5 letter words starting with cre

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 cre.

  • CREAK
  • CREAM
  • CREDO
  • CREDS
  • CREED
  • CREEK
  • CREEL
  • CREEP
  • CREES
  • CREIN
  • CREMA
  • CREME
  • CREMS
  • CRENA
  • CREPE
  • CREPS
  • CREPT
  • CREPY
  • CRESS
  • CREST
  • CREWE
  • CREWS

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 creel

creel (noun)

  1. An osier basket, such as anglers use to hold fish.
  2. A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

creel (verb)

  1. To place (fish) in a creel.

Definition of crema

crema (noun)

  1. The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.

crema (noun)

  1. A Mexican foodstuff, the Mexican version of crème fraîche or sour cream.

Definition of crepe

crepe (noun)

  1. A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
  2. A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
  3. Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
  4. Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.
  5. A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.

crepe (verb)

  1. To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper
  2. To frizz (the hair).

Definition of crept

crept (verb)

  1. To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
  2. Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
  3. To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
  4. To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
  5. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
  6. To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
  7. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
  8. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
  9. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
  10. To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.

Definition of crest

crest (noun)

  1. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
  2. A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
  3. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
  4. A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
  5. The upper curve of a horse's neck.
  6. The ridge or top of a wave.
  7. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
  8. The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
  9. The top line of a slope or embankment.
  10. A ridge along the surface of a bone.
  11. A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family.
  12. Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.

crest (verb)

  1. Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
  2. To reach the crest of (a hill or mountain)
  3. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
  4. To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.