Words Starting With CAN
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter CAN. This section showcases how CAN at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with CAN, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
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) | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| caned | 8 | - | - |
| caneh | 10 | - | - |
| caner | 7 | - | - |
| canes | 7 | - | - |
| cangs | 8 | - | - |
| canid | 8 | any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles | - |
| canns | 7 | - | - |
| canso | 7 | - | - |
| cants | 7 | - | - |
| canty | 10 | lively and brisk | - |
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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| candie | 9 | - | - |
| canape | 10 | an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food | - |
| canard | 9 | a deliberately misleading fabrication | - |
| cantal | 8 | - | - |
| canals | 8 | - | - |
| cancha | 13 | - | - |
| canehs | 11 | - | - |
| caners | 8 | - | - |
| canful | 11 | the quantity contained in a can | - |
| cangle | 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 | - |
| canids | 9 | - | - |
| canier | 8 | - | - |
| cankle | 12 | - | - |
| cannas | 8 | - | - |
| cannel | 8 | - | - |
| canner | 8 | - | - |
| cannie | 8 | - | - |
| canoed | 9 | - | - |
| canoer | 8 | - | - |
| canoes | 8 | - | - |
| canons | 8 | - | - |
| cansos | 8 | - | - |
| cantar | 8 | - | - |
| canted | 9 | departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal | - |
| canthi | 11 | - | - |
| cantic | 10 | - | - |
| cantle | 8 | the back of a saddle seat | - |
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7 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| canteen | 9 | a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | - |
| canvass | 12 | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| candour | 10 | ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | - |
| canopic | 13 | - | - |
| cantata | 9 | a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | - |
| canonic | 11 | conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing |
| canadas | 10 | - | - |
| canakin | 13 | - | - |
| canaled | 10 | - | - |
| canapes | 11 | - | - |
| canards | 10 | - | - |
| canbank | 15 | - | - |
| cancans | 11 | - | - |
| cancels | 11 | - | - |
| cancers | 11 | - | - |
| canchas | 14 | - | - |
| candent | 10 | emitting light as a result of being heated | - |
| candids | 11 | - | - |
| candies | 10 | - | - |
| candiru | 10 | - | - |
| candled | 11 | - | - |
| candles | 10 | - | - |
| candock | 16 | - | - |
| candors | 10 | - | - |
| canella | 9 | highly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonic | - |
| canfuls | 12 | - | - |
| cangled | 11 | - | - |
| cangles | 10 | - | - |
| cangues | 10 | - | - |
| caniest | 9 | - | - |
| canikin | 13 | - | - |
| canines | 9 | - | - |
| canings | 10 | - | - |
| cankers | 13 | - | - |
| cankery | 16 | - | - |
| cankles | 13 | - | - |
| cannach | 14 | - | - |
| cannels | 9 | - | - |
| canners | 9 | - | - |
| cannier | 9 | - | - |
| cannily | 12 | with foresight | - |
| cannoli | 9 | - | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | - |
| cannibal | 12 | a person who eats human flesh | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - |
| canaigre | 11 | - | - |
| canaille | 10 | - | - |
| canakins | 14 | - | - |
| canaling | 11 | - | - |
| canalise | 10 | provide (a city) with a canal | - |
| canalize | 19 | provide (a city) with a canal | - |
| canalled | 11 | - | - |
| canaller | 10 | - | - |
| canaried | 11 | - | - |
| canastas | 10 | - | - |
| canaster | 10 | - | - |
| canbanks | 16 | - | - |
| canceler | 12 | - | - |
| cancelli | 12 | - | - |
| cancered | 13 | - | - |
| cancrine | 12 | - | - |
| cancroid | 13 | the most common form of skin cancer | - |
| candelas | 11 | - | - |
| candidal | 12 | - | - |
| candidas | 12 | - | - |
| candider | 12 | - | - |
| candirus | 11 | - | - |
| candlers | 11 | - | - |
| candling | 12 | - | - |
| candocks | 17 | - | - |
| candours | 11 | - | - |
| candying | 15 | - | - |
| candyman | 16 | - | - |
| candymen | 16 | - | - |
| canegrub | 13 | - | - |
| canellas | 10 | - | - |
| canephor | 15 | - | - |
| caneware | 13 | - | - |
| canfield | 14 | a form of solitaire that involves gambling | - |
| cangling | 12 | - | - |
| canikins | 14 | - | - |
| caninity | 13 | - | - |
| canistel | 10 | ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies | - |
| canities | 10 | - | - |
| cankered | 15 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.) | - |
| canceling | 14 | - | - |
| 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 |
| canonical | 13 | conforming to orthodox or recognized rules | the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing |
| canonized | 21 | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | - |
| cantabile | 13 | smooth and flowing | - |
| canonised | 12 | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | - |
| canticles | 13 | an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later | - |
| canaigres | 12 | - | - |
| canailles | 11 | - | - |
| canalboat | 13 | - | - |
| canalised | 12 | - | - |
| canalises | 11 | - | - |
| canalized | 21 | - | - |
| canalizes | 20 | - | - |
| canallers | 11 | - | - |
| canalling | 12 | - | - |
| canarying | 15 | - | - |
| canasters | 11 | - | - |
| cancelbot | 15 | - | - |
| canceleer | 13 | - | - |
| cancelers | 13 | - | - |
| cancelier | 13 | - | - |
| canceller | 13 | - | - |
| cancerate | 13 | - | - |
| cancroids | 14 | - | - |
| candidest | 13 | - | - |
| candlelit | 12 | - | - |
| candlenut | 12 | large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles | - |
| candlepin | 14 | a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin | - |
| candygram | 18 | - | - |
| candytuft | 18 | any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region | - |
| canebrake | 17 | a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane) | - |
| canefruit | 14 | - | - |
| canegrubs | 14 | - | - |
| canellini | 11 | - | - |
| canephora | 16 | - | - |
| canephore | 16 | - | - |
| canephors | 16 | - | - |
| canescent | 13 | covered with fine whitish hairs or down | - |
| canewares | 14 | - | - |
| canfields | 15 | - | - |
| canicular | 13 | of or relating to the dog days of summer | the canicular heat of the Deep South |
| canistels | 11 | - | - |
| canisters | 11 | - | - |
| cankerier | 15 | - | - |
| cankering | 16 | - | - |
| cankerous | 15 | having an ulcer or canker | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| candelabra | 15 | branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights | - |
| candyfloss | 19 | a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature | - |
| canalboats | 14 | - | - |
| canaliculi | 14 | - | - |
| canalising | 13 | - | - |
| canalizing | 22 | - | - |
| cancelable | 16 | - | - |
| cancelbots | 16 | - | - |
| canceleers | 14 | - | - |
| canceliers | 14 | - | - |
| cancellate | 14 | having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows | - |
| cancellers | 14 | - | - |
| cancellous | 14 | having an open or latticed or porous structure | - |
| cancerated | 15 | - | - |
| cancerates | 14 | - | - |
| cancionero | 14 | - | - |
| cancriform | 19 | - | - |
| cancrizans | 23 | - | - |
| candelilla | 13 | wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States | - |
| candescent | 15 | glowing from great heat | - |
| candidates | 14 | - | - |
| candidness | 14 | the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | - |
| candlefish | 19 | - | - |
| candlenuts | 13 | - | - |
| candlepins | 15 | a bowling game using slender bowling pins | - |
| candlewick | 22 | loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern | - |
| candlewood | 17 | any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light | - |
| candygrams | 19 | - | - |
| candytufts | 19 | - | - |
| canebrakes | 18 | - | - |
| canefruits | 15 | - | - |
| canephoras | 17 | - | - |
| canephores | 17 | - | - |
| canephorus | 17 | - | - |
| canescence | 16 | - | - |
| caninities | 12 | - | - |
| canistered | 13 | - | - |
| cankeredly | 20 | - | - |
| cankeriest | 16 | - | - |
| cankerworm | 21 | green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees | - |
| cannabinol | 14 | - | - |
| cannabises | 14 | - | - |
| cannellini | 12 | - | - |
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