Words Containing CAN
Explore a range of words that include the letter CAN, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring CAN.
3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| can | 5 | a buoy with a round bottom and conical top | - |
4 letter words
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| cant | 6 | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | - |
| scan | 6 | examine hastily | She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi |
| cans | 6 | - | - |
| cane | 6 | beat with a cane | - |
| cang | 7 | - | - |
| cann | 6 | - | - |
| cany | 9 | - | - |
5 letter words
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| candy | 11 | a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts | - |
| canal | 7 | a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | the alimentary canal |
| canoe | 7 | small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle | - |
| canon | 7 | a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall | - |
| pecan | 9 | tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts | - |
| scant | 7 | supply sparingly and with restricted quantities | - |
| canst | 7 | - | - |
| canny | 10 | showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | - |
| canto | 7 | a major division of a long poem | - |
| canna | 7 | any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers | - |
| decan | 8 | - | - |
| tacan | 7 | - | - |
| scans | 7 | - | - |
| scand | 8 | - | - |
| pucan | 9 | - | - |
| canid | 8 | any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles | - |
| cangs | 8 | - | - |
| canes | 7 | - | - |
| caner | 7 | - | - |
| caneh | 10 | - | - |
| caned | 8 | - | - |
| canty | 10 | lively and brisk | - |
| cants | 7 | - | - |
| canso | 7 | - | - |
| canns | 7 | - | - |
6 letter words
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| cannot | 8 | - | - |
| cancer | 10 | type genus of the family Cancridae | - |
| canada | 9 | a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada | - |
| cancel | 10 | declare null and void; make ineffective | - |
| candle | 9 | the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin | - |
| cannon | 8 | lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals | - |
| canyon | 11 | a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall | - |
| vacant | 11 | void of intelligence or thought | a vacant mind |
| canvas | 11 | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | - |
| canned | 9 | recorded for broadcast | canned laughter |
| canary | 11 | any of several small Old World finches | - |
| cantor | 8 | the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos | - |
| canine | 8 | any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles | - |
| candid | 10 | openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness | his candid eyes |
| vulcan | 11 | (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus | - |
| canopy | 13 | a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather | - |
| canton | 8 | a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port | - |
| candor | 9 | ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | - |
| cannae | 8 | ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC | - |
| canola | 8 | vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids | - |
| arcane | 8 | requiring secret or mysterious knowledge | the arcane science of dowsing |
| recant | 8 | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | - |
| caning | 9 | work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches) | - |
| cancan | 10 | a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line | - |
| canter | 8 | a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop | - |
| canker | 12 | a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | according to him, I was the canker in their midst |
| wiccan | 13 | a believer in Wicca | - |
| toucan | 8 | brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak | - |
| arcana | 8 | - | - |
| candie | 9 | - | - |
| canard | 9 | a deliberately misleading fabrication | - |
| canape | 10 | an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food | - |
| cantal | 8 | - | - |
| decant | 9 | pour out | the sommelier decanted the wines |
| scanty | 11 | short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) | - |
| acanth | 11 | - | - |
| canons | 8 | - | - |
| cannas | 8 | - | - |
| canier | 8 | - | - |
| canids | 9 | - | - |
| cangue | 9 | an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals; consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms | - |
| cannel | 8 | - | - |
| canoes | 8 | - | - |
| canoer | 8 | - | - |
| canoed | 9 | - | - |
| cannie | 8 | - | - |
| canner | 8 | - | - |
| cangle | 9 | - | - |
| canful | 11 | the quantity contained in a can | - |
| caners | 8 | - | - |
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7 letter words
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| scandal | 10 | a disgraceful event | - |
| volcano | 12 | a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt | - |
| canteen | 9 | a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | - |
| scanner | 9 | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer | - |
| pelican | 11 | large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish | - |
| vacancy | 17 | an empty area or space | - |
| uncanny | 12 | suggesting the operation of supernatural influences | stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures |
| canvass | 12 | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | - |
| chicano | 14 | a person of Mexican descent | - |
| canning | 10 | - | - |
| cantina | 9 | - | - |
| candler | 10 | - | - |
| cannery | 12 | a factory where food is canned | - |
| candied | 11 | encrusted with sugar or syrup | candied grapefruit peel |
| canasta | 9 | a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank | - |
| mohican | 14 | a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic | - |
| candida | 11 | any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida | - |
| candela | 10 | the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin | - |
| canopic | 13 | - | - |
| candour | 10 | ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | - |
| cantata | 9 | a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | - |
| scandic | 12 | - | - |
| canonic | 11 | conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing |
| arcanum | 11 | information known only to a special group | - |
| acanths | 12 | - | - |
| acanthi | 12 | - | - |
| acantha | 12 | any sharply pointed projection | - |
| agacant | 10 | - | - |
| emicant | 11 | - | - |
| discant | 10 | a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody | - |
| decanal | 10 | - | - |
| decants | 10 | - | - |
| decanes | 10 | - | - |
| descant | 10 | sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | - |
| cooncan | 11 | - | - |
| oilcans | 9 | - | - |
| recaned | 10 | - | - |
| recanes | 9 | - | - |
| recants | 9 | - | - |
| pemican | 13 | lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians | - |
| picante | 11 | - | - |
| peccant | 13 | liable to sin | - |
| jacanas | 16 | - | - |
| incants | 9 | - | - |
| indican | 10 | - | - |
| glycans | 13 | - | - |
| glucans | 10 | - | - |
| alicant | 9 | - | - |
| chicane | 14 | raise trivial objections | - |
| chicana | 14 | - | - |
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8 letter words
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| cannabis | 12 | any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs | - |
| canceled | 13 | - | - |
| volcanic | 15 | explosively unstable | a volcanic temper |
| cannibal | 12 | a person who eats human flesh | - |
| scanning | 11 | the act of systematically moving a finely focused beam of light or electrons over a surface in order to produce an image of it for analysis or transmission | - |
| canister | 10 | metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour | - |
| canaries | 10 | a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces | - |
| candidly | 15 | (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience |
| canoeing | 11 | - | - |
| decanter | 11 | a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water | - |
| publican | 14 | the keeper of a public house | - |
| scantily | 13 | in a skimpy manner | scantily clad |
| jerrycan | 20 | - | - |
| canonize | 19 | declare (a dead person) to be a saint | After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized |
| canoodle | 11 | fondle or pet affectionately | - |
| cantonal | 10 | of or relating to a canton | - |
| barbican | 14 | a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle) | - |
| uncandor | 11 | - | - |
| candirus | 11 | - | - |
| cantuses | 10 | - | - |
| canoemen | 12 | - | - |
| canoeman | 12 | - | - |
| canegrub | 13 | - | - |
| candymen | 16 | - | - |
| candyman | 16 | - | - |
| shitcans | 13 | - | - |
| abdicant | 13 | - | - |
| acanthas | 13 | - | - |
| acanthin | 13 | - | - |
| acanthus | 13 | any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated | - |
| acanthae | 13 | - | - |
| carcanet | 12 | - | - |
| calcanei | 12 | - | - |
| calcanea | 12 | - | - |
| canticle | 12 | a hymn derived from the Bible | - |
| canopies | 12 | - | - |
| canopied | 13 | covered with or as with a canopy | a canopied bed |
| canonist | 10 | a specialist in canon law | - |
| canonise | 10 | declare (a dead person) to be a saint | - |
| canoness | 10 | - | - |
| canoeist | 10 | someone paddling a canoe | - |
| canorous | 10 | richly melodious | - |
| canstick | 16 | - | - |
| canthook | 17 | - | - |
| canthari | 13 | - | - |
| cantered | 11 | - | - |
| canteens | 10 | - | - |
| cantdogs | 12 | - | - |
| cantates | 10 | - | - |
| cantatas | 10 | - | - |
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9 letter words
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| cancelled | 14 | (of events) no longer planned or scheduled | - |
| candidate | 13 | someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | - |
| hurricane | 14 | a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) | - |
| canceling | 14 | - | - |
| lubricant | 13 | a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery | - |
| sugarcane | 12 | juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice | - |
| applicant | 15 | a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | - |
| candidacy | 18 | the campaign of a candidate to be elected | - |
| cancerous | 13 | like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads | remorse was cancerous within him |
| buccaneer | 15 | someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation | - |
| vulcanian | 14 | - | - |
| canonical | 13 | conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing |
| volcanism | 16 | the phenomena associated with volcanic activity | - |
| chicanery | 19 | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | - |
| canonized | 21 | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | - |
| cantabile | 13 | smooth and flowing | - |
| coruscant | 13 | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | - |
| uncannily | 14 | in an uncanny manner | uncannily human robots |
| canticles | 13 | an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later | - |
| canonised | 12 | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | - |
| picaninny | 16 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child | - |
| scannable | 13 | - | - |
| mendicant | 14 | a pauper who lives by begging | - |
| abdicants | 14 | - | - |
| cankerier | 15 | - | - |
| canegrubs | 14 | - | - |
| cancelbot | 15 | - | - |
| uncandors | 12 | - | - |
| replicant | 13 | - | - |
| acanthine | 14 | - | - |
| acanthins | 14 | - | - |
| acanthoid | 15 | shaped like a spine or thorn | - |
| acanthous | 14 | shaped like a spine or thorn | - |
| arcanists | 11 | - | - |
| antelucan | 11 | - | - |
| chicaning | 17 | - | - |
| chicaners | 16 | - | - |
| carcanets | 13 | - | - |
| cancelier | 13 | - | - |
| canalboat | 13 | - | - |
| canailles | 11 | - | - |
| canaigres | 12 | - | - |
| canalised | 12 | - | - |
| canalises | 11 | - | - |
| cancelers | 13 | - | - |
| canceleer | 13 | - | - |
| canasters | 11 | - | - |
| canarying | 15 | - | - |
| canalling | 12 | - | - |
| canallers | 11 | - | - |
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10 letter words
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| republican | 16 | a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas | - |
| scandalous | 13 | giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | scandalous behavior |
| cannonball | 14 | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon | - |
| canterbury | 17 | a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church | - |
| canvassing | 16 | persuasion of voters in a political campaign | - |
| cancelling | 15 | - | - |
| cannelloni | 12 | tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese | - |
| cantaloupe | 14 | the fruit of a cantaloup vine; small to medium-sized melon with yellowish flesh | - |
| cantonment | 14 | temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | - |
| mercantile | 14 | profit oriented | preached a mercantile and militant patriotism |
| candelabra | 15 | branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights | - |
| scandalize | 22 | strike with disgust or revulsion | - |
| candyfloss | 19 | a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature | - |
| supplicant | 16 | someone who prays to God | - |
| intoxicant | 19 | a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent | - |
| coelacanth | 17 | fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa | - |
| vulcanized | 25 | (used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) | - |
| anticancer | 14 | used in the treatment of cancer | anticancer drug |
| discanting | 14 | - | - |
| discanters | 13 | - | - |
| discandies | 14 | - | - |
| discandied | 15 | - | - |
| desiccants | 15 | - | - |
| descanting | 14 | - | - |
| descanters | 13 | - | - |
| detoxicant | 20 | - | - |
| fricandoes | 16 | - | - |
| fricandeau | 16 | larded veal braised and glazed in its own juices | - |
| floricanes | 15 | - | - |
| fabricants | 17 | - | - |
| epicanthus | 17 | a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; typical for many east Asian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome | - |
| epicanthic | 19 | relating to the epicanthus | epicanthic folds |
| eradicants | 13 | - | - |
| duplicands | 16 | - | - |
| dodecanoic | 16 | - | - |
| marcantant | 14 | - | - |
| lubricants | 14 | - | - |
| overcanopy | 20 | - | - |
| molluscans | 14 | - | - |
| miscanthus | 17 | - | - |
| mendicants | 15 | - | - |
| mendicancy | 20 | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) | - |
| subdecanal | 15 | - | - |
| sugarcanes | 13 | - | - |
| subcantors | 14 | - | - |
| spellicans | 14 | - | - |
| sarbacanes | 14 | - | - |
| scintiscan | 14 | - | - |
| scantlings | 13 | - | - |
| scantities | 12 | - | - |
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