6-letter words starting with CO
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter CO. This section showcases how CO 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 CO, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| coming | 11 | the act of drawing spatially closer to something | - |
| course | 8 | general line of orientation | the river takes a southern course |
| couple | 10 | link together | can we couple these proposals? |
| coffee | 14 | a medium brown to dark-brown color | - |
| cousin | 8 | the child of your aunt or uncle | - |
| common | 12 | a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area | - |
| corner | 8 | an interior angle formed by two meeting walls | a piano was in one corner of the room |
| commit | 12 | give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | She committed herself to the work of God |
| coward | 12 | English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) | - |
| county | 11 | (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government | the county has a population of 12,345 people |
| colour | 8 | any material used for its color | - |
| corpse | 10 | the dead body of a human being | the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse |
| colors | 8 | a flag that shows its nationality | - |
| cooked | 13 | having been prepared for eating by the application of heat | - |
| combat | 12 | an engagement fought between two military forces | - |
| cowboy | 16 | a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging | - |
| coffin | 14 | box in which a corpse is buried or cremated | - |
| comedy | 14 | a comic incident or series of incidents | - |
| copies | 10 | - | - |
| cookie | 12 | the cook on a ranch or at a camp | - |
| cooper | 10 | United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961) | - |
| cotton | 8 | erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers | - |
| connor | 8 | - | - |
| collar | 8 | a figurative restraint | asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market |
| condom | 11 | contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse | - |
| covers | 11 | - | - |
| column | 10 | an article giving opinions or perspectives | - |
| colony | 11 | a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country | - |
| connie | 8 | - | - |
| cooler | 8 | a cell for violent prisoners | - |
| copper | 12 | a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper | - |
| cosmic | 12 | inconceivably extended in space or time | - |
| copied | 11 | - | - |
| cosmos | 10 | everything that exists anywhere | - |
| convoy | 14 | a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships | - |
| consul | 8 | a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country | - |
| convey | 14 | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | - |
| cognac | 11 | high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France | - |
| comply | 15 | act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes | You must comply or else! |
| coyote | 11 | small wolf native to western North America | - |
| coarse | 8 | of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles | coarse meal |
| covert | 11 | a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | the brush provided a covert for game |
| costly | 11 | entailing great loss or sacrifice | - |
| cooing | 9 | - | - |
| coupon | 10 | a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed | - |
| corona | 8 | the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse | - |
| congee | 9 | (architecture) a concave molding | - |
| cougar | 9 | large American feline resembling a lion | - |
| coping | 11 | brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall | - |
| cocoon | 10 | retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment | Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings |
| commie | 12 | a socialist who advocates communism | - |
| cooker | 12 | a utensil for cooking | - |
| cortex | 15 | the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum | - |
| corpus | 10 | capital as contrasted with the income derived from it | - |
| coated | 9 | having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination | coated paper has a smooth polished coating especially suitable for halftone printing |
| combed | 13 | (of hair) made tidy with a comb | with hair combed to the side |
| compel | 12 | force somebody to do something | We compel all students to fill out this form |
| cordon | 9 | adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord | - |
| corral | 8 | a pen for cattle | - |
| confer | 11 | present | The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated |
| cornea | 8 | the transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye; it covers the iris and pupil and is continuous with the sclera | - |
| cobalt | 10 | a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition | - |
| concha | 13 | (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape | - |
| cooter | 8 | large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico | - |
| concur | 10 | happen simultaneously | - |
| cometh | 13 | - | - |
| coolie | 8 | (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer | - |
| cocker | 14 | a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England | - |
| coding | 10 | act of writing in code or cipher | - |
| comely | 13 | according with custom or propriety | comely behavior |
| condor | 9 | the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere | - |
| contra | 8 | a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua | - |
| corset | 8 | a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | - |
| cornel | 8 | a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers | - |
| coldly | 12 | lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner | he addressed her coldly |
| corned | 9 | (used especially of meat) cured in brine | - |
| copier | 10 | apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material | - |
| coiled | 9 | curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) | a coiled snake ready to strike |
| coitus | 8 | sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | - |
| collie | 8 | a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland | - |
| coccyx | 22 | the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes | - |
| coates | 8 | - | - |
| codger | 10 | used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man | - |
| cootie | 8 | a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings | - |
| coerce | 10 | to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | - |
| cohens | 11 | - | - |
| coital | 8 | of or relating to coitus or copulation | - |
| copter | 10 | - | - |
| corked | 13 | (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin | a corked port |
| costal | 8 | of or relating to or near a rib | - |
| cohort | 11 | a group of people having approximately the same age | - |
| coolly | 11 | in a composed and unconcerned manner | without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher |
| cobweb | 15 | filaments from a web that was spun by a spider | - |
| cotter | 8 | a medieval English villein | - |
| coddle | 10 | treat with excessive indulgence | Let's not mollycoddle our students! |
| cozier | 17 | - | - |
| cochin | 13 | Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs | - |
| convex | 18 | curving or bulging outward | - |
| corrie | 8 | a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake | - |
| cosine | 8 | ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle | - |
| cobble | 12 | rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads | - |
| cockle | 14 | stir up (water) so as to form ripples | - |
| collet | 8 | a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe | - |
| coltan | 8 | a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips | - |
| corvus | 11 | type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens | - |
| coburg | 11 | - | - |
| cocain | 10 | a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive | - |
| coffer | 14 | an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome | - |
| corker | 12 | a machine that is used to put corks in bottles | - |
| cobber | 12 | Australian term for a pal | - |
| coccus | 12 | any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria | - |
| cockup | 16 | something badly botched or muddled | - |
| cogent | 9 | powerfully persuasive | a cogent argument |
| coring | 9 | - | - |
| comsat | 10 | - | - |
| conger | 9 | large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food | - |
| conker | 12 | the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut | - |
| cootch | 13 | - | - |
| cornet | 8 | a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves | - |
| cosier | 8 | - | - |
| cosign | 9 | sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan | - |
| coulee | 8 | - | - |
| cohere | 11 | come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | The sushi rice grains cohere |
| contes | 8 | - | - |
| cowman | 13 | a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | - |
| coaler | 8 | - | - |
| codify | 15 | organize into a code or system, such as a body of law | - |
| cogito | 9 | - | - |
| comity | 13 | a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect | - |
| corbie | 10 | - | - |
| cowpat | 13 | - | - |
| cowpie | 13 | fecal matter of a cow | - |
| coachy | 16 | - | - |
| coacts | 10 | - | - |
| coadys | 12 | - | - |
| coaita | 8 | - | - |
| coalas | 8 | - | - |
| coaled | 9 | - | - |
| coapts | 10 | - | - |
| coarbs | 10 | - | - |
| coasts | 8 | - | - |
| coatee | 8 | a short close-fitting coat | - |
| coater | 8 | - | - |
| coatis | 8 | - | - |
| coaxal | 15 | having a common axis | - |
| coaxed | 16 | - | - |
| coaxer | 15 | someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing | - |
| coaxes | 15 | - | - |
| cobaea | 10 | - | - |
| cobbed | 13 | - | - |
| cobias | 10 | - | - |
| cobles | 10 | - | - |
| cobnut | 10 | small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe | - |
| cobras | 10 | - | - |
| cobric | 12 | - | - |
| cobzas | 19 | - | - |
| coccal | 12 | of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus | - |
| coccic | 14 | - | - |
| coccid | 13 | - | - |
| coccos | 12 | - | - |
| coches | 13 | - | - |
| cocked | 15 | - | - |
| cocket | 14 | - | - |
| cocksy | 17 | - | - |
| cocoas | 10 | - | - |
| codded | 11 | - | - |
| codder | 10 | - | - |
| codecs | 11 | - | - |
| codeia | 9 | - | - |
| codein | 9 | - | - |
| codens | 9 | - | - |
| coders | 9 | - | - |
| codist | 9 | - | - |
| codlin | 9 | - | - |
| codons | 9 | - | - |
| coedit | 9 | - | - |
| coelom | 10 | a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | - |
| coempt | 12 | - | - |
| coeval | 11 | of the same period | - |
| coffed | 15 | - | - |
| coffle | 14 | - | - |
| cogged | 11 | having cogs | a cogged wheel |
| cogger | 10 | - | - |
| coggie | 10 | - | - |
| coggle | 10 | move unsteadily | - |
| coggly | 13 | - | - |
| cogies | 9 | - | - |
| cogons | 9 | - | - |
| cogues | 9 | - | - |
| cogway | 15 | - | - |
| cohabs | 13 | - | - |
| cohead | 12 | - | - |
| coheir | 11 | - | - |
| cohoes | 11 | - | - |
| cohogs | 12 | - | - |
| cohorn | 11 | - | - |
| cohosh | 14 | a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries | - |
| cohost | 11 | - | - |
| cohune | 11 | tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory | - |
| coifed | 12 | - | - |
| coiffe | 14 | arrange attractively | - |
| coigne | 9 | expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase | - |
| coigns | 9 | - | - |
| coiler | 8 | - | - |
| coined | 9 | - | - |
| coiner | 8 | a skilled worker who coins or stamps money | - |
| coinop | 10 | - | - |
| cojoin | 15 | - | - |
| cokier | 12 | - | - |
| coking | 13 | - | - |
| colbys | 13 | - | - |
| colder | 9 | - | - |
| coldie | 9 | - | - |
| colead | 9 | - | - |
| coleus | 8 | any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers | - |
| coleys | 11 | - | - |
| colics | 10 | - | - |
| colies | 8 | - | - |
| colins | 8 | - | - |
| collab | 10 | - | - |
| colled | 9 | - | - |
| collop | 10 | - | - |
| colobi | 10 | - | - |
| cologs | 9 | - | - |
| colone | 8 | - | - |
| coloni | 8 | - | - |
| colons | 8 | - | - |
| colory | 11 | - | - |
| colted | 9 | - | - |
| colter | 8 | a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil | - |
| colugo | 9 | arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps | - |
| colure | 8 | - | - |
| colzas | 17 | - | - |
| comade | 11 | - | - |
| comake | 14 | - | - |
| comarb | 12 | - | - |
| comart | 10 | - | - |
| comate | 10 | of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair | comate (or comose) seeds |
| comber | 12 | a long curling sea wave | - |
| combes | 12 | - | - |
| combis | 12 | - | - |
| comble | 12 | - | - |
| combos | 12 | - | - |
| comedo | 11 | a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin | - |
| comers | 10 | - | - |
| comets | 10 | - | - |
| comfit | 13 | make into a confection | - |
| comice | 12 | - | - |
| comics | 12 | - | - |
| commas | 12 | - | - |
| commer | 12 | - | - |
| commis | 12 | - | - |
| commix | 19 | to bring or combine together or with something else | - |
| commos | 12 | - | - |
| commot | 12 | - | - |
| comodo | 11 | - | - |
| comose | 10 | of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair | comate (or comose) seeds |
| comous | 10 | - | - |
| compas | 12 | - | - |
| comped | 13 | - | - |
| comper | 12 | - | - |
| compos | 12 | - | - |
| compot | 12 | - | - |
| compts | 12 | - | - |
| comtes | 10 | - | - |
| conche | 13 | - | - |
| concho | 13 | - | - |
| conchs | 13 | - | - |
| conchy | 16 | - | - |
| conder | 9 | - | - |
| condie | 9 | - | - |
| condos | 9 | - | - |
| coneys | 11 | - | - |
| confab | 13 | talk socially without exchanging too much information | - |
| confit | 11 | a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat | - |
| confix | 18 | - | - |
| congas | 9 | - | - |
| conged | 10 | - | - |
| conges | 9 | - | - |
| congii | 9 | - | - |
| congos | 9 | - | - |
| congou | 9 | black tea grown in China | - |
| conias | 8 | - | - |
| conics | 10 | - | - |
| conies | 8 | - | - |
| conima | 10 | a gum resin from the poison hemlock, Conium maculatum | - |
| conine | 8 | - | - |
| coning | 9 | - | - |
| conins | 8 | - | - |
| conium | 10 | small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock | - |
| conjee | 15 | - | - |
| conked | 13 | - | - |
| conman | 10 | - | - |
| conmen | 10 | - | - |
| conned | 9 | - | - |
| conner | 8 | - | - |
| connes | 8 | - | - |
| conoid | 9 | a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point | - |
| consol | 8 | - | - |
| contos | 8 | - | - |
| conure | 8 | - | - |
| convos | 11 | - | - |
| coocoo | 10 | - | - |
| cooeed | 9 | - | - |
| cooees | 8 | - | - |
| cooers | 8 | - | - |
| cooeys | 11 | - | - |
| cookey | 15 | - | - |
| cooled | 9 | - | - |
| coolth | 11 | - | - |
| coombe | 12 | - | - |
| coombs | 12 | - | - |
| coomed | 11 | - | - |
| coonty | 11 | - | - |
| cooped | 11 | - | - |
| coopts | 10 | - | - |
| coorie | 8 | - | - |
| coosen | 8 | - | - |
| cooser | 8 | - | - |
| coosin | 8 | - | - |
| coozes | 17 | - | - |
| copalm | 12 | - | - |
| copals | 10 | - | - |
| copays | 13 | - | - |
| copeck | 16 | 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia | - |
| copens | 10 | - | - |
| copers | 10 | - | - |
| copita | 10 | - | - |
| coplot | 10 | - | - |
| copout | 10 | a failure to face some difficulty squarely | - |
| copped | 13 | - | - |
| coppin | 12 | - | - |
| copple | 12 | - | - |
| coppra | 12 | - | - |
| coprah | 13 | - | - |
| copras | 10 | - | - |
| copsed | 11 | - | - |
| copses | 10 | - | - |
| copula | 10 | an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence | - |
| coquet | 17 | talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | - |
| coquis | 17 | - | - |
| corals | 8 | - | - |
| corban | 10 | - | - |
| corbel | 10 | (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) | - |
| corbes | 10 | - | - |
| corded | 10 | of textiles; having parallel raised lines | - |
| corder | 9 | - | - |
| corers | 8 | - | - |
| coreys | 11 | - | - |
| corgis | 9 | - | - |
| cories | 8 | - | - |
| corium | 10 | the deep vascular inner layer of the skin | - |
| corkir | 12 | - | - |
| cormel | 10 | - | - |
| cormus | 10 | - | - |
| cornua | 8 | - | - |
| cornus | 8 | a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere | - |
| corody | 12 | - | - |
| corozo | 17 | any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts | - |
| correa | 8 | - | - |
| corsac | 10 | - | - |
| corses | 8 | - | - |
| corsey | 11 | - | - |
| corsos | 8 | - | - |
| cortin | 8 | - | - |
| corvee | 11 | unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes | - |
| corves | 11 | - | - |
| corvet | 11 | - | - |
| corvid | 12 | - | - |
| corymb | 15 | flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first | - |
| coryza | 20 | an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge) | - |
| cosech | 13 | - | - |
| cosecs | 10 | - | - |
| cosets | 8 | - | - |
| coseys | 11 | - | - |
| coshed | 12 | - | - |
| cosher | 11 | conforming to dietary laws | - |
| coshes | 11 | - | - |
| cosied | 9 | - | - |
| cosies | 8 | - | - |
| cosily | 11 | in a cozy manner | - |
| cosing | 9 | - | - |
| cosmea | 10 | any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals | - |
| cosmid | 11 | (genetics) a large vector that is made from a bacteriophage and used to clone genes or gene fragments | - |
| cosmin | 10 | - | - |
| cosses | 8 | - | - |
| cosset | 8 | treat with excessive indulgence | - |
| cossie | 8 | - | - |
| costae | 8 | - | - |
| costar | 8 | - | - |
| costed | 9 | - | - |
| coster | 8 | - | - |
| costes | 8 | - | - |
| costus | 8 | - | - |
| cotans | 8 | - | - |
| coteau | 8 | - | - |
| cotija | 15 | - | - |
| coting | 9 | - | - |
| cotise | 8 | - | - |
| cottae | 8 | - | - |
| cottar | 8 | fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together | - |
| cottas | 8 | - | - |
| cotted | 9 | - | - |
| cottid | 9 | - | - |
| cottus | 8 | type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins | - |
| cotwal | 11 | - | - |
| cotyle | 11 | - | - |
| cotype | 13 | - | - |
| coucal | 10 | Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw | - |
| couche | 13 | - | - |
| coudes | 9 | - | - |
| cougan | 9 | - | - |
| coughs | 12 | - | - |
| coulis | 8 | - | - |
| counts | 8 | - | - |
| couped | 11 | - | - |
| coupee | 10 | - | - |
| couper | 10 | - | - |
| coupes | 10 | - | - |
| courbs | 10 | - | - |
| coured | 9 | - | - |
| coures | 8 | - | - |
| courie | 8 | - | - |
| courts | 8 | - | - |
| coutas | 8 | - | - |
| couter | 8 | - | - |
| couths | 11 | - | - |
| couthy | 14 | (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial | - |
| coutil | 8 | - | - |
| couzin | 17 | - | - |
| covary | 14 | - | - |
| covens | 11 | - | - |
| covent | 11 | - | - |
| covets | 11 | - | - |
| coveys | 14 | - | - |
| covine | 11 | - | - |
| coving | 12 | - | - |
| covins | 11 | - | - |
| covyne | 14 | - | - |
| cowage | 12 | the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing | - |
| cowals | 11 | - | - |
| cowans | 11 | - | - |
| cowers | 11 | - | - |
| cowier | 11 | - | - |
| cowing | 12 | - | - |
| cowish | 14 | - | - |
| cowked | 16 | - | - |
| cowled | 12 | having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood | a cowled monk |
| cowmen | 13 | - | - |
| cowpea | 13 | eaten fresh as shell beans or dried | - |
| cowped | 14 | - | - |
| cowpox | 20 | a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox | - |
| cowrie | 11 | any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells | - |
| coxibs | 17 | - | - |
| coxier | 15 | - | - |
| coxing | 16 | - | - |
| coyaus | 11 | - | - |
| coydog | 13 | offspring of a coyote and a dog | - |
| coyest | 11 | - | - |
| coying | 12 | - | - |
| coyish | 14 | - | - |
| coypou | 13 | - | - |
| coypus | 13 | - | - |
| cozens | 17 | - | - |
| cozeys | 20 | - | - |
| cozied | 18 | - | - |
| cozies | 17 | - | - |
| cozily | 20 | in a cozy manner | nestled cozily by the fire |
| cozing | 18 | - | - |
| cozzes | 26 | - | - |
| cozzie | 26 | - | - |
