614
2315
916
317
318
119
121
1
Longer openings that begin with CL
Elsewhere
- All C…16,229
- ends ACK
- ends ADS
- ends AGE
- ends ALS
- ends AMS
- ends AND
- ends ANS
- ends ANT
- ends ARD
- ends ARS
- ends ARY
- ends ASE
Ordered everyday words first, then alphabetical inside each group — the same rule on every list here. At most 300 are printed on one page.