5 letter words starting with can

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got quite a few plausible five letter words starting with can.

  • CANAL
  • CANDO
  • CANDY
  • CANED
  • CANEH
  • CANER
  • CANES
  • CANGS
  • CANID
  • CANNA
  • CANNS
  • CANNY
  • CANOE
  • CANON
  • CANSO
  • CANST
  • CANTI
  • CANTO
  • CANTS
  • CANTY

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:



Definition of canoe

canoe (noun)

  1. A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
  2. An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
  3. Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.

canoe (verb)

  1. To ride or paddle a canoe.

Definition of canon

canon (noun)

  1. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
  2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
  3. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
  4. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  5. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
  6. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  7. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  8. A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
  9. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
  10. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
  11. Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
  12. A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
  13. A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
  14. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
  15. A carom.

canon (noun)

  1. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
  2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

canon (noun)

  1. A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.