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Hook words for 4-letter words beginning with C

clam - clamp, clams

cult - culti, cults

cuif - cuifs

craw - crawl, craws

cere - cered, ceres

coke - coked, cokes

curd - curds, curdy

cube - cubeb, cubed, cuber, cubes

chid - chide

chem - chemo, chems

chai - chain, chair, chais

cite - cited, citer, cites

coed - coeds

coxa - coxae, coxal

clue - clued, clues

comp - compo, comps, compt

coco - cocoa, cocos

cusk - cusks

cabs - scabs

curn - curns

cark - carks

coca - cocas

chad - chads

cage - caged, cager, cages, cagey

cote - coted, cotes

chao - chaos

cows - scows

cafe - cafes

clan - clang, clank, clans

choc - chock, chocs

cork - corks, corky

cope - coped, copen, coper, copes, scope

colt - colts

cups - scups

curb - curbs

clon - clone, clonk, clons

cant - canto, cants, canty, scant

cord - cords

come - comer, comes, comet

cone - coned, cones, coney, scone

comm - comma, commo, comms, commy

caff - caffs

carr - carrs, carry

clay - clays

core - cored, corer, cores, score

clag - clags

cots - scots

cuff - cuffs, scuff

czar - czars

coho - cohoe, cohog, cohos

coup - coupe, coups

calm - calms

comb - combe, combi, combo, combs

caca - cacao, cacas

cyme - cymes

chum - chump, chums

corm - corms

celt - celts

ceil - ceili, ceils

cava - cavas

cuss - cusso

coif - coifs

char - chard, chare, chark, charm, charr, chars, chart, chary

cell - cella, celli, cello, cells, celly

curs - curse, curst

chow - chows

caid - caids

cate - cater, cates

cloy - cloys

cist - cists

coal - coala, coals, coaly

cleg - clegs

calf - calfs

cram - cramp, crams, scram

cede - ceded, ceder, cedes

cred - acred, credo, creds

cyma - cymae, cymar, cymas

crap - crape, craps, scrap

capo - capon, capos, capot

cire - cires

cade - cades, cadet

croc - croci, crock, crocs

calo - calos

crus - cruse, crush, crust, ecrus

cake - caked, cakes, cakey

chic - chica, chick, chico, chics

cove - coved, coven, cover, coves, covet, covey

cape - caped, caper, capes, scape

came - camel, cameo, cames

cine - cines

cure - cured, curer, cures, curet

cria - crias

case - cased, cases

coot - coots, scoot

curl - curls, curly

crag - crags, scrag

care - cared, carer, cares, caret, carex, scare

coir - coirs

chaw - chaws

crew - crews, screw

clot - cloth, clots

carl - carle, carls

cats - scats

cull - culls, cully, scull

crib - cribs

claw - claws

chin - china, chine, ching, chink, chino, chins

coda - codas

chop - chops

club - clubs

curf - curfs, scurf

clod - clods

clip - clips, clipt

cedi - cedis

coff - coffs, scoff

clop - clops

cool - cools, cooly

coil - coils

chay - chays

cans - canso, canst, scans

chub - chubs

cuke - cukes

crab - crabs

cory - corys

clew - clews

cane - caned, caner, canes

coni - conic, conin

cola - colas

chit - chits

coat - coati, coats

chug - chugs

chap - chape, chaps, chapt

cert - certs

crit - crits

clad - clade, clads, yclad

cyan - cyano, cyans

calk - calks

casa - casas

coon - coons

chat - chats

curr - currs, curry

cock - acock, cocks, cocky

code - codec, coded, coden, coder, codes, codex

cepe - cepes

cars - carse, scars

cero - ceros

cyst - cysts

cobb - cobbs, cobby

cors - corse

coma - comae, comal, comas

cath - caths

cops - copse, copsy, scops

cads - scads

coof - coofs

cete - cetes

cion - cions, scion

camp - campi, campo, camps, campy, scamp

conk - conks, conky

chew - chews, chewy

clog - clogs

cons - icons

carb - carbo, carbs

cami - camis

clef - clefs, cleft

cast - caste, casts

cook - cooks, cooky

carn - carns, carny

culm - culms

chia - chiao, chias

cave - caved, caver, caves

corn - acorn, corns, cornu, corny, scorn

cart - carte, carts, scart

cuts - scuts

cent - cento, cents, centu, scent

cham - champ, chams

card - cards

caul - cauld, caulk, cauls

crud - crude, crudo, cruds

cris - crisp

cost - costa, costs

coop - coops, coopt, scoop

chef - chefs

caph - caphs

call - calla, calls, scall

coin - coins

camo - camos

cuds - scuds

cold - acold, colds, scold

carp - carpi, carps, scarp

conn - conns

cain - cains

cask - casks, casky

crop - crops

cinq - cinqs

chip - chips

cowl - cowls, scowl

cute - acute, cuter, cutes, cutey, scute

cadi - cadis

cams - scams

ceca - cecal

cole - coled, coles

crow - crowd, crown, crows

clap - claps, clapt

cusp - cusps

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